Hello Everyone!

This has been another very busy week here in Aix, busy but good, of course! We missed quite a dew days of normal working time because of days in other cities and interviews with President, but there are still some great things happening! I hope you all are well and that you have had a great week as well.

Last Monday, after emails, we had a lesson with our investigator Nelson, it was a very tiring lesson, to say the least. He had tons of questions with no purpose and has no desire to know if everything is true or not. We left everything on a good note but there in no point in continuing to teach him because he doesn't have any desire to go any further.

Tuesday we tried to go and see Frère Soprano, a less active, but he wasn't home, so we did some contacting and actually ended up running into him in the street. He said that he would be at church on Sunday. We then ate and then headed to Institute to see Jinane. We had a good lesson with her on Alma 32 in planting the seed of faith and seeing if it will grow, etc. She liked it but closes up when anything gets to a point of engagement. She is seriously fearful of engagement. It was a pretty good lesson still and Fang Fang, a member, asked her some great direct questions of why she continues to see us but she didn't really have any answers. We then went and saw Frère Philibeaux. He was a bit down because of some pressure he was having with his kids but we were still able to have a great lesson with him and help him feel a bit happier. We then did some contacting and then ate dinner before going to pay a visit to Irma. Her daughters were going in and out and not really focused but we shared a nice message with Irma still.

Wednesday we went and took a train up to Gap in the morning to do an exchange and a baptismal interview but their investigator had a lot of opposition from her ex and some custody problems so the baptism had to be put a little on the back burner. We ended up having a good exchange in Gap on Wednesday and we even found some great families that they are going to be teaching later. Families is what President Murdock is trying to have us focus on right now, which is super awesome!

Thursday I finished my last exchanges with the Elders there and then headed back to Aix to be able to be at the chapel for interviews with President that night. I had a great interview with him and it was great to be able to talk to him one on one, as usual. We then did some contacting and such for the rest of the evening.

On Friday, we had interviews and a zone formation with President and Soeur Murdock and the Zone Leaders until about 4 and then we left to see Pilar, the friend of Irma that we started teaching. We had a really great lesson with her about the Plan of Salvation. We then went to a meeting with the Young Adults and then had a couple rendez-vous that didn't work out and then headed home for the evening.

Saturday morning, we went and saw Sero and had a great lesson with him and engaged him for baptism! It was so great that we had to go to Dominos afterwards to celebrate! Ha! We then went back and tried to do street meeting, but it was too windy, so we did some contacting and then went to a lesson with Eva. It has been forever since we were able to see her but we had a great lesson with her and she has continued to pray how we taught her since the last time we saw her. We then went in to eat and then tried to see Irma and Erica but ran into Erica on the way there and she said that her mom wasn't there, so we walked her into downtown because she didn't want to go alone, since it was dark.

Sunday morning, we went with Frère Masse, our Ward Mission Leader, to go pick up Pilar. She really enjoyed church and it was great to see how happy Irma was to see her there! After church we headed to a lesson that didn't work out and then we ended up doing our weekly planning and then did some knocking on doors to finish the week. It was a pretty good day.

The week definitely went by quick and there were a lot of great things that happened, even if we missed about three normal working days. We were truly blessed. I hope that you are doing well and see the importance of your family in your life. As we are out trying to search for families, I am constantly reminded how grateful I am for my family. It is truly in the family that we can find the most joy in life, even though there isn't a perfect family, we can still find the blessings of each other! I love you all, my family and my friends! Have a great week!


Elder Kirkpatrick