Well... this week has been amazing! i'll start out with a couple of fun stories and things like that.
The other day we were looking for an amis that was taught a few monthes ago by the elders and all we had was an address and a first name. so we went to the address and it just so happened to be a building of about 70 doors. and the front door was locked. we decided to make sure that it was the right building and wait to see if someone would come out so they could let us in and while elder Leichty was sitting by the door it just clicked and opened by itself... it was weird. so we went in and then looked at all the mailboxes that there were downstairs and there was lastnames and first initials... which means that when we are looking for franklin ______ that makes it not easy to find. but there were a couple of names on the mailbox that started with F. so we went to the top and decided to check all the "f" names etc. we said a prayer before we started to be able to find this man because we felt like we needed to. so we knocked at all the doors with F initials and couldnt find him. we got down to the bottom floor and we hadnt found him but Elder Leichty decided for some reason, i dont know why, to knock at a door that didnt have an F seemed japonese or something weird like that and elder Lepretre was like oh come on we dont have time to waste etc. the man opened the door and we said we were looking for a man named franklin do you know him, and he said Cest moi (thats me). It was the guy we were looking for so we went in and talked to him and his mom etc. it was way cool!
umm... then, well this week was full of activities for church and stuff and after one of these activities we were getting on the metro and this guy who was WAY drunk came and asked if we had a lighter or something so that he could smoke and we were like no its not good to smoke and we explained a little to him then we got on the metro (elder lepretre had already left the conversation at this point) the guy followed us and started talking to elder leichty because he has such a big accent. meanwhile everyone on the tram is watching this drunk guy talking up a storm to elder leichty and me (until i snuck away because i was laughing to much) and was laughing and i dont know it was just really funny in the moment.
then well we were going to a members home and it was kind of through this corridor with some pillar type things and then the buildings on the other side (i dont know if i explained that very well but oh well) anyways it was night time and so elder Leichty decided that he should play SWAT team or something so hes running down this thing stopping at every pillar and "shooting" "people" and stuff and without noticing runs past this entry way where a family is coming out and they walked out and gave him the weirdest look, and he didnt want it to be really weird so he decided to just keep going like he was crazy or something idont know. it was SOO funny.
umm other than that on friday night we had another ward activity where it was kind of like a carnival with different booths and just like little games to play and get prizes etc. well one of those booths was a arm wrestling thing. so just to get it over with i arm wrestled Elder Leichty first.... he's wrestled for the last 10 years of his life or something so he pretty much destroyed me haha. but then after that i did it against a bunch of people one of which was an investigator who is our age and like neither of us could finish it so it was so long and took forever and my arm was sore forever. but i won a DDR competition or something and got some sweet sunglasses! it was a fun night. then on saturday there was another activity but it was for the Young adults. We went because we had a few investigators who went and there were quite a few non members it was cool. we left before the dance 1) because we are supposed to and 2) because someone asked us to. I guess that 5 more guys means more competition for them with the girls or something... (us and another companionship.) I personally was there to talk to non members but i guess that doesnt mean anything.
ummm what else. Oh so we are teaching a few really strong potential baptisms all of which are referrals from members. theres one family we are teaching that came to church sunday and really liked it, the parents and the two girls. another one is a young girl (18) who thanks to her friend wants to continue to see us, reads the BOM every night and came to church sunday too. The last is the young guy that came to the activity. the only thing stopping him from getting baptized is that he hasnt told his family. but everything should go well for them. way cool.
so another weird thing that happend is that on sunday a member came from one of the wards that i already served in (valence). i saw his daughter and i was like oh she hasnt changed that much etc.. what i forgot is that they have 2 kids and the one i was looking at used to be in a stroller, and is now walking around all by herself and stuff... AHHH!!! thats soo weird!
then what else. oh we had a sweet zone conference tuesday also. it was great! it was weird though because the missionaries that are going home this transfer and the ones that came into the mission just before me... which means that i'm next... i'm getting even more sad every day... its so unreal.
well i think thats about all the time i have love you!
Elder Michael Laws
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