Bonjour toute le Monde,
This last week has been super exciting. We all got our travel plans the
Congo Elders leave this Thursday and the Benine Africa Lyon France and
Paris France all leave Lundi (Monday) le Sept (7th) de Mae. I leave the
MTC Monday at 1:30 P.M. and our flight departs Slc at 4:50. We arrive at
Paris France the next day at around 11:30 Paris time. I am excited and
at the same time not excited for a non-stop flight. On the upside we
don't have 3 connections like all the others but I wish we had one stop
in like new york or something. 11 hours is going to suck. Oh well I can
hopefully read and study a lot. I am in acts in the New
Testament so i will probably get as far as I can in the New Testament.
Classes and what not have been going fine we are still teaching a lot and
doing TRC which is when we teach member who volunteer to come be taught.
I like TRC because we get a lot of return missionaries from Paris and
they get us excited to go. Last night we finished our last grammar
lesson and this week we are all just studying. I feel like my french is
still bad but that I say what I want so hopefully I can do alright this
next week. Not a whole
lot has happened other than that and oh yeah we got to hear from Elder
Nielson he taught about the 9 aspects of the doctrine of the church and I
feel like I learned more in his 40 minute talk than I did in all four
years of seminary. It is crazy how smart the apostles are.
Speaking of talks guess who talked in sacrament meeting here. How it
works is they give everyone the topic for the week and everyone prepares
(or should prepare) a talk. Then in sacrament meeting they just call
you out. So this last Sunday I was told I would bless the
sacrament (wicked weird in French) so I didn't think I would be called
to speak because of that so I only wrote down a scripture or two. I
went to sacrament meeting and right before it started the MTC president
came in and joined our sacrament meeting. All I could think of was that
song by Queen I think "under pressure" so anyways we blessed and
everything was great so I sit down and sure enough I get called to
speak. So the first girl goes up and is all like I am so excited to
speak and I thought of what you always say mom when people get called to
do stuff so when it was my turn without thinking I said
"Je suis en peut enthusiaste pour cette occasion" Which basically meant I
am very little excited for this opportunity to speak and everybody
laughed and I see president brown lean over to our branch president and I
think I heard him say "what did he say" and the guy told him so my
current mission pres probably thinks I am a jokester or
hate my mission. Either way I am gone in a week so whatevs.
Well that is pretty much it for this last week. I went to the temple
today for the last time in 22 months which was really weird but awesome
because I really knew everything that i had to say and felt the spirit
super strong. I am starting packing aujourd'hui (today) and
am going to pack everything I can since its my last pday til i leave. I
get some time Saturday and Sunday to pack and luckily I get a few hours
Monday morning. Don't worry Grandma and Mom I remember how to fold my
white shirts and will try and do it right.
Well next stop Paris!
Je t'aime, Elder Lerdahl
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