Never thought I'd be here!
I got transferred to Clermont-Ferrand, a medium sized city west of Lyon,
close to the geographical center of France. It sits in a valley of dormant
volcanoes, and is known for its black cathedral made molten rock. Quite
cool!
I'm serving with Elder Mataalii, a young missionary in his 5th transfer. He
is from diamondbar, CA. His mom is from ecuador and his dad from Samoa. I
actually did an exchange with him in my first transfer in Toulouse. He is really
great. Super willing to work and very non assuming. Just excited to be here, and
is really quite cheerful. Super Humble. innocent in a good way, doesn't really
care who you are or where you're from just wants to be nice to you. He isn't
super skilled or competent but has a huge heart, and its fun to be around
him.
It was crazy to get the call, super sad to leave behind all the friends and
potential in toulouse. It'll be particularly fun to be serving in just a normal
equipe. Elder M and I will just get to buckle down and work. This transfer gives
me the opportunity to be the best missionary I've yet to be on my missionary and
to do a lot of great missionary work. I'm really quite excited. A new
adventure!
We did two exchanges last week, both in Toulouse. We had the baptism of a
chinese ami named DanYan, the one that I did the interview for, on Saturday. He
asked me to give both talks in the service, and thus I gave two talks in the
service. haha
We got a chance to see lots of the families I loved this past week.
Including the family Serrano-Milone, the fam Janda, the fam Pichon and of course
Sunday we spent the evening with the Cuveliers and Margot. We had a super
special and spiritual moment with them. It was incredible. In fast and testimony
meeting, after Elder Bollard and I had both already born our testimonies, Fr.
Cuvelier got up and basically bore his testimony about his experience with us
and what smart and impressive men we are. It was really sweet. He also said that
he knew we were specifically called to teach Margot. IT's crazy the miracle that
she is. As we were parting ways Sunday evening, we were trying to explain to
Mami (Sr Cuvelier's mom) what was happening. Margot said, "he's leaving, thats
what happens in missionary work, its not vacation, it's work!" Haha it was great
and made me really happy, that she gets it. She gets the gospel and she lives,
and because she lives she has been seeing incredible miracles in her life.
Incredibly sad to leave but it will make for a very happy reunion one day with
that group.
I left Monday afternoon and spent the night in Lyon and Elder Mataalii and
I just got in along with the sisters at 2 this afternoon.
I'm stoked to be here. Time to turn up!
Beaucoup d'amour,
Elder Montgomery
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| Us and the Family Serrano-Milone |
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| Bishop Janda and I |
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| The crew after our Sunday evening crepes :) |
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| Elder Bollard and I in the train station on monday |
