We got the news this morning that our entire zone is staying the same. Except for the 2 missionaries who are going back home. Next transfer everything will probably get changed up then.
As for this past week, we had a good last District Council with our dear District Leader, Elder Thélémaque. He goes home this week, so we're getting a new missionary, and we found out that Elder Calabuig will be our new District Leader! We all bore our testimonies, and it was really powerful. Lots of great thoughts and feelings.
Unfortunately, this week a frère in our branch passed away. He was in his 70s, but he'd come to church Sunday morning, and passed away that night. It was hard for the branch, but we're doing ok. We got to go to his funeral on Thursday, and it was really nice. I've heard that our church's funerals are a lot happier and more hopeful than normal ones, and I have to say, even though there were plenty of tears shed at the beginning, after the service and the burial, everybody came to his wife's house for snacks, and they were all in good spirits again. It helps to know that death isn't the end, that we'll see our friends and family again.
We had a final exchange this Friday, so I got to go with Elder Thélémaque. We tried using the 21 Day Challenge banner we had, but it was cold and foggy, so nobody was out and about. We still had a couple good rdvs as well as some good finding later in the day though.
We also got to spend some time with a part member family, the Goldings. They're from England, so they speak English, and it's a nice break from speaking French with everyone else. We played a bit of foot (soccer for you Americans) and then Elder Koshiol set up his slackline. It was great to spend the time with them and get to know them better. And now since we're staying 6 more weeks we can hopefully keep helping them grow their faith in Christ.
We had a bit of a miracle yesterday. Earlier in the week, we had called this ami de l'église from our area book who hadn't seen the missionaries in two years. And he actually came to church! His name is Bruno, and he liked church well enough. But afterwards our Branch President invited him to come eat lunch with us, and we were all able to talk more about the church and what we believe. It was great to see how willing the members were to share their beliefs, and I feel it really helped Bruno to see how normal people live the gospel of Jesus Christ. And sometimes that's all we need to do, just be an example to light the world.
À bientôt mes amis !
Elder Wood
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| On the beach in Calais after a district meeting. Elders Bell, Calabuig, Thelemaque, Graham, Koshiol, and Wood. |
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| Apparently "tag photos" of their tags places are a thing. It's a pretty beach, too. |
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| Exchange photo with Elder Thelemaque |
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| Food photo of the week: "Our dessert after our mangez-vous. Ice cream,
pudding (I think), and pearsauce (I think)." |
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| Their 21-day challenge banner |
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| "I found this at a member's house, it reminded
me of home" |
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| A funny missionary cartoon he liked. |
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