Mom!
That's so COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.
We're actually visiting with/tryin' to teach this bro from Poland right now. Like, we teach him each time, but we haven't done the formal missionary lessons. I know he has family in Poland, so I'll squeeze some referrals out of him for Sambo. And also my first transfer or maybe second, can't remember, Elder Beyer and I went to catholic mass with this real cool Polish guy, can't remember his name, but I'll try to see if I wrote in my journal. I don't think I ever remember his name, cuz it was Polish, and I don't speak Polish. Man. That's gonna be a cool mission. I'm super jelous cuz he's gonna probs be able to visit some old WWII concentration camps for Pday, and that's something totes interesting. So looks like we'll have to take a big ol' trip back to Germany/France/Poland some day!
Yeah, West is the man who has written me the most consistently my whole mission! Rock on, Wesley. But yeah, I told him to do that, so, yeah. Go ahead and when you register n stuff, let me know.
I like the idea of a combined homecoming/farewell. It would be cute! And also it would be lots easier for the evanstonians n stuff. And I don't even wanna talk a long time, so that'll be nice. I'll speak first, and Sam can fill the rest of the time. You remember what happened at my farewell! 15 minutes of extra time! Ha; yeah.
Avignon pdays are fun, but we live soooo far away from ville that it takes forever to do groceries and emails n all that, so in the end of the day we rarely have much time to do stuff unless we sprint to everything. And we see all that stuff, like, every day :) But I have seen most of that stuff you mentioned, but I haven't gone inside, and I haven't ridden the carousel :( But the JAs have a real big sweet pday planned for us next monday, so that should be fun. Because there is actually a lot of really cool places where we could go hiking, they're all just far a way, cuz our sector is huuuuge, and no, there are not really any other missionaries close enough to do stuff with us, 'cept the other elders in our apartment, and everything we do is always with them. It's fun, and sometimes pdays get nice n filled with fun activities, but sometimes there just isn't any time! Mais bon.
I'll go stay with Zach n Katie in San Fran, if that doesn't bother you. Or them.
THE WEEK.
It was a pretty good one. Lundi after pday (which was a difficult one cuz it was a holiday and almost no busses and nothin' open), we saw Halima with the other elders at the church and taught Tithing! she seemed to accept it pretty well, and she'll probably be baptized soon. She hesistates a little, and I think she's afraid to pray, probs cuz she knows she'll get an answer and have to make a choice! Ha. then she made us some really good spanish "tortilla" they call it, but it's just eggs and potatoes and meat that you fry on a pan and make a cake kinda thing out of. Super tasty, but not at all a tortilla.
Then mardi we were supposed to have an exchange, but it didn't work out, so we had a little extra time to talk with people. I can't remember what people we met, but I remember it being pretty fun, and I think we stopped by Jean-Personne's that day if it wasn't another day. If it WAS that day, we talked about general conference and about his favorite talks, and if it wasn't that day, we talked about the same thing some other day :) Then that evening we went to the Farina's home, and it was wonderful like usual. We talked with them, too, about their favorite talks, and I decided that my favorite one is the one from priesthood again, but not Prez Monson's hilarious one, but the one where the guy talks about how he loved money as a kid, and his dad taught him a real good lesson about silver using a mirror, and talked about how our role in life is to learn how to become good parents! Ask dad or sam or zach about it, it was really good. Then we saw a miracle and caught the bus on the way home and made it in time :)
Oh yeah! That same day we met a real cool lady that we talked with and set a rdv for the next day, named Ange. Then the rdv happened, and it was really good! She's from Senegal, and her son, Junior, is straight adorable. We talked about the eternal family and our role as missionaries to help people get their eternal families, and she loved it. Or seemed to love it ;) then after, when we were walking back to the train station with her, she asked us about our church's difference, and we taught a brief restoration which intrigued her, so that was neat. Cool miracle lesson/new ami. Then we got to see Etienne. It was kinda a rough start to the rdv, cuz we hadn't planned for it, kinda outta nowhere rdv, but we decided to read out of the BoM and then testify about it, and that went well. We learned he hadn't been reading for a while, and that might be part of the problem for the which he is not comin' to church. At the end all his friends in his appartment (who were kinda movin' around the whole time) joined us for the prayer, and where throwin' in 'hhhm's and 'amen's n stuff, and it was awesome.
