This week was super packed with stuff. We found very little time to
work.
A quick overview:
-Two exchanges: one in Pau and one in Bayonne (two dream cities of southern
France)
-Two baptisms in our district that we attended, one from the Agen srs and
the other here in Lormont
and
-A wonderful District meeting
It was rather full. Both Pau and Bayonne are 2 hours away from BDX by
train. So we had lots of travel time in there as well.
Its been fun to see baptisms though. There was another one in our ward last
week for a man being taught by the other Elders equipe here in Lormont. So
things are definitely moving along.
Summer has definitely come. It is blazing hot yesterday and these seasonal
allergies are killing me.
We have been struggling to find people to teach which is rather
frustrating. The bomb family that I told you about last week, was busy all week
and is kinda giving us a cold shoulderish feel, which is no good. We need to be
more creative with our finding techniques and more effective with our
time.
The continuous battle.
I think my favorite part of the week after the baptisms was going to
Bayonne. I was with Elder Thackeray who is just an awesome guy, and a wonderful
missionary, super humble. We went out to Biarritz to work which is along the
coast, where I saw the atlantic for 23 seconds as we walked. Just a super
beautiful area, among the most beautiful i've been to. Unfortunately, lots of
tourists at this time and not a lot of people wanted to talk with us.
Interesting cultural note: its a Basque city, the basque are a tribe/culture
from the Pyrenees area. (the basque people and arabs do not get along very well
so there were practically no arabs there) All the road signs were in basque and
french, which was cool.
Everybody spoke french though.
Its so wonderful to travel and see and talk with people from so many
different backgrounds and having the opportunity to influence them for good. One
of the great perks of being a missionary.
I reflected a lot on personal courage and integrity this week and how
central it is and I thought i'd leave you with a quote from President Monson's
conference talk who quoted Robert Louis Stevenson,
"Everyday courage has few
witnesses. But yours is no less noble because no drum beats for you and no crowd
shouts your name."
I love you so much Make it a great week!
Beaucoup d'amour,
Elder Montgomery
Elder CAstillo and I with our two favorite members -Fr Monclin and Fr Charles.
just hilarious.
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| The Bordeaux St jean train station |
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| Bayonne, just a beautiful french city |
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| The atlantic ocean that I caught a glimpse of in Bayonne |
