Alrighty, just to answer some questions first! Yes dad, a lot of the french people talk that funny up north! Maybe now y'all can see how hard it is every time a missionary moves. Depending upon where he or she goes, he could be going to a different country even, and even just in France there are so many different accents and new phrases to get used to!! Also, no I don't want the red shirt back. It didn't cost much money to buy those things, all of that stuff was on sale .....sending it was a different story. Yes the art book of mine should be coming soon as well. It should be very useful for my art classes later!
ummmmm OH! Elder Reed is from Riverton, Utah and our favorite pastime is singing random songs in french throughout the day!
OK! So this week was jammed with stuff! First off! We got a surprise call from the zone leaders right after I finished my e-mails last week. They told us that we needed to go to Paris (last Tuesday) for a leadership training! It was really sweet. Most of it was focused on what the goals of our mission were and how to obtain them in each of our districts. That being: to start breaking down the walls that separate the missionaries and the members and to really start getting them involved in the work.
President Ponzanski and his wife are super awesome and I have loved working with them and their inspiration!
I also got to see all of my old companions, beings they are all leaders of some sort!
So the following day was district meeting. It was just a tad bit more stressful cause the AP's were there, but it went super well and we had a really good lesson on how to get our wards involved. We incorporated a lot of what we learned in training! So with all of that, we traveled a ton this week and I think it is safe to say, "I hate trains!!! " Alas it's better than not being able to get to sleep! My insomnia is much better btw.
The rest of the week was just as crazy! We have found some more potentials to teach and the coolest miracle was a man named Phillipe that we met at a bus stop! I saw him walking up and I said "bonjour comment ça va" (Hi, How are you?)and he answered " bah ça va" (I am well) and I said "meme pendant tout la pluie!" ( even with the rain?) That kinda made him smile and we just kept talking to him in just a normal conversation. Of course he sees the plaque on my shirt and I know he is wondering what in the world we are, so I introduced ourselves as missionaries. Then he just started asking tons of questions. Like "what separates us from other churches?" and all that jazz. We taught him about Christ's ministry on earth and what He accomplished here. Namely the atonement and also establishing His church. Then we taught him about the apostasy and how after centuries of being lost God called another prophet, Joseph Smith, to restore lost truths so that we could enjoy the fullness of our Heavenly Fathers gospel plan! We also introduced the Book of Mormon and gave him one. He was just loving it! I tried to get his address or something and offered him our number and he took it, but he wouldn't give us his number or anything. He said he was going to call us, but we have all heard that a thousand times, and that just means they don't really want to do anything more.......right? Wrong! Two days later we got a random call and guess who it was! PHILLIPE! He said he REALLY want's to learn more about the church and have us come over to teach him after he finishes his exams on the 25th of August. So, we will be going to chez Phillipein a couple of weeks, YEAH miracles!
We also finished all the lessons with the Joumottes kids and they are super pumped for their baptism this Saturday! These kids are setting a great example for their family and are doing wonders for them! Their dad had been inactive for awhile but has now become very active and absolutely on the ball. Although he was skeptic of us and the leadership of the church, he now trusts, and even likes us. Life is pretty much sweet!
We also saw Andrés and he has been reading and praying and progressing! He is your normal teenager and it was hard to convince him that church stuff was important. He is very bright and he is preparing himself to be baptized on the 28th of this month. There is still some work to be done but we are doing all we can to help everyone out the best way possible!
Well y'all are awesome! Like always, and I will catch you soon!
Love,
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