Hey Family!
HOw are you guys doing?!
its been a fun week. i decided that since the last couple of emails were... uneventful that i better write down what happened so that i wouldnt forget.
On wednesday, preparation day that is, we went bowling! it was fun, and i got the highest score of the day with 175! it was good. also something that i havent ever had happen was all of us on our lane one game got over 100. pretty cool.
umm alright. so then on thursday something cool that happend was that i was able to give a baptismal interview for one of the Sisters amis who got baptized saturday; it was a good experience. so then on saturday was the baptism and me and my comp. made some cookies for it... no bake cookies... UMMMM!!!! they were so good! oh and elder Liechty was asked to perform the baptism so thats cool for him.
on Friday we also made some cookies and went around and passed them to our investigators but also to people that were taught in the past and it was fun. one of the families that we passed has at least 15 peopel living in the same apartment! thats so crazy! and way too many people. while we were passing people this lady came up to us and was like hi elders... and of course we didnt know who she was and it turns out that she used to be a member in congo and she decided to go back to being catholic;... its wierd for me to see people that do that and other stuff like it... i dont like it... but it happens... its that dang moral agency thing...
we also went and saw this man who is from venezuela and has this thing for american indian culture. he was way nice. it was just weird because while we were talking he put on this indian music. it was funny. after that we got a phone call from president. he was making sure that we focused on keeping the rules that go with the institute because i guess that a missionary got sent home because of something that happened. its pretty sad because he was a great missionary and had changed a lot during his mission but i guess that no one can overcome temptation when they put themselves in a position to be tempted....
then that night we had a nice rendezvous with the bishop and his family... nice people those members of that mormon church...
so then on saturday we went and played soccer which was fun... i scrapped up my knee because we were playing on dirt, which hurt after when i thought that it would be smart for some reason to use a alcohol wipe... (not smart) then we went to the baptism... it was a good little meeting and i played the piano for a musical number... yikes! only messed up once at the end at least... (not bad for learning the song this week). so that was fun... then there was like a bazillion things to eat after. then on the way home this guy came to talk to us and he started to ask us a bunch of crazy questions... it was weird at first but after it was actually a really good conversation...
Then on sunday on our way to church this guy talked at us for a little while... its kind of annoying when people do that... i dont know if you've ever experienced it but ya.. its weird. but then church was good and we just passed some people etc..
then on monday we went to this little city 20 minutes away to visit a member but the thing is that there is a strike for the trains (like usual) and we went to the trainstation a little early, and there was a train that was 25 minutes late so we got on it and got to our rendezvous... which was pretty crazy. then we went and visited this less active who is deaf which is an interesting experience... he reads lips really well so it was good. then we walked like a billion miles to pass another member...who wasnt there!! sad... umm and thats about it for the week. except last night we had a little rendezvous with the people in the apartment of 15.. it was good. there were people coming in and out going here and there it was kind of funny but it was good. then on the way home some kids threw some rocks at us but missed pretty bad so no big deal... thats whats fun is that everyone here plays soccer and not baseball.. (thats for sure!!)
hope you have a great week!
Elder MIchael Laws
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Apr. 07, 2010
Hey Family!
How are you all doing!?
well it has been a great week for me. mostly because we had general conference.
Like i said last week we are back down to two elders which was kind of weird at first but its been really good. We have had some really fun times. nothing specific i guess but its been great.
umm on wednesday we went and visited this family that we see pretty often and it was fun as usual. We taught about the gospel (faith repentance baptism gift of the holy ghost and enduring to the end) using an egg and a bottle. Its fun to do and maybe i'll show it to you some time. afterwards they fed us some meat and potatos... so good.
then after that the most exciting thing that we did i think was on saturday where we had General confernece but we also played soccer that morning. its great because we're starting to see that people recognize us and that we're different even. maybe less serious is the right word, nice, or i dont know... but its fun.
Now general Conference was just GREAT! it was just a feast... i could have sat there for another 10 hours listening to our leaders! we got to see saturday morning and afternoon, priesthood, and sunday morning session. i think that we are going to listen to some of the talks today from the last session while we eat lunch. idk how to explain exactly why i liked it it was just good. thats all...i got a lot of ideas for the future which is nice and also for the present.
