Your week sounds busy but fun! I was going to say you mentioned you were going to Atlanta last week but you didn't say why. That's really cool though. I don't know why the Italians made a drink like that..gross! I'm glad Jacob's wedding went well. Thanks for the great quote.
Speaking of baptism, one of our investigators agreed to be baptized! How we found him (more like he found us...in a way) was when we went to visit a less-active he was there because he was her friend. It has been really cool. He is a super good man who has been through a lot lately. He got in an accident that he is recovering from, and both his parents died within 6 months of each other but I know it has prepared him for the gospel! It has been a hard week but I think I will get more use to it. I just feel timid here, but hopefully I can get over that. I feel like once I do I can really be myself here. For some reason I just am scared to talk to people which is frustrating because I don't want to be! My comprehension of French is accelerating really fast! But my speaking needs some work. It's hard because I know what they are saying I just can't respond. So we are trying to get me more involved with lessons. The work here is booming,well more than it was before we came. We are working with the less-actives and really trying to strengthen them. We have been working with a man who is returning to church after falling away for a while. He is super cool and you can tell he just wants to change. Door to door and street contacting aren't really affective. It can take up time but really we want to be effective not busy. Of course, we sometimes tract but only when we don't have something else. We have had a lot of lessons here which is really good. Elder Heder does most of the talking but I am learning. We had FHE with a family returning to church and they are super strong. The dad leaves for 8 weeks for work, comes back for 2 days then leaves again. Crazy! The mother is so strong it's ridiculous. I'm going to answer mom's questions through you. Sorry haha.
1. How is your companion? My companion is good. He seems positive.
2. How is the weather? The weather is good. It's starting to get colder...oh no! I bought a score of a jacket at the Fripperie the other day (it's like a DI sort of). We do service there also by just loading clothes going to the needy. It's super cool and fun!
3. Do most people in your area speak french only? Ya, there is one lady that is fluent in English. The rest want to learn English for work and because it's useful so they try speaking it sometimes because I don't know what they are saying sometimes. But ya no worries I have PLENTY of opportunities to hear only french!
4. Do you serve in a branch or a ward? Is it small or big? I serve in a branch of 76 with around 25 attending so it's small. The branches boundaries are huge. The Branch President travels 5 hours every other weekend for church! Crazy!
5. If we wanted to write a "real" letter, do we send it to the mission home? No, you send it to my address s 365 rue Pierre D'anjou QC, Canada. Hopefully that works.
6. Did you get to teach a lot this week? We teach a lot of cool less-actives! Most of them came to church this week which was cool to see. We are really trying to take care of the sheep we have so that the Lord can trust us with new sheep. So, we taught Soeur Woods (the Engish fluent) and she is really nice she gave us food! Her husband actually sat in on the lesson for the first time either ever or for a long time crazy! Then, we taught Soeur Bujold, super nice lady who wants to go to the temple and get endowed. Also, we taught the others I've mentioned. OH, Chantalle and Yvan Plourde! Nicest family who has been through a lot. Yvan has a smoking problem but is a great father. Chantalle is super nice and super strong. She just loves the gospel! Hmmm...I'm sure there is more but I can't remember. Oh Steve! (see next question). Oh and we taught some Jehovah's Witnesses...they were super nice but weren't too open to the gospel..just kept throwing scriptures at us before we could finish talking! But hopefully they got something out of our meeting.
7. what is the best story of the week? Well, I invited steve to be baptized and he said yes! He seems SO excited! He speaks super fast and has the most Quebecois accent ever but he super nice.
Well, Thanks for the letter! This is response to both mom and dad!
Thanks/Love, Elder Kimzey III
email to carli (elder kimzey's younger sis)
Bonjour! I'm doing great! Ya my week was pretty fun, really tiring! I was so tired that one night I fell asleep in my white shirt and tie. Elder Heder tried to wake me up but apparently I didn't. I woke up in the middle of the night really confused because I didn't remember falling asleep and I was still in my missionary clothes. It's just fun here. The members are super funny and nice. I liked michigans they are fun...ish. What are 1/1's? That's good that you're improving! Sometimes improving is better than being the best because you have something to strive for where as being the best is kind of empty because your journey is over. Joy is in the journey! Oh man now you're going to get even better at Family History! My companions name is Elder Heder...I thought I told you last week haha. My mission president is President Patrick. He seems really cool and smart. I only talked with him a little bit. He likes to give hugs...everyone here does (well Elders and Elders of course). It was weird at first but I got use to it. Ummm ya I've had some. Steve (an investigator) accepted our invitation to be baptized and asked for a blessing which was super cool! Ummm on Preparation Day I like to read to be honest. Sounds lame but it's super fun to me. Just to relax and read. Well, hope you have a good week!
Love,
Elder Kimzey III
Love,
Elder Kimzey III
No comments:
Post a Comment