Jun 15, 2009

hey family! how is everyone?
well so this week has been pretty good. we have had a quite a few rendezvous with members this past week its been fun. and there has been a LOT of good food. i havent eaten so well in a while. They just stuff you like crazy! its yummy though so i'm all for it. (kind of making me fat though... haha.)
so umm.. well this week i went on an exchange with our Zone leaders. its was way fun and it started off way cool. We started after our Zone meeting so me and Elder Sorenson (he's one of my favorite, if not my favorite, missionary) went to the trainstation to catch a train to Yverdon. while we were waiting in the trainstation for the train a man walked up to us and asked us to explain a little so we did and he then proceeded to tell us he'd like to learn more. so we fixed a rendezvous and we saw him Thursday afternoon and it was really good. we'll see him again this week.
umm.. anyways so we get to yverdon and go to their apartment and drop my stuff off. Then we go, and since in Yverdon the bus system isnt very good they walk everywhere. and we had a long ways to walk. haha. so we start going and we get into the "downtown" area and then this guy and his friend stops us, and speaks to us in english and says they want to meet with us. haha. cool stuff. He was from Guatemala and had seen the Temple and knew a little and so ya thats way cool.
anyways so other than that things have been basically pretty routine. its been a lot of fun but also sometimes hard. we uhh.. also got another cool miracle yesterday after church. it was great.
we were porting in a little city about 15 minutes train ride from Neuchatel. We got done with the buildings we were at so we went to the trainstation to wait for the next train back to neuchatel and we were just sitting on a bench. then a man and a woman walked up to us and the man asked us if we were the mormons. we replied yes and he then went on to explain that he was from neuchatel but that he had been in brasil for the last couple years and that there were a LOT of churchs there. and then he asked us where the church was in neuchatel. the woman didnt speak french (portuguese... from brasil i'd imagine) but he said that they went to church all the time in brasil and that his friend told him that when he left that he had to come to church here so thats WAY cool. we just happened to be in the right place at the right time (well i mean not just happened but you get the point.) they said they'd come this coming sunday so thats way awesome. The lord is really full of love for his children and knows when his missionaries need a little miracle haha! so cool.
basically other than that nothing too cool has been happening so thats all for me. Hope you all have a great week. Love you!
Elder Laws
ps. i'll find some shoes here so i should be alright dad thanks for the offer though!