Hello Everyone,

I hope that everyone is dry.... because I am still wet!!!! We had another week of rain and I am truly praying that it is over. It poured this morning but now is beautiful and I am hoping that it will stay that way. I hope you are all doing well and that you have all had a great week.

 

Tuesday was a pretty busy day. It started out having nothing much planned but we truly ended up being blessed. In the afternoon we had a lesson with a Polish family and it went pretty well. There is obviously a language barrier but we have materials in Polish and that helped. After, we were doing some passbacks of old investigators and found one who let us in and we chatted for a bit. I am not sure how far it will go but he was nice and willing to see us again. We then did some porting and met some very nice people although no one was interested. In the evening we passed a less active family and were able to have a great lesson with them. It started out looking like a long boring day but it ended up being busy and really good.

 

Wednesday we were supposed to see Madam Desclos in the morning but she wasn't there. In the afternoon we saw Sister Konè and then saw Domonique and had a pretty good lesson with her. Afterwards we, again, tried to see Madame Desclos but she wasn't available, she was actually sleeping, she had a surgery recently and was still recovering. We then headed out to Biarritz to visit Maria and Rarmond and we had a pretty good lesson with them. Raymond is still as crazy as ever.

 

Thursday we had to wake up SUPER early to catch a train at 6:20 to head up to Bordeaux for a Zone Meeting and interviews with President. It was great to see everyone and the meeting was awesome. It was sad to have my last interview with President Murdock since he finishes the 1st of July. We were supposed to be home by 6. 30 that evening but we had an emergency problem with our train and didn't end up getting to Bayonne until 8:30 and then home around 9... It was a long day.

 

Friday we went out to Cambo-les-bains, a town about 20 minutes outside of Bayonne to eat and do some service for a family in the ward. They have a beautiful home right at the base of a big hill and it is right at the feet of the beginning of the Pyrenees, it is beautiful!! This is really a beautiful area. After the service, we headed back into town and got in about 6. We cleaned up and headed out to see Pascal, the recent convert, and had a good lesson with him to finish off the day.

 

Saturday we had English class and then we taught Stephane right after. He says that he has really been thinking of baptism and is trying to choose a date personally, so that was truly a tender mercy! We then went in and ate and then saw Domonique and then tried to see a less active who wasn't there and then headed to Biarritz to eat with Frère Vierat and his sons.

 

Sunday was a good Sunday, we had three people there which is always great! We then came in, ate, did our weekly planning and then headed out to see Jean-Pascal again. We had a pretty good lesson with him and things seem to move slowly with him. We then passed some people which took a while with the bus schedule on Sunday and then made a bunch of phone calls to fill our coming week.

 

We had a good week, even with all the rain. I hope everyone is doing well. I love you all and am so grateful for you. Continue loving life and working hard in all of your pursuits! In the Lord, anything is possible! Have a great week, hope to hear from you soon!

 

Elder Kirkpatrick