Ok, so here are the answers to your questions: There are lots of dogs
in swiss, not a lot of poop unlike france because people actually clean
up after their dogs here. Also, They are generally larger husky german
shepherd dogs from what I^ve seen. Ones that would like to eat monte as
a snack, but they seem nice. The cats here are really cute, and almost
all of them will let you approach and pet them, so I enjoy that :)
Yes I got the valentines So did Elder Ihalmo, and he says thank you
by the way. I appreciate the little bit of cash, but you know they
don't use euros here. It is Swiss franks. I'll show you some when I get
back, if you thought that euros looked like monopoly money, the franks
are fisher price play things ha ha really weird money. It is still worth more than the dollar par contre.
Yes I am still running and eating well. I wear pants with a size 32
waist now! It is really cool to look at those little things, and then I
fit in them. I still wear my huge american pants most of the time
though, they don't look great, but well enough.
The two baptisms went really well. Lara was crying (good tears)
and they were both very touched. Really it was an incredible
experience. Then the confirmation went well as well. They are and will
continue to be great members!
So now the question is did I get transferred. Well I^ll answere
that by telling you where I am. I am now on the church computer in
Lausanne. That`s right, I got moved to Yverdon!!! (how does that make
sense) Well, I am in Lausanne moving some missionaries around, and
giving them rides in my new car! Yeah we have a car... and I am also
zone leader now. SO I am not quite sure what that means yet, it is a
little more responsibility than a district leader, but pretty similar,
only we deal with district leaders instead of just the normal nothing
missionaries (ha ha I'm joking) Also, we are both zone leaders, my colleague and me. My new colleague is Elder Puairau, another Tahitian
(PUu, ay, Raow) This one is a difficult one to say, just pronounce all
of the vowels. He actually came into the mission the same time as me.
He went to the MTC in Madrid, but we are both on our 11 transfer.
Elder Ihalmo is still in Bienne, but he is actualy still with me for
the day to wait to pick up his new guy. It is crazy to think that this
is my 11th transfer and my 10th companion. Normally we should stay
together longer too, because zone leaders stay in the area a while.
Though, I've been surprised every transfer so far, so I really have no
idea.
Last week we did something really cool though. Wednesday we had a
consecrated day for finding. With our whole mission and the mission of
Paris, we all prayed every 30 minutes and contacted the whole day. At
first I thought it was going to be a loooong day, but it actually passed
really really fast. We found a really cool guy in the morning who
really wanted to read the book of mormon. Then after lunch we found a
guy who had seen the missionaries a long time ago and we had a great
conversation with him. then in the evening, on the last door that we
knocked on, this awesome Italian man who let us in, we were able to
teach him. He said he would read the book of mormon every night. We...
well the other elders are going to see him later this week. Also, we
found this cute couple with two kids that we taught a couple times this
week, and who have some great potential, so things are starting to
happen in Bienne. not to mention that the branch just gave us like five
other families to teach. Big miracles are happenning every day
Just now, while I was writing you, this Chinese guy walks in and
says, hello, I saw that this was a church and that the light was on, so I
was wondering if I could come in and look around. The other elders are
now teaching him and showing him around the church. Miracles happen
all the freakin time!!! The chinese person is coming to church this
week. wow.
So I need to go. I am so excited to be zone leader, get some things
done and baptize some more people. I love the mission so much, and I
love the gospel. I have had the privilege of seeing so many people
change their lives for the better because of it. It is really something I
had taken for granted before, just the value of what we have. In
talking with lots and lots of people every day, you find that there are
lots and lots and lots of people who are not happy. You just get a
sense of being lost from them. Seeing how the gospel changes people in
to something better. Into people with a purpose who don't know
everything, but who have a goal, and are actually happy in life. I is
so sad when people reject the message because you love them so much and
you just want them to be happy, and you know that this is the answer, but
they just don't get it... urg. We'll there are lots who do get it, and
who do change. Just so you know, I say this just because it bugs me
that people think that we don't have any success here in Europe, So far
this year there have been almost 50 baptisms already! The people here
are so great, and even if it is less baptisms then other parts of the
world, there are so many poeple looking for the truth who just do not
know where to find it.
I love you all so much! Thank you for your prayers and all that you
have done for me. I really liked your emails. Bonne semaine, à la
prochaine, soyez sage, et ne prenez pas la grande chance que vous avez
de connaître l'évangile comme quelque chose allant de soi Je vous aime
fortement. Ciao Paix
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