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Alright, here's the brief answers before I give you the fun snappy ones:
The cockroach problem is...solved :)
I've been with 4 before, when I started in Gex and for a couple weeks in Bordeaux we were 4. I prefer 2, but, eh, that's how it is. We see them sometimes when we visit members, but mostly we just see each other in the morning and when we come in at night.
I saw David Archuleta :) I shook his hand, too
Elder Beck is awesome. He's pretty shy, so I pretty often have to tell him to talk to someone, but once he gets past that beginning, he's real good. He's hilarious, too. I've probs had some of the most fun these last couple weeks with him than I've had on my mission, and I've had lotso fun! This is his second transfer, and since last transfer was only 4 weeks, he's basically just finished his first transfer this week! A young'n. The other two, one of them is Canadian and he was also trained by Elder Beyer (I was trained by Elder Beyer in case you forgot) and the other is Utahan and has been out for 4 transfers and has spent all of them in Avignon.
This week was pretty silly, so just listen:
So on lundi we went to pass a less active brother that we'd never seen before, and so we took this bus we'd never taken before. We went waaaaaaaaay past our stop, but luckily we were talking to this real neat guy the whole time, so that was really cool. Got his phone number and everything. So anyway, we got off at some random stop hoping maybe there would be another bus going back into centre ville so we could catch one back home. But it was too late, no more buses, so we walked. We started following a bus line, kind of blindly, and also it was dark and raining. We started walking down this long road for a while, and after a good little bit we thought "nah, it's not this one" so we turned around. We went back to this corner a pulled out the map. The whole way home, every time a car was coming by, we'd pull out the map and look confused and hope that someone would stop to help, but it never worked :) but we were just outside this guy's house, and he was coming in, so we approached him and asked his help, and he pointed us down this other road, without much direction. So we walked on in faith. After walking a real long while and continuing to pull that map-and-look-lost trick with no success, we saw lights in the distance. So we cut across this field in hopes it was a town, and it was! And it was our town! And we were right next to the apartment! That was a real neat miracle, and I felt kind of like that Jeffrey R. Holland story when you have to go from point A to point B before finding your way to point C. That's a good story. Anyway, when we arrived, there were many hugs and much rejoicing.
The next day we went out to this city called Orange to pass some less actives and members, but, eh, none of them were home...so that was kind of a bummer, but, not too much of a bummer, because Orange is a really cool city. We met some cool guys on the road, too, so we'll see where that goes. Afterwards we came on in to town and went to eat dinner with this sister and her adult son, and that was really tasty. It's their house we're going to to SKYPE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mercredi was supposed to be really cool (and it still was), and we had three lessons ligned up! Wowwwwwiiiie! Unfortunately, two fell through, but another went really well, and we also saw a miracle and taught another lesson to this really cool lady on the bus! Also for dinner, we found the coolest kebab shop every. And by coolest, I mean the tastiest. Mmmmmmmm. When the other lessons fell through, we talked to strangers and stuff like usual, and met some cool guys, especially this guy who travels around europe and plays guitar. He was kind of aloof for the first part of the conversation, but since my companion is in a band and is really cool he sparked the guy up and there was nothing he could do but talk to us. Alright.
Then comes jeudi, and all we got to do that day was GO TO BORDEAUX!!!!! I really like Bordeaux, still. But it's forever away. But it's also where I saw David Archuleta :) This day was kind of neat, we had a train cancelled, so we had to catch a bus, and we were all stressed we were gonna miss the corresponding train, and we were all real upset n stuff, but it all worked out in the end. In the end, we made it to Bordeaux without any big problems. this happened a lot this week, I found. Big ol problems with the public transportation. But as we tried our hardest to be patient and did all we can, leaving the rest in Heavenly Father's hands, it all worked out. Nice.
ZONE CONFERENCE. It was sweet. Got ma Christmas package. Got to see all my old friends from Toulouse, they were there, too. David sang. He's got the voice of an angel. I shook his hand. The Spirit was felt at this conference, too. We talked about really sacrificing this time as a missionary to Jesus Christ, because He sacrificed more than we could ever sacrifice, and we kind of owe Him a bunch. Very cool. Right after that we had zone training, and that was cool. Conferences are nice. I say this every time, but they're much needed boosts that really help you keep going after a few tough days.
The next day we took the train on home, and then there was BUS GREVE. Or strike. The bus drivers went on strike, so there were only a few buses running, so it took forever to get home. By the time we got home, dropped stuff off and ate lunch after not eating for a millllliiiiiion hours, we headed over to a really great christmas activity at the church. They did a nativity, and the missionaries were the shephards, and everyone loooved our outfits. Some members brought their friends, some less actives were there, and it was a huuuge success. And then we scored getting a member to drive us home because there were no buses cuz o strike.
then sunday! this was a real good day. Church was fun, I played the piano in sacrament because the normal pianist wasn't there, so that was real fun. And another member brought another friend to church! She was really, and she's probably gonna get taught, but the other missionaries totes hopped on that faster than us, so, eh, she'll get taught probs by them. After that we went to a members home, their from Chile, and ate a bunch. We all sang songs from our countries, because they had some neighbors over, too, from Mexico and Argentina. I woulda filmed it, but my camera was out of batteries. Also I was wearing a sumbrero at one point, and that was cool. Then we walked back to the train station with one of the neighbors and the famille's less active son, and made real good friends with both of them. Then when we got back into town, we talked to a few people, passed by our friend Jean-¨Personne's work because we hadn't seen him in a good while, and we was real content to see us again, and that was nice. We were pretty content to see him, too. And that was our day.
And that was our week. Here we are, CHRISTMAS WEEK. To answer your question, we just talk about Jesus to everyone, kind of like we do the rest of the year :) of course we always start convos with christmas and presents n stuff, and then we pull a fast one on them and share He is the Gift with them and their minds are always blown.
But I really love this season, and this opportunity to share this message with everyone, because everyone's heart is softened when Christmas is in the air!
I love you, and I'll see you THURSDAY. Elder Beck will probably go at 18h and I'll go 19h, so, I think that makes around 11h back home.
I'M STOKED
I love you, and MERRY CHRISTMAS
DECK THE HARRS WITH BARRS OF HORRY
Fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra
love,
Elder Max Liechty
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