Week 70, Agen France



Sunflowers in Mezin

Bonjour,

Well this week was super, super hot but great. We talked to a lot of
people this week. On Wednesday I celebrated Canada
day with my Canadian companion. I also went on an exchange with Elder
Herdt who was in the MTC with me. We had a good time catching
up. His older brother just left on a mission which is really exiting for him. I have not been able to see
very many people that I was in the MTC with so far but I have been
able to see elder Herdt a good amount and we have become good friends.
During our exchange we went to see  a couple who is a little older
and really liked to talk. The woman told a story about being taught by a sister missionary who went home thinking she had not done anything. Later this lady got baptized and then they both saw each other at the temple because they where both getting married! She said this sister
missionary was from Aix-en-Provence and I realized that it was Sr.
Alenic who I know really well from living in Aix. It's a small world.
Miracle of the week
About three weeks ago I talked to this lady named Sandy from Agen and we
exchanged numbers but we were never able to get ahold of her. Then
last week I decided to call her again and we were able to talk to her
and see her on Friday. We had a great lesson with her about her family
and the plan of salvation. We talked about how God has a plan for her
and each of us and at this is possible because of Jesus Christ. We
also used some scriptures from the Book of Mormon and gave her a copy.
Then yesterday she came to church with her daughter and had a great
time. She originally said that she could only stay for the first half
but then she stayed for the entire time.

We traveled to a town called Mezin to see Sr. Samson. We are hoping to come more often to teach
her husband. We talked to a guy there who was a bit older and had a
very strong accent from this area. He pronounced Mezin like Mezaing.
On Saturday we played sports with some of the kids in the branch.
There is a really nice family with four boys that love church but do
not come because their Mom does not. We try to do what we can with
them. They are all really great kids. We also passed by this lady on
the way back from a lesson who we met before and when we showed up
she invited us into her yard and gave us some Juice. We said we had to
catch a bus soon so she gave us a bag of soda and a big cantaloupe. We
wished her a happy Independence Day because she loves America!
One Sunday after church we tried to find a lady that the missionary's
used to teach and it ended up taking a really long time to walk to
her house. It was really, really hot and we were fasting so we almost
died but eventually we got home and ate our cantaloupe

Have a great week

Frere bake

FFF of the week:
In French you can use the same word for learn and teach so when people
try to talk to us in English they get this confused and say, "you
learn me English"

Canada Day

 

Cantaloupe lady

Mezin

Happy 4th of July

Mezin

Sr Samson