Hello,

I hope that everyone is doing well and has had a great week last week. Our week here was pretty good. We were fairly busy and had quite a bit to do, which defnitely helped the week to pass by fairly quickly. We definitely saw some good things happen this week.

Tuesday, we went out in the morning to do contacting as usual, it is the best time to do that because there are more people out in the morning. We did get a good lesson on the street and got his number and fixed a rendez-vous for another day. After lunch, we went to pass by some people and unfortunately, they weren't home. That continued until we met Stephanie and had a good lesson with her. We continued to stress prayer and how much that will help her in her life if all she would do is try it. She said that she would and that she really did like church on Sunday. She is very nice, things just move very slowly with her. We then met two of the Elders from Toulouse, Elder Wahlquist and Elder Pilling to do an exchange. Elder Pilling and Elder Fitch went back to Toulouse and Elder Wahlquist and I stayed in Montauban. After we dropped off his stuff at the apartment, we went back down and met Frère Caplan who picked us up to take us to the Haas' house for dinner. We had a great time and they were happy to see Elder Wahlquist because he served here for six months at the beginning of his mission. We then went back home for the evening.

Since Montuaban was Elder Wahlquist's first city, there were plenty of people that he wanted to visit and chat with so in the morning we did some contacting, and we met this super cool guy from Fiji that plays Rugby for a team in a town a little bit away but we fixed a rendez-vous with him for this next week. We ended up stopping by Soeur Galtier and we chatted with her a bit and then did a bit more contacting and passing until we went and had lunch and then went back out and passed Miriam, who wasn't there and then pass Bella, a lady that has been taught in the past, she had some time and we had a nice little lesson with her. We then went to go see Soeur Korpal and then we met Patrick Mulalu at the church and had a nice lesson with him and then we went and passed a couple other people that Elder Wahlquist wanted to visit but they weren't there. We then went and grabbed his things and went to meet Elder Pilling and Elder Fitch to finish our exchanges and then Elder Fitch and I went home for the evening.

Thursday morning, we did contacting as we do in the mornings, we then ate lunch and then we went and helped out at the Red Cross. We then went to the church and Kiri came to pick us up and we ate with him and his wife and kids and had a nice time. He is from Samoa, so they eat a lot there and so they made so much food. It is absolutely impossible to eat it all and they kept encouraging us to eat more and to eat more until we just absolutely couldn't. I don't even remember the last time that I was that full. We had a nice time with thm and had some pretty good discussion.

On Friday we had our planning in the morning and then we ate lunch and then headed out and did some contacting until we went with Soeur Korpal and taught Mirabelle. We decided that we were really going to focus on her finding out for herself. So we really stressed the importance of coming to church and all of that and why it was important that the church was restored. I was kind of sick of sugar coating it for her so I flat out told her that our church was the only one that had authority and she asked me if the Pope had authority and I told her no. Of course I wasn't rude just wanting to help her understand why our church is important and why it is true. She understood well. We then headed back into town and stayed a couple minutes talking to Soeur Korpal about some gospel related questions. We then went and did some contacting and passing people.

Saturday we had a lesson in the morning with Ismael. We had a lesson with him a few weeks ago but had a hard time contacting him again but miraculously we had run into him the day before and we fixed a lesson for the next day. It was really good and he said that everything we said was just so true and seemed to be like he had known it already. Unfortunately with his work situation and everything right now, things are very unsure and he isn't in a stable situation so we will seem him when we can. We then went to the Fayol's house to eat lunch and we had a nice time. We headed back into town and did some contacting a bit, and then went with Auguste to go visit his friend Benoit, who is in the hospital and then went with Auguste back to his apartment. He had some questions that we answered and then we watched a movie from the church.

Sunday started out interestingly but it turned out alright. Stephanie came and brought a friend, and then to our surprise, Mirabelle came in a little bit late but came for Sacrament Meeting! It was a huge step for her!! We were super happy. Unfortunately, Mirabelle and Stephanie's friend didn't stay for the rest of church but Stephanie stayed for all the rest and she continues to still really like it. After church, we went home, ate, then did some contacting and passing and passed an old lady that Elder Fitch had contacted a while back. We had a nice lesson with her and then we went and stopped by Soeur Galtier, who gave us some food and then we headed home for the evening.

Well, as you can see, it was a fairly busy week but really quite productive. We really were happy with some of the things that happened. I hope that everyone is doing well and enjoying the adventure that is life. Have a great week, I love you all!

Elder Kirkpatrick