Hello!

Well, this is my second to last email. Can you believe that??? I cannot at all! These two years have flown by. There are moments that it didn't feel like it but it really has. This last week has been a busy one and it will continue until the end of my mission.

Tuesday we passed some people in the morning and got very very lost. In the afternoon we had a lesson fall through so we did some door to door and such before going to see Dominique, who is doing quite well. We then went to our family home evening and had a couple people that were there.

Wednesday we had a lesson with a new guy named Jean-Marc. It was quite a good lesson and he said that he really wanted to come to church on Sunday, so that was great! We then were supposed to have a lesson with Clenilson but it got cancelled but we saw Soeur Guth instead. We then went and visited the Family Koné and had a good lesson with them. We then hurried and caught the train to go to Urt to visit the Nussbaum family out there and we had a nice meal with them and had a nice spiritual thought at the end.

Thursday, we went to do service with brother Miller  for Frère Vierat. We worked in his garden because he has been super busy that he has no time. While we were doing that, we got a text from Jean-Marc saying that he didn't want to come to church and that he didn't want to continue with us. We figure that he talked to a Catholic Priest, it is unfortunate but there isn't much that we can do. We then went home quickly, got ready and headed out for our ward missionary meeting. We then hustled to see Clenilson and had a really good lesson with him and his friend Ricardo, who participated more than any other time. We then headed out to Biarritz to see Soeur Solé and we had a fairly good lesson with her. We then headed out all the way back to the other side of Bayonne to have dinner with the Duriot Family. It was a very busy day. 

Friday we were in Bordeaux the entire day for our interviews with President Roney. So it was the first time that we got to meet him and he is incredible! Truly a great guy. He has such an energy and just a great honesty about it. It is unfortunate that I will only be here for two weeks with him as President but there will definitely be some great things that will happen in the mission.

Saturday we had English class and then headed out to see the Family Ousdale and eat with them and afterwards we had one of the most spiritual lessons I have ever had. We were all in tears at a couple points and that says a lot because I don't ever cry. Soeur Ousdale is so incredible and has such faith but has had so many difficulties in her life. We then had a big fiasco trying to get around because there were no buses since it was the national Holiday here for their independence so there weren't very many buses. We ended up going home for a bit to do weekly planning and then headed out to see Ben.

Sunday was busy because we left early to go meet Soeur Ousdale to make sure that she was coming to church. Church was good and we had some surprise investigators and such, that was good. We were able to teach a little bit afterwards too. We then went home and finished our weekly planning and then passed some people and then headed out to eat with the Seube family to finish off the week. We had a nice meal with them and it was really a great way to finish things off. 

I hope that you are all doing well. Know that I love you and that I miss you. I can say it now since I will be home shortly. :) If you wish to send any letters you need to do it TODAY! Because I am leaving for Lyon next Tuesday and so it is my last week here in Bayonne. Take care and have a great week!

Elder Kirkpatrick