Hello
my beloved friends and family,
So
there are a few things to bring up before we get to the juicy stuff. We have
found a few new people to teach! We got in contact with the man that has known
the missionaries for a while. He is named Jean-Phillip. He is really nice, but
he is interesting. We are happy to have someone to teach, so we will accept
him!
As a
mission we are trying to prepare for Elder Christofferson by getting 187 people
engaged for baptism. We asked Jean-Phillip if he would want to be baptized, and
we fixed the date for the first Saturday in May. So we have some time
to work with him and get everything sorted out.
We
also found this lady Porting in Cahors last week. She said we could come the
next time we were in town. So we went last Wednesday. We had to cut our lesson
short, but she said we could come the next week!
Now!
For the week.
So
there are a few things to bring up before we get to the juicy stuff. We have
found a few new people to teach! We got in contact with the man that has known
the missionaries for a while. He is named Jean-Phillip. He is really nice, but
he is interesting. We are happy to have someone to teach, so we will accept
him!
As a
mission we are trying to prepare for Elder Christofferson by getting 187 people
engaged for baptism. We asked Jean-Phillip if he would want to be baptized, and
we fixed the date for the first Saturday in May. So we have some time
to work with him and get everything sorted out.
We
also found this lady Porting in Cahors last week. She said we could come the
next time we were in town. So we went last Wednesday. We had to cut our lesson
short, but she said we could come the next week!
Now!
For the week.
We
had our usual fun P-day. We went shopping, cleaned, and went to the church to
write. We also played piano and relaxed. We went and started helping Sr. Korpal
stop smoking! We went shopping with her on Tuesday. We helped her get
healthy food.
She doesn't
eat breakfast, so we made a goal to try to get her to eat each morning. She
said it's really hard. She said that if I ate cheese that I don't like, she
would eat breakfast. So we bought some Roquefort cheese. It is the strongest
bleu cheese. You can see the blue mold fuzzes all around. I bought a huge wedge
to eat in front of her.
After
eating the cheese, and nearly throwing up everything, she agreed to eat
breakfast. Getting the cigarettes what another story. We are doing a Bad Cop
Good Cop. You can guess what part I'm playing... It was hard to get the
cigarettes, but we got them! More to our stash!
We
got home and I felt sick from all the gross cheese I ate. Don’t get me
wrong, I love French cheese, just not strong bleu cheese.
We
went over the next day and made breakfast for Sr. Korpal. While Elder Wall was
cooking I sat on the stairs outside her apartment and we talked. She then ate,
and we left.
That
day we went to Cahors. It was raining like EVERYTIME we go there. I feel like
we are in the North of France sometimes. When we got there we went inside the
Cathedral for a minute. I was walking slowly and looking around, and a guy
asked me if I was looking for anything. I said no, and he asked me where I was
from. When I said America he asked me if I was French. I said no... He was
surprised! So I guess at that moment I sounded pretty French! (I lost the
accent right after) He then took us on a tour of the cathedral and explained a
lot of the history. It was pretty cool! He asked us if the native Americans
build things like the cathedrals. We pulled out the Book of Mormon, and showed
him the picture where Christ was talking to the Nephites. We explained that
there were ancient temples built. We talked very quickly about the start of the
Book of Mormon. We even offered it to him! But, he wasn't interested. He wasn't
a priest. But he worked as a janitor for the church.
We
then had our lesson with the lady that said we could come back. The Family
Carrnnot. She was really nice! We started with a prayer, and she told us that
she has 8 children! 3 of them live with her. We started talking about the
family and brought out the Proclamation to the World. We read through that, and
she agreed with lots of the points. Then we talked about the Plan of Salvation.
One of her friends came in the house with her kids, and we stopped for a second
and explained why we were there. They have never heard of the Mormon Church! So
we gave them a good first impression. We continued talking about the Plan of
Salvation, and then gave a proclamation and a Plan of salvation pamphlet to the
two moms. We then had to leave because the mom had to go get her children. She
asked us when we could come again. We said next Wednesday! So pray for
us!
On
Thursday we had a Blitz Exchange (where both companionships stay in the
city) We had a few lessons at the church. All of us stayed at the church and we
taught Jean Phillip. We engaged him to baptism, and we talked about the Book of
Mormon. We read the part where Jesus came and talked to the Nephites. (Seems
like a popular chapter this week! Look it up... 3 Nephi 11)
He
said yes to baptism, and we scheduled our next meeting for the next
Thursday. We then had this other guy come. His name is Patrice. He is a French
poet and has spoken to thousands and thousands of people. He is pretty well known
in France! He isn't famous, but he has a lot of poetry out and about. He
recited some poetry for us! It was very good!
We
talked about his life. He has so much knowledge of the gospel, but he hasn't
connected it with our church. We talked for about 1 1/2 hours with all four of us missionaries there.
We started to talk about the Restoration. We weren't able to finish it because
Patrice had to go to his train. We will try to see him when we are in his
ville.
After
all the lessons, we all got Kebabs together.
On
Friday we did our weekly planning and went contacting for a bit. We met a
couple that let us walk with them on the walking path. They were not religious,
but we were able to tell them what we did as missionaries and they were very
nice and interesting in why we were doing this. We gave them a Proc. to the
World, and our card. We then went and saw Sr. Korpal. We spent some time with
her and her daughter. Elder Wall cooked dinner for all of us. It was
great to calm down with her.
On
Saturday we had basketball and soccer. We bought a lot of cheese at the
cheese cart. We got ready for the day, and then we had our meeting with Frere
Caplan at the church to talk about the work we did during the week. It was
great because we have people to talk about now!
We
then changed back into our sports clothes and went to Sr. Korpal’s to clean her
apartment again. I started to clean the floor in the living room. I scraped off
old candy and gum. Elder wall rearranged everything in the kitchen. The
apartment is in such a better condition. I feel a drive to help clean! Because
I know it will help our sister.
When
we got home, we cleaned up, and ate. After we went to bed, Sr. Korpal sent us a
text telling us how much she loved us, and was thankful for all the help we
have been giving her.
On
Sunday we had church. It was branch conference, so we had the stake presidency
there. We had 60 people come today. We so had a meal all together after. It was
great!
We
then went home after and saw Sr. Korpal. We spent some time with her and her
family. We played some cards and talked together. Then we went home and did
studies.
It's
been a really busy week. I only added some of the details related to Sr.
Korpal. We have been very busy with her. It's really hard to quit
smoking.
I'm
super excited to meet an apostle of the Lord on Tuesday! I hope I will
have things to tell you next week! I love you all!
Have
a great week and stay happy!
Love,
Elder
Race Acheson
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