France, Lyon Mission

Monday, October 15, 2012

[Week 24] pais mes brebis

hello family i hope all is well! so that caps button on this keyboard isnt working... so the whole thing is going to be in lower case. super annoying sorry. anyways the indian summer looks to be gone and now its really starting to cool off. we've been wearing short sleeves most of the days but i think this week we're gonna have to go long.
 
this week instead of district meeting we had a zone training. so i got to see lots of friends including e.hilburn from the mtc again, haha that kid is such a stud. it was fun to get to see all the other missionaries in the zone again. i love being around other missionaries. theyre all just such awesome people. i learn so much from being around them. i think thats someting ive really learned the most from being out here. is not to judge anyone for anything. im grateful for the sacrife missionaries around the world have made.
 
 this week we were really successful and set 3 new baptismal dates with some of our amis. we were really pumped heading into sunday but not one of the 3 engage's came to church so that was super frustrating. we are currently teaching about 15 people and are having tons of success finding new amis its crazy but no one is really progressing. i found out some really saddening news about one of my favorite people in the world in the branch of bergerac. id say the hardest part of being a missionary is not being able to do enough. you just want to help everybody and help everybody have all these awesome blessings, but we can only do so much. for some awesome news though, one of the less active families we're teaching are doing great! we are going with them this week to pick up marriage papers and we are going to get them married and hopefully soon to the temple. it was classic we lined up this date for george so he could take missy out for a night on the town. we found a babysitter in the ward and did all the dirty work. the next day when we saw them they were smiling from cheek to cheek it was great!!
 
friday we will be getting transfer calls. e.garland is dying next monday so ill be receiving someone new. i hope all is well back home, how is the weather? i love you all and im excited to go out to dinner with you all and get some good old mexican. is there anything i can do for you all? thanks for you love and support. im going to start sending the names of some people each week to keep in your prayers if you could... thanks. we've been studying alot as a mission the power of group prayers and all that good stuff from the teachings of the savior. so everynight we have a list of everyone with a baptismal date in the mission and we pray for them all individually by name. its sweet. prayer is so powerful, especially when its said by the righteous (1 pierre 3:12). i love you all!
 
daniel
mary
blessing
george and missy
 
until next week.
forever love
elder gruber

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