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!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
Jun 08, 2009
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hello family!how is everyone doing?
well so this week has been alright. we started out by having preperation day which i already told you about but then by having the next day a day long trip to Lyon for elder Diffrients legality. so like that ended up being all day long because we got to the Trainstation and like 2 minutes before the train got there i was like... i dont have my passport.. so we had to go back and get my passport and then go and catch the next train which left an hour later which also made us miss the connecting train in Geneva but there was another one and we ended up getting there just fine and on time for his appointment.
now when we got to the gare the elders in Lyon met us there because one of them had to do legality too. so we did that and then got a patisserie to eat and well we missed our train home that night and ended up on an Exchange with those elders and yeah. so then we came home the next morning and everything was good.
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Other than that we have just been trying to find people to teach. Yesterday we talked with a lot of really nice people (none were interested...) and we also at church set up a lot of rendezvous with members because its kind of hard to do 8 hours of finding every day without things to break it up a little. so its cool. and i think this week will be the best week of the transfer so far for us. exciting...umm so like dad asked how it all worked for us so like we dont have to pay any like rent or anything, they give us some money for food mostly and like travel and stuff. but like anything else is basically paid by us, clothes toys etc haha... but ya its nice, i guess like in the passed you had to pay for your own lodging? is that right? but its cool. its nice having a lot of elders because then you dont have to worry so much about spending all of your money because you can get enough for less money per person.
so the picture is of a little valley north of Neuchatel named Val-de-Ruz and it was like the First week that i got here that i took it but i havent been able to send it so i thought that i would since i can.
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Other than that we have a few recent converts that we are working with, just trying to get them integrated etc. fun stuff. so uhh.... yeah... i think thats about it for me and i dont know if i have anything else or if you had any other questions so yeah.Have a great week Love you all
Elder Laws
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Jun 01, 2009
Hi Family again!
so i'm sorry but this week i wont be able to send pictures either, hopefully next week though because i want you to see this place before i leave it haha. (if i leave it too) umm.. so i guess we can just start uhh at today... Well it started with us getting up and doing laundry. then we played a little spades (which the other missionaries taught me how to play, fun game.) then at 11 we got on the train and headed to Bienne, which is like 20 minutes away because we were going to play Football...soccer.. with the Missionaries serving in the Zurich, Switzerland Mission. and its because they have missionaries in bienne, or biel in german, and we have missionaries there too and so we are both within our mission boundaries anyways it was a lot of fun. and i'm sooo tired. that pretty much took up our day. until now. i also cramped up and almost fell on my face but thats ok, i guess that happens when you play for 3 hours after not playing for a yearish... haha. umm... i dont even like soccer. haha. but it was still fun anyways.
umm then yesterday church was good. they had a little lesson on member missionary work (which idk if you knew but those are the most spiritual lessons usually, not even just because of my biased opinion, but really) because this ward has had a lot of baptisms recently and they need to make sure and retain people. and then like after church i was just like hey i like your tie, to the bishop and hey was like can i offer it to you and i was like ya sure so we exchanged ties, so i have a neuchatel bishop tie haha! its a cool tie.
umm then other than that the work is going ok... been seeing a lot of the Recent converts lately and also doing a LOT of porting. (we dont have any amis they all got baptised i guess...) the Lake here is beautiful and the last couple of days we've tried to contact by it but its too distracting because there are a bunch of sail boats and like people riding sail boards and all this crazy stuff and the lake has these huge cool waves and so i dont think its very effective because, its easy to just look at the lake. and i'd send a picture but i dont have enough time and i also yeah there isnt a usb plug in this thing either so i'll have to do it next week.
Other Things... well i think thats about it but i hope that you have a great week and i LOVE YOU ALL!!!
ELder Laws
Je vous aime, et on se verra dans un an... je crois..
so i'm sorry but this week i wont be able to send pictures either, hopefully next week though because i want you to see this place before i leave it haha. (if i leave it too) umm.. so i guess we can just start uhh at today... Well it started with us getting up and doing laundry. then we played a little spades (which the other missionaries taught me how to play, fun game.) then at 11 we got on the train and headed to Bienne, which is like 20 minutes away because we were going to play Football...soccer.. with the Missionaries serving in the Zurich, Switzerland Mission. and its because they have missionaries in bienne, or biel in german, and we have missionaries there too and so we are both within our mission boundaries anyways it was a lot of fun. and i'm sooo tired. that pretty much took up our day. until now. i also cramped up and almost fell on my face but thats ok, i guess that happens when you play for 3 hours after not playing for a yearish... haha. umm... i dont even like soccer. haha. but it was still fun anyways.
