Family,
It really was so nice to talk to all of you. Ok well i don't know where to start. I love it first off. Well i just missed Elder Williams, i think i passed him on the streets in Paris but i am not sure but he left for home my second day. Elder Wood is my District leader so i have seen him. Ok now let me start from the beginning. The first day i got here they took us contacting and the Elder that i went with took me to Notre Dome, which is right down the street from the LDS church in Paris. It was so cool but i left my camera that day so i don't have pictures of it haha. Well then we left Paris and went to the mission home which is in a really nice town just out side of Paris. We had dinner met the mission President he is so cool i really like him, he is done in July so i hope the next one is just as great. We had a really good dinner then a testimony meeting in French i think just so he could see how good our french is. then we went off to bed. The next morning they took us to a Castle where Luis the 14th was born and we did not go inside but we walked the gardens and had some time to sit and think. It was cool because where i sat i had a perfect overview of Paris, it was a little foggy but still really cool. We then went back to the mission home and found out where we were going and who out trainers are............. I am in TOURS and my trainers name is Elder Gardner. He is really cool and as far as i have seen so far he is a perfect missionary. He is from Taylorsville Utah and has been out almost a year he is training really young he says. Ok so the city i am in is so cool i was told it was voted the most beautiful city it France this last year haha. It is a big city and really busy. There is a lot of people and there are two colleges near by and two high schools so it has alot of people. I don't really know how to explain the town except for very similar to how you would imagine a busy city in France. Oh another cool thing is that i am in the valley where all the castles are in France i think there are about 50 castles in the valley so that is really exciting, we don't have a car so we are trying to find a way to take the train and bus to go see a bunch and i am really excited about that. There are even two in the city of tour but we have not gone to see them yet. Also one day while walking to see an amis we passed one but Elder Gardner said it is always closed and it is blocked by a bunch of trees so hopefully we go back to that town and it is open one day. Ok back to where i left off so after i met Elder Gardner he took me to Paris and we did a quick tour of Paris before we had to catch the train to Tours. We saw the Eiffel Tower and a bunch of other places but did not really get to go in anywhere because we had to catch the train and did not even see half of what is in Paris so hopefully i will go back some time to do all that. Ok so when we got to Tours i was so excited because we got off the train and walked through a little street of shops and it was so awesome. The apartment is a pretty typical apartment and it is big because it used to be for 4 Elders but now it is just us two. Well a little bit about our Amis (investigators) we have one with a baptismal date and we are teaching others i have not met them all yet so i don't know exactly and yesterday we were making calls and a lady who was given a Book of Mormon wanted to meet with us. It was funny because she was like i have not finished the book yet and we were just like you have been reading it that is great so hopefully that goes well. Ok so the French side of all this i am always so confused and don't understand anyone but i am learning fast. We have had a few meetings and i just sit there and smile we also went over to dinner at a family where the daughter was just baptised about 2 months ago and it was so French after we ate they pulled out bread and cheese and we ate bread with all different kinds of cheese and then had some kind of pastry. hahah Well at church i had to go and introduce myself and bare my testimony it was funny because i was talking and i don't think they understood everything i said but it was good i did it and got my point across. Also people keep asking me for directions and i just look at them or turn to my comp hahah. another thing is we take the bus everywhere i have never been on a bus so much. I also don't know half the stuff we buy at the store but it is good and i even have cooked a good meal even though i don't know what i put in it but it was good. Oh i am really having so much fun and i am learning a lot i don't know what else to say, but I LOVE YOU!! oh and i am typing on a french key board that i changed to english it is confusing haha. Je t'aime!! Elder Davis
PS here is my address for Tours i will be here for at least 6 weeks that is one transfer maybe longer haha
5 imp 10 rue de Metz
37000 TOURS
France
It really was so nice to talk to all of you. Ok well i don't know where to start. I love it first off. Well i just missed Elder Williams, i think i passed him on the streets in Paris but i am not sure but he left for home my second day. Elder Wood is my District leader so i have seen him. Ok now let me start from the beginning. The first day i got here they took us contacting and the Elder that i went with took me to Notre Dome, which is right down the street from the LDS church in Paris. It was so cool but i left my camera that day so i don't have pictures of it haha. Well then we left Paris and went to the mission home which is in a really nice town just out side of Paris. We had dinner met the mission President he is so cool i really like him, he is done in July so i hope the next one is just as great. We had a really good dinner then a testimony meeting in French i think just so he could see how good our french is. then we went off to bed. The next morning they took us to a Castle where Luis the 14th was born and we did not go inside but we walked the gardens and had some time to sit and think. It was cool because where i sat i had a perfect overview of Paris, it was a little foggy but still really cool. We then went back to the mission home and found out where we were going and who out trainers are............. I am in TOURS and my trainers name is Elder Gardner. He is really cool and as far as i have seen so far he is a perfect missionary. He is from Taylorsville Utah and has been out almost a year he is training really young he says. Ok so the city i am in is so cool i was told it was voted the most beautiful city it France this last year haha. It is a big city and really busy. There is a lot of people and there are two colleges near by and two high schools so it has alot of people. I don't really know how to explain the town except for very similar to how you would imagine a busy city in France. Oh another cool thing is that i am in the valley where all the castles are in France i think there are about 50 castles in the valley so that is really exciting, we don't have a car so we are trying to find a way to take the train and bus to go see a bunch and i am really excited about that. There are even two in the city of tour but we have not gone to see them yet. Also one day while walking to see an amis we passed one but Elder Gardner said it is always closed and it is blocked by a bunch of trees so hopefully we go back to that town and it is open one day. Ok back to where i left off so after i met Elder Gardner he took me to Paris and we did a quick tour of Paris before we had to catch the train to Tours. We saw the Eiffel Tower and a bunch of other places but did not really get to go in anywhere because we had to catch the train and did not even see half of what is in Paris so hopefully i will go back some time to do all that. Ok so when we got to Tours i was so excited because we got off the train and walked through a little street of shops and it was so awesome. The apartment is a pretty typical apartment and it is big because it used to be for 4 Elders but now it is just us two. Well a little bit about our Amis (investigators) we have one with a baptismal date and we are teaching others i have not met them all yet so i don't know exactly and yesterday we were making calls and a lady who was given a Book of Mormon wanted to meet with us. It was funny because she was like i have not finished the book yet and we were just like you have been reading it that is great so hopefully that goes well. Ok so the French side of all this i am always so confused and don't understand anyone but i am learning fast. We have had a few meetings and i just sit there and smile we also went over to dinner at a family where the daughter was just baptised about 2 months ago and it was so French after we ate they pulled out bread and cheese and we ate bread with all different kinds of cheese and then had some kind of pastry. hahah Well at church i had to go and introduce myself and bare my testimony it was funny because i was talking and i don't think they understood everything i said but it was good i did it and got my point across. Also people keep asking me for directions and i just look at them or turn to my comp hahah. another thing is we take the bus everywhere i have never been on a bus so much. I also don't know half the stuff we buy at the store but it is good and i even have cooked a good meal even though i don't know what i put in it but it was good. Oh i am really having so much fun and i am learning a lot i don't know what else to say, but I LOVE YOU!! oh and i am typing on a french key board that i changed to english it is confusing haha. Je t'aime!! Elder Davis
PS here is my address for Tours i will be here for at least 6 weeks that is one transfer maybe longer haha
5 imp 10 rue de Metz
37000 TOURS
France
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