Being the District Monkey

Hi everybody! this week was actually semi boring, or as boring as missionary life gets, we got occupied a few times with housekeeping or missionary office stuff a little much, so we didn’t get to work as much as wanted, Elder Costa's bike broke and stuff like that, but it was still good! My trainer is actually the District Leader, and tries to go on an exchange with every Elder in our district, so I'm what they call the District Monkey, I get to go on exchange with everyone too! it was a lot of fun this week, I got to go on an exchange with an Elder in a ville called Nîmes, and it had a big old Roman Gladiatorial Colloseum, which was super cool to see, it brought back a lot of fun memories from Latin class. I also got to contact a lot there and help fellowship two less actives, who are both really cool, and who I really hope go to back to church.

I think I actually was able to help them get a new Ami (investigator). We met a girl on the street who we contacted and seemed super interested in our message, we were able to set up a Rendez-vous with her, and I really hope that worked! We had a little Birthday Party for my trainer this week, he turned 21 on Thursday, so a family of less-actives we've been fellowshipping for a while now threw him a party, and we were able to get quite a few members there, and our Investigator with a baptismal date there, it was a great night to build ties in the branch and help introduce the less actives and our Ami to the branch! I also got to go on an exchange with the zone leaders on Saturday, and it was really cool, I got to help teach the mother of a recent convert in their area, and heard a real story of how the mom is taking the lessons because of how Gopali (the daughter) told her mother how she received a response to the question of whether or not the church was true. It’s inspiring to see how the Spirit can touch people, and how much their lives can be changed; I'm truly growing to love the mission! All is well, we get our transfer calls this Friday, and I'm honestly hoping I get to stay in Narbonne, I'm loving the people here so much. Au Revoir!

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