Hey Family!
It was good to hear from all of you and to know that everything is going good!
Also the fact that I'm going to have another nephew is pretty cool. (no more of this niece stuff k?) Congratulations Jesse!
This week has been great and the weather is slightly cooperating. It has rained I think for the last Month like every day. But so far no snow which is apparently not normal so i guess we're lucky, because my companion is from Southern California, and i'm from St. George...(it doesnt get too cold either place.) transfers are the Ninth of December so hopefully i'll stay more towards the south (or go back to valence haha) for winter... and out of the mountains.
If i havent told everyone my nose isnt that bad now swellings down and no bruising and its straight and i can breath so all is well. Although there is part of my nose that is moving that i dont think it should but it doesnt hurt so i'm not going to worry about it. Just the thought of another surgery makes me say that its fine no matter what shape it would be in right now. haha.
I'm glad that Those mission papers are finally on their way otherwise i'd probably call up the bishop myself :). no i'm just kidding but that's cool that he finally got around to it. i'm glad that he maybe didnt have the easiest time, we dont get callings because we are qualified for them but to help us grow and learn. Just like why we are here now!
Anyways so this last week has been good. after playing soccer in geneva again (which i'm officially sick of) we had a great activity in Annemasse with the Young Men there. We taught them and then they taught us something from Preach My Gospel. Its kind of interesting to think that i probably acted about how they did... completely "uninterested" or more interested in other things. haha. i wasnt like that was I? Then the next morning we all went to Annecy (all seven of us, i'll explain that next) and we went and did service at the place we go to every week. We brought everyone because we were loading a Semi-truck with sacks full of clothes and it was a ton of work and a ton of fun. Anyways when we showed up they had already started and been working for a little while so they were taking a coffee break... and there was like 6 of them... there was a TON of bags.. so they asked how many we were and we said 7 and the look of like relief in their eyes was priceless. It was way cool.
After that we had DIstrict meeting which went well but at the same time we were all SOOO tired so it wasnt the best but ya.
So back to the reason why there were seven missionaries. On tuesday night we went up to Annemasse to stay over night then spend preparation day with them and like they were supposed to pick us up (they have a car) and take us to the apartement but they were way late. And when they show up it was 2 completely different missionaries and so we were really confused. It turns out that one of the missionaries had some family/ personal stuff to take care of so he went home..
So now we have Elder Asay (who i we were with in Geneva) elder Williams (who was already there) and Elder Anderson (who got into the mission field the same day and if from Norway) in annemasse. Its really cool and fun.
anyways so this weekend we got to see some of our investigators and it was great, some came to church which was way cool because we hadnt seen her for a little while. then monday we had a great day and some good miracles. We taught this lady who is the mother of 2 kids and you could really tell that she felt the spirit which was great and then we had an exchange with the Elders IN chambery. Which was good. We went and ate at a members house. it was SUCH good food haha. so anyways. Then Yesterday we had interviews with president murdock and it was really good. and ya... thats about it!
Hope you have a great week!
Love you!
Elder Laws
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Nov. 18, 2009
Hello All!
how is everyone doing today? how was everyones weeks? 
so this has been an alright week for us. turns out my nose isnt too badly injured haha but i had to ice it for a little bit and ya. i think its broken still but its straight and i can breath so all is well.
We have been having a hard time seeing our amis lately because a lot of them have been sick and i think that one of them might have got the Grippe A... or just a normal Grippe (the grippe A is swineflu grippe is just like flu i guess... not completely sure though). so like its been tough but on sunday night we actually taught this couple that we had contacted a while ago and it went really well. they are way nice and we got the fact that we are polygamist cleared up for them haha. it was fun.
