I spent nearly the entire week in Lyon. It was a blast. We got in on monday
at 9 for Elder Mataalii to leave, returned Friday night with my blue, then left
again Saturday afternoon to Lyon for stake conference and got back for good
yesterday at 5pm.
Wednesday, we received our blues...(drumroll)...His name is Elder
Tomlinson! He is from Medford, Oregon. He is a fun guy about my height, rather
quiet and calculating. Really calm and collected. It was so much fun getting the
assignment. I'll break it down for you. They set everything up in a way that we
don't see the blues until the time that we get assigned. All the trainers get
pulled into the chapel with the blues, who open up their first assignment letter
and the trainer will then jump up and run over to hug them. Its really intense.
But so much fun!
We then had to stay in Lyon until Friday for the blue's legality
appt.
The week was largely spent spending time with other mission buddies and contacting in Lyon. Got to spend lots of great time with Elder Taylor and Castillo.
Thursday we got the chance to test out a new questionnaire the mission
might be releasing for us to use in our finding, in relation to the new family
history push the mission is going to make this transfer. It was cool we spent
almost all of Thursday talking to people on the streets about their families and
seeing how they reacted...and its incredible! Just getting people to talk about
and reflect on their families brings the Spirit into their heart and touches
them. So neat!
Thursday night, we went to the train station in Lyon (really big) with all
the trainers and blues (about 20 of us), and sang. In most bigger train stations
they have public pianos that anyone can use. We had one trainer get on their and
tickle the ivories while we sang all these hymns about the family, and sunshine.
It was funny and neat how much it touched all the busy people stuck in their
busy worlds. We had tons of people just stop and listen, and some come up and
sing with us, and others talk to us about who we were. Haha
It was really cold this week...
There are lots of fun 'firsts' for new missionaries that I got to
experience with Elder Tomlinson. His first train ride was the 2.5 hour train
back to Clermont Friday night. The train station was incredibly busy that
evening and Elder T and I had to push our way with his bags over to our
track.
Saturday afternoon at 1230 we left with the famille Blateron, an older
couple in the ward who drove us to Lyon. They are funny and we had a good time
during the 2 hour drive through the snowy mountains.
The other miracle of the day is that Decahou came all the way up to Lyon
with a few members to attend stake conference! It was great for him to see and
everything. We drove back with him, Berengere, and Lisa (2 young adult members),
and got back last night.
Needless to say we're happy to be back home. The sun is shining today, even
though it is cold. The week should be fun, excited to get back into work mode
with Elder Tomlinson.
I love you all!!!
Elder Montgomery
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| Elder Tomlinson and I after contacting in downtown Lyon |
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| Beautiful bridge spotted on the way home |
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Us in the back seat...poor Elder T was attacked by the time change...
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