September 30, 2013

Hey everyone!

This week went by super fast and we had some cool stuff happen.

On Wednesday we were on our way to go to Rouen for a zone meeting and we got a phone call from a guy named named A****. He is from Sierra Lyon and has only been in France for a few months. He met one of the members from Caen and started talking to him a little about the Church. He was really interested so he got the number from the member and gave us a call. We taught him last Thursday and it was a great lesson. He is a really cool guy and really wants to know the truth. It was a pretty sweet miracle for us.

Today while doing our studies we got a phone call from a less active member that we hadn't heard from for about 5 weeks. He asked us about the Family home evening that we have at the church every Monday night. He is going to come tonight so I am excited about that.

Other than that it was a pretty normal week. This week we are going to Paris for zone conference and we have exchanged with the zone leaders so that should be fun.

Elder Lerdahl

September 23, 2013

Hey everyone!

So this week was pretty interesting. Elder M**** who was in Caen came and joined us for a few days because his companion had to go to Paris for transfers a few days early. It made things kinda fun for us being a team of three for a few days.

Wednesday we all went down to Paris for transfers. I picked up my new companion, Elder W***, who is from Grantsville. He is 18 years old and is super excited to be here. We attended a few training meetings and then came back to Cherbourg.

We spent most of this week doing finding and planning for the transfer. We were able to find a bunch of potential investigators that we are going to see this week so hopefully that will go well. We currently have 5 potential families so pray for us that we can start teaching all of them!

We started the study program for trainer and new missionaries so that has been good. We spend an extra hour per day in studies but I have seen how important it is to do a lot of practice teaching with the new missionaries. So far I have been enjoying it.

Well that is it for this week!

Elder Lerdahl

September 16, 2013

Hey everyone!

This week was pretty awesome. We spent a lot of time on trains going to district meeting and Rennes to pick up my visa but we had some pretty cool miracles while traveling.

Two weeks ago while coming home from district meeting me met a young guy named Paul on the train and taught him a little about the gospel. This last week while coming home we saw him at the train station again and went and talked to him. We ended up teaching him again and it was really awesome.

The day after that we went to Rennes to pick up my visa and on the way home we met a young Irish man going to Cherbourg to catch a ferry back to Ireland. We started talking to him and sure enough one thing led to another and we taught him the restoration. It was really cool that even though we were stuck on trains the Lord put people who were ready to hear the gospel in our path.

Yesterday we went to Paris with the members of the branch to go to a multi-stake conference. Elder Oaks and Elder Boutoile a member of the seventy can and reorganized the stakes in France. They created another Stake and spoke to the members about strengthening their families and preparing for the temple. The said that the temple is finally starting to come along and that we need to prepare for it. It was a really powerful meeting and everyone felt the Spirit strongly. 

Well that's it for this week. 

Elder Lerdahl

September 9, 2013

Hey Everyone,

This last week went by super fast! We spent three days outside of our area for exchanges with our district leader and legality stuff. It didn't leave us with a ton of time in our area but we were able to have a good week still. We have a couple of amis that are starting to make a little progress which is really good and a few new potentials that we need to follow up on so hopefully everything will keep picking up.

Last week when we went to Rennes for my legality we were able to see a family that Elder Nielson and I did service for. They had us over for lunch and it was really great to see them.

Last night we had a really cool experience while porting. We found a really nice area that we starting doing and every half hour or so we stopped and prayed to know which direction we needed to go. At the very end of the night we prayed for the last time and we felt that we needed to change directions and go to a specific road. We ended up meeting a young father who told gave us his phone number and told us to call this coming week.

It was a cool experience and I am looking forward to teaching him and his family.

This week will be pretty crazy too! We have to go back to Rennes to finish up the last part of my legality and Sunday we are going to Paris for a big conference with Elder Oaks. Should be fun stuff.

Elder Lerdahl

September 2, 2013

Hey everyone!

So this last week was a pretty good week. We did a lot of knocking doors and it went super well. We were able to teach 3 lessons just by knocking doors and found a couple of new amis so things are looking pretty good at the moment.

Last Saturday we felt like we needed to go do a passback that was a little far away. We decided to go and to choose a road to port that was nearby. We prayed about the a few roads and finally chose one. We went out there and did the passback that ended up being a waste of time and then started porting. It seemed like nobody was home but we felt like it was still the right place so we kept going. Eventually we ported into a really nice French couple that we ended up teaching. The lessons went well and they told us to come back. It was a cool experience.

So last Tuesday on the way home from District meeting the senior couple took us on a detour and we stopped at Omaha Beach. We had shortened our preparation day that week so we got to spend about 2 hours visiting the memorial. It was a crazy awesome experience that I will never forget.

So that is that, I hope you all have a great week!

Elder Lerdahl