Oct 27th

Well guess what. Adventure is out there. That's right.

So tomorrow, we had a mangez-vous planned with some members and a lesson with a potential, but guess what. That's not happening. You wanna know why? I'll tell you why. Well there is this Chinese elder arriving tomorrow, and here's the thing. He has to go to Bordeaux. I think that's how you spell it. Anyways, it's across the country. Well usually the AP's would drive him, but they won't be able to, they're already at Bordeaux. And President can't, and so I HAVE TO DRIVE HIM ACROSS THE COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!! Holy cow. That's kind of exciting. 

Also, my first baptism is this week! Danielle is sooo excited to get baptized!!! Well the last rdv with her was super heated actually. She was having doubts getting baptized, and it was super intense. We gave her a blessing, and immediately after, she said she was getting baptized! The power in the priesthood is real. That is now the third blessing I've gave in french. It was such a spiritual experience. And the sister's ami, Dan, is also getting baptized. TWO BAPTISMS FOR ONE WARD on the same day. MMHMM. Well usually we have members baptize and confirm, but Dan wants me to baptize him, which is weird. But I'm still excited. He is a refugee from Congo. Also, his friend, Diogene, was ordained an elder yesterday. He was contacted in the metro with Dan, so that's a pretty cool story. He was actually confirmed a member by Elder Anderson himself. And I got to stand in the circle when he was ordained, so that was super cool. 

Elder Kearon from the 70 is coming on Thursday, so that's exciting.

My hair is growing back.

Speaking of miracles, I'm really starting to notice all the small things the Lord is doing everyday. I am starting a miracle journal. Don't forget to take a moment at the end of the day and think about with the Lord did for you. I promise he did more than you think.

Don't forget to pray for me to stay motivated and do my best please.

Oct. 20th

Hello.

Haha.

Well this last week was pretty baller. I feel like Elder Swenson and I are finally getting work done together. Like serious work. Haha. So I met this guy named Sebastian the first week here, and he was the first person I ever legitly contacted and placed a Livre de Mormon. Well, we met with him forever ago, then haven't seen him since... Untill last week! I saw him in the road, and introduced him to Elder Swenson. He has a dalmation. I want a dalmation. We saw him like three other times in the road within like two days, and apparently he lives like one minute away from us! Well the first time we met him, he said he didn't think drugs were bad, and he basically had every problem that somebody could have. Well, we visited him a few days ago, and he said he wanted to give up drugs because he realized how bad they were! AND yesterday we visited him, and he said that he wants to live a chaste life now! Well, that was a big miracle. I really see the good in him, and I believe we can help him.

Yesterday we were porting, and we met this girl that was interested because she thought we were polygamists and stuff. And so we're meeting with her this week too. Basically, everybody thinks that Mormon's are polygamists if they've heard of Mormon's at all. It's weird.

And also, we found a family to teach! We brought them cookies, and they invited us in and OH it was so good! I'm so excited to teach them!

My hair is starting to grow back, so that's fun.

High five.

Elder Walker

October 13th

Well hi.

So the other day I was giving myself a haircut, and then I made a mistake, so then I had to cut it all super short. I buzzed it to 10 mm, so that's kind of different. I am never cutting my own hair again.

I gave my first blessing in french, and it was insane. It was for a guy from Armenia named Fabrice Ozaga. We had to drive out like half an hour to get to his home, and he lived in a pretty sick part of France. It's always my favorite when I get to drive along the countryside. We visited him because the Stake President asked us too. He was excommunicated because he wanted his name to be removed or something like that, but now he wants to get baptized again, but he feels like he can't do anything for the ward. It was one of the most spiritual experiences I've ever had. 

I'm started to really just love the ward and everybody I meet sooo much, I can't really explain it. Like, the ward is just super nice! There is this guy in our ward named Mario who took this homeless guy from the streets and let him live with him. His name is Collins, and now the Sisters are teaching him. 

Danielle is super prepared for her baptism. She is so excited haha. It's always a good time teaching her because she always gives us something to eat. And it's always super proper and french and I wait till' she starts eating because I have no idea if I know to start from the inside or maybe the bottom or perhaps the left corner of the meal. So that's fun.

Elder Swenson and I changed the tires on our car today. So that's fun.

When it rains here..... It rains. And it hasn't stopped raining for a few days now. It's a good time, contacting in the rain when there's one person on the street. 

I love you all and miss you all. 

Word.

Elder Walker

October 6th

Hey guys. What's up. 

