This picture was taken at Lourdes a very famous catholic church.  Ethan says he has some Holy water from there but won't drink it as it has caused stomach issues with some people.  Ethan said it was very cool.  They went as a District so these are missionaries in his District.

Hola! Bonjour! Hello! 

Once again, rain seems to just not want to leave for an extended period of time. It has started back up again. I have a feeling that it will be like this until the end. AT least it is better to have that than to be dying of heat like last year in Montauban... We had a crazy busy week and things are definitely progressing with our investigators. And our three people engaged for baptism!!

So last Monday we had an incredible lesson with Caroline, the girl that I said last week has a baptismal date. She is actually the sister of a recent convert from Pau that brought her to church about three weeks ago. We tried to set up a lesson with her then but she didn't want to and preferred to come to church the next week. We weren't sure that she would come but she was there and she loved it. We were able to set something up for the next day and she had already read at least one fourth of the Book of Mormon. She absolutely loves it and she has already had some wonderful spiritual experiences. It is incredible! So naturally she is so ready for the gospel and we fixed a baptismal date with her for the 30th of June.

On Tuesday we headed up to Bordeaux for a Zone Conference and it was so good!! We learned so much but it was also very sad because it was the very last Zone Conference with President and Sister Murdock and probably the last time that we will see them. They will be leaving in a few weeks. We are going to miss them terribly. I really have come to love them so much. That lasted the entire day and then we headed to Bayonne and ran over to the church for the last little bit of the family home evening before heading home.

Wednesday we had quite a day planned out and full of lessons. In the morning we visited the Koné family and then we ate lunch with the Millers, which was very kind of them. In the afternoon we were supposed to have two lessons with less actives but they ended up falling through at the last minute, so we ported and found some people for a few days later. In the evening we had a lesson with Stephan and Soeur Guth and it went pretty well, not exactly as we planned but it was alright. He is still progressing little by little.

Thursday we did some contacting and passing in the morning and then ate and made some calls. We then went and saw Dominique in the afternoon and had a good lesson with her about how important baptismal covenants are to keep and that it is truly only the beginng, she understood well and is making a lot more head way than before. We then headed out to Biarritz to see Maria and Ramond and had a good lesson with them. She wants to be baptized but they aren't married so it makes things difficult. I am not sure if I told you but Ramond is 91 and so it is almost like some people are waiting for him to kick the bucket so that she can be baptized.... it is kind of sad but the truth. We then headed to eat dinner with the Solé family and had a nice evening with them. They aren't active anymore and it is sad to see how that has changed their lives even though they can't fully see it. One day they will, I am sure.

Friday we had a lesson in the morning that didn't work out so we went scoping for some places to do door to door later at a better moment during the day and then we went to eat and then had our missionary meeting. We then had a lesson with a student named Quentin and we had a good lesson but he just was curious but not wanting to really do anything. He isn't believing and happy with that, so there isn't too much more to do there for the moment. We then had a lesson get cancelled and did a little door to door and then decided to go in to do our weekly planning since we wouldn't really have time to do it later, so we finished the evening with that.

Saturday was a busy day but a tiring one. In the morning we went and saw Caroline at the church and had an awesome lesson with her! We then ate and then headed out to a lesson with a new guy that is Brazilian named Clenilson. It was a pretty good lesson and there was definitely a language barrier but we hope that he at least kind of understood. We then did some pass backs and then saw Dominique. At this time, we were getting rather tired but had a decent lesson with her even still. We then headed out to go see the Vierat family and had a lesson with them before heading home for the evening.

Sunday was a special Stake Conference but it was the Broadcast from Salt Lake and it was really good. The talks were awesome. We had three investigators there and they seemed to really enjoy it. We then headed home and ate and then went out and passed some people and then headed to Biarritz to see Maria. We then went to visit the Ousdale family and had a really good lesson with them. Soeur Ousdale gave an incredible testimony that she has about the Book of Momorn. I was really touched by it. We then headed home. 

Voilà, that was our week. It was rather busy and this week seems like it will always be rather busy. I hope that you are all doing well. I love you and wish you all the best. I am so grateful for this opportunity that I have to serve in France and share the gospel. These are experiences that I will never forget. Thank you for all of your love and support and that you have given me but that you will always continue to give me with the short amount of time that I have left. Have a great week and talk to you soon!!

Elder Kirkpatrick