The Candy Santa

Last week, I had a cold, so the doctor here at the MTC told me I could skip an hour of class to take a nap! Sweet! And on Sunday's, we meet as districts and missionaries are randomly picked to give talks--in French. It just so happened, that I was chosen to give a talk the week I was sick. I had to borrow another sister's talk because I left mine in my room. My district said I did well... so it couldn't have been that bad.

Because of all the candy that Mom sent, the Elders in my district have taken to calling me "Candy Santa" because I now have a bag full of candy that I share with anyone who knows about it. There is a fairly large
yellow bag that they give you on your first day with all your books in it. I have all the candy in that. I've been thinking about just making the rounds down the hall to different classrooms and handing out candy but I think I might wait to do that like my last week when I really need to get rid of it all.

Last Tuesday night, Elder Richard G. Scott gave the Devotional!! It was WAY good. He even pronounced an Apostolic blessing upon missionaries. If you can, you should try to find it. I think you could find it in BYU speeches.

We did start the TRC this last week so I now have two "investigators" who I teach 2 times a week and two lessons in the TRC. I went pretty unprepared so this week was rough, but I hope to do better next week
(The TRC at the Provo Missionary Training Center is a place for volunteers to come and let the missionaries teach them and help bring them closer to Jesus Christ.)

French in coming slowly...sometimes it seems very slowly. But it's getting there. I can understand most of what I hear and read but speaking is a different story.

There is a song in the French Hymn book that I LOVE!! It's not in the English one at all. It's called "Souviens-toi". It's fantastic! I have been trying to translate it but I haven't finished. I think it's about the plan of salvation. Anyway look it up on youtube or something

So the French are obsessed with the beauty of their language, right? Definitely! Well in PMG (Preach My Gospel) there is this part that has a bunch of opening lines to explain your purpose to investigators. One of them says that No one is perfect and that we may not speak the language perfectly. In French, it translates to," We are not all perfect and, without a doubt, we do not speak the language very well." I thought that was really funny.

Elder Smith and Elder Miller having fun with my zipper bag.

Our Sunday Walk to the Temple