Elder Connor Anderson: 80th P-Day (73rd in France)

Hey, everyone! This was also a hectic week, so I'm just going to get right into it.

Last P-Day I gave into temptation and bought a pair of Timberlands, which are surprisingly more expensive in France than in America. I'm guessing it's because they're imported. Oh well. Sometimes you just have to treat yourself, you know? After all of our P-Day shenanigans we ended up at Burger King for our last meal out together of the transfer. It was a good day!

The next day I cleaned the apartment as my companion packed his stuff. We ended the night with a dinner appointment at the American family in our branch's home. It was a good, but stressful day. I know then that it would be sad to see Elder Thomas go.

On Wednesday we got up bright and early to catch our transfer day train to Paris, to drop my companion of and retrieve my new companion, Elder Paxman. This was a long day with a bunch of moving.

On Valentine's Day, we took a LONG walk to the pier to do our weekly planning, because all of the busses were messed up. Surprisingly, this day had a huge temperature increase and was so hot that we couldn't wear our coats or even suit jackets by the time we got to the pier. So nice and unexpected! Later we got Valentine's day pastries to celebrate. They were so good.

The next day was interesting. I made a card for one of our investigators, to congratulate her on her newborn. Later that day, we had dinner at a member's house. It was here that my phone started blowing up with notifications about the new missionary communication rules, which I'm sure you've all heard about by now. What an amazing change. The church really is evolving with all of these new changes.

On Saturday we met up with an in-active member, Ernest, for the first time. It was quite the interesting experience, if I do say so myself. We also got way mixed up on busses and ended up walking the distance of a half marathon throughout the day, because we just couldn't catch a break. We even walked over 7 kilometers just to eat some fish 'n chips that looked delicious, even though there wasn't a bus running down there that late, and walk all the way back with it. Delicious? Yes. Worth it? Unsure.

Sunday was lovely. I love this branch. We taught our three children investigators. Soriella, Clarence, and Jessica for 2nd hour about baptism. Clarence and Jessica are both really wanting to get baptized. Soriella is unsure, but we're going to continue to work with all three of them to help them progress. Then we had a branch meal and it was amazing as per usual. One of our members, Monique's, son came with his wife from England and brought us a bunch of Costco foods. Pics of it all will be in my album. I love people and their generosity, even when they're strangers. Great branch we have here and I wouldn't trade that for the World.

I just wanted to let you all know how happy and blessed I feel to be led and directed today by a modern day Prophet of the Lord. With the positive results of all of these church changes recently, one could only assume that President Russell M. Nelson really is an inspired man of God. It's definitely been a testimony builder to me on my mission to witness all of these changes and just how much they impact everyone for the better. I love this gospel and I love this church.

I hope you all have a great week!

Elder Connor Anderson