Fun times (week #1 Transfer #12)

Hey! So this week was really fun and really awesome. I looove Toulon, it's super cool and such a beautiful town. A port city on the edge of the Côte d'Azur, actually the home of the French naval fleet which is pretty awesome. We take a lot of buses so a lot less walking than I'm used to :)

Toulon view from our apartment

Anyways it's been great weather, I'm still using a short sleeve dress shirt, and we've been having a great time here. My new companion is Elder Richmond, from Texas, and in his last transfer. We are also in a 4 man apartment with Elder Steadman and Elder Tehahe, it's a blast. Some highlights of the week were first finding our new Ami Azam. Elder Richmond sat next to him on a bus this week and met him, and we started teaching him the next day and have basically seen him like daily it's so  cool, he's super interested and learns sooo fast it's crazy. Besides that we got to see a lot of our other amis which was great, all progressing really well, we saw a lot of cool changes in all of them.  At one point during the week we were waiting for an ami and this man stops and tells us we are "sons of God" so he has a present for us. Turns out he's an actor and puts on shows with his cats, calls himself cat man. Haha such a weird guy but it was
super funny to meet. 

Josh with the Cat Man of Toulon

Another highlight was taking boats!! The boats here are like the buses, even use the same card. We use them every other day to go out to see an Ami or member. we also got to see a member cellist and her colleagues practice at the church for a concert, soo cool.

Commuting on the Côte d'Azur by water taxi

Anyways I hope you all have a great week! I learned once again this week how much God does for us. He helped us out so much this week. One rendez-vous we  went to help an Ami who is having a really really hard time. We prayed and did all we could and couldn't come up with a lesson, then right before the lesson Elder Richmond thought to pick a talk from the sessions we missed from General Conference. Then in the lesson he asked our Ami to pick it instead out of that session we all had missed (them too). He picked the same talk, and when we watched it it was exactly what he needed, and he told us that he believed he might be able to repent, which for him is the biggest step he has taken in soooo many years, he's never said that. It was such a great miracle, I can see how the Lord works through little things. Do your best and ask the Lord for help, He'll make up the difference, I know He has for me so many times.

Have a great week!

lots of love,
Elder Laney

Côte d'Azur by night