Hello Everyone,

Happy Halloween! I hope that everyone is doing well and enjoying Halloween, it isn't as big of a thing here, so enjoy it in the US! I also hope everyone is enjoying the fall weather and just this time of year in general. We had a pretty good week here in Aix-en-Provence, especially with the beautiful

On Tuesday we went and did some door to door and met an awesome girl from Poland and she told us to come back so that we could teach her and her boyfriend later that week. In the afternoon we did some contacting and then went and visited Frère Casale, the investigator since 40 years, he is in the hospital so we went and saw him. We then went and passed a less active member named Natalie. It ended up being a perfect time for her as well because she really needed a blessing. It is true that the Lord really does watch over his children. After that we hurried to meet a new investigator, a brother of a member, but he cancelled at the last minute so we went and stopped by and saw Irma and her two daughters.

Wednesday we were supposed to see Franck in the morning but he ended up standing us up unfortunately, so we went contacting and then headed in for lunch and to finish studies. In the afternoon we went and put up the street board and contacted a whole bunch of people out on the street. We were able to meet some nice people and fix some rendez-vous for later. We then went and saw Gerard and had a great lesson with him about the ten commandments. I doubted at first how much he really understood but he is making good progress. We then went to the institute building for English class. There were quite a few people, and only one who is a member of the church, which made it even better.

Thursday we had a District Meeting in the morning, which was really great. In the afternoon we ended up seeing Frère Casel again to drop something off from his wife and then we did some contacting and such until our lesson with Franck. We had a really great lesson with him and he understood really really well. He is making great progress little by little. He really has the desire, which is awesome to see. Unfortunately he works almost every Sunday, which makes it a little difficult.

Friday, in the morning we had a lesson with Ma Fang, a recent convert. She has been having a lot of struggles to know whether God is truly there or not so we talked a lot about the role of God and Christ and our personal relationships with them. I think it really helped her because the spirit was strong and it was very clear. After our lesson, we went back home and did our weekly planning and had lunch. In the afternoon we saw Wan Quin and she really opened up during the lesson about why she sees us and that she isn't ready for baptism but that she is continuing to learn and search. We then headed to the church where we were meeting Erika and Jennifer, the daughters of Irma, because there was a Halloween party for the young adults. They had a great time and we able to meet other young adults.

Saturday, we once again had a lesson fixed with Franck for the morning but he wasn't home (we actually found out later that he was sleeping). We then headed back in, while doing some contacting and then finished up our morning studies. In the afternoon, we had a rendez-vous with the Polish girl and her boyfriend but they were not there unfortunately and so we headed back into town and ended up seeing Gerard and had a good lesson with him and then went and saw Franck and had a decent lesson with him, not the best.

Sunday was a good day, of course with church. Gerard was there and all of us missionaries had to sing in sacrament meeting with a Soeur. It ended up turning out pretty good. After church, we ate lunch and then we went back to the church to wait for a new investigator, he didn't end up coming but we stayed for the baptism of the Bishop, so we could meet some of his nonmember friends, who were very nice, the Bishop was going to set up a time when we could all meet together. After that, we went to go and pass someone and then we taught Irma and her daughters. Erika had a lot of really good questions. It was really good and a nice way to end the week.

All in all it has been a pretty good week. I know there isn't too much detail this week but there wasn't too much big and exciting that happened. I hope that you are all doing well. I love you all and wish you a great week.

Elder Kirkpatrick

OCT 24

Sorry to keep you all hanging....I moved...again and had no internet for a bit, but we are up and running and here is the letter from Monday Oct 24 that I owe you!

Hello Everyone,

I hope that it has been another wonderful week for you. Fall is definitely here and the weather is cooling down, personally I am already starting to freeze. Hopefully you are all enjoying the weather wherever you are. It is a beautiful time of year. This last week was pretty busy and it went by quite quickly.

