Hello friends and family!
So just so you guys now, Nimes is great! Like I said last week,
Nimes is a pretty big city! There happened to be a gladiator match yesterday.
We didn't go... but the city was crowded with tourists who were coming to watch
at the big Colosseum. There were a bunch of people running around with
gladiator costumes as well!
So, as for the week…Monday we went to a really cool castle called
Aigues-Morts. It is where the Crusades was started. There is a small city that
is inside the castle walls. We took a tour around the whole castle, and walked
all over the walls! It was a really cool place. We took a bus to get
there, and after we got back to Nimes, we went to McDonald’s to do our emails.
The next day we went and visited a less active. She came to church
and told us that she would like us to come over and see her. So we did and we
gave the Restoration lesson to her again, and told her that her life would
improve if she prayed, read the scriptures, follow the commandments, and come
to church. She said that she would! We told her we would come over the next
week.
We then went to visit another member. She wasn't able to come to
church last time, so we went over to her house to see her. She is an active
member, and is a convert of about 7 years. We talked about her story, and then
we shared a quick scripture about faith.
The next day we took a bus and went to an outer ville to visit a
potential ami and a less active member. The ami wasn't home, and the member
told us that she wanted to stay less active and to not have us over. While we
were walking an Algerian man came up to us and asked us what we believed. We
talked about our religions and ended up giving the guy a Book of Mormon. He
said that he studied a lot, and so we gave him our book so he could study
more.
The day after we helped Fr. Bell paint his house. He is moving out
of the house that he has right now and is moving into another one for a few
months. The man before painted the walls really weird colors. So he had us come
help him paint the walls white. So we painted for a few hours. Then we ate
Subway sandwiches.
After paining, we got ready for the day, and we then saw a
potential Ami. We came into her apartment and she had her mother and brother
there. They were all Protestant, but they listened to our message and we gave
them a Book of Mormon. They were asking the right questions, and we explained
why there were lots of other churches. We plan to go over again this
week.
We had a meeting with our Ward Mission Leader, and we went over
the things that we did during the week.
Another day we did some contacting, and Elder Williams and I
talked to an Atheist lady. We talked about eternal families and then invited
her to read the Book of Mormon. She didn't accept the book, but we did give her
a proclamation of the family. (Hehe)
We had a lesson at the church! We taught a lady that Elder Quinn
contacted. We taught her the restoration and she said that she would read the
Book of Mormon. We then invited her to come to church.
We then went to the Gare and went to Montpellier to do an
exchange. Elder Quinn stayed there, and Elder Whiting our Zone Leader came to
Nimes with us.
The day after, we went over to Fr. Bells to help move things into
a truck. We moved a really heavy piano, and then put lots of other stuff in the
truck. Then we drove over to the new home, and unloaded it all. Sr. Bell
brought pizza and we ate pizza. It was really good:)
We then ran home and grabbed Elder Whiting’s stuff. We then went
to the Gare and took a train to Montpellier. We switched out our companions and
we then waited for our train.
We came home and then went straight to a member’s apartment. He
needed help bringing down some mattresses from his apartment to throw away. His
elevator will be broken for 8 weeks, so he needed us to do that really
soon. So we stuffed mattresses into the elevator and rode it down the 9
flights. It reminded me of the moving equipe.
We then went home and got ready to go to Stake Conference. We went
to the church to watch the broadcast. The conference was in Toulouse, President
Brown was there and spoke. He of course spoke of Missionary work.
After the broadcast we went and ate some kebabs.
On Sunday we went again to the church to listen to Stake
Conference. After that we came home and ate lunch, then studied for a bit. We
went and passed a member to give her some scripture books she wanted. We shared
with her a small scripture about how faith is like a seed.
After seeing the member we came home and did our weekly planning.
I made some really good cookies, and we then got ready for the night.
Well, there is good idea of the interesting things we did I this
week! Between all these things is lots of contacting, and trying to find people
to teach. We go out each morning at
11:00 to contact for an hour. I
don't mind it, because the city is super beautiful. I'll try to attach some
pictures! I love you all! Have a great week!
It's also really strange to think that I'm turning 20 this
week.... Bleh.
I love you all!
Love, Elder Acheson
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