So I have my new blue!!! ahhhh oh my gosh! its crazy i still can't believe I am training! I spent the whole week in Lyon. There were a lot of missionaries that came in and it was just impossible to sort everything out that we needed to! I spent my birthday with sister stevens and sister richardson... it was the best birthday ever! i couldn't have asked for anything better! I ate at mcdonalds with all the trainers for my brithday... yum:) haha Not! i ordered a big coca cola and it was sooo great but it had no ice... thanks french people:) haha gotta love the luke warm everything here haha then they all sang to me at McDonald's, it was great! then the next day I got my blue and I TOTALLY CALLED IT! The blues were practicing teaching the trainers and we didn't know who are blue was yet and Sister Bowman (my blue) taught me with her comp. After Sister Vidal (another trainer and one of my favorite missionaries) was said that is your blue and i said ya i know! haha and it was! I have a video of me getting her but I might just have to send the SIM card home so you can all see it! it was hilarious!
Then we killed time... literally chilled at the office... taught members and contacted for 2 days until her legality so we could go home! we got back to St. Etienne Friday night and there was a ball at the church so we helped the members set up for that! The elders are white washing here which means both elders are brand new to the area! Elder faatoma is from tahaiti and speaks only french to us... and he is our district leader so its been quite the experience to explain how everything works here in french... haha so ya difficult but its fine my blue speaks french really well so we manage! she lived in the french house at BYU and went on study abroad to paris and had studied french forever! she seriously speaks perfectly! i said ok you teach me french and i will teach you how to be a missionary... maybe... i barely know what i am doing! but fake it until you make it right? haha i was freaking out before we got our blues. Sister vidal was like you can do this! i said how.... i don't speak french really, i barely know how this mission thing works and now I am responsible for someone else's well being! but it is crazy! ever since we got back to st. etienne its like the time just flies by because now not a single minute is taken up by thoughts of me. I just think ok does she understand, does she get this, i wonder if she knows about this, lets try this, this will be good to learn. I am just thinking of ways to make her feel comfortable and thinking of our amis also! its crazy! I finally feel comfortable in my own skin now. Its such a good feeling!
we also had a rdv (appointment) with louise... she is back from strausbourg but is leaving on tuesday to go back because she got engaged to the guy she went to see... she is a bit crazy! i have not lost faith in her but she is definitely a person we will have to treat more cautiously! we gave her another date for baptism and she is going to meet the missionaries up there! i am trying to get their number so i can call them and explain. All of our amis are on vacation right now unfortunately so not a lot to report! nelly is still here and she is sooo great! she comes to EVERYTHING! she came to the ball with Frere Professo. I didn't even know... she called him and said, can you pick me up and so she showed up and i was like oh my gosh hi! haha she gets herself rides to church with the members, she is perfect! there is a temple trip in october and she asked, can i go to that? and i said after your baptized... haha sooo ya good things happening there!
Sorry i have to go! love you all so much! it was a great birthday! and a good week! very glad to be back in st. etienne though! my city:) i feel kinda cool showing everyone else around:) haha love you all!! thanks again for your sweet notes to me!
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