Hello!

Hey family!

I cannot believe that another week is already gone.  Where does the time go? It's crazy.  This week, was really good.  The weather wasn't super great, but things will be better this week, and everyone in Germany was pretty happy because there are two German teams in the Champions League Final.  That probably means nothing to any of you.  But it just means that there are going to be some crazy busy nights where dooring is a really, REALLY bad choice.  And that there is a little more beer on the streets than normal, although that just happens the warmer things get.
In any case, I will try to give you the run down on what happened this week.  On Tuesday we had our District Meeting, which was really good.  Our District is really great, and it's always fun to get together.  Afterwards we had an appointment with M which was really good.  She is a really neat lady.  We also had an appointment with the B family, who is awesome.  We have tons of good families here.  I really am so blessed. 

On Wednesday we had a Ward Barbecue! Which was awesome! 

The barbecue was really good because we had quite a few less-active members, and part member families, and a couple investigators there so it was really awesome. 

Since I am a District Leader we had a meeting on Friday and talked about the problems that missionaries are having, and just a lot about how we can help people remember that we are actually teaching and finding the children of God here and not just numbers.  It was interesting.  Missionaries are great.  Some are strange.  Quite a few are just crazy.  But I love them all.  We then later had an appointment with the G family that went really well.  We are hoping to talk to them about baptism now, except we have a problem... They are going to be gone for three weeks on vacation... No!! Luckily one of the daughters isn't, so we are going to work a lot more with the ward with her, and we are going to meet again before they go.  I think it will be really good.  They are a great family.  And I will still be here when they get back, so it's all good.
Saturday we did service (I have never done so much service my entire mission before) for another family.  We then visited a less-active family who was really nice, but it's just an interesting situation.  We will work there too.  There really is tons to do with a lot of people. 

On Sunday we had church, which was really good.  It was Fast Sunday, but sadly no kids bore testimonies this month.  It was also a super crazy Sunday because all the stores were open.  Normally nothing is open on Sunday except for restaurants, but this Sunday it was almost like Spectrum (we couldn't find the Mini-Donuts sadly.  Which I guess wouldn't have been super great since we were fasting, and it was Sunday...).  We talked to some great people, and all in all it was a good day.  And to top it all off Oswaldo came to church, and finally learned my name! Haha! 

This upcoming week is looking really good.  We have Mission Tour in Munich on Friday where a member of the 70 will be there.  It should be really good.  The problem is that is starts really early in the morning, so we either sleep over somewhere in Munich, or leave really really early the morning of.  Either way it will be something for the journal.  Haha!  We also have quite a few appointments, and things will just be great.  Life is good. 

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Sincerely,

Elder Thompson