Hey everyone, how are you all doing? Enjoying the last
little part of the summer vacation? I hope so. It's actually cooled down
a bit this week, and that has been really nice. I suppose first of all, I
should tell you all what is happening for this next transfer. Mom, your
prediction wasn't 100% correct, but actually not too wrong. I am going to
be staying here and working with an Elder Hfrom..... Utah... Haha.
He is in his second transfer, so I don't know him at all, but I
will be finishing the new 12 Week Training Program that the church has
implemented. Which means that for this next transfer we will have 4 hours
of study every day instead of the usual 3.
Plus, the good thing about having the same address is that I will get so
much more mail because you don't have to worry about it being sent to the wrong
place! *Hint* Another good thing is that Elder H hasn't been in Germany
for 6 months yet, so he can drive!!! Which will be really nice.
There are quite a few less-active members in the ward who want to come
back to church, and we are going to help them, unfortunately it was almost
impossible to get there without a car (some would take about 2 and a half
hours. One way.) So that is really exciting.
This week was a pretty eventful week. On Sunday, with
the new Branch Presidency, Elder N and a woman in the ward sang in
church. There was a non-member there who is really good friends with the
Stake President, and she is awesome. She asked if Elder N would
then sing in the Cathedral here in Bad Säckingen. Which of course was
okay with it. The reason was because it was the 7th anniversary of her
husband's death and she, as a Protestant, holds a service for him, who was
Catholic every year. It was very interesting to say the least. It
was a little different than when I went to church on my exchange because here I
actually understood what was being said (at least the German parts. My
Latin is still a little shaky).
So, after we sang, she took the ladies of the Relief Society
Sisters out to drinks and then they invited us to come. So
after singing in the Catholic church we went out for drinks with all the Relief
Society Sisters... They all ordered alcohol free martinis, and Frau Raiber (the
non-member) tried to get us to as well. I just went for some Ginger Ale,
and Elder N got some apple juice. It was pretty funny to look at.
Everyone was staring at us. And I don't blame them. I would
have too. Haha!
In all honesty, the more I think about the rest of the week
I cannot really think of other specific things that happened. Haha!
But it was a good week. Still pretty slow, but we are working hard
and still trying to find new people. We have met some very interesting
people this week, and have a lot of good things ahead of us for the next
transfer. I am really excited about it. I am excited to work with a younger missionary too because he
will be excited about everything!
I love you guys a lot! Hope everything is going good!
--
Sincerely,
Elder Thompson
Sincerely,
Elder Thompson
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