Week 34 - Colmar

Salut!

 

Sorry, I don't have much time to email, we have had such a hectic day and week.  I love it here in Colmar but I hope that I never have to whitewash an Elder's ville again. (Now I probably will every transfer for saying that.)  No, it's okay and besides the members here are amazing!!!!  The relief society presidency called President Poznanski and asked if they could clean our appartment before we got there;  Soeur Dubaut then gave us dinner.  It was a 2 1/2 hour train ride to get here and that's not including the time it took to switch trains.  Thankfully the Elders in Strasbourg met us at the gare to help us with our suitcases and get into the other train.  While they were helping us they helped another man with his bags who noticed all of our tags; after the train started the same man walked past us and asked who we were and he told us that our two friends had been so nice to help him.  We then asked if he could help us with our suitcases when we got to our stop (the train was going to Lyon and only stops at Colmar for about 2 minutes, so we knew there was no way we could get our bags off by ourselves).  He said of course and then started to ask us all sorts of questions.  We didn't have too much time to talk because our train ride was pretty short, but after we got off we gave him a Book of Mormon and our number telling him to call us because we could send some missionaries to him in his home town.  (We had already written a thank you note and our testimonies in the Book of Mormon because we knew that he would say yes if we asked him to help us with our bags).  He hasn't called, but I hope that he has started to read the Book of Mormon and perhaps he will refer himself to the missionaries online. 

Colmar is gorgeous!!!  You should all look up pictures of it online and when I get the chance I'll take pictures of it.  We actually cover two branches: Colmar and St. Dié.  We have a car!  So we drive two St. Dié which is about an hour away by car and we get to drive through the mountains and all of these adorable little towns!  I really owe the Lord a lot for putting me in such a gorgeous area with amazing members.  We've already been invited to Branch Council in both Branches and set up multiple family home evenings and other rendez-vous to get to know the members better.  It makes me laugh, they were all so excited to get sister missionaries; there have been Elders serving in St. Dié and Colmar for 45 years now.  The soeurs from the Relief Society Presidency have called us multiple times to make sure we're doing ok and ask if there is anything they can do for us. 

I'm so excited and feel blessed to continue with the work here in Colmar. 

That's awesome Ryan that you baptized Maria!  Continue with the good work.

 

Bisous,

 

Soeur Reeves

(for Elder Reeves, Adieu; you can see that it's almost the same as your other language)