Time is weird. That's what everybody's been telling me in emails today. And I don't disagree! Retrospective time is always 10 times shorter.
Halloween was this week! For those wondering, people do actually celebrate Halloween here. We saw a good amount of people dressed up, and ran into a few groups of trick-or-treaters. We also did our fair share of trick-or-treating, we were looking for some less active members, and one lady was about to give us candy! Then she realized we were missionaries, so we didn't get any. Poor us.
We did have our first rdv with one of our amis this week. His name is Xu, he's from China, studying art here in Dunkerque. He's super cool. He told us he wants to learn more about Christianity, but he's not looking to convert himself or anything. But I'm sure if he feels the Spirit, he'll be more interested. When we were done with the lesson and said the closing prayer, he said he was touched. So that's progress!
On Saturday, Président Sorensen did a mission-wide video call to kick off our monthly fast. He wanted to personalize the invitation to fast for our goal of helping 30 people get baptized this month. He also made a couple of announcements, like wanting us to focus more of our efforts near our meetinghouses. They're dedicated buildings, with a certain power associated with that. He said he felt doing more finding near the chapel and/or giving more chapel tours would help us in this work. And I'm sure he's right. The only way to do this work, God's work, is with His help. Using His chapels effectively sounds like a great way to do that if you ask me!
Bonne semaine à tous !
Elder Wood
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| The first of many food photos this week. They made crepes! |
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| Official food photo of the week - a pastry this time! |
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| Closeup of the pastry; "I think it was called a Paris Brest Fraise" |
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| More food - Yop! "Basically a giant Danimals" |
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| One more food photo - "A Smurf themed Kinder Egg, my first Kinder Egg!" |
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| "It wasn't a Smurf..." |
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| The beach for P-Day. "It gets dark fast in the winter" |
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| Dipping his toes in the water |
Good job Michael keep up the good work p.s i hate you 😉
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