Then like yesterday or the day before we had this great contact with this italian guy that had lived in colorado for 4 years and he just loved everything we told him and like was really impressed that we are here to invite and not like tell them how it is sort of thing. sadly he is from italy so we arent going to get to teach him but thats ok.
ummm other stuff... idk if there is anything else thats going on really. we are in geneva again today to play sports... hopefully not just soccer because i am getting really bored of it haha.
never really been my forte. my companion tries to tell me that i am good (i think its just in the effort to try and get me to play more haha).
Other than that the language is good, its starting to get cold in annecy, (mountains and all) and the branch is doing good.
Hope you have a great week! love you all!
Elder Laws
ps i need your addresses
how is everyone doing today? how was everyones weeks?
so this has been an alright week for us. turns out my nose isnt too badly injured haha but i had to ice it for a little bit and ya. i think its broken still but its straight and i can breath so all is well.
We have been having a hard time seeing our amis lately because a lot of them have been sick and i think that one of them might have got the Grippe A... or just a normal Grippe (the grippe A is swineflu grippe is just like flu i guess... not completely sure though). so like its been tough but on sunday night we actually taught this couple that we had contacted a while ago and it went really well. they are way nice and we got the fact that we are polygamist cleared up for them haha. it was fun.
Then like yesterday or the day before we had this great contact with this italian guy that had lived in colorado for 4 years and he just loved everything we told him and like was really impressed that we are here to invite and not like tell them how it is sort of thing. sadly he is from italy so we arent going to get to teach him but thats ok.
ummm other stuff... idk if there is anything else thats going on really. we are in geneva again today to play sports... hopefully not just soccer because i am getting really bored of it haha.
never really been my forte. my companion tries to tell me that i am good (i think its just in the effort to try and get me to play more haha).Other than that the language is good, its starting to get cold in annecy, (mountains and all) and the branch is doing good.
Hope you have a great week! love you all!
Elder Laws
ps i need your addresses
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Nov. 11, 2009
Hello Family!
So this week has been great! so i guess that we can start with wednesday we just like hung out and played piano and stuff. then thursday we had the opportunity to do service at this place that we go to every week. its great and a ton of work which is a good switch from like walking and stuff haha. we also tried to find some places to do some porting but basically we didnt so it was alright but could have been better.
on friday we do our Weekly Planning session, set goals and stuff, figure out what we are working for etc and then we went and passed this less active member. a couple of weeks ago he actually stopped drinking and so he has a ton of energy (i told you that already i think) and so its hard to even like share anything with him but we manage to. he's a great guy and they always give us a ton of food when we go over.
Saturday was a pretty good day and we got to do some great things. we saw our investigator and he's doing good. Not especially progressing but recently he got jumped and they broke his nose... oh and he's in a wheelchair.. pretty messed up huh?
We also got to see some of our Members and we ate with one of them. Its a family with 3 kids and he is the ward mission leader. its fun to be with them and see that our family wasnt the only one with fights teasing disobedience great parents etc.sunday was alright but like all of our rendezvous fell. it was good though. ummm ya. and lately i've been having to practice the piano because i got a call from one of the assistants who wanted me to play the piano for Zone conference haha!
now since monday is no longer preparation day we had an exchange with the zone leaders it was way good. i went with elder brady and elder mason went with elder lepretre. we both had a lot of good conversations and found some people who said that we could pass by again. after that we went up to geneva for the rest of the exchange and because the next day was zone conference. It was SOOO good haha! i felt that spirit way strongly and well got a bunch of good ideas of what we should do.
we did one activity where we took a map and both members of the companionship picked roads according to the spirit..(thats like way french english haha) and then we compared the list that we made individually (5-10) and we had roads in common yay! so this thursday we are going to go check it out! and to add onto that elder mason got a package and he got fortune cookies, and one of them said be on the lookout thursday for a special opportunity. so it should be cool.
that brings us to today... which is preparation day. we came up to geneva to play some sports and we played soccer and well it was fun... and halfway through i like got my nose blasted.... its not sure that its broken or not but i think that it is possible haha. we'll see. i will keep you updated haha! i just got a head to the nose but anyways it was fun except that like all the french/spanish soccer player people were on the same team and then started to get way too cocky.... and then we scored like 5 goals in a row haha! it was funny... anyways (pride cycle anyone?) sorry... that wasnt very appropriate. umm so ya. but thats all for me! so i hope that you have a great week!
and i Love you!
