So as you can tell from the
subject line, this Wednesday will be the six month mark of my mission. It is
absolutely crazy how fast time is flying by! Wow...
Last week I told you
about Annick (I learned how to spell her name right). Well when we saw her last
monday we found out that she was actually baptized when she met the
missionaries 15 years ago! The branch apparently moved from where she was soon
after her baptism, and she didn't really understand what happened, so she
became less active. Craziest part is that her records are in our ward, and the
Fitt couple had been trying to find her for sometime, but her old address
wasn't good. Fortunately, she moved to La Rochelle four months ago, and now
we've found her. She has forgotten most of everything, so it's pretty much like
teaching an investigator. Although, she really wants to relearn everything!
It's just such a miracle :)
Tuesday we were
porting all day without a ton of success, but we did talk with this nice old
lady who told us that blue eyed people like us (Elder Smith, me, and the old
lady all had blue eyes) were considered devil people where her ancestors were
from. Then she went on to explain that she was a descendant of the Romanov
family in Russia who were the monarchs there before the revolution, and that
she was related to Anastasia. She also asked about my blonde hair and blue eyes
combo, and when I told her my dad had brown eyes she stopped me and said,
"You don't say that, my mother taught me that you should say 'chocolat
chaud a la canelle' (hot chocolate with cinnamon) because it sounds
prettier." Haha She was a funny lady :)
Friday we drove about
an hour south with the Fitts to go to lunch with a member. We get to the lady's
house and she said, "Ok let's hop in the car, I'm taking you to
lunch." So we all pile into her van, and then she says we're going to
Saintes for lunch (Which is an hour from where she lives). Apparently, she
found this really amazing restaurant that she wanted to take us to. We get
there and it's an Asian buffet! Haha Thankfully, it was super good. They had a
wok and a ton of really good sushi, thai dishes, salads and desserts. It was
delicious! Then we spent another two hours coming back home. We got back just
in time to teach Jonathon. He had contacted us on the bus the week before, and
said he had met with the missionaries in his home country of Congo and he
wanted to talk with us. We had a really good rendez-vous and now he's a new
investigator!
Saturday I was sick
(just like half of the ward! We've given quite a few blessings recently). It
really sucked, but thankfully I'm feeling a ton better now.
Ambroise was at church
with us this Sunday, but he kind of slept through half of it. (We had a
combined training for all the adults the first two hours...I almost fell
asleep! :) ) Also, he hasn't read out of the Book of Mormon at all.
Unfortunately, we think we might have to drop him if he doesn't start keeping
his commitments.
Good news now! We
finally were able to get in touch with Sandrine! Apparently her first name
isn't on the intercom for her building, and we had been calling someone else
named Sandrine! Thankfully, she still wants to meet with us and we have an
awesome appointment planned for this evening.
Also cool news, the
Fitts just left for Belgium for a little bit while I was in the middle of
typing this email, and because they didn't want to pay like 70 bucks for
parking, they got permission for us to drive their car and park it at our
place! So I just drove for the first time in six months and the first time in
Europe. After I finish this email, I will be driving it to our apartment.
Unfortunately, it sits there until we go pick them up on Thursday.
Inspirational quote
courtesy of President Hinckley, “Cultivate an attitude of happiness. Cultivate a
spirit of optimism. Walk with faith, rejoicing in the beauties of nature, in
the goodness of those you love, in the testimony which you carry in your heart
concerning things divine.”
Anyway, love you all
very much, and special shoutout to my wonderful mom for her birthday this
Thursday! (Do something nice for her, but don't tell her I told you to) ;)
Elder Jorgensen
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