We’ve been busy teaching our Amis de l’Église this week. Every class we have to teach a lesson to one of our instructors posing as an investigator. So, we’re planning two lessons per day, with the same amount of time we used to use to plan one!
French is coming along, but we recently learned it’s IMPOSSIBLE to make some of the French sounds (like the "U" and "R"). It’s getting easier to teach in French, but it still takes a lot of mental gymnastics.
On Tuesday we had the first councilor in the General Relief Society Presidency speak and it was super spiritual.
I wish I had more time to write, I’ll make an effort next week to make more time to write this.
À bientôt!
Elder Wood
Addendum from Aimee: We asked about whether everyone in his zone (big group photo below) was French speaking, and he said "We're French-based, so we have French, Haitian Creole, Tahitian, Malagasy (Madagascar), and I think that's it. The French people are going to both French missions and Montreal I believe."
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| Zone in front of the Provo Temple |
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| District in front of the Provo Temple. Elder Ellsworth, Elder Wood, Elder Bunker, Elder Poulson; Soeur Petersen, Soeur Andreasen |
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| Walking back to the MTC in the rain - "I felt at home :-)" |
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| Elder Birch (in his zone) and Elder Bunker (his companion) at the fountain near the Provo Temple |
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| French flag flying at the MTC |
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| His room at the MTC |
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| "It was Elder Ellsworth's 19th birthday, so he was sent a cake. We didn't have anything to cut it with, so we went full college style and used the cardboard box it came in." |
Hi Michael. Love reading your letters. We had a delightful visit today from Brandt, his friend Kaaren, Charlotte and Brent. Appreciated that they drove all the wayup here. Take care and know you are in our prayers. Grandpa and Grandma
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