Week #4 - in the field. Bordeaux & Zone Conference

Another week!!! This is doing by very fast now. Haha, but it's great!  We're just having too much fun, this week was very fun.

Bordeax flower fields

We started the week off with a relaxing p-day (day to prepare and relax each week, Monday) and then on Tuesday our zone leaders (missionary pair in charge of leading the zone with is like 15-25 missionaries) came to Tarbes and I went to exchange spending the day with Elder Hansen. Super fun day, we were a little lost since I was the one who actually lived in the city, so I got to lead him around town! We were able to do a lot of contains and met a few people, and though they weren't interested later i got a lot more comfortable with contacting in French, and since then it's been way way better. Plus I became oriented with the city! I'm finally getting a feel for some things. Wednesday was pretty light and Thursday we met with one of our less active members and had a really good discussion.
  

Bordeaux countryside

We then later that day took a 4 hour trip to Bordeaux for zone conference the next day. Super cool, President Brown, our mission president, was there with Sister Brown and they both gave some awesome talks about what we can do to share the gospel in a way that would emphasize more with the "end in mind", meaning seeing them helping do temple work. In the church we have temples, sacred places where we can do ordinances for our ancestors and those who have passed on. One of these ordinances is baptism, and by proxy we can give our ancestors and others ,who didn't have the chance to be baptized in this life, to be baptized through proxy which they can accept if they want to.  President Brown talked about this, and how for us we need to go and
speak about baptisms for the dead, and share the message about the temple to be built in France soon. Super cool, and I've already seen how others become interested in their families and what we have to
share.

Toulouse, Talents and Bordeaux zone conference

Missionary Games

Saturday was super fun, we did a ton of studies and then got to go see a semi-pro soccer game b/w Tarbes and Nice where our ami Herman got to play that day! Super cool to watch, and really fun. 

Soccer Game Tarbes vs Nice

Sunday was good too, church went well and then after some contacting we got to go see our less active member who is making a lot of progress and who we had a great discussion with.  

Today we got to have sushi at Frere Pho's a member from Cambodia working at a sushi shop here. Soooo good but he made us eat sooo much lol. Haha, it was super fun though, we watched mr kruegers Christmas and ate tons of sushi, and he's so flipping cool and funny.

Bro Pho and the sushi party

It was cool this week to share my testimony to our less active members. I was able a to bear my testimony to our less active member.  At the start of he week and share some things about Christ and focusing on him which I believe she needed and let her know that even if things are hard, Christ can help her with anything and will if we
believe he can. I shared this and my testimony of the Book of Mormon with our other less active ami who lives with her son downtown, and it was really cool to share the knowledge I've been so blessed to receive. I hope you all have an awesome week, and know that I love you all and pray for you each night. Be safe and have fun, and may God watch over you, He and Christ love you so much more than I could ever imagine.

Sincerely,
Elder Laney