Week #73

Answer to a prayer

Bonjour!

This week was SUPER CRAZY! We were every where this week...

Our President asked us if we would assist every district meeting in our zone this week. On Tuesday we went to Lille to assist a district meeting and it was good. Then we came back to have our AP exchange in Amiens it was super good. Our exchange was super short though. 

The AP's left first thing in the morning, and then Wednesday we took a train to Arras for another DM. Later that day we taught our ami Christelle, she wasn't quit ready to set a  baptismal date, so that was a bummer. 

Thursday we took a train to St. Quentin to attend another DM, then we went on exchanges there. I went to the St. Quentin Cathedral, it was pretty weird they have the hand of an old Saint there on display, it was pretty creepy, it's like 159,065,105 years old! My exchange over there went really well. I went with a really nice, but shy elder. I kind of loosened him up a little! 

A lot of the time this week we were making our training that we have to give in Brussels tomorrow! I am so scared but super excited at the same time. The power point we made is really good, but just presenting it is going to be a little difficult. We have to do it all in French which isn't a problem, just not the easiest. 

Sunday church was good.  Later that night we had a less active call us and he said he got an answer to his prayer so that was cool. 

I'm in a huge hurry today, so that's pretty much it for me. Love you guys thanks for the emails!

-Elder Beck

Week #72
Amiens

Hello everyone! Super busy week this week but super fun at the same time!

I got transferred to Amiens this week! My last days in Paris were awesome. I'm pretty sure I told you guys this already but we ate on top of the Eiffel Tower - it was legit and a nice send-off!

On Wednesday we got to see all the missionaries that were getting transferred - it was super fun. Then my new comp and I headed straight over to Amiens because we had like 4 lessons lined up for that day. We taught all those people, and all with members! My comp is super on top of things - I love it! Then we came home and I unpacked.

Thursday we had some contacting time in the morning, we found a new ami and we had an RDV with him on Saturday...but he didn't show up. We taught a recently baptized lady who is super nice. Then we had like 3 RDV's lined up for that night so we were just on buses and teaching people. It was fun we have some super cool amis.

Friday we had mission council, when all the ZL's go to Paris for a big mission meeting. It wasn't my first time, I went to one at the beginning of the year when I was DL in St Ouen. They invite all the DLs at the beginning of the year. But yeah it was pretty long, but we learned some new stuff so it was good. Then we came home and made a formation for all our DLs.

Saturday we had to give a presentation to all the DLs on what we learned Friday, and present to them all the zone goals. It's pretty crazy, they give us one night to prepare it all. But it went good and we have some pretty cool people in our zone. Then they all missed their trains so we got a kebab with them but we were super rushed because a member asked us to do some service for her. So we took some members over there and all she wanted us to do was move a table LITERALLY 3 inches...I was like seriously? haha. But then we taught some people after so it was good. We taught this less active man. Then we had to go to some leadership meeting at the church.

Sunday we went to church and it was cool.  It was branch council so there were a lot of people there. They forgot to ask me to introduce myself too, that was funny! The members here are mostly all African.  They seem like a good branch. After they had a meal, and we had some amis there and we taught them after. Then we went home and weekly planned and went to a members house for dinner and did a little spiritual thought for the kids, it was fun.

Today no more Paris P-days so nothing to do on P-days besides email...so that's  a bummer! That's my week ! Love you guys thanks for the emails!
-Elder Beck

Week #71

Amiens here I come!

Hey everyone!

This week was pretty awesome - I will just sum it up really quick for you guys. I went on an exchange with the Chinese Elders it was pretty decent. We taught a ton of lessons. Nothing too big happened at the Visitor Center... 

We had Stake Conference this week, that was super fun as it was my second stake conference in the Paris Stake in a row haha....I have been here for a while! It was fun seeing all the members in St. Ouen. 

Here is the crazy news - I got TRANSFERRED!!! I am going to Amiens, it's in the north of France. It apparently has the biggest cathedral in all of France. There is a small branch as well, but not Auxerre small. We also just opened up a new zone this transfer, the Amiens Zone. I have been called as the zone leader. We will see how much fun this will be. Luckily, I like everyone in my zone and there doesn't seem to be any problem children. But ya that's the crazy news. 

My new address is.. 203, Saint Quentin 80000 Amiens France. Hopefully we have a mailbox! Today another Elder and me had lunch at the top of the Eiffel Tower - it was super legit! But ya that's it for me! Thanks for the emails love you guys!

-Elder Beck

-Pics

1. 4 of my companions and me all together

2. Restaurant entrance at the Tower
3. Last time on the Tower for awhile...

Week #70
Tidwells

Yo,

Sorry I didn't do a weekly update last week I got kinda busy. 

Last week Cy and Whitney Tidwell came and visted me. It was super fun. We went and saw a bunch of cool sights like Notre Dame, Sacre Cœur, Champs Elysées, and the top of the l’Arc de Triumph it was super fun. We ate at a super nice french restaurant. The rest of the week was kind of a blur. It went by suuuuper fast.

On Wednesday I went on an exchange with the zone leaders just for fun because they are super cool. I was working in Paris. We taught a ton of people. We taught a movie director, he was super cool. I also got to teach the guy who owns the Nixon store in Paris for a little while it was super cool. It was really brief, but still. But ya the exchange was super rad. 

Then the next day was zone conference and I had to wake up at 5:00am to help the ZLs prepare the food. I had to cook a bunch of bacon. It was pretty lame but it was still fun. The conference was like the best ever it was super fun and really good. I was pretty bummed though because we were suppose to watch "Meet the Mormons" but the APs forgot it!! Who does that? But it's all good, I'm over it. Later we had interviews it was super swee. Ii like them a lot. We were the last ones to get interviewed and by the time they were all over it was 9 45! And we live an hour away haha we got home super late. But ya nothing too much happened this week. Church yesterday was really fun. Today someone walked into the Visitor Center claiming that we stole from his friend and that he's getting the police officers right now because we are all thieves in this church (makes sense right?)  So we offered him a BOM haha. Then he said he's calling the popo we said go for it. Shocker nothing has happened so far. But I'll keep ya posted. Thanks for the emails Love you guys!

-Elder Beck