So Danielle is greener than green for her baptism. It's going to be on November 1st. We have taught her with the Bishop, a member of the Stake Presidency, and we watched general conference last night at the Stake President's house with her. OH MAN SHE IS SUPER COOL. She's like 60, and is just super prepared. Haha. It's really built my testimony teaching her that it's the spirit that converts. And it's super essential to bear simple testimony frequently when teaching, because the spirit comes in testimony.

We have the best ward ever here. The members are great. We have this member who invited one of our investigators chez lui, and she stayed at his home for like 5 hours and got to be really good friends! We didn't even know this was happening, so when we found out, our faces were blown away. 

I feel like the french is really coming. The session at President Benesars home was in french, and I could understand it. It was awesome. My favorite speaker was the Jorg dude, with the two dots over the O in his name. It was short, sweet, and to the point. Recently, I have been super obsessed with keeping things simple. Like, keep the truths down to what they are. Like, God lives, he is our father, and we are his children. Jesus Christ is our Savior. I love to keep it like that. I guess that's just my way of teaching. 

Well, my testimony is getting stronger by the day. It's strange to think that only a few months ago, I was chilling with my family, and now I'm here in France, stopping scary looking people in the streets and testifying of Christ... Speaking french. Haha. I love this Gospel lots.

This is God's church.

Elder Walker

What Up

Well... I don't have lots of time to say stuff.

But basically I'll tell ya the good news.

I started driving like two weeks ago. It's pretty stressful driving in the city. But I love the countryside. It's super cool and chill and stuff. Haha. We have this french amie named Danielle. She is like sixty, but we gave her mom a blessing a couple weeks ago to walk. I did the oil. Well, like last week, her mom walked, and she called us and was super excited, and she said she knows our church is true! She's getting baptized onNovember 1st! I am SOOO excited. I'm staying in Val de Saone for the next transfer with Elder Swenson.

I basically feel fluentish in french. It's just that I can't understand 100 percent of the time, and I really have to focus. But I can talk and stuff. Isn't that weird? Haha. 

Love you all. Choose the right.

Elder Walker

9/22/2014 - Hello

So I don't have a lot of time this week to do emails, but basically I'll tell you the biggest juice that cracked down.

Elder Nye got emergency transfered out of town. My companion is now Elder Trenton Swenson. He is from Pleasant Grove, and he dies this November! I hope I get to kill him. Haha. That just means be the companion when he finishes. But he is super cool! I got to go down to Toulouse to pick him up. It was sick. We stopped in Montpellier for an hour, and got to walk around there for an hour. We got a nice kebab for lunch.

I hope that I stay around in Villefranche next transfer. I want to see Danielle and Bernard get baptized! Well, basically I'm like out of time. So love you all and peace.

Elder Walker

September 15th!

What up yo.

This week was cool. Basically, Elder Nye and I are baller missionaries. We go hard in the paint. All day. Everyday. HAHA

Last Thursday I went on an exchange with Elder Sorenson. He is from Draper, and he has class off the wall. We worked in his ville, St Etienne. We visited this CRAZY less active guy. Like, his little apartment had so much clutter and everything in it. It was stacked up to the roof with just stuff. But it was fun.

So I think our ami, Danielle, really has potential. This last week, we taught a lesson with her with Frere Marco. It went super good. She loved the Plan of Salvation. We weren't able to see Marie Jose this last week. IT'S A BUMMER. But that's fine. We are seeing her on Wednesday, and we are going to Plan of Salut the living lights out of her. Haha. And Soeur Harlette is also accepting the lessons really well and progressing and stuff too. And Bernard. And Rita. And Sebastian. Kind of. We are also having our first lesson with THE ONE AND ONLY MICHAEL JORDAN THIS WEEK! Just kidding. Just a dude that looks like Michael Jordan. HAHA, HIS NAME IS BALARD. Woops, the caps. We also met a lady who met the missionaries 40 years ago, and we have a rdv with her tomorrow! We are really picking the work up. I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!

I am going to start driving in like two weeks. Isn't that wild? I will be driving in the countryside of FRANCE! haha. I will be driving because Elder Nye isn't legal, but I am. So yeah.

The other day, we have a lesson with a less active family, and I was bearing my testimony, and I started crying (of course). It was so embarassing. I wanted to die. 

I like working in Villefranche more than Lyon. It's just a chill place, and it's fun to contact because we meet the weirdest people haha. Like two days ago, we met this guy from Czech who was just making huge bubbles in the street for all the little kids. And I don't really know what it is, but Elder Nye seems to attract all the middle-aged women with tons of life problems. But I'm fine with that. Haha Elder Nye is always like what the.

Well... Peace.

Elder Walker