Hey everyone! How are you all doing? Can you believe that it is already
November? I most certainly cannot. Crazy! And elections are
tomorrow. That will be interesting. There have still been some strange
articles about Romney and the church in the Newspaper. It's funny
because they are so surprised that the church doesn't say anything that
members need to vote for him (like that would do them any good in
Germany...), and then they manage to put in something to the effect of
''the church was really great. I felt very welcome and it was such a
family friendly environment. The kids were all well behaved (I don't
believe that one :D), and it was a great place of worship to Jesus
Christ''. But that is always the non-important part. It will be
interesting to see what happens. I think that in either case, the
church will still be watched more because of Romney, and so that will be
interesting to see what happens, however it will just be nice to know
what happens. All the suspense is killing me! Not really though...
Also, before I go any further. I forget to say Happy Birthday to
Aiden. It just kind of slipped by before I even realized it. Sorry I
am such a terrible and uncle and don't send anything cool or do
anything. Hopefully he will be too young to remember it. Haha! Good
to hear that all is well with the twins. It is still so crazy to me
that it's for real. It probably won't seem real until I get home. I
was thinking about how you are supposed to tell them apart when they are
babies. I have no idea. How do you do that. The only baby twins I
remember were the Lafontaine's, but one of their babies was super hairy
and the other was not at all. I guess that could work.
On Tuesday, we had District Meeting which was a lot of fun. We are
supposed to be doing a lot more role-plays, which are miserable. You
should ask the missionaries to do them with you. They would have tons
of fun. They are really good to help us learn how we can be better, but
sometimes tough. We did two different ones, that were more just for
fun. One was teaching a lesson where you could only say one sentence,
and then you and your companion would have to switch off. The other was
where you and your companion would have to switch off every word.
Suffice it to say, it was pretty tough, but it was funny.
As a missionary, one really learns how to apply everything to the
gospel.
We had a decent lesson with B this week, and he came to church where
Brother T sort of laid the smack down on him and was like, ''You keep
trying to find the truth in all of these places and looking at who
knows what on the internet, you have everything need right here in the
scriptures. You keep going around here and there, but we are trying to
bring you up to your Father in Heaven, and help you develop a
relationship so you can do it yourself. He seemed to take it pretty
well and was excited about it. He also has been reading lots of stuff
from General Conference so that will be good for him too.
Other than that the biggest thing that we did this week was a finding
day in Villingen-Schwenningen. It was pretty good. We worked together
(Elder H and I) and then we did some splits and I worked with an
Aaronic Priesthood holder from their ward. He was way cool. It's
strange to think how old I am. Not that I am old, but I still feel like
I still need to be one of the nerds in Priest's Quorum who just eats
the candy from the bishop's office, and mumbles and everything. Where
did I start growing up? Strange... But it was a really good
experience, and a lot of fun.
Other than that not a whole lot happened this past week. Things are
slow, but I have learned that it's how we deal with the tough times that
make a difference. Any missionary can be happy when he is having
success. I have really learned what a choice it is to be happy. It's
something I want to improve on, why wouldn't I?
I love you guys a lot. Glad to hear that everyone survived Halloween.
I'm proud to see the nephews with the pillow cases as well. I hope that
parents claimed 'Candy Tax', and I hope they stacked all their stuff up
and then traded with everyone. That was always the best part of
Halloween. Say hi to everyone for me! Love you!
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Sincerely,
Elder Thompson
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