Hey everyone,

Wow, they clock is definitely ticking, my days are numbered.... I have become "Grandpa" as the members in my District call me.... Ha! I definitely have to make the best of the little bit of time left. I hope that you are all doing well and that you have been staying busy this summer, and not melting too much in the heat. We had a rather busy week this week but it was good.

We had a couple lessons on Monday with Christophe, a less active, and Madame Desclos, finally, before going to pick up Elder James who was coming from Switzerland, so he had a long voyage! Poor Guy.

Wednesday was a pretty busy day. We had the Johnstons come in the morning to come and inspect our apartment and then they so graciously took us to KFC afterwards... it was very nice of them. They truly spoil us! We then had a lesson with Caroline about the Law of Chastity. She is seriously one of the easiest people to teach. It took about 15 minutes and she understand and already followed it anyway, just like the Word of Wisdom! We then made some calls and such and then went and saw Clenilson. The Brazilian neighbor of Soeur Guth and had a pretty good lesson with him. Thank goodness for church DVDs in portugese! We then went and visited Soeur Ousdale and her kids and had a wonderful lesson with them! I truly love that family, I hope that they will be able to become active in the church again.... they are just so wonderful. We also got the news that Caroline was moving to Pau earlier than expected and that we weren't going to be able to finish teaching her, which was a bummer but we still planned on going for her baptism.

Thursday was a bit of a long day because almost everything that was planned didn't work out! We did some passing in the morning and in the afternoon we wanted to see Dominiqe but we couldn't get ahold of her, then we went to our lesson with Madame Itois and she wasn't there. So we did contacting and passbacks and etc until seeing Maria and Ramond, who are always there. ha! We then went to try and see Soeur Solé but she wasn't there but two of the kids were so we were able to have a really good discussion with them which was beneficial.

Friday we had a lesson set up that didn't work out, so we did some passbacks and then in the afternoon we had our missionary meeting. We then had Felix, the less active and we finally were able to see him again! We had a great lesson with him, I truly pray that things will start going a bit better for him. We then saw Dominique and had a pretty good lesson with her. She is really doing quite well and preparing well for her baptism. We then went in for the evening to do our weekly planning.

Saturday we had  English class in the morning and then went and saw Clenilson in the afternoon and had a great lesson where his roommate participated for the first time and we found out that he is super believing but has had some struggles lately but we feel like there is so much potential with him!! We then did some contacting and stuff and then did some door to door in the evening and met this great older lady that let us in and was super nice, we had an awesome lesson with her. Who knows what will happen but she was really great.

Sunday was church and Caroline surprised us by being there. Apparently her electricity won't be turned on until Wednesday so she isn't going officially until Thursday so that way we can finish to teach her which we are excited about. And the baptisms for Dominique and Caroline were announced! Exciting!! We then had a big ward meal afterwards and it was great for the investigator to be well integrated with everyone. We then went and saw Frère Vierat and his kids and then in the evening we ate with an American Family that is here for a couple months for work, they are super nice! We even met their neighbors to eat with us! You have to love Americans doing missionary work! Ha! It was a great evening.

It was such a great week and this one promises to be one as well with two baptisms! We are so excited! I love you all and am so grateful for you! I love you and well see you soon! :)

Elder Kirkpatrick