On monday we had district meeting which, with the departure of elder Lepretre, means that i taught. it was good i think. the spirit was there and we got to talk a little bit about repentance and love of god etc... it was nice.
aside from that stuff we have been looking for more people to teach; be that talking to people on the road or passing people that have been taught in the past. we already have a lot of great amis, the difficulty that we have is that we cant really see them as often as i would like. but tahts life i guess. they have to work and go to school and take care of their families and all that so i guess that we cant ask them to see us all the time!!! oh well...
oh we did have a ward council and i think they talked about tacos for our ward party for like 15 minutes.... (count your blessings!) bref...
umm we also had interviews... which is something that i did forget about. it was good to see President and Sister Murdock. they brought me my package too which is good. they appreciated the fact that i opened it and shared! thanks mom! you can send more cadbury eggs if you want!
umm... other things... the 30th of march works for the homecoming talk thingy... if they want me to talk about a specific topic that would be cool to have before then! umm... any prospects for work would be welcome too.
that is all!
have a great week! Love you!
Elder Laws
that is just a picture at the institute here with some of the people that attend... its fun!
Love you!
Elder Laws
How are you all doing!?
well it has been a great week for me. mostly because we had general conference.
Like i said last week we are back down to two elders which was kind of weird at first but its been really good. We have had some really fun times. nothing specific i guess but its been great.
umm on wednesday we went and visited this family that we see pretty often and it was fun as usual. We taught about the gospel (faith repentance baptism gift of the holy ghost and enduring to the end) using an egg and a bottle. Its fun to do and maybe i'll show it to you some time. afterwards they fed us some meat and potatos... so good.
then after that the most exciting thing that we did i think was on saturday where we had General confernece but we also played soccer that morning. its great because we're starting to see that people recognize us and that we're different even. maybe less serious is the right word, nice, or i dont know... but its fun.
Now general Conference was just GREAT! it was just a feast... i could have sat there for another 10 hours listening to our leaders! we got to see saturday morning and afternoon, priesthood, and sunday morning session. i think that we are going to listen to some of the talks today from the last session while we eat lunch. idk how to explain exactly why i liked it it was just good. thats all...i got a lot of ideas for the future which is nice and also for the present.
On monday we had district meeting which, with the departure of elder Lepretre, means that i taught. it was good i think. the spirit was there and we got to talk a little bit about repentance and love of god etc... it was nice.
aside from that stuff we have been looking for more people to teach; be that talking to people on the road or passing people that have been taught in the past. we already have a lot of great amis, the difficulty that we have is that we cant really see them as often as i would like. but tahts life i guess. they have to work and go to school and take care of their families and all that so i guess that we cant ask them to see us all the time!!! oh well...
oh we did have a ward council and i think they talked about tacos for our ward party for like 15 minutes.... (count your blessings!) bref...
umm we also had interviews... which is something that i did forget about. it was good to see President and Sister Murdock. they brought me my package too which is good. they appreciated the fact that i opened it and shared! thanks mom! you can send more cadbury eggs if you want!
umm... other things... the 30th of march works for the homecoming talk thingy... if they want me to talk about a specific topic that would be cool to have before then! umm... any prospects for work would be welcome too.
that is all!
have a great week! Love you!
Elder Laws
that is just a picture at the institute here with some of the people that attend... its fun!
Love you!
Elder Laws
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Mar. 31, 2010
Hey Famsily!
how is everybody doing?
well i'd just like to report that this week has been really good! the end!
Elder Michael Laws
APRIL FOOLS?
oh man i'm weird...
well it has been a great week. we just have the greatest members and investigators ever!!!
its so much fun to be a missionary. its like... awesome.
other than teaching and visiting ridiculously awesome people we have had a couple of other fun things. On saturday we went and played soccer with some members and nonmembers which was really fun. (and really tiring as usual). then we went to this (are you ready? ) young men/young women activity with a couple of our amis. it was interesting to say the least. they did a bunch of little games including some gross eating things. and also a reach your hand into grossness thing. it was funny to watch. (for some reason they didnt let us participate.... haha). but ya so that was fun. Then on sunday there was a baptism for a young member of the ward. he's eight so ya. it was great... baptisms are great! and the spirit rocks.
so that was fun. Then on monday we went and visited some people that lived really far away but since we had no other way to get there we borrowed the senior couples car. it was way fun to drive around in the french country side. the place we went actually was this town in the middle of no where and there were a lot of really big houses and i think i saw 3 castles haha. it was way cool. a lot of fun and everything is starting to get really green so it was great. we also almost got lost... about 10 times but thats no big deal right?
umm other than that lets see. this morning we went to the gare and dropped off elder lepretre who is leaving us. hes going home a little early because he is going to go to school at BYU for a semester. so now its me and elder leichty. we spent our first preparation day together alone with other missionaries haha! we went to this park that is kind of like a zoo. there were some animals that i had never seen before, quite a few monkeys, some meercats or however you spell that, some giraffes, and a lion. he stood up while we were watching paced around then started to "roar" a little. it was fun. then we played some football which was fun... i'm out of shape haha! and then we went shopping and we both got new suits! and now we're doing emails... umm and thats about it. idk if there is anything else that i want to tell you.
oh... haha... well with my comp going home it has been hard not to think about home and the fact that i'm going home soon so if you could maybe lay off on the i cant believe your coming home soon stuff, and i met your replacements and all that, that would be really nice... a little doesnt hurt.. but try not to do it too much! thanks for everything!
