Hello Everybody,

I hope you all have had a great week this week. It has been a fairly busy week here in Montauban with lots of moving for people.

On Tuesday, in the morning we went and passed some people and did some contacting until lunch. After lunch we went to have a lesson with Soeur Galtier but she was not home so we headed out to go see Patrick, who lives on the other side of town, when we got there he wasn't home so we called him, of course it was our luck that he loaned his car to someone, had no way of getting back to his house and didn't think to call us before hand. So, we walked all the way back into town to meet Jean-Pierre, who picked us up and we went to the Haas' house for dinner. We had a nice evening and then headed back home for the night. Pretty tired after a lot of walking.

Wednesday, we had a couple lessons scheduled with people that we had contacted earlier in the week, so we were pretty excited. After our studies we were supposed to have a lesson with a new investigator but unfortunately he didn't show up and he didn't ever answer his phone. So we went out and did some more contacting. After lunch we went and caught a bunch to go and see Patrick, because we had rescheduled the rendez-vous from the day before to Wednesday. Thankfully, he was home this time. We finished up watching Joseph Smith Prophet of the Restoration with him, which he really liked and then we headed back into town. When we got back into town, we met up with a lady that we had contacted on Monday, named Stephanie, and talked about the Restoration with her. She is too believing but she is very open, and she has a desire to know. It was a pretty good lesson with her. The rest of the evening we went and did some contacting and pass backs until we went home for dinner.

Thursday was definitely a day full of service. We started the morning by helping a new family move into their apartment. Of course they live up on the 5th floor of the apartment complex and there are rarely elevators. So that took up the morning. We then came home, showered, ate, and then went in the afternoon to do service for the Red Cross. It was fairly slow at the Red Cross so we had a good amount of time to talk with other volunteers and they were asking us questions about what we do and about our church. We then went back home, changed into our missionary clothes and then met Frere Dieutre who came to pick us up to go to their house and eat and they had actually invited over Frere Dieutre's boss and his family, who aren't members. We had a great evening together. We were able to talk a bit about the church but more than anything, it was a good beginning for them.

On Friday, we went to finish helping the family move in because they had another trailer full of stuff. We then got home, showered, ate and did our weekly planning. We then went out contacting and passing people until we met Soeur Korpal to go and teach one of our investigators. Unfortunately, our investigator was not there so we chatted with Soeur Korpal a little bit and then went and met Auguste to have a lesson with him. We went with him to his house so that we could try and watch Joseph Prophet of the Restoration but his DVD Player wasn't working and then his computer wasn't working either, so that didn't really work out. So we ended up spending a bit of time with him and just talking about various subjects about the church.

Saturday in the morning we went and did some contacting and passing people. In the afternoon we met with Stephanie again and talked about church and what it would be like on Sunday and a bit about the word of wisdom because she asked us if we wanted coffee, so we brought explained about that. Right after there was a big thing going on at the big open square in the middle of town for all the sports groups in Montauban and Soeur Korpal's daughter was doing a Karate demonstration so she asked us to go and watch. So that was nice and they appreciated us being there. In the evening, we went and did, yet again, some more contacting and then went to go see Frère Truscello and we watched the Joseph movie with him. He seemed to enjoy it. We then headed back in for the evening.

Sunday was a bit different because they changed the hours for church so that church starts at 9:30 now and we start with Sacrament Meeting first rather than last. Church was good, and the chapel was super full, we had 66 members at church. They actually had to bring in additional chairs because there weren't enough for everyone. Unfortunately Stephanie didn't come, she was actually in front of the church on time but thought that it was locked and she tried to call us but I had the phone on silent during Sacrament Meeting. She was basically there but at least now she knows that we are there even if the door is closed. In the afternoon, we were supposed to have a lesson with Mirabelle but there was some miss communication so it didn't work out. But we did see Stephanie again we watched the Restoration Movie. She enjoyed it and it cleared up some questions she had. She understands pretty well but she does doubt whether God exists and so we talked about how she needs to put in her efforts to know if he is there and that she can have an answer. So it was a pretty good lesson in all. For the end of the evening we passed some people and finally caught Marie Noel at home and we were able to fix a rendez-vous for later in the week. We then went home and after about twenty minutes we get a call from a member asking if we can hurry and help the new family that just moved in, move stuff off from the balcony (because it was going to rain). So we hurried and changed, got picked up and then hauled a bunch of stuff back down five floors to their garage and then hurried and got home before it was too late.

Well, it was a rather busy week with lots and lots of service, but it was good. It was nice to have some things a little different to do. I hope that you are all doing well and that you are finding the small pleasures in every day. Know that I love about you and care about. Have a great week!

Elder Kirkpatrick