Week #6 Transfer #5 - New beginnings

Hey everyone!! I had an interesting Monday and after a train ride to Lyon and back I am now with my new companion!  Haha, it was fun, turns out the office sent me to Lyon but my companion ended up getting into Marseille way later and I just went to Lyon and back just for fun. 

Always a good time on the trains...

But now Elder Garside is off on a plane to the Canadian homeland and I have a lot of free stuff he left behind :)  haha, anyways it was so cool to serve with him and I know his mission not only blessed the lives of so many others but also his own life immensely and how much he has changed for the better. I'll miss him a ton, he's so cool.

Snowy train journey

This last week with me and Elder Garside here was fun and awesome though, a really great way for him to finish off the mission.  We taught our ami Hervé and we both felt like we should just let him keep talking instead of interrupting to start a lesson, and eventually he opened up and shared how his faith was starting to grow, it was so cool, and then we got to eat dinner with him and his wife and share the message about the restoration with them.  They were both very touched and it was such a cool experience.  I asked on the ride home if he felt the spirit and he immediately responded with a big "yes." And it was so cool.

Gap, a village in the French Alps

We taught Jean-luc and this time invited his daughter to the lesson, she was really interested and afterward wanted to come to church the next day.  They both came and they both had an awesome time!!!  We'll be teaching them as a family now, it's so cool to see how lives are touched and changed for the better by the message of the gospel.  Jean-luc during our lesson started teaching his own daughter and it was so neat.  I just see how the work here is growing and how grateful I am to know such awesome people and be able to serve them all. 

The sights you see from a train in France.  Random volcano...

I hope you all have a wonderful week, below is a picture of me and Elder Strong, who is also from Kentucky just like Elder Omohundro!  So that's my second companion from Kentucky haha.  Awesome guy and I'm excited to work with him!!  He reminds me a bit of one of my favorite actors Michael Cera so that's really fun. We have a lot of similarities and are getting along great so far after 23 hours and 50 minutes.  Anywaysn have a great week everyone and have fun! Also, happy belated Valentine's Day!!

Elder Strong and Elder Laney

Avec beaucoup d'amour,
Elder Laney