Hey everyone!
Thanks for the e-mails, and for the pictures Kari. The
girls are getting really big. That is so crazy.
This week was a pretty good week. Monday evening, we
had an appointment with a part member family who have three young boys.
It was really funny to see. The dad is a really
nice guy, and the ward is really wanting to work and help the them more.
The three boys also really love
missionaries, and wore their 'Zukünftiger Missionar' (Future Missionary) name
tags. It was awesome.
On Tuesday, we had District Meeting in Heilbronn where we
had a surprise party for Elder B. It was good. I used that Betty
Crocker mix that you sent me, but it tasted really nasty. It could have
something to do with the fact that the oil I used had expired 6 months ago.
Gross... Elder H is convinced that they only bought it 4
months ago, but I am not too sure... In any case, we ended up throwing it all
out. Haha! Better luck next time I suppose. Afterwards we had
our finding day, which was pretty uneventful. We knocked on quite a few
grumpy people's doors, which was made even better by the rain. But I
really shouldn't complain about the weather because the coldest it got last
week was 4°C. Really nice. On Monday it was
17°C or something like that.
On Wednesday, we went to the hospital again to visit O.
She had her baby on Tuesday, and actually phoned us to let us know.
That was cool.
On Thursday, we went for lunch with the R's. They
are almost like the grandparents of the ward. They are really funny.
On Friday, the highlight of the day was for sure an
appointment with a man named Hans. He was a self-referral who saw
an ad on Facebook and then wanted to know more. He is really religious
and has a Doctorate in Religion, and so at first I was a little worried how
that would be, but it was nice because he did not want to bash at all. He
simply wanted to know, and really liked a lot of things that the church did. He was really excited about the Book of Mormon,
and really hoped that we would have enough time to visit him again. We said yes. :-) I remember at the beginning of my mission, and especially
before my mission how hard it was to tell anyone anything, especially when it
came to tougher questions like 'What happens if I am not baptized?' 'Why is
your church the true church?' 'How can you believe in the Book of Mormon
when...?'. But it was just so easy, and felt so right. It was a
really great experience.
On Saturday we spent the day contacting and trying to get a
hold of more people. We also spent our lunch break and bought a sweater Other than that not too
many notable things happened. Just the usual crazy people on the train,
and fun things like that.
Sunday was really good. To our great surprise, O
came to church. He has a good
heart, so that it good. Even better was that N came to church.
Apparently he has been going to Institute, and really likes it a lot.
We didn't have time to meet since he was sick and left after Sacrament,
but he was really happy to be at church. He said he'd been reading in the
Book of Mormon as well, so that is really great. We will for sure be
meeting with him again this week.
Today was also good. We had a P-Day and all surprised
Sister B (the Senior) Sister in our Stake. We then had a talent
show. It was really good. Johann was also there, and got four of us
to sing 'The Rose' while he played the piano. Sadly, no Happy Hands
dancing. It's been too long since any of us have seen Napoleon Dynamite.
Anyways, I gotta go. I love you guys a lot! If you
feel an urge to write a letter, you should follow it. I know someone who
would love it. Haha!
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Sincerely,
Elder Thompson
Sincerely,
Elder Thompson
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