Week 42 (Dunkerque)

Another transfer has come around! Place your bets as for what will happen!

Ready? OK. The big news: I'm going ... nowhere! I've officially become Elder Koshiol, I'll be in Dunkerque for a fifth transfer. And I've got nothing against Dunkerque, but this is a long time to stay in one place! If you do the math (which is dangerous as a missionary) 5 transfers is scarily approaching one third of a mission!

On to another topic, we had our second round of exchanges this week. We were in Calais this time, and I had a great day with Elder Hulet. We ate lunch with a family in Calais, and since we both thought we were going to leave, we took pictures with them. But now we're both staying 6 more weeks, so even I might get to see them again!

We also met with someone cool this week. I'd actually met him on the bus two or three times before with Elder Koshiol, but we just recently exchanged phone numbers. He's really cool, and has lots of potential to be baptized! We're great friends, but we just need to make sure he's converted to Christ. If he's only converted to us or even to the members, that's not a conversion that will last. The only thing that keeps people (us included) active in the gospel is a love for Him whose gospel it is. Christ is the sure foundation that we must build our testimonies on to ensure we can endure to the end.

Prenez courage!
Elder Wood

"I'm officially Dunkerquois, I'll be spending enough time here to merit it. So I bought the pin to commemorate." (Translation of the pin is roughly "I didn't choose to be from Dunkirk, I just got lucky.")

With the family from Calais

Exchange selfie with Elder Hulet

A photo from last week's district visit to the beach on Preparation Day.

Also from last week, on the bus back from the beach. Elders Poll, Wallace, Wood, Bell, Hulet, and Rosales.

Food photo: "This happened by accident one time while cooking"

"TJ visited again!" (TJ is their friendly neighborhood bird.)