Hello everyone! questions;
Palais des papes wasn't bad. If you guys come to Avignon, you have to do it... kinda a lot of big empty rooms, but still really cool.
The Melons are still deliceouse, the weird one tasted kinda like a honeydew, but a little worse. It think I'll just stick with the cantaloupes.
The weather is hot again this week. Less though. I forgot to mention, the first day of september was freezing, I had to wear a sweater. I also got sick after such a big temperature change, and i am just now getting better. It was just a little cold, nothing to worry about, and like I said, I am about 100% now. But like I said, it is still pretty hot here, but only from about 1 to 7, before and after it is cool and quite nice!
We have some extra mattresses the other elders slept on.
Yes I take pictures
Yes I study the book of mormon, quite a lot. I have already read it through in French, and I am about halfway through my second tour, but I also study by topics, and I have read the pearl of great price, the gospels in the new testament, and up to section 50 in DC all in French. We have lots of time to study, especially with the extra study time new missionaries get.
It has been known for missionaries to go back to a ville they have already served in. I know a couple people who have done it, but it isn't really common. The office Elders still do about four hours of normal missionary work a day. I hear that it is still really fulfilling and lots of miracles, just in different ways. The office elders actually got like Three baptisms recently.
So for transfers. Well I am still in Avignon. Elder call though
moved to Montpellier... his third transfer, third ville, third
companion ha ha. He was great though, he is and is going to be a great missionary! My new collegue is Elder Arrington. He is also new, so I will be training him, I guess I didn't totally fail with Elder Call. He is from Des Moines Iowa. He already speaks and understands French pretty well. It is impressive. He seems like a cool guy. He also is a guitarist!
Another thing that is cool, is because he is blue, we will get to go to Lyon again for his blues conference!
OK, I do not have a lot of time left sorry, so I don't think I am
going to be able to do a day by day thing. This week was pretty slow anyway... well we didn't have a lot of rdvs, but it went by super super fast! It really feels like I was just with Elder Call for a long exchange.
I love France! I love this mission, I am skinny now! Total loss of 95 pounds so far! Just another 10 and I'll be really REALLY good looking! Que la paix soit avec vous tous! Je vous aime beacoup
beaucoup. Do you translate the things I say in French?
Je prie pour vous tous les jours. Je sais que la mission est la
meilleur décision que j'ai jamais faite! Allez au temple et à
l'église. Ne vous abandonnez jamais! See y'all next week
Monday, September 10, 2012
Avignon 10
Hey, let me try out this word thing. I am writing in Microsoft word instead of the lame internet thing. Yes you can save your email as a draft, but it doesn’t auto save, and I have gotten used to the email saving every minute or so.
Questions:
Really the only place to go for air-conditioning is the buses.
Yes they do have diet soda here (diet coke is called Coca light here, and it really tastes awful, much different then back home). I have not had any soda last week, and we didn’t buy anymore this week, so I think I am just stopping cold turkey.
Did you mean credit cards? We only get one card with money on it (besides personal ones of course). If you have a car though, you get a second card to buy gas and stuff for the car.
Yes we are having fun. The temperature has gone down since Thursday so it has been pretty bearable.
I do not think I need anything, but thank you for the cards you sent… was that what you were talking about earlier? They are fun to get! In our mission, you can email anyone that is not in or around your mission boundaries, though they recommend you limit conversation with everyone but your family. I usually send a shortened version of this
email to Travis and Jordan, then I email Kevin and Peter occasionally, that is really everyone I talk to.
I wanted to tell you a couple things, first, I met Kevin Mitchel’s son out here… I think it is Kevin, anyway, it is someone who you worked with Dad, he is really nice. Small world huh?
Second, Cavaillon (a town not far from Avignon, in our sector) is known as the capitol of Melon, so the best melons here come from Cavaillon. I have had a few, and they are simply amazing! Every single one I have had has been way sweet and just perfect. I have had several caneloups and a water melon. Today we bought a strange looking melon that I have never seen before, so we’ll see if it is any good.
Corn on the cob sounds good. They don’t really sell corn here outside of canned corn. I did see my first ear of corn at the store today. €1.25 for one ear! Really really pricy.
Monday: Saw Olivier, and Cyprien Ughetto. It was Cyprien’s birthday so we gave him cookies and one of the light pens you gave me. He seemed to really like it. Then we pretty much napped all day ha ha.*
Tuesday: Worked in Les Angles, got rated by frère Jeunehomme, and saw Sylvain.
Wednesday: Passed some passbacks (not interested), Got rated by Jeunehomme again, taught English class and Quansah.
Thursday: Met Rémy and taught him, he was fine… a little awkward like he normally is. Worked in Sorgues, had dinner, and passed a guy we met in Les Angles (wasn’t there)
Friday: Weekly planning and studies, got rated by laticia, Called some people and went to les angles again to pass that guy again (not there again)
Saturday: Went to Rémy’s house to teach him again. Saw him naked in his house, and wouldn’t answer the door… remy… Worked in the pontet and made a carnet for the members, a little paper for them to put info
on, so we can know who is who in the branch, and everyone’s callings and so forth. Went to Frère Jeunehomme’s house without an appointment, and he let us in and we were able to talk for a while and share a message. I really like Frere Jeunehomme, and his cats.
