Days in Narbonne, Water Fights with Zone Leaders

With friend Emmanuel

On a typical day I do a workout then breakfast in the morning, then studies, including a 12 weeks thing for new missionaries during their first two transfers, plus personal, companionship, and language. Then lunch, then we go teach and contact! We are only teaching three people right now regularly, but we have a bunch of potentials, so were hoping for a few more by the end of the week! We definitely contact on the street much more. Everyone walks everywhere, and apartments are everywhere, door to door is less effective. We are in a small ville, so we eat at home all the time. Church is great, the members are fun to talk to and I love getting to know them. On Sundays we go to church all morning and get back around 1:30, and then we teach or study!

This week was super great, and I'm so happy to be on a mission here in France! At the beginning of the week we had a multizone conference in Bordeaux, which was super cool! The Saturday before, Elder M. Russell Ballard had come to talk with our mission, so they showed the video of what he said! He really helped us, and it was so cool to hear from an apostle speaking directly to us! He told us how important it is for us to know and understand the doctrine that we teach, to treasure it up so that we can teach simply and with understanding, the Ami de L'eglise need to know and above all UNDERSTAND what we are teaching them, so that the can feel the spirit testify to them. It was a powerful experience to hear him speak with us, and he blessed us powerfully.

Streets of Narbonne

In other news, I was able to go to Montpellier this week for a baptism and an exchange with the zone leaders! It was a blast, we ended up having a massive water gun fight at the apartment with them, instigated by a certain Bleu (French missionary term for greenie) that comes from Texas. Obviously it was entirely necessary.

Last night my trainer showed me a story called The File Room, made for members of the Church, and I was almost in tears. I would invite everybody to read or listen to the story, it is powerful! All is well here in France! J'espar que vous tous avez une bonne semaine, au revoir!