I love you have a great week!
Elder Laws
how is everybody doing?
well i'd just like to report that this week has been really good! the end!
Elder Michael Laws
APRIL FOOLS?
oh man i'm weird...
well it has been a great week. we just have the greatest members and investigators ever!!!
its so much fun to be a missionary. its like... awesome.
other than teaching and visiting ridiculously awesome people we have had a couple of other fun things. On saturday we went and played soccer with some members and nonmembers which was really fun. (and really tiring as usual). then we went to this (are you ready? ) young men/young women activity with a couple of our amis. it was interesting to say the least. they did a bunch of little games including some gross eating things. and also a reach your hand into grossness thing. it was funny to watch. (for some reason they didnt let us participate.... haha). but ya so that was fun. Then on sunday there was a baptism for a young member of the ward. he's eight so ya. it was great... baptisms are great! and the spirit rocks.
so that was fun. Then on monday we went and visited some people that lived really far away but since we had no other way to get there we borrowed the senior couples car. it was way fun to drive around in the french country side. the place we went actually was this town in the middle of no where and there were a lot of really big houses and i think i saw 3 castles haha. it was way cool. a lot of fun and everything is starting to get really green so it was great. we also almost got lost... about 10 times but thats no big deal right?
umm other than that lets see. this morning we went to the gare and dropped off elder lepretre who is leaving us. hes going home a little early because he is going to go to school at BYU for a semester. so now its me and elder leichty. we spent our first preparation day together alone with other missionaries haha! we went to this park that is kind of like a zoo. there were some animals that i had never seen before, quite a few monkeys, some meercats or however you spell that, some giraffes, and a lion. he stood up while we were watching paced around then started to "roar" a little. it was fun. then we played some football which was fun... i'm out of shape haha! and then we went shopping and we both got new suits! and now we're doing emails... umm and thats about it. idk if there is anything else that i want to tell you.
oh... haha... well with my comp going home it has been hard not to think about home and the fact that i'm going home soon so if you could maybe lay off on the i cant believe your coming home soon stuff, and i met your replacements and all that, that would be really nice... a little doesnt hurt.. but try not to do it too much! thanks for everything!
I love you have a great week!
Elder Laws
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Mar. 24, 2009
hey family!
How is everyone doing this week?
its been a good week but i dont have a ton of stories.
The biggest event of this week is that I have been sick the last 5 days! its been absolutely everything! sore throat, stuffy nose, headache, runny nose, cough, even pink eye . and i am just not happy. but we have been working every day and i have been really clean and stuff so that i dont get people sick so everything is ok. what is really cool is that we just keep getting references from people.
On Thursday we had a rendezvous with Mathilde and her half sister, and they invited 2 of there friends too! it was crazy! there was 8 people in this little apartment around this table eating and stuff it was great.
umm... we also taught just about all our investigators but nothing crazy is going on. idk...
been kind of an uneventful week...
The reason that we are in a threesome right now is because elder lepretre is going to go home halfway through the transfer.... in a week... for school. so after that we'll just be two.
oh and since i've been sick i've been wearing my glasses around which is really weird.
we played soccer again. it was pretty normal though. it feels good to run around though.
So its kind of weird that keshia is sick too. its probably her that got me sick... dang twin ties...
i feel like this is the most ridiculous email that i have sent you guys...
oh on sunday we went to a members house and they had singstar disney in french and we played a little and it was hard.... it was really hard because it was in french.
well thats all for me. LOVE YOU
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
Elder Laws
How is everyone doing this week?
its been a good week but i dont have a ton of stories.
The biggest event of this week is that I have been sick the last 5 days! its been absolutely everything! sore throat, stuffy nose, headache, runny nose, cough, even pink eye . and i am just not happy. but we have been working every day and i have been really clean and stuff so that i dont get people sick so everything is ok. what is really cool is that we just keep getting references from people.
On Thursday we had a rendezvous with Mathilde and her half sister, and they invited 2 of there friends too! it was crazy! there was 8 people in this little apartment around this table eating and stuff it was great.
umm... we also taught just about all our investigators but nothing crazy is going on. idk...
been kind of an uneventful week...