The week started out pretty busy because on Tuesday, I had to go out to Avignon to do an exchange with the District Leader, who is actually Elder Nicholes, one of my old companions from Montauban. I was really excited to be able to work with him again for the day, we really got along well when we were together in Montauban. I got to Avignon around 11 so we headed to get a bus pass and then went in and dropped off my stuff and then ate lunch and did a little bit of studies before heading out. We went and did some contacting and then had a lesson with an older couple. They were pretty funny. The old lady kept telling us lots of stories and I was next to her and she kept grabbing my leg and my hand and stuff and at the end she sang a song for us. Haha it wasn't the most spiritual lesson but it was rather humorous. We headed back into town a bit and then took a bus in another direction to do some door to door contacting. We met a lot of people that were very nice but no one was interested. We headed back into town and met and Irish man, that the Elders had fixed a lesson with, and his three friends, one from Canada, Germany and I think England. It was quite a diverse group that was there for studies in Avignon. They had a lot of really good questions and they weren't interested to learn more or to change their way of life in anyway but they were very impressed by what we believe and they way we live. They said that that was not at all what they were expecting. It was really a cool and neat experience. It really shows that if people take the time to get to know us they will find out that we are normal people just like them but that we have a strong faith in God and Jesus Christ.

Wednesday, we did studies in the morning and then passed a recent convert and then did some contacting before heading to the train station. By the time I got back to Aix it was about one so we ate and then went out and did some contacting and such, passed some different investigators until English Class in the evening? We did English class and there were quite a few people that showed up, it was really good.

Thursday we did some contacting in the morning and then went to meet with The Sinquin Family. They are a really nice couple that 2 of the daughters of the wife, are members of the church and she has known the church for a very long time. They are very nice and had some great questions. They know the doctrine very well but don't feel like they have ever had a confirmation that they need to join the church. They hesitate about how their children may react and that it might hurt the already damaged relationships. It is quite complicated. We had a great lesson with them and they really honestly have testimonies that it is true, especially Mrs. Sinquin. Afterwards, they invited us to eat lunch with them, so we stayed and then huried back to the apartment really fast before meeting a member to go see a less active with us. Unfortunately, the less active was not there and so we ended up going to do our language study instead. After that, we headed to see Becca, the American member that is here for studies, and we had a good lesson with her as well. We headed to try and see Gerard but he wasn't home so we went and saw Kim, a recent convert, and we had a nice lesson with her. She is so strong in the gospel, she basically taught us! She is great, and even wants to serve a mission. We then headed in for the evening.

Friday was a pretty big day because Elder Caussé, of the first quorum of the 70, came and visited us. We had a great conference and he really boosted and encouraged us to get more lessons and engage more people to baptize, to help them come unto Christ. We all were pretty pumped up after the meeting. After the meeting, it was a bit of a scramble trying to get missionaries to the train station and everything to get back home. After all of that we headed to the institute building to see Wang Quin and talk with her a bit before institute started. Institute was great and Wang Quin really enjoyed it.

Saturday, in the morning, we went to play soccer and then came back in to shower and do some studies. Afterwards, we went to see the Casels' because he was admitted into the hospital, so we went over to help clean up the house a bit. We then went to go see our investigator Franck and we had a great lesson with him. We engaged him for baptism and he said yes! He was super excited about it too. I think he finally realized why everything he has been taught is important. We then went to see Gerard and he is make great progress as well. Since we taught him about reading and praying everyday, he has been doing it everyday and he said that he noticed a difference. He has more energy and strength during the day. He even talked about tithing and how he could pay it. He really made a ton of progress. We talked about the word of wisdom and he said that he would follow that as well. It really was a great lesson. We then went and saw Irma, another recent convert and we talked about the Plan of Salvation and she remembered everything very well. She is from South America so she speaks French/Spanish so I don't always understand absolutely everything that she says because sometimes it is in Spanish but I get the general idea.

Sunday we had church, which was really good and Gerard stayed for the sacrament this week. We then actually all ate together at church for a ward picnic and then we headed back home and dropped off some stuff and then we went out and passed some people. We headed back in to do our weekly planning that we weren't able to do earlier in the week. We then went out to go see Fernando, a member, and we talked about the importance of the Book of Mormon, and then we headed back home for the night.

We had another good week here in Aix with some great progress with our investigators as they are slowly progressing to understand the importance of God and Christ in their lives; I love you all and hope that you are all doing well. Have a great week and enjoy all the blessings that you have!

Elder Kirkpatrick

Hello Everyone,

Well it has officially been my first week in Aix-en-Provence and in the last couple of days, the weather has really started to cool down! That does make it pretty nice, summer was pretty warm here so the change is well welcomed. It has been a little different getting adjusted to the new city, and new companion, and just getting into the swing of things in a new place. I am happy to be here and excited to see the things that we will be able to accomplish here.