Then jeudi. We were supposed to have basketball with Nabil, but he didn't show up, and also didn't answer his phone....so we went back, changed, and went back out. We stopped by to see Dider, he's doin' well, but he kinda had a weird humeur about him, and he was kinda goin' off about how God might exist, but this Jesus stuff is kinda nonesense. We told him the only way you can know is if you pray! So, we'll be takin' it easy with him. I hope it was just an isolated experience. Then we were supposed to go with a Frere to see a Soeur and give her a blessing, but for some reason it didn't work out, and so the Frere took us to our ami's home, André, the polish guy, and we visited with him. He was goin' off about WWII and HItler and how God could let that happen to innocent people, but this time I was prepared and whipped out Alma 14, which you should read, cuz it answers that question. He seemed a little more calmed after that.
Then vendredi we started out the day with some weekly planning, went out to talk to some characters, and then went to english clash. It was just as fun as usual, and then afterwards I was asked to give a talk on sunday about Easter.......So, thanks for sending me all that easter stuff, other wise I woulda had NO idea what do talk about! Miracle!
Samedi was nuts. We went to help Sr. Protano and Jean-Jacques move some final tables and chairs n stuff into their new home. then it was Elder Bleak's birthday, so all us missionaries and Halima went to a chinese buffet (cuz he's a chinese speakin' missionary), and then bowling with Halima, too, I STUNK that round. Then there was an activity at the church, a geneology activity, and we went to see if anyone we had invited had come, no one....so then we went to talk with the people on the street, and that was about the end of the day. CRAZY.
Then sunday. Gave my talk, totes nailed it. Just kiddin', but if went well all the same. Then we saw Fr. Menthong, and a member, Alexandre, drove us down there, so that was nice of him, and then came to the visit with us! It was neat, cuz I think it's been a while since Fr Menthong has seen the members. We invited him to play bball with us, cuz he loves bball, and we're gonna try to start a samedi sportif now that the weather is nice again. then after that we went to see a referral, not interested anymore.....kinda a bummer, but whatevs. Then we ate dinner. And also we had another Elder Kimbergt-Elder Liechty discussion session, cuz something had gotten to him again. This has definitely been a more interesting part of my mission, but it's been real cool, too, to see how Christlike attributes really need to come into play and how they help, and when I don't apply them, how things kinda go downhill. so that's neat.
And today. Pday. Gonna go see a less active family this afternoon in a really cool city called l'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and teach their non member children, so that's sweet.
I hope you have a really good week n whatnot, and thanks so much for the letters! Tell Curtis that he can stop waiting for me, cuz I'm never gonna marry him, no matter how much he wants me to. I love him, but I'm pretty sure it's against the commandments to marry him :)
I LOVE YOU
Love,
Elder Max Liechty
Part of Kent's letter:
DAYD
Yeah, I was thinking when Sam's finished with his mission and Caity is done with her mission to Russia, then we could go on a WWII tour! That would be sick. I'll take you all around france and show you all the places were the french people surrendered :)
Man, space, man. I was thinking about Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy last night, cuz we were talking about dolphins for some reason, and space is pretty cool. I told everyone in the appartment that dolphins predicted the end of the world, but they didn't believe me. I guess we'll all just have to see.
I gave a talk in church the other day, and it was fun. About Easter. I stole the topic from the New Era bout the week before easter, and they loved it.
And also everyone that keeps sitting next to me in this internet cafe are reeeaalllly loud nose breathers, and it's taking me forever to write my emails.
I love you a lot dad, and thanks for everything!
Love, Elder Max Liechty
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