Hello Family!!
Hey, this past week went well. Even despite the fruging that happened, buh
c'est la vie quoi.
This Tuesday we had Exchanges. I was with Elder Connelly this time, again
in Alençon. Elder Connelly and Elder Miller were put in charge of making pies
for our District Thanksgiving Meeting, so we made 3 pies and went out
contacting.
Wednesday was a rather tough day, it was all finding. But there was one guy
that we stopped and talked with named Mr. Hocher. He was super cool and told us
that he has a huge respect for Americans because of what the American soldiers
did during World War II. He wasn't interested at all in learning about the
Gospel, but he was super nice. It's nice to talk to kind people every now and
again.
Thursday was THANKSGIVING!! Our District did Thanksgiving together. Elder
Jenness and I were put in charge of the Turkey, but turkey is expensive so we
had chicken for our Thanksgiving. :) It turned out really well. It wasn't quite
like home, but everything was super great. After that, we all played a game
called Loups-Garous (pronounced loo gar roo, it means Werewolf) all together as
a district. I'll have to teach you all how to play it. It is super fun!
Friday was another finding day. Towards the end of the day we met this guy
named Abu who is from Soudain. He is a non practicing muslim and is open to
learning about other religions. We shared the Book of Mormon with him and then
prayed with him in the street and set up a time to see him the next day. He gave
us his phone number and address.
Saturday we went over to Abu's house and he asked us a couple of questions,
that lead into the Plan of Salvation. We taught him about where we come from and
the next time we see him we'll discuss the creation and what our goal on earth
is.
This week we started doing Christmas Contacting and Christmas porting!!
Yay!! :) Christmas contacting is just regular contacting, but we relate things
to the Birth of Christ. We really focus in on Christmas. Christmas Porting is
even better!! We knock on peoples' doors and ask them if we can sing them a song
of Christmas and pray with them, to invite the true spirit of Christmas during
this period of Christmas.
Last night we sang to and prayed with one person, an old lady named
Bridgette. We sang "Douce Nuit, Sainte Nuit" (Silent Night). And then after the
prayer we offered to come back later to share a message about the birth of
Christ, sadly she refused, but it was still really cool that we got to sing with
her.
Sorry this letter is so short, I really tried hard to write a lot, but I
guess that's what happens in all finding weeks. I always try looking for
miracles to share with you, though.
I love you all!! :)
-Elder B Stanton Wilson
P.s. Ricky told me that he is going to Snow with me. I'm pretty excited. As
for the shoes and waterproofing, I haven't yet. I don't know of a place in Le
Mans, and when I was in La Rochelle, the closest place was 30 minutes by bus. I
will use that money to buy some new shoes. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa!! :)
I'll buy those new shoes during soldes (January - February) because it'll be
less expensive.