Tuesday we took care of the things we couldn't on Monday, like grocery shopping and emails, etc. and that took the morning and some of the afternoon and then we went and did some contacting before a lesson with Gerard. Gerard has a baptismal date, he is an older man that is French but lives in Madagascar but is here for some medical treatments. We had a good lesson with him, talking about the Plan of Salvation, I wasn't completely sure about his comprehension level because he has a difficult time really retaining things. It was a good lesson none the less. We then tried to pass a recent convert but she wasn't home so we did some contacting before heading home.

Wednesday morning, we did some contacting and passing a couple people. We came in to eat and then went and had a lesson with a girl named Becca that is here to do her studies for a couple months, she is American, fairly recently baptized and doesn't speak too much French. We had a good lesson and then headed to go and take a bus to pass a brother of a member from Montauban. Frère Dieutre right before I left gave me the address of his brother so that I could try and go pass him... well his brother was not at all interested. Ha, I didn't even get the chance to tell him that I know his brother, I kind of had to yell it at him as he was closing the window. Afterwards we went to meet with a new investigator that lives in the same area. He was a young kid of 18 who was curious because he had heard about us from South Park. We had a pretty good lesson with him and answered his questions. He told us how much he truly respected what we do but at this point in his life he is happy with his life and doesn't really have any interest in changing anything and knowing more. It was still a great lesson and the kid said, I will never ever be able to say anything bad about you guys or any other member of the church because I truly respect the way that you live and values that you have. It was really cool. We then came back into town and did some contacting before heading to the institute building for English class. It was a good class and we had about 8 to 10 people who showed up. We then went home for the evening.

Thursday we contacted to the church and then made a list of less active members to pass later and made some calls with some investigators trying to fix some rendez-vous. We then headed in for lunch and started the afternoon on a less active hunt. We passed about four or five but only one was home. We then went and did contacting until seeing Gerard again. We talked about following the prophet and the law of tithing. He understood pretty well and he said that he would obey the commandments. We then hurried to give a blessing to a man that he and his wife have known the missionaries for about 40 years! They both have a lot of medical problems and don't leave the house often. We gave him a blessing and had a nice talk about the importance of faith when receiving blessings. We then hurried to get to church for our meeting with the Ward Mission Leader to talk about missionary work in the ward. After our meeting, we went to see a member that left Aix a while ago but came back again for his studies. He is a bit alone here, because he is from Angola in Africa and his wife and three kids are still there. So we talked a bit and just got to know each other, it was really nice. It is so important that the church is really for strengthening each other.

Friday we had weekly planning in the morning and then after lunch, we did some street meeting, and that dropped the kit back at the apartment to head to the institute building. We had a lesson with a Chinese less active, Ma Fang and talked about sacrifice. We talked about how coming to church was a sacrifice but that we are truly blessed because of it. It was a good lesson and she said that she would be at church on Sunday. Right after we met with Wang Quin, a chinese investigator, and talked about tithing and fasting. We really focused on the importance of fasting to receive answers because at one point she was going to get baptized but it didn't happen. She agreed to fast with us on Sunday and come to church so that she could receive an answer whether baptism was the right thing for her or not. She left and then said she was going to come back for institute later that evening. We stayed and did our language study that we didn't do earlier and then we had a meeting with the institute council, I guess you could call it, and then we stayed for institute and Wang Quin came. I think she really enjoyed it and then she stayed a bit after too but we had to head back home.

Saturday we went to play soccer with some young adults and with some investigators but unfortunately, only three people came and so we just kind of messed around a little bit and then headed back to the apartment. We showered and then went out to contact a bit, came back inside and then did our studies. We went back out, did some contacting and then met Gerard at the church. We were going to watch the Restoration movie but he had a bunch of questions and problems about tithing, we talked about, stressed the importance of having faith, the blessings we will receive. At the end he kind of said that he would follow the commandment but a bit of an I guess, maybe, so I am sure that the discussion will not be over with. We then went back home really quick to eat really fast and then went to do some service for the Casels, the couple that have known the missionaries forever. Because they both have severe medical problems, they accumulate a lot of things, they also really like to save little bits of nothing. So we helped them clean up a bit and organize for awhile before heading back in.