The reason that we are in a threesome right now is because elder lepretre is going to go home halfway through the transfer.... in a week... for school. so after that we'll just be two.
oh and since i've been sick i've been wearing my glasses around which is really weird.
we played soccer again. it was pretty normal though. it feels good to run around though.
So its kind of weird that keshia is sick too. its probably her that got me sick... dang twin ties...
i feel like this is the most ridiculous email that i have sent you guys...
oh on sunday we went to a members house and they had singstar disney in french and we played a little and it was hard.... it was really hard because it was in french.
well thats all for me. LOVE YOU
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
Elder Laws
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Mar. 17, 2010
Hey Family!
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
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
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Mar. 10, 2010
Hey family!
How has everyone been doing?
Things have been going great here and it has been fun to be in this new area. Its really crazy because there are a lot of missionaries here and we see them pretty often. which is something that i havent experienced for a while.
So i guess that i can start with wednesday. it was the day that i said goodbye to Renens and got on a train to Lyon. On the way over there were a couple of delays but i got here safe and sound. but sadly both of my companions decided that it would be fun to visit paris that day for some legality stuff or something but i got to go with the zone leaders and eat at a members house so its okay. .
when i finally got to see my companions again it was already thursday night at around 5h30. after that we went to a rendezvous that we had with this member girl and some of her friends. It was weird but also cool because we dont often teach people our age and its a TON easier to connect and then teach them. it was great!
and since then we have just been teaching. the members seem to be really motivated and we have taught our amis only 2 times outside of a members home. which is awesome! the spirit is so much easier to feel in members homes... its easy to not feel the spirit as members when its always there but for me after teaching in amis homes for a long time teaching in members homes is SOOO refreshing. its crazy.
our investigators here are really cool too! we seem to be teaching either young adults or a family. and they are all great. One of the Young guys came to church and actually wanted to bear his testimony during fast and testimony meeting but there wasnt enough time. its sweet though.
On saturday night we had a Ward activity that was way cool. we played games ate cheese and bread, and watched wallace and gromit. then there is also an institute that we kind of take care of and so we have like english class and Family Home Evenings and stuff.. its way fun, and way hectic. its crazy. but fun.
Also the other day it was crazy because we were on an exchange and contacting and so instead of like scaring people with 3 people i went on the other side of the road and there was like no one until this girl came out of this door and was walking kind of beside me/behind me and i was like no way... not doing it (because she was cute and its weird to talk to people when they are like behind you and next to you) anyways so then next thing i know i'm talking to this girl!!!! it was weird, and definately wasnt me that did it... anyways i invited her to the institute so we'll see what happens i guess. and idk why i told you that but oh well! oh i know sometimes the spirit makes you do things you dont want to but you gotta do them.
How has everyone been doing?
Things have been going great here and it has been fun to be in this new area. Its really crazy because there are a lot of missionaries here and we see them pretty often. which is something that i havent experienced for a while.
So i guess that i can start with wednesday. it was the day that i said goodbye to Renens and got on a train to Lyon. On the way over there were a couple of delays but i got here safe and sound. but sadly both of my companions decided that it would be fun to visit paris that day for some legality stuff or something but i got to go with the zone leaders and eat at a members house so its okay. .
when i finally got to see my companions again it was already thursday night at around 5h30. after that we went to a rendezvous that we had with this member girl and some of her friends. It was weird but also cool because we dont often teach people our age and its a TON easier to connect and then teach them. it was great!
and since then we have just been teaching. the members seem to be really motivated and we have taught our amis only 2 times outside of a members home. which is awesome! the spirit is so much easier to feel in members homes... its easy to not feel the spirit as members when its always there but for me after teaching in amis homes for a long time teaching in members homes is SOOO refreshing. its crazy.
our investigators here are really cool too! we seem to be teaching either young adults or a family. and they are all great. One of the Young guys came to church and actually wanted to bear his testimony during fast and testimony meeting but there wasnt enough time. its sweet though.
On saturday night we had a Ward activity that was way cool. we played games ate cheese and bread, and watched wallace and gromit. then there is also an institute that we kind of take care of and so we have like english class and Family Home Evenings and stuff.. its way fun, and way hectic. its crazy. but fun.
