4/1/13
Hello
everyone!
Today is the first day of my second transfer.
We found out late last week that both Elder Adams and I will be staying in
Saint Brieuc for another transfer (another 6 weeks)! We're pretty excited that
we get to keep working together in this awesome city. Last week was the busiest
week we've had so far. We taught a ton of lessons and found some new people to
teach so we are really excited for the next couple weeks. We had the car this
past week and should have it for all of next week too which is great; we are
always more productive with it.
On
Wednesday I went on an exchange with Elder Nielsen from Pennsylvania. He's a
great missionary serving in Rennes who also happens to be one of our zone
leaders. I spent Wednesday and some of Thursday with him in Rennes. One of the
lessons we taught was inside the College in Rennes so that was interesting. The
lesson went really well and now I can say I've been inside a French College
haha! Exchanges are awesome because it gives you an opportunity to learn from
other missionaries other than your regular companion. I learned a lot from
Elder Nielsen including how to make crepes (essential for every French
missionary to know apparently) so that was a lot of fun.
Oh funny
story, Elder Adams got a speeding ticket this week! Apparently he was going
about 10 km/hr over the limit. It was funny because there was a cop on the side
walk in a roundabout and when he saw us he yelled at us to pull over. I think a
cop may have caught our speed with a radar gun on a different road and then
used the radio or something to tell the other guy to pull us over. Anyways,
that was an interesting experience. It took the officer about 20 minutes to
figure out all of our American licensing and what not so he could actually
write the ticket. What's really crazy is somehow our investigator Joelle found
out we got a ticket. During our next lesson with her she asked if she could
"see" the ticket. As soon as we gave it to her she put it in her
purse and insisted that she was going to pay it! She actually paid it too! Of
course we paid her back, but that was crazy. Elder Adams and I had no idea
where to go or how to pay the fine so she really helped us out. She is the
nicest lady anyone could ever meet.
Needless
to say Sunday was awesome! We had an awesome Easter and something that made it
even better is that we had 3 investigators at church (Joelle, Ikbal and her son
Ianiss) and they loved it! They all have so much faith and desire to do what is
right. Lots of our investigators are really progressing; keep praying for them!
So next
week is General Conference. For those of you who don't know who general
conference is, it’s basically a worldwide meeting where living Prophets and
Apostles speak to us. I'd invite everyone to watch it and invite their friends!
Easter Sunday and General Conference back to back, what more could a missionary
ask for. Because of the time change between France and Utah I'm not 100 percent
sure how it's all going to work. Elder Adams and I spend a lot of time after
church yesterday setting up a big TV and getting internet and everything hooked
up to it. We will probably end up watching conference as a branch in the church
on that TV. Conference will be translated in French of course so we are going
to try to get as many of our investigators there as possible. I know it will
change their lives!
I think I
already told you, but we went golfing with brother Banks last Monday. It was a
lot of fun even though I stink at golf! In the words of elder Adams (who was a
super good golfer in high school) "you hit a golf ball with a baseball
swing". I guess I'll take that as a compliment. I'll send some pictures of
golfing. Elder Adams and I also found a ping pong table here in the church so
that's what we are going to do after we finish emails. Elder Adams claims that
he's pretty good, so it sounds like we are going to have an intense ping pong
match this afternoon.
Again, I
hope you all had a great Easter and were able to really reflect on the life and
death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He is the reason Easter is such a
special day. It's sad how many people don't understand or appreciate its
significance. We are just working our hardest here and are already seeing the
fruits of our labors. I literally see miracles (big and small) each and every
week. The Lord really has His had in each of our lives; sometimes we just don't
recognize it.
Have a
good week everyone.
Je t'aime,
Elder
Davis
Pictures! :)
#1 Early in the morning doing personal study. Normally you study in a suit, but this was on p-day before golfing so we got to wear street clothes
#2 Everytime I finished my golf swing my foot was in this position like I had just finished hitting a baseball haha. Good for baseball, bad for golf.
#3 A little moped and a one person car. Common modes of transportation here in France. That car is small enough to be lifted by one person.
#4 A huge old church we drove past while driving from Vannes back to saint Brieuc
#5 A building by the golf course. I just took this picture because I think it shows what an average building looks like here in France. 95 percent of windows have that brick design here.
#6 Me with brother banks after golfing
#7 Brother Banks and Elder Adams after golfing
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