Sunday we left to go meet Wang Quin to go to church together but she didn't come and didn't answer her phone. So we headed to church and Gerard was already there. We had some great lessons and Ma Fang even came too. Unfortunately Gerard noticed a missed call right before sacrament so he left the room to listen to it and then just left without telling us. It was kind of weird. After church we went and taught Frank, another investigator, the word of wisdom and then headed home to take what would be our meal time, but since we were fasting, it was nap time. We then headed out, passed a couple people, stopped by institute to grab a movie and then went to see Irma and her daughters. Irma was recently baptized the beginning of last transfer. She is a super nice lady from Colombia, I think, and so we watched the Joseph movie with her and her daughters. It was really nice and we all felt the spirit of how grateful we are of the sacrifices that all of the early pioneers went through so that we could have the blessings of the gospel today.

Well, that was my first week in Aix. I hope that you are all doing well and having a great week. Always remember to be grateful in life, even if it is for the little things! I love you all. Have a great week.

Elder Kirkpatrick

Hello Everyone,

Well, I know that this is coming in a bit late, sorry. I wasn't able to do emails yesterday because I was in trains all day. I have officially left Montauban and I have gone back to an area quite familiar to me. I am now in Aix-en-Provence. Being in Marseille and Toulon before I spent a lot of time in Aix for zone meetings and a bunch of exchanges but now I am actually here. It is a beautiful area with tons of students and people and it is a beautiful city. I am very happy to be here! Anyway, I kind of spilled the beans of my "big news" right at the beginning, oh well. My final week in Montauban was a good one, we had some new investigators, we were able to see some good progression and I am so grateful to be able to hear the testimony of Auguste and how much it has grown.On Monday of last week, actually before we did our emails and all of that, we had a lesson with a girl Auralee and her friend Michelle, who are both very practicing evangilical but open to learn more. We had a pretty good lesson with them. Auralee was definitely the one that was the most interested but in the end even her friend took a Book of Mormon and said that she would read it after we really testified of the importance and how much it has helped us in our lives. Unfortunately they weren't available again until the next week, so we fixed another rendez-vous for the next week and then we headed out to do our groceries and emails, and all of that preparation day stuff.

Tuesday was a bit of a long day. In the morning we did some contacting and met a really nice pregnant girl and fixed a rendez-vous with her for the next week. After lunch, we tried to go and see Frère Truscello but he wasn't home, but we actually ran into him on the street not too long after and we were able to fix a rendez-vous for the next day. We also tried to see Mirabelle but that didn't work out so we did some more pass backs and such. Until the evening when we went and taught Soeur Korpal and her kids. We used an example with play dough and they seemed to enjoy it. It was a nice little lesson and they understood well.

Wednesday was fairly busy, especailly in the afternoon and evening. In the morning we did some more contacting and passing people. In the afternoon we were supposed to have a rendez-vous with a lady but she cancelled it. We went and passed some people and fixed some rendez-vous with them for later. We then had a rendez-vous with Stephanie. We tried to start the third lesson but she was a little bit all over the place talking about work and her troubles with her boyfriend. We helped her understand that by really having a relationship with God, the other problems can work out and can be more manageable. As always, we talked about prayer and that if she wants a relationship with God, she needs to put forth her efforts. We then headed out to see Frère Truscello and he had a few struggles with things. So we discussed that and he just didn't want to listen. The poor guy doesn't have a strong enough testimony because he hasn't personally looked for one so he is easily pushed around by dumb little things. We encouraged him to really search for his own testimony. We then passed Soeur Hoxy and had a nice quick lesson with her, and she said that she would be at church on Sunday. We then hurried to go and see Simon, who lives on the other side of the city. We had a good lesson with him, and he was able to take some time and watch conference, thankfully.

We had District Meeting in Toulouse and so we headed out there and it was great. We really were so strengthened together as missionaries. Elder Fitch and I hurried back to Montauban so that we could get to the Red Cross, I wanted to go at least one last time to say bye to everyone, just in case I was leaving. After the Red Cross, we changed, did some contacting and passing people and then Frère Dieutre came and picked us up to go to their house for dinner. We had a very nice time with them and we were able to talk about the spritiual experiences that we had at conference the weekend before.