Also the other day it was crazy because we were on an exchange and contacting and so instead of like scaring people with 3 people i went on the other side of the road and there was like no one until this girl came out of this door and was walking kind of beside me/behind me and i was like no way... not doing it (because she was cute and its weird to talk to people when they are like behind you and next to you) anyways so then next thing i know i'm talking to this girl!!!! it was weird, and definately wasnt me that did it... anyways i invited her to the institute so we'll see what happens i guess. and idk why i told you that but oh well! oh i know sometimes the spirit makes you do things you dont want to but you gotta do them.
so one of the pictures was last week
and the other is with a member family and my companions and the young guy is one of our amis! the end!
I think thats about it LVOe YOU
Elder Laws
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Mar. 02, 2010
hey family!
How is everyone?
well i guess that i can start out by saying that this week has actually been quite eventful. the most recent news is transfers! well it seems that my stay in Renens has come to an end and that i will be leaving tomorrow for Lyon. I'm going to be serving in the Gerland ward, with Elder LePretre and Elder Leichty (a threesome weird!!). It was actually interesting for me to hear and i was kind of confused, because well Elder Lepretre is a transfer older than me and is going home in 4 weeks time but it should be way cool and i have already had a spiritual confirmation of this change which is sweet.
It seems like the lord uses us in the most Unexpected ways. I imagine that you have heard about the Earthquake that happened in Chili. there are members here that used to live there and have family there. We decided to visit them before we even had heard anything. and i imagine that it did them a lot of good to have us there to talk to at least. We also decided last night to go visit a family (mostly because i wanted to say goodbye) who is going through a hard time. but the mere fact that we were there really helped them. and was an amazing confirmation to me of the love of God for every one of his children. If i didnt get transfered we probably would have done something else... it being a monday night , FHE etc.. but in the lords grand "scheme" (plan) he doesnt forget a single one of his many children(many many many!).
What else happend this week... we had a RDV with a less active member and his wife and it was way good. He was very straight forward, which is way nice, but not in a mean way. He used to be a photographer and he said he took a really cool picture of a square cloud... that i'm not going to get to see because i'm leaving!!! its terrible... it always happens like that. we meet some Really cool people and then we get transfered. The same thing happened to elder Lozano :P(one of the elders we live with, he's leaving too.).
Sunday was pretty good too. We went to church (on the way we picked up an amis) and had some really good meetings. after the first one the Executive Secretary came up to me and was like... you have a talk ready for today.. and i said... uhh what? and he said well you have 1 hour to get ready! it was funny... i guess that the bishop has just said that if someone that is supposed to give a talk cant show up then ask the Missionaries they're always ready! So i gave a talk! it was fun... (right...?)
other than that.... i cant remember anything that has really stood out to me. nope!
i love you have a great week!
Elder Laws
How is everyone?
well i guess that i can start out by saying that this week has actually been quite eventful. the most recent news is transfers! well it seems that my stay in Renens has come to an end and that i will be leaving tomorrow for Lyon. I'm going to be serving in the Gerland ward, with Elder LePretre and Elder Leichty (a threesome weird!!). It was actually interesting for me to hear and i was kind of confused, because well Elder Lepretre is a transfer older than me and is going home in 4 weeks time but it should be way cool and i have already had a spiritual confirmation of this change which is sweet.
It seems like the lord uses us in the most Unexpected ways. I imagine that you have heard about the Earthquake that happened in Chili. there are members here that used to live there and have family there. We decided to visit them before we even had heard anything. and i imagine that it did them a lot of good to have us there to talk to at least. We also decided last night to go visit a family (mostly because i wanted to say goodbye) who is going through a hard time. but the mere fact that we were there really helped them. and was an amazing confirmation to me of the love of God for every one of his children. If i didnt get transfered we probably would have done something else... it being a monday night , FHE etc.. but in the lords grand "scheme" (plan) he doesnt forget a single one of his many children(many many many!).
What else happend this week... we had a RDV with a less active member and his wife and it was way good. He was very straight forward, which is way nice, but not in a mean way. He used to be a photographer and he said he took a really cool picture of a square cloud... that i'm not going to get to see because i'm leaving!!! its terrible... it always happens like that. we meet some Really cool people and then we get transfered. The same thing happened to elder Lozano :P(one of the elders we live with, he's leaving too.).
Sunday was pretty good too. We went to church (on the way we picked up an amis) and had some really good meetings. after the first one the Executive Secretary came up to me and was like... you have a talk ready for today.. and i said... uhh what? and he said well you have 1 hour to get ready! it was funny... i guess that the bishop has just said that if someone that is supposed to give a talk cant show up then ask the Missionaries they're always ready! So i gave a talk! it was fun... (right...?)
other than that.... i cant remember anything that has really stood out to me. nope!
i love you have a great week!
Elder Laws
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