Elder Laws
So this week has been great! so i guess that we can start with wednesday we just like hung out and played piano and stuff. then thursday we had the opportunity to do service at this place that we go to every week. its great and a ton of work which is a good switch from like walking and stuff haha. we also tried to find some places to do some porting but basically we didnt so it was alright but could have been better.
on friday we do our Weekly Planning session, set goals and stuff, figure out what we are working for etc and then we went and passed this less active member. a couple of weeks ago he actually stopped drinking and so he has a ton of energy (i told you that already i think) and so its hard to even like share anything with him but we manage to. he's a great guy and they always give us a ton of food when we go over.
Saturday was a pretty good day and we got to do some great things. we saw our investigator and he's doing good. Not especially progressing but recently he got jumped and they broke his nose... oh and he's in a wheelchair.. pretty messed up huh?
We also got to see some of our Members and we ate with one of them. Its a family with 3 kids and he is the ward mission leader. its fun to be with them and see that our family wasnt the only one with fights teasing disobedience great parents etc.sunday was alright but like all of our rendezvous fell. it was good though. ummm ya. and lately i've been having to practice the piano because i got a call from one of the assistants who wanted me to play the piano for Zone conference haha!
now since monday is no longer preparation day we had an exchange with the zone leaders it was way good. i went with elder brady and elder mason went with elder lepretre. we both had a lot of good conversations and found some people who said that we could pass by again. after that we went up to geneva for the rest of the exchange and because the next day was zone conference. It was SOOO good haha! i felt that spirit way strongly and well got a bunch of good ideas of what we should do.
we did one activity where we took a map and both members of the companionship picked roads according to the spirit..(thats like way french english haha) and then we compared the list that we made individually (5-10) and we had roads in common yay! so this thursday we are going to go check it out! and to add onto that elder mason got a package and he got fortune cookies, and one of them said be on the lookout thursday for a special opportunity. so it should be cool.
that brings us to today... which is preparation day. we came up to geneva to play some sports and we played soccer and well it was fun... and halfway through i like got my nose blasted.... its not sure that its broken or not but i think that it is possible haha. we'll see. i will keep you updated haha! i just got a head to the nose but anyways it was fun except that like all the french/spanish soccer player people were on the same team and then started to get way too cocky.... and then we scored like 5 goals in a row haha! it was funny... anyways (pride cycle anyone?) sorry... that wasnt very appropriate. umm so ya. but thats all for me! so i hope that you have a great week!
and i Love you!
Elder Laws
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Nov. 04, 2009
Hey Family!!!
So this has been a LONG 9 day week since i heard from you haha.... well actually i was just fine, pretty normal stuff going on.
umm so one monday we went up and played soccer in Geneva and it was way fun i guess.... i decided that i would just play with a good attitude and stuff and i slayed everyone.... not really but the WORLD WILL REMEMBER MY NAME!!! hahah... dunno where that came from! it was fun...
so then on Tuesday we just had basic like missionary stuff going on and we got to see one of our investigators. her name is Michele and she speaks english and is way funny... we've seen her a couple of times since then and watched the restoration with her and normally she likes to talk a lot(ton) but during the film she didnt say a word... she was really touched and she said that she would read every day from the Book of mormon! Which we have been trying to get her to do all along haha! she is also quiting smoking right now because she got brochitus and could easily have died.
Then we have been working with members and visiting them and its been fun i really like them! they are way too nice to us sometimes! oh and i'm still district leader so yesterday we've had 2 meetings and they went well. this last one we were talking about how we could speak better french and we invited some of the members to help us and it was really good! its always nice to have people that are from the country because they have different mindsets... and they speak the language haha!