Friday morning at 7:30 we received a phone call from President that I was moving to Aix-en-Provence and that Elder Fitch was receiving a new companion in Montauban, I was a bit surprised to be going back to the same general area where I have served my whole mission but I was also super happy and excited. We did weekly planning in the morning, ate, and then went to help Lise do some more painting at her restaurant. After painting and such, she made us a pizza, so we hurried home and ate it and then we hurried to a meeting with the Branch Council. We even had paint all over our hands and I even had some on my face, we didn't have anytime to try and get it off, they all thought something had happened to us. Ha. It was then late so we headed back in.

Saturday we did some contacting and then went with the Corvisier Family to eat with the Haas', since it would be my last time, she invited me. It was very nice and we had a great time. It is nice to talk to members and see their testimonies in the choices that they make everyday. We headed back to town and went and saw Patrick and talked about General Conference, since he wasn't able to go and then I told him goodbye, of course. We then went and saw Stephanie and talked about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, mainly faith and repentance. She prayed at the end of the lesson again and she said that she would be at church the next day. We then hurried to go and see Soeur Korpal with Soeur Hoxy and we had a nice lesson with them and a bit of a "goodbye". Afterward, we headed home for the evening.

On Sunday it was a little bit sad to leave and tell everybody goodbye but Stephanie came and we had another person come that we contacted awhile ago, and he just showed up, so it was definitely a miracle. During our class for the investigators, we were talking about baptism, and the importance and Auguste bore such a strong testimony to Stephanie. He talked about how much his baptism has changed his life and that he has made a lot of choices and done a lot of things in his life but his decision to be baptized has been the most important decision he has ever made. To hear him say that was probably the most incredible end to my time in Montauban, to hear his testimony so strong about the church. It is like if I am not able to accomplish anything else on my mission, it will be sad and difficult, but that makes up for everything. Every hour of walking, talking, being rejected, days of having nothing to do, his testimony made it all worth it. It was indescribable. After church, Auguste and I said bye and he gave me his hat so that I have something to remember him by. It was very nice of him, but he had already given me so much already with his testimony. I will really miss him. After church we ate with a couple families who were eating after church together, so that was nice and then I hurried home to pack, because I had a lot to do. That evening, Frère Dieutre came and picked us up again and we went to their house for the last time for dinner. We had a wonderful time and then they took us home and we said goodbye.

My time in Montauban, was not easy but in retrospect, I am grateful for the experiences that I had there. There were definitely moments of trials and hardships but many blessings and miracles. My last weekend in Montauban was a good one and I am ready to put my faith and confidence in the Lord to see what he has in store for me here in Aix-en-Provence.

I love you all, take care, never lose your faith and hope.

Elder Kirkpatrick

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Hello Everyone,

Well it has been another pretty good week here in Montauban. We did lots of service and of course the end of the week was great with General Conference when we all got to hear from the Prophet and Apostles. I hope, for those of you who did watch it, that you enjoyed it and that you truly felt the truth in what it is that these inspired people taught us. If you haven't been able to watch it yet, I hope you will take the time to do it and to ponder on what they say. I was truly uplifted and inspired by what I was personally taught. Ha, well that was the end of the week, I guess I am going a little backwards.

On Tuesday, we ended up doing some studies and then we had an appointment with a real estate agent to look at an apartment. It was an older apartment, but it was in pretty good shape and it is huge. It has two bed rooms, a living room, a separate kitchen and a big bathroom! It even had this big porch running all along the front with doors from both bedrooms and living room leading out to it. It definitely had a lot of character. It was nice but we decided we would at least keep looking a bit also to see what else there might be. We had a little bit before meeting one of our investigators so we stopped by another agency and saw two more places, but we didn't quite like them as well. We then headed to see Lyse at her pizza shop. She is trying to redo all the painting and such and so we told her we would give her a hand. We started painting the outside and then had some lunch with her, she made us pizza of course, and then we went and finished up outside. We came back home and changed our clothes and then went out and did some contacting. We went and saw Soeur Galtier and then stopped by to see Soeur Hoxy. Soeur Hoxy said that she would go to General Conference that weekend and so we told her that we would help her get a ride to Toulouse. We then headed back into town and did some contacting until we made it back home.