umm then yesterday church was good. they had a little lesson on member missionary work (which idk if you knew but those are the most spiritual lessons usually, not even just because of my biased opinion, but really) because this ward has had a lot of baptisms recently and they need to make sure and retain people. and then like after church i was just like hey i like your tie, to the bishop and hey was like can i offer it to you and i was like ya sure so we exchanged ties, so i have a neuchatel bishop tie haha! its a cool tie.
umm then other than that the work is going ok... been seeing a lot of the Recent converts lately and also doing a LOT of porting. (we dont have any amis they all got baptised i guess...) the Lake here is beautiful and the last couple of days we've tried to contact by it but its too distracting because there are a bunch of sail boats and like people riding sail boards and all this crazy stuff and the lake has these huge cool waves and so i dont think its very effective because, its easy to just look at the lake. and i'd send a picture but i dont have enough time and i also yeah there isnt a usb plug in this thing either so i'll have to do it next week.
Other Things... well i think thats about it but i hope that you have a great week and i LOVE YOU ALL!!!
ELder Laws
Je vous aime, et on se verra dans un an... je crois..
Monday, May 25, 2009
May 25, 2009
so uhh HI
hows everyone doing?
this last little bit has been really good and i dont think i told you but this weekend we had a baptism. I got here and everything was basically set up and yeah. thats that. I thought that maybe i would send you a picture but i cant, this comps not working. So the ladies name is Sr. Cappadona and shes from Maurice Island... by Madagascar, shes like 70 and way nice. it was a good service and the Member that gave us to her as a referal baptised her so we have officially lost our best amis, and other than that we have no one really to teach so yay finding!
umm other than that not much else is going on. there are a lot of people here that speak english though. its kind of cool. weird too though. also a lot of german speakers, and aparently portugeuse also. so yeah. ummm lets see.
we ate at this Member families house and they fed us Porkchops... yum.. those are the first in a LONG time. it was good. and theyre a cool family (old man and old woman haha). other than that i dont really have anything to talk about. aparently there has been a lot of crazy stuff going on with my friends (for info ask mom) and yeah... its crazy how much can change in a couple years...
well umm... thats about it. sorry that the email isnt very good this week but yeah. thats all for me. have a great week.
Elder Laws
LOVE YOU ALL
hows everyone doing?
this last little bit has been really good and i dont think i told you but this weekend we had a baptism. I got here and everything was basically set up and yeah. thats that. I thought that maybe i would send you a picture but i cant, this comps not working. So the ladies name is Sr. Cappadona and shes from Maurice Island... by Madagascar, shes like 70 and way nice. it was a good service and the Member that gave us to her as a referal baptised her so we have officially lost our best amis, and other than that we have no one really to teach so yay finding!
umm other than that not much else is going on. there are a lot of people here that speak english though. its kind of cool. weird too though. also a lot of german speakers, and aparently portugeuse also. so yeah. ummm lets see.
we ate at this Member families house and they fed us Porkchops... yum.. those are the first in a LONG time. it was good. and theyre a cool family (old man and old woman haha). other than that i dont really have anything to talk about. aparently there has been a lot of crazy stuff going on with my friends (for info ask mom) and yeah... its crazy how much can change in a couple years...
well umm... thats about it. sorry that the email isnt very good this week but yeah. thats all for me. have a great week.
Elder Laws
LOVE YOU ALL
Monday, May 18, 2009
May 18, 2009
hello the family!
how is everyone?
well so this week has been a lot of fun. on monday we went and played laser tag and it was terrible.... the equipment just was terrible so like when i would normally do good it was really bad.... oh well
then we have on the same day we went up to Mount Saleve that was way cool because we got to see ALL of Geneva. with a nice view of the lake and everything. there was also 8 missionaries in the same vehicle (a van) and so the trip wasnt that bad either. Then the rest of monday and most of Tuesday was spent finding stuff, doing laundry, and packing stuff. we also had our Missionary Coordination meeting (that took me like a minute to think of) and got to say bye to some of the members. there wasnt really anyone who like i was really close to but just the same.