Sunday: Good day at church, a good amount of people there (40) passed the veyriey family and talked to them (they are members). Oh, and we taught this new ami Jenveeve. We found her yesterday going to frère jeunehomme’s house. She would have been an absolutely golden contact, only she seemed a little crazy. She told us she would come
to church, and she did for all three hours. She said it was great, and she is going to stop smoking and stop drinking beer and coffee, and start praying and reading and she is going to come to church every week. It almost sounds too good to be true! The only thing is that she is in a mental hospital, she is very nice, and seems pretty much there, because she has quite a bit of freedom. The big problem is
that she is sous totale. That means that the government takes care of virtually every aspect of her life. It is very very very difficult to even teach those people let alone have them be baptized. We’ll see what happens. She is such a lovely woman.
Well that is about it for this week. We did not have many rdvs, but VACANCE IS FINALLY FREAKIN OVER!!! Then everyone will be home, and there are at least three people who have some good potential that will finally be back home this next week. The mission is great! I love it. It is still the most difficult thing I have ever done, but also the most rewarding thing I have ever done. Keep it groovy everyone.
I hope that this letter is a little bit better and longer than the
last one.
-enjoy having large cheap stuff, because over here everything is small and expensive.
Je sais qu’il vie mon rédempteur ! Je vous aime, vous me manquez, et je pris pour vous tout le temps ! Dite à Monte et Max que je les aime aussi, et que je n’ai pas encore oublié le bœuf-tec que je les dois. Restez fidèle, bisous ciao ! à le lundi prochaine !
Questions:
Really the only place to go for air-conditioning is the buses.
Yes they do have diet soda here (diet coke is called Coca light here, and it really tastes awful, much different then back home). I have not had any soda last week, and we didn’t buy anymore this week, so I think I am just stopping cold turkey.
Did you mean credit cards? We only get one card with money on it (besides personal ones of course). If you have a car though, you get a second card to buy gas and stuff for the car.
Yes we are having fun. The temperature has gone down since Thursday so it has been pretty bearable.
I do not think I need anything, but thank you for the cards you sent… was that what you were talking about earlier? They are fun to get! In our mission, you can email anyone that is not in or around your mission boundaries, though they recommend you limit conversation with everyone but your family. I usually send a shortened version of this
email to Travis and Jordan, then I email Kevin and Peter occasionally, that is really everyone I talk to.
I wanted to tell you a couple things, first, I met Kevin Mitchel’s son out here… I think it is Kevin, anyway, it is someone who you worked with Dad, he is really nice. Small world huh?
Second, Cavaillon (a town not far from Avignon, in our sector) is known as the capitol of Melon, so the best melons here come from Cavaillon. I have had a few, and they are simply amazing! Every single one I have had has been way sweet and just perfect. I have had several caneloups and a water melon. Today we bought a strange looking melon that I have never seen before, so we’ll see if it is any good.
Corn on the cob sounds good. They don’t really sell corn here outside of canned corn. I did see my first ear of corn at the store today. €1.25 for one ear! Really really pricy.
Monday: Saw Olivier, and Cyprien Ughetto. It was Cyprien’s birthday so we gave him cookies and one of the light pens you gave me. He seemed to really like it. Then we pretty much napped all day ha ha.*
Tuesday: Worked in Les Angles, got rated by frère Jeunehomme, and saw Sylvain.
Wednesday: Passed some passbacks (not interested), Got rated by Jeunehomme again, taught English class and Quansah.
Thursday: Met Rémy and taught him, he was fine… a little awkward like he normally is. Worked in Sorgues, had dinner, and passed a guy we met in Les Angles (wasn’t there)
Friday: Weekly planning and studies, got rated by laticia, Called some people and went to les angles again to pass that guy again (not there again)
Saturday: Went to Rémy’s house to teach him again. Saw him naked in his house, and wouldn’t answer the door… remy… Worked in the pontet and made a carnet for the members, a little paper for them to put info
on, so we can know who is who in the branch, and everyone’s callings and so forth. Went to Frère Jeunehomme’s house without an appointment, and he let us in and we were able to talk for a while and share a message. I really like Frere Jeunehomme, and his cats.
Sunday: Good day at church, a good amount of people there (40) passed the veyriey family and talked to them (they are members). Oh, and we taught this new ami Jenveeve. We found her yesterday going to frère jeunehomme’s house. She would have been an absolutely golden contact, only she seemed a little crazy. She told us she would come
to church, and she did for all three hours. She said it was great, and she is going to stop smoking and stop drinking beer and coffee, and start praying and reading and she is going to come to church every week. It almost sounds too good to be true! The only thing is that she is in a mental hospital, she is very nice, and seems pretty much there, because she has quite a bit of freedom. The big problem is
that she is sous totale. That means that the government takes care of virtually every aspect of her life. It is very very very difficult to even teach those people let alone have them be baptized. We’ll see what happens. She is such a lovely woman.
Well that is about it for this week. We did not have many rdvs, but VACANCE IS FINALLY FREAKIN OVER!!! Then everyone will be home, and there are at least three people who have some good potential that will finally be back home this next week. The mission is great! I love it. It is still the most difficult thing I have ever done, but also the most rewarding thing I have ever done. Keep it groovy everyone.
I hope that this letter is a little bit better and longer than the
last one.
-enjoy having large cheap stuff, because over here everything is small and expensive.
Je sais qu’il vie mon rédempteur ! Je vous aime, vous me manquez, et je pris pour vous tout le temps ! Dite à Monte et Max que je les aime aussi, et que je n’ai pas encore oublié le bœuf-tec que je les dois. Restez fidèle, bisous ciao ! à le lundi prochaine !
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