A New House?!

Hey family! 

Anyways, the biggest news from you this week, would be the new house I suppose.  That's crazy!  It's strange to think that life still goes on while I am gone.  I had just always thought I would for sure come back to that house.  But a little down the street is okay.  It could be a little more difficult for sure.  Haha!  And on the bright side, I don't have to worry about cleaning anything, or helping to fix anything.  Win/Win!  Haha! 

Things this week have been really good.  I will just tell you the highlights of things, we did a lot of contacting this week to find new people to teach, which is sometimes a little difficult to keep motivated, but it was really good.  And I find that I am always liking talking to people more each day.  I think a combination of getting better with German, and just understanding the gospel more has helped me a lot to really want to talk to people, not just feel like I have to because otherwise I am a bad missionary. 

This week Elder N had a training meeting of sorts in Munich and so he was gone Thursday, Friday, and half of Saturday, so for those days it was just Elder C and I.  It felt really strange to be with only 2 missionaries.  But it was really good. 

Friday was a really great day.  But so tiring.  The Stake President of Zurich (I am in that Stake, which is still so strange to me...) has decided that he wants the members to be more involved in missionary work.  He figured the best way was to lead by example.  So, he is going to spend one day with the missionaries of each branch / ward in the Stake.  (I think there are 10 in ours).  So he came to us on Friday.  Which I think is so cool.  So Elder C and I went on splits with him and Brother T.  And it was so funny.  I have mentioned how Brother T is a super missionary, but at the lunch break President Bolt asked him how he was doing, and how he was liking it, and the only response he could give was ''We need to give these guys more referrals.''  He was so tired.  Haha!  President Bolt was a great guy to work with though.  He is a convert to the church, and is so happy and so grateful, and people could really recognize the love of the gospel that he had.  I think he was hurting too, but didn't show it at all, and when we'd seem a little upset he would say a funny joke, and just did a lot of little things that really showed that he cared.  I would really like to be someone like that when I am older.  He was so awesome.   

Also on Friday we had an appointment with J.  I don't know what I have told you about her, other than she was hitchhiking and then Brother Titz picked her up and then told her about the church.  In Brother Titz' word she devours the scriptures.  She has read all of the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, and is now started with Daugthers in My Kingdom, and will probably start then with Teachings of the Presidents of the Church, and then she'll probably find the Institute Manuals, and then the Sunday School, and then even the Primary ones too.  Haha!  We had a great meeting with her and talked about Baptism.  She was like, 'When can we do it?' So she has a date for the 21st of July. So it will be really cool to see what happens with that.  She is for sure prepared and ready and about as close to being a member as you can be.  She comes to church, has a lot of friends, participates a lot in classes.  It's awesome.  She is really a great person.

Things are going good.  Transfer calls are already this week so that is insane.  I have no idea what will happen.  It's strange.  But whatever will happen, I know it is supposed to happen.  The Lord really does have a plan for all of us, and knows where we need to be.  Who knows, there is probably a reason for you moving houses too?  We'll just have to see.

Haha!
I love you guys a lot!!!

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Sincerely,

Elder Connor J. Thompson