umm then on wednesday My companion and i woke up at 6ish and got ready and went to the Gare... train station. He went to Nancy and we i came here. My new companion and the other missionaries who are here met me at the gare and we took my stuff home etc. got all unpacked (that packing things annoying when its only in the suitcase for a dayish and then you have to take it all out, we need to invent teleporters.... that would work very nicely). and then we went out and worked... this city, is SOO Beautiful, our area, SOO beautiful. its great. and i forgot my camera so i cant send you pictures but next week for sure. We've spent most of our time just knocking on doors but umm i guess last week they had 2 baptisms. and in a week we are supposed to have another so we have spent some time with them the last little while. One is this old Italian man and talking to him (he has a crazy accent but i can mostly understand) makes me wish that i was in Italy right now he is really cool and really nice. the lady who is supposed to get baptized is from by madagascar, and is old too but shes so nice and has a great desire to get baptized so its cool.
My companion is Elder Diffrient and he is from Mississippi. He's cool (a little shorter than me haha 5'3"-5'5") and we get along really well. its fun. This is only his Second Transfer so it should be cool. the other missionaries are Elder Terry, who is one transfer older than me, who is from Plano Texas, and Elder Jolley, who is from Fresno California. suprising that theres only one missionary from Utah and thats only partially true since the parents live in Idaho... haha. its a TON of fun being in the same apartment as another Companionship and for some reason everyone thinks i'm REALLY funny... I dont even do anything and they laugh... its great because we have such a happy fun time.
so last thursday was my first district meeting that i've taught and it was fun but i ran out of things to talk about haha... so yeah haha... i kind of made it up as i went/ i'm almost positive the spirit helped. so that was fun. and since then i'm pretty sure that the rest of the interesting things would have to be only church. although last night we went porting and then missed the bus back to Neuchatel and ended up walking for about 6 km, or 3 1/2 milesish... and we ended up at a members house (recent convert) who we shared a little spiritual thought with, and was kind enough to take us home. it was fun.
ummm..... i think thats about it for me. Hope you all have a great week! Love You!
Elder Laws
how is everyone?
well so this week has been a lot of fun. on monday we went and played laser tag and it was terrible.... the equipment just was terrible so like when i would normally do good it was really bad.... oh well
then we have on the same day we went up to Mount Saleve that was way cool because we got to see ALL of Geneva. with a nice view of the lake and everything. there was also 8 missionaries in the same vehicle (a van) and so the trip wasnt that bad either. Then the rest of monday and most of Tuesday was spent finding stuff, doing laundry, and packing stuff. we also had our Missionary Coordination meeting (that took me like a minute to think of) and got to say bye to some of the members. there wasnt really anyone who like i was really close to but just the same.
umm then on wednesday My companion and i woke up at 6ish and got ready and went to the Gare... train station. He went to Nancy and we i came here. My new companion and the other missionaries who are here met me at the gare and we took my stuff home etc. got all unpacked (that packing things annoying when its only in the suitcase for a dayish and then you have to take it all out, we need to invent teleporters.... that would work very nicely). and then we went out and worked... this city, is SOO Beautiful, our area, SOO beautiful. its great. and i forgot my camera so i cant send you pictures but next week for sure. We've spent most of our time just knocking on doors but umm i guess last week they had 2 baptisms. and in a week we are supposed to have another so we have spent some time with them the last little while. One is this old Italian man and talking to him (he has a crazy accent but i can mostly understand) makes me wish that i was in Italy right now he is really cool and really nice. the lady who is supposed to get baptized is from by madagascar, and is old too but shes so nice and has a great desire to get baptized so its cool.
My companion is Elder Diffrient and he is from Mississippi. He's cool (a little shorter than me haha 5'3"-5'5") and we get along really well. its fun. This is only his Second Transfer so it should be cool. the other missionaries are Elder Terry, who is one transfer older than me, who is from Plano Texas, and Elder Jolley, who is from Fresno California. suprising that theres only one missionary from Utah and thats only partially true since the parents live in Idaho... haha. its a TON of fun being in the same apartment as another Companionship and for some reason everyone thinks i'm REALLY funny... I dont even do anything and they laugh... its great because we have such a happy fun time.
so last thursday was my first district meeting that i've taught and it was fun but i ran out of things to talk about haha... so yeah haha... i kind of made it up as i went/ i'm almost positive the spirit helped. so that was fun. and since then i'm pretty sure that the rest of the interesting things would have to be only church. although last night we went porting and then missed the bus back to Neuchatel and ended up walking for about 6 km, or 3 1/2 milesish... and we ended up at a members house (recent convert) who we shared a little spiritual thought with, and was kind enough to take us home. it was fun.
ummm..... i think thats about it for me. Hope you all have a great week! Love You!