Wednesday morning, we were supposed to go and meet up with Lyse to help her again but she stood us up so we went back in and finished our morning studies ad went out and did some contacting, came back for lunch and then went out for some lessons. We had a lesson fixed with Miriam but it didn't work out so we stopped by to see Françoise and we had a little thought with her. One day she will be more ready for the gospel but at this moment with her work and everything, she is a pretty busy lady. We then headed back into town and had a pretty good lesson with Stephanie. We talked about the last part of the Plan of Salvation, what happens after this life. We ended up having a good talk about baptism and why it was important for her. Unfortunately we had to end it so that she could get to work but she said she would come to General Conference that weekend. We then tried to go back and see Miriam but she told us she didn't have time and so we refixed the lesson. We headed back to the church and met Elder Wahlquist and Elder Pilling from Toulouse, to do an exchange with them. I went with Elder Pilling and drove into Toulouse. It was Elder Turley's birthday, who is serving in Toulouse, so we had a little dinner and cake back at the apartment that night.

Thursday morning we headed out to go teach one of their investigators name Faith, we had a pretty good lesson helping to clarify her questions about The Book of Mormon and then headed back to the apartment and ate lunch. We then did some contacting on the way to another lesson, we met a couple of really cool people (one of them actually came to conference that weekend, which was awesome). We taught their investigator's Sebastien and Marie and had a really good lesson with them about the importance of Jesus Christ. Afterwards, we contacted back to the apartment and then took the car to Montauban. We re-exchanged and I dropped my stuff off and Frère Dieutre came and picked us up to take us to their house for dinner that night. We had a nice time and had a great talk about how we need to spiritually prepare ourselves for conference.

Friday morning, I went and picked up my legality, YAY I am legal for another year in France! Ha We then headed to help Lyse again, doing some more painting, she made us lunch again and then we headed into the apartment and did our weekly planning in the afternoon and then went and taught Stephanie again. We watched a film about Christ and his ministry and really bore strong testimony of the importance of Jesus Christ for each one of us. She understood but she is having a little bit of a hard time really applying it all into her life. We helped her see how much her life has already been improving since she has been seeing us and coming to church and she agreed. She said she would put more efforts in reading and praying. We stopped by Soeur Galtier's house for a little bit, we chatted and then she gave us a bunch of canned vegetables that she has too much of.... so we brought them back and piled them on top of the other 30 cans of Green Beans that we have. It is very nice of her but we just don't really use them.... We headed back out and passed a couple people and met some very nice people, even if they aren't quite ready for the gospel yet.

Saturday morning we went contacting like normal, since there are a bunch of open air markets, the most people are out. We then headed in to eat and then just before going back out we had a call from Elder Wahlquist asking if we were going to Toulouse for Conference that night. We didn't know if we were able to but we found out that we could now, the rules were a little different with our old mission president, so we decided to go. We moved up a rendez-vous to the afternoon and then got ready to go. We had a lesson with Soeur LaRiviere and her son and well kind of her husband, he was sleeping. It was a pretty good lesson and they were doing better than the last time. After the lesson, we hurried and grabbed our things and rushed to the train station. Unfortunately the next train wasn't for an hour and a half but at 6, which was when the session of conference was going to start. So we called the Elders in Toulouse and they graciously came and picked us up. Those spoiled missionaries with a car! So we just barely made it to Conference on time and oh my we were so grateful to be there. It was such a great session and the talks were so good. I was so grateful for the spirit that was there and the talks that were given. We were all also very happy that President Monson mentioned that a temple in Paris was in the works. They are in the middle of working it out with the French Government. Afterward, we headed back to the apartment with the Toulouse Elders and stayed there for the evening.

Sunday we headed to the church building fairly early, the Priesthood session was being retransmitted at eleven. Auguste and Stephanie showed up just in town. Auguste went with us to watch the Priesthood Session and Stephanie went with Soeur Haas to watch a retransmission of the Relief Society Conference. We all got back together at the end and ate together, we had prepared some food for them and then we watched the next session, which also was great! Stephanie really enjoyed it and has really been thinking about baptism. She isn't quite there yet but I don't think it is too far off. Auguste and her left after that session to head back to Montauban and we stayed for the last session at 6. Of course, it was another incredible session and then Jeremie from the Branch of Montauban took us back home. Conference truly was a great way to end the week. It also brought back great memories because my first weekend in france was General Conference and I could not believe that it had already been a year since that point. I am so grateful for the blessings and the things that I have learned in the last year. It truly has been a time of growth and guidance under the Spirit of the Lord. I have seen so many miracles and I know that the Lord has been watching over me.

I hope that you all have enjoyed your week and that you will have a great week next week as well. Enjoy life!

Elder Kirkpatrick