March 25, 2011

Hey family, how is everything going? Things here are going great. The new transfer went well also. We got Elder Hayden off to Nantes safely. I actually went with him to Rouen along with Elder Hartley. I waited with him while he was waiting for his companion. Then Elder Whitecar showed up in Rouen and we took a train together to go to Le Havre. Well, that was all good. Elder Whitecar seems to be an awesome missionary. He works hard and he is cool. His French is really good also. He is in his 3rd transfer. This will be his 2nd city and his 3rd companion. He is really cool. We seem to be getting along great we haven’t had any problems yet which is always good. So I am happy about that. Well, this week was good. The first week of the transfer is really hard though when everyone is moving around, but it wasn’t that bad. Saturday we went back to Rouen to help them with a service project. They do this every year were you go with the members and hand out “Family Proclamations to the World” to everyone on the street. There is also a contact paper with questions people might ask. It was really cool and it went great. We handed a lot out and hopefully people will read them and want to know more. It was a fun activity and we had a great time. Thursday was the anniversary of the Relief Society. It was an African theme. They had some sweet African people come and play some really cool music on their African instruments. It was awesome. The meeting was only for the women but they said we could come for about 15 mins and listen for a little bit. We ended up staying for the whole concert. It was about a 1 hr long. It was really cool. We were not the only men there also. We had our branch president and our new DMP (ward mission leader) there also. It was cool. I didn’t feel too bad. The best part was the next day because one of the members called us and told us there was left over food in the fridge at the church just for us. So, Elder Whitecar and I were happy about that. We got some food out of it so it was all worth it. One of our investigators was there also, Françoise. Which I think it was awesome and I hope she had a fun time. We couldn’t get a lesson with her this week but we have one for next week. Our other investigator, Donatien, is doing great. He couldn’t come to church this past Sunday because of studies but I need to call him tonight and fix another rendez-vous with him this week. This is when we want to fix a baptism date with him. Hopefully we will be able to see his friend Joseph this week also. Well, things are going great here and things are fun. Being district leader is fun also. I have learned so much. When you are preparing a lesson you get a lot more out of it I think, but it is good being district leader. I truly have loved it serving others. Well .things here are great and I hope everyone has a great week. -- TTFN LOVE ELDER WALKER