View from Ethan's Apt
Auguste and Ethan at the Baptism
Ethan, Auguste and Ethan's companion Elder Fitch
Hello everyone,
I hope that everyone is doing well and has had a great week. It has been another pretty good week here in Montauban.
Our week started out fairly well on Tuesday. We started the day off by Street Boarding, which is basically this big board that we set up in the middle of town with pictures on it and photos and such and then we are able to contact people. Unfortunately there weren't a ton of people out with vacation and everything. We went in and ate and then went and taught a guy that had kind of contacted us a bit before. Well, basically he is crazy, we even met him at the hospital where he is currently staying. He says he will get out soon so that he can start his own mission. Haha it was rather interesting. After him, we went and saw Soeur Korpal and her two boys. We did a cool example teaching about following the prophet that entertained the boys pretty well. They are nine and ten so you have to do something to hold their attention. We then went and did some pass backs, we went and saw Elyse at her pizza place, passed someone else and then on the way back, we saw Auguste sitting at his Driving School so we stopped in and spent some time with him before heading home.
Wednesday we saw Dmitri in the morning and went through the gospel of Jesus Christ very simply in hopes that he would retain it better, we used the chalk board and kept giving him little comprehension questions and it seemed to be a little bit better. We then went and did some contacting and then came in for lunch. Afterwards we went and stopped by and saw Tatiana and taught her. We are waiting to get some brochures in Czech so that she can understand a bit better too. In the afternoon we went and did contacting and passing people until about six when we met Frere Caplan and he took us to go the Haas' house and we had dinner and such.
Thursday in the morning we headed to Toulouse for our Zone Meeting and to have interviews with President Murdock in the afternoon. President Murdock definitely has a different style from President Carter but even with their differences you can tell that they both were called by the Lord. We had a good meeting and then got back into Montuaban around 6:30. We hurried and met Auguste and started talking about the Temple, he didn't have a ton of time and he understood how important of a subject it was so he said he wanted to talk more in depth later, so we fixed another lesson and then headed to see Simon. We talked about our relationship with God and how to cultivate that better in life and then headed home pretty tired.
Friday we had morning planning and then we went and taught Dmitri about the Word of Wisdom and he told us that he really wants to stop smoking and drinking so that he can get baptized. We then went and stopped by Miriam, who we had a rendez-vous with quite a few weeks ago but hadn't seen after. We had a really great lesson with her. She was super interested and was anxious to read the Book of Mormon, which is great! We then went and saw Mirabelle and had a lesson with her and then did some contacting until our meeting with the Branch Presidency in the evening.
Saturday, we had two lessons set up for the morning but unfortunately neither of them worked out, so we went contacting and such. We ate lunch and then went to see Patrick and had a good lesson with him, unfortunately he hasn't been coming to church because of work and that will continue for a little while. We then went and saw Auguste with the Branch President and finished talking about temples and then went over the specifics for Auguste receiving the Priesthood on Sunday. We then went and taught Soeur Korpal and her kids and had a good lesson and reviewed the Plan of Salvation, it was pretty good. We then went home for the evening.
Sunday was good because it was church and it was a particularly good fast Sunday too and then Auguste received the Priesthood afterwards too so that made it even better! After church, we came home, did some studying and then we went to Auguste's house to finish watching The Testaments. After the movie he expressed to us that when he first started coming to church he would here people say that they knew that this church was the only true church and he thought it was a bit odd and then he said that he started to think that maybe it was true as he started to learn more and then Sunday night he told us that only in the true church of Christ could you feel what you feel at our church. He talked about how he has really had a transformation in his life the last three weeks since his baptism. It is incredible to just see his progression and how much he just takes everything in so quickly. He treats us like we are the most educated people with so much knowledge when we are just twenty year olds but everything just rings so true to him. I honestly think that it is Auguste that has taught me.
Well, this has been another great week and I am sure this week will be great as well. I hope that you are all doing well. I love you all. Thank you for everything. Bye!
