Yes
we have a washer, only one for the whole building though. It is in the
basement and we have to sign up to use it. I is a little inconvenient,
but ça va.
No
I didn't get the package, it will be a long time before I get it if
ever. because it'd have to be moved through zone conferences and ours
is before lyon's so it would take another transfer, and that is
assuming that they got the package in st etienne.
we
do have a bus pass and a train card, but only for a week (it is
freakin' expencive) Right now our office is in the process of getting
us a magic card that will get us on all the trains buses and boats in every ville in all of Switzerland. It is expensive as well but less
than what we are paying now for our weekly pass. Just to give you an
idea. It is 26 franks for the buses and the little train/tram thing
here in bienne each of us pay that each week. Then the train pass to
get from neuchatel to bienne every day is 77 franks per week per person.
Then whenever we need to take the bus here in Neuchatel which we will
today at least a couple times, it is yet another 3 franks each trip on
the bus. That adds up very very quickly, so i hope the office gets us
this magic card soon because... yeah. In all we are getting close to
1000 franks per month just to get around. That is hard to do when you
only get about 200 every month ha ha. that card i mentioned would bring
it down to 470 per month. better...
Church
is fun. it is a pretty small branch here. 35ish the first week and 17
this week... lots of people sick. that was weird having so few,
especially because we meet in the big german ward's building. The ward
is great though. We found a new ami who was an old ami, but got kinda
forgotten when the missionaries left Bienne. He is really cool and
agreed to be baptized our first rdv, so that is cool. he is very African though meaning he doesn't keep his rdvs very well and he has a
lot of faith, but not a lot of drive to ... read and do other stuff.
hopefully things will go better with him.
E
Ihalmo is funny he wants to be perfect and he gets a little frustrated
that he can't speak the language freely, but that will come. We are
getting along well, and we both take turns cooking, though I probably do
more because I enjoy it more and E ihalmo has never cooked in his life
ha ha. Sometimes we eat with the other Elder equipe, but not every
meal, just with different schedules and us being in another city all
day.
Things
are going well. Gervain is progressing nicely towards his baptism.
and then there were two other cool things. first, after church on
sunday, we passed an old member who told us her whole life story, and
the whole life story of her daughters etc. It was actually a really
powerful spiritual moment. she said that she was particularly sad that
day and she felt like we were and answer to her prayers.
Then
that evening I called Lara (someone who we are teaching) To confirm
our rdv for today. Earlier we invited her to be baptized the 16 February, she said that was way too soon, and she would like to be baptized, just later. Anyway when I called her, she said the rdv would
work, and she also asked me if the 16 was still valid. I said of
course, she said she had thought about it a lot and that she wanted to
be baptized that day. WHAT'? So cool. It is going to be a little
complicated organizing everything with not a lot of time, but it should
be possible. yeah, that was really really cool.
Other
than that, the week was ok. passing less actives, old amis, members,
etc. Talking to people on the road: I've taken about four numbers in
german now: Thankfully I still remember ince swie drie wire, and all
that: I am also learning a few phrases. I don't really have a goal of learning German, but at least enough to contact someone who doesn0t
speak french, or says they don't speak french. I love you all very much
Ich liebe sie or something like that. Je vous aime tous tellement
(that's much prettier) I am sorry that this is another kinda short
email, but our train is coming, and there is a member who needs to use
the church computer. We are staying strong and obedient. The members
here are awesome and so helpful, the only problem is there are only 30
or so, but we are working on that! Have a wonderful weeek ciao
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