We visited this lessactive member that is like the favorite person of all the missionaries who serve here and he used to be kind of a big drinker so it was kind of funny when we went there... but now he is stopping... and he has so much more energy its ridiculous. it was hard to get a few words in before but now its impossible haha (10 points to the Word of Wisdom testimony haha!)
On sunday we did some porting and a man let us in and we were talking about the restoration and like then he asked us how long we were here and like about our families and stuff and he said to tell our parents that On November 1, 2009 at 5:45 that Didier (52 rue de l'agouleme) said that. vos parents pourrait etre fier de vous (our parents could be proud of us) haha! He was a way nice guy and we're going to stop by and see him again pretty soon. he told us to tell our parents that! i'm not trying to be prideful or anything....
Umm... other than that this last little while i've been reading Jesus the Christ a ton and the Book of mormon too and i was just overcome with...sadness. The complete unrighteousness and illegality of the Trial and Crucifixion is completely ridiculous! the Jews acted against practically every law that they were so scrutinously protecting, and charged him of something that he DIDNT EVEN SAY or do!!! I love how talmage says it... they accused the one person on this earth that could not blaspheme of blasphemy.... or something like that... It really maybe so much more appreciative of the sacrifice that christ made for us. (10 points to atonement testimony!)
Anyways it was a great week... And i hope that you all have a great week, and I love you!
Elder Laws
So this has been a LONG 9 day week since i heard from you haha.... well actually i was just fine, pretty normal stuff going on.
umm so one monday we went up and played soccer in Geneva and it was way fun i guess.... i decided that i would just play with a good attitude and stuff and i slayed everyone.... not really but the WORLD WILL REMEMBER MY NAME!!! hahah... dunno where that came from! it was fun...
so then on Tuesday we just had basic like missionary stuff going on and we got to see one of our investigators. her name is Michele and she speaks english and is way funny... we've seen her a couple of times since then and watched the restoration with her and normally she likes to talk a lot(ton) but during the film she didnt say a word... she was really touched and she said that she would read every day from the Book of mormon! Which we have been trying to get her to do all along haha! she is also quiting smoking right now because she got brochitus and could easily have died.
Then we have been working with members and visiting them and its been fun i really like them! they are way too nice to us sometimes! oh and i'm still district leader so yesterday we've had 2 meetings and they went well. this last one we were talking about how we could speak better french and we invited some of the members to help us and it was really good! its always nice to have people that are from the country because they have different mindsets... and they speak the language haha!
We visited this lessactive member that is like the favorite person of all the missionaries who serve here and he used to be kind of a big drinker so it was kind of funny when we went there... but now he is stopping... and he has so much more energy its ridiculous. it was hard to get a few words in before but now its impossible haha (10 points to the Word of Wisdom testimony haha!)
On sunday we did some porting and a man let us in and we were talking about the restoration and like then he asked us how long we were here and like about our families and stuff and he said to tell our parents that On November 1, 2009 at 5:45 that Didier (52 rue de l'agouleme) said that. vos parents pourrait etre fier de vous (our parents could be proud of us) haha! He was a way nice guy and we're going to stop by and see him again pretty soon. he told us to tell our parents that! i'm not trying to be prideful or anything....
Umm... other than that this last little while i've been reading Jesus the Christ a ton and the Book of mormon too and i was just overcome with...sadness. The complete unrighteousness and illegality of the Trial and Crucifixion is completely ridiculous! the Jews acted against practically every law that they were so scrutinously protecting, and charged him of something that he DIDNT EVEN SAY or do!!! I love how talmage says it... they accused the one person on this earth that could not blaspheme of blasphemy.... or something like that... It really maybe so much more appreciative of the sacrifice that christ made for us. (10 points to atonement testimony!)
Anyways it was a great week... And i hope that you all have a great week, and I love you!
Elder Laws
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