Elder Kirkpatrick
I hope that everyone is doing well and has had a great week. It has been another pretty good week here in Montauban.
Our week started out fairly well on Tuesday. We started the day off by Street Boarding, which is basically this big board that we set up in the middle of town with pictures on it and photos and such and then we are able to contact people. Unfortunately there weren't a ton of people out with vacation and everything. We went in and ate and then went and taught a guy that had kind of contacted us a bit before. Well, basically he is crazy, we even met him at the hospital where he is currently staying. He says he will get out soon so that he can start his own mission. Haha it was rather interesting. After him, we went and saw Soeur Korpal and her two boys. We did a cool example teaching about following the prophet that entertained the boys pretty well. They are nine and ten so you have to do something to hold their attention. We then went and did some pass backs, we went and saw Elyse at her pizza place, passed someone else and then on the way back, we saw Auguste sitting at his Driving School so we stopped in and spent some time with him before heading home.
Wednesday we saw Dmitri in the morning and went through the gospel of Jesus Christ very simply in hopes that he would retain it better, we used the chalk board and kept giving him little comprehension questions and it seemed to be a little bit better. We then went and did some contacting and then came in for lunch. Afterwards we went and stopped by and saw Tatiana and taught her. We are waiting to get some brochures in Czech so that she can understand a bit better too. In the afternoon we went and did contacting and passing people until about six when we met Frere Caplan and he took us to go the Haas' house and we had dinner and such.
Thursday in the morning we headed to Toulouse for our Zone Meeting and to have interviews with President Murdock in the afternoon. President Murdock definitely has a different style from President Carter but even with their differences you can tell that they both were called by the Lord. We had a good meeting and then got back into Montuaban around 6:30. We hurried and met Auguste and started talking about the Temple, he didn't have a ton of time and he understood how important of a subject it was so he said he wanted to talk more in depth later, so we fixed another lesson and then headed to see Simon. We talked about our relationship with God and how to cultivate that better in life and then headed home pretty tired.
Friday we had morning planning and then we went and taught Dmitri about the Word of Wisdom and he told us that he really wants to stop smoking and drinking so that he can get baptized. We then went and stopped by Miriam, who we had a rendez-vous with quite a few weeks ago but hadn't seen after. We had a really great lesson with her. She was super interested and was anxious to read the Book of Mormon, which is great! We then went and saw Mirabelle and had a lesson with her and then did some contacting until our meeting with the Branch Presidency in the evening.
Saturday, we had two lessons set up for the morning but unfortunately neither of them worked out, so we went contacting and such. We ate lunch and then went to see Patrick and had a good lesson with him, unfortunately he hasn't been coming to church because of work and that will continue for a little while. We then went and saw Auguste with the Branch President and finished talking about temples and then went over the specifics for Auguste receiving the Priesthood on Sunday. We then went and taught Soeur Korpal and her kids and had a good lesson and reviewed the Plan of Salvation, it was pretty good. We then went home for the evening.
Sunday was good because it was church and it was a particularly good fast Sunday too and then Auguste received the Priesthood afterwards too so that made it even better! After church, we came home, did some studying and then we went to Auguste's house to finish watching The Testaments. After the movie he expressed to us that when he first started coming to church he would here people say that they knew that this church was the only true church and he thought it was a bit odd and then he said that he started to think that maybe it was true as he started to learn more and then Sunday night he told us that only in the true church of Christ could you feel what you feel at our church. He talked about how he has really had a transformation in his life the last three weeks since his baptism. It is incredible to just see his progression and how much he just takes everything in so quickly. He treats us like we are the most educated people with so much knowledge when we are just twenty year olds but everything just rings so true to him. I honestly think that it is Auguste that has taught me.
Well, this has been another great week and I am sure this week will be great as well. I hope that you are all doing well. I love you all. Thank you for everything. Bye!
Elder Kirkpatrick
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