Elder Laws
Monday, May 11, 2009
May 11, 2009
hey the family hows everyone doing?
i hope that everyone had a HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!! mom, mothers, future mothers etc...
this week has been pretty good and to sum things up we've been finding people to teach yay! we've talked to a lot of cool people and the other day i got hugged by this "crazy" man in the Park. its been fun haha.
Today we got transfer calls and i'm out of Geneva. I'll be going to Neuchatel in switzerland. its a cool place from what i hear and i'm excited to be able to go. theres also going to be another companionship in the apartment so that should be fun. I'll be serving with elder Diffrient (something like that) and i know nothing about him except that he is on his Second Transfer so it should be fun. President Peterson also told me that i'd be the District Leader. should be fun. i'm excited to see the other places in the mission and this will be the farthest north that i've been so thats cool. (sends me south in the winter north in the summer, Good man... :) )
Aside from that uhh... idk last preparation day was basically spent doing nothing... sad. this week should make up for it, we are planning on going to play Laser tag (yay) also to go to Mount Saleve, which overlooks Geneva. then to the United Nations to take pictures so it should be a fun day.
This week i also went on an Exchange with elder Bergia (whos french) and it was way fun. Thats when i got hugged, and we talked to a lot of cool people. so it was good. We also passed by this less active member who just happend to be at his house when we came by. Then He came to Church yesterday so thats way cool. He said that he wanted to get his life in order because lately he has had a lot going with school and stuff but that should be finished soon. so thats really cool.
umm lets see it think thats about it for me. it was good to talk to the parents yesterday, even though mom forgot... just kidding that made it even better. ummm so yeah.
hope you have a great week.
Love You all!
Elder Laws
Monday, May 4, 2009
May 04, 2009
Hey Family!
i dont know if i have a lot to say this week...
umm we have been spending most of our time looking for people to teach and its been mostly fruitless but we have talked to a lot of really cool people. umm lately we have been going to the park to talk with people, trying to overcome fears of talking to people that we normally wouldnt so we go to the park and say ok... who wouldnt i talk to... and then we go talk to them. its been way fun.
this last week we talked to a couple of people who had instruments, mostly younger ages, and we've had our own personal concerts.. haha. we just ask if they'll play something for us and they do so its cool. it also makes it a lot more interesting to contact people.
umm and well so hows everything there... they are making a big deal about the Bird Flu over here. They say that they're on a level 5 of 6. the other elders went to a members house recently who works for the UN and he said that if they go to a Level 6 that the Grocery stores would close down (here in switzerland). crazy huh? guess that we should get some food storage or something. haha.
ummm...well shoot... i have to search really hard to find something to talk to you about. its been raining the last couple of days and its kind of depressing. it kind of zaps all energy... oh well.. i'll get over it.
also lets think... we had Interviews this week with president peterson and he basically told me that i wont be in Geneva for another Transfer and that i'm going to be going senior companion also... I guess the days of going along for the ride are over huh? haha just kidding i'm excited it should be fun.
well i dont have much else to say. hope you all have a great week Love You Elder Laws
i dont know if i have a lot to say this week...
umm we have been spending most of our time looking for people to teach and its been mostly fruitless but we have talked to a lot of really cool people. umm lately we have been going to the park to talk with people, trying to overcome fears of talking to people that we normally wouldnt so we go to the park and say ok... who wouldnt i talk to... and then we go talk to them. its been way fun.
this last week we talked to a couple of people who had instruments, mostly younger ages, and we've had our own personal concerts.. haha. we just ask if they'll play something for us and they do so its cool. it also makes it a lot more interesting to contact people.
umm and well so hows everything there... they are making a big deal about the Bird Flu over here. They say that they're on a level 5 of 6. the other elders went to a members house recently who works for the UN and he said that if they go to a Level 6 that the Grocery stores would close down (here in switzerland). crazy huh? guess that we should get some food storage or something. haha.
ummm...well shoot... i have to search really hard to find something to talk to you about. its been raining the last couple of days and its kind of depressing. it kind of zaps all energy... oh well.. i'll get over it.
also lets think... we had Interviews this week with president peterson and he basically told me that i wont be in Geneva for another Transfer and that i'm going to be going senior companion also... I guess the days of going along for the ride are over huh? haha just kidding i'm excited it should be fun.
well i dont have much else to say. hope you all have a great week Love You Elder Laws
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