You'll never believe it, but.....
I'M STAYING!! With Elder Kimbergt, too! wowie! Numero 4 in Avignon. I only have one more chance to go anywhere else, so we'll see how that goes!
We had beaucoup de fun at the JA activity this last mondee, I'll let you know about that, and also pictures!
Didn't get transferred!
The new prez comes in probs this next transfer, normally they show up in June I think, so we'll see. How do I feel? I feel like President Roney is betraying me ;) Kiddin'. But it's kinda silly, cuz I always think "couldn't he just wait maybe one more transfer?" and then I realize all the kiddos finishing right after me would then be thinking the same thing, and it's just a huge loop, so, I'll just accept it.
I'm excited to hear Zach's speech! Was it as good as mine? Mine was pretty dang good, so i doubt it
So, let me go ahead and tell you about this week, it was pretty nuts.
So lundi started off doin' emails n stuff, and then Josué, a JA, picked us up at the gare and swooped us away to this old Abbey not too far away, with a huge ol' parc next to eat, where we had a picnic n played frisbee, and also there were a bunch of "mountains" (big hills) around that we "hiked" (walked), but it was actually my pday dream to walk on those mountains n stuff. So we had a real good time, all the Farinas were there, and their non-member cousin was there, too, as well as some other JAs and Halima, the other equipes super dope ami. So we had a good time with all of them, then we came back and got some ice cream at an ice cream place. Delicioso. It was pretty great.
Then the next day we went all the way to a members home that took an hour and a half bus, ate some delicious tahitian food, played some scripture games with them (the kids schooled us, I don't know how they know their scriptures that well), then we came back, and then it was english class, because we couldn't do it on friday, and Halima was the only one who could do it any other day, and the best was mardi, so we did it then.
Then mercredi we hit up this famille's home, the Oscars, from Haiti, where they made us a delicious Haitian meal, which is actually the same thing I ate their home on Christmas eve, which was DELICIOUS, so that was awesome. After them, we had to straightway catch a train to the Farinas. Then we had a real cool experience with them. Elder Kimbergt wanted to call Sr Farina to come pick us up at the gare, and so he did. And then it turned out they were havin' some problems n worries n stuff, and so she actually wasn't able to come for an hour to pick us up. We got in the car, found out that something was wrong, and then when we got to the house, we gave everyone blessings, and it was an awesome experience. Some of the kids were sick, one was having real bad health problems, and their mom just needed lots of comfort. So we did that, and it rocked. Really cool, also, was that the nonmember cousin was there, and he, too, asked for a blessing, so that was neat. Awesome Spirit at their home that evening. Righteous.
then jeudi we had a rdv with the Lauthiers out in l'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. So we went out to their place, talked about the temple and eternal marriage, because their oldest daughter has been thinking about an eternal marriage, even though she is not active. So we talked a lot about that and the blessings thereof, and then also the kids were sick, so we also gave them blessings. It was funny, cuz our oil was all out from the day before, so she gave us some, then we consecrated it, then we gave the blessings. I think I gave more blessings in these last two days than I had given my entire mission. Ha. Then after that, we went to visit Andre to tell him that Sam got his call to Poland (cuz he's Polish), and he was pretty stoked. We also invited him to the Tahitian activity this saturday, I'll tell you about that in a sec. This day we also met a chinese fellow who walked past us at the bus stop, stopped and looked at us and asked "BYU?" and I was like "Aww yeah" and he said "me too!" then his wife explained that he had recieved his doctorate in computer science at BYU. But it was funny, cuz right after they said that, they walked away, and I have no idea if they're members or not, so that will forever remain a mystery. But these days basically everyone in Avignon is either Chinese or American or Arab, except for my companion, so contacting is always really lively.
Then these next three days are all kinda the same. Vendredi we got on a train to go to Aix to get on a bus to go to Lyon to go to the misson conference. We got there, ate pizza, said hi to all my old mission pals and companions that are still rollin', and that was awesome. Also met more chinese and american people on the way :)
then the next day we got to the mission conference, it ruled. The explained that we will be getting iPads really soon, and it was actually a really uplifting conference and RULED. They kinda compared us to the army of helaman, saying that our "parents" or preccedors threw down all their electronics to come on mission, and we're picking them up for the Lord's cause, so that was neat. They talked about a lot of really cool stuff, and also the entire mission was there, plus two 70s, Elder Kearon and Elder Nielson (who talked in last conference about his sister Susan.) And then we took a CAR back to Avignon to the Tahitian activity (cuz that's the only way they saw it working, and it worked), and after all sorts of getting soaked in the rain, stuck in traffic, not having a GPS and then finding one, we made it to the activity, and it ruled. 16 investigators attended! Members' friends, our amis, wowie! It was a huge success.
then sunday we had church, great as always. Jean-Personne asked about how to become a member of the church, and we was like "baptism" and so i think he's really starting to get it. He really has a desire to be baptized and become a member, but he still has som stumbling blocks. But it's clear that he's really being prepared right now, so we're gonna start moving forward with that again. Then after church, we drove the car back to Lyon to drop off Elder Olivier (goin' home), and come on back on train. Long day of voyaging.
but also Elder Mattinson is here! He's Elder Bleak's new companion, so my old companion is now in the apartment again! So that's very fun. This transfer should rule, if I'm not mistaken.
I'll be sure to keep all those people in my prayers, and also all of you!
I LOOOOOOVE YOU
Love
elder Max Liechty
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