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