FAMILY,

Well i have to start off and say I LOVE YOU, and that you are all the best. Well i have had a crazy week. Ok to start off after i wrote my e-mails last week we went castle hopping and saw all the really cool castles before i left Tours. They were all really cool and there was one that is know for its crazy gardens and we spend so much time walking through all these amazing gardens and going through a maze. It was really impressive I will have to send pictures next week because i forgot my cord today so i can't up load the photos. Well after Monday we spend Tues cleaning, packing, going to RDVs so i could say bye to all the people that i had grown so close to. It was sad leaving Tours but it also was exciting to go somewhere new. Also a missionary from my group replaced me in Tours so i got everything ready for him, the apartment had never been so clean and we made him brownies, bought him candy, and left him a note. I hope he enjoys coming to into the apartment, that way he won't have any worries and he can get strait to work haha. I am excited to hear all the amazing things that will happen in Tours in the future. Well early wed morning I took a train to Angers and meet my district leader and my new companion. We all went and ate and then I caught another train to Cholet. To describe Cholet i can only say it is a small but really beautiful ville. Also the spirit and feel here is so great. When i got into the apartment it was kind of a mess hahah. Half of it had been cleaned because they had a lot to do that week so they never got around to it but that was ok. So i unpacked and clean up the apartment. I do have to say the apartment is really nice i think it is one of the newer ones in the mission. Also it has a really good shower that is always a plus. Well now to my new companion Elder Garcia, he is so great. He is from Texas and actually was called to this mission Spanish speaking. So this is his first area where he is only doing French, but he is a master at languages and it is going to help me a lot this transfer. Also we get along so well i feel like i have known him forever so that is really good we will have a great time together. Well then we started to get to work on Thursday and i was told that the work was really slow here, but we decided right then and there that it is going to change. And already we are seeing things turn around. We do have someone with a baptismal date, but he is on vacation so we have to wait for him to get back to keep teaching him. Well besides that there were no one so we have been working really hard and have already found some old amis who are great and gave out two Books of Mormon and they want to start learning about the church. So things are about to just boom here it is so exciting. Ok now to Sunday, it was so great. We have a really strong branch here. I was so happy to see how many members there were and how strong they all are. Also we have a good youth group and there is this big family who is English and Scottish and they teach a English Sunday school (Dad they wanted me to ask you if you ever served in a town called Bournenouth). It was nice to go to an English class during church haha. Oh and some members had made us a small cake. It is a great branch. They all leave far apart but we get a car in two weeks and we will be able to start visiting them. Also there is this great guy named Simon and he is leaving on his mission to the Lyon, France mission in September and he is so great and went with us to teach people on Sunday and just wants to go with us when ever he can. Also there is another kid in the branch who leaves to Madagascar in two weeks on his mission. It is exciting to see that missionary work is really good in the branch. Well that was my week in my new area. I am excited to see the miracles that are going to happen in the future. Well I love you all and hope that you are loving life because it really is the best when you stop and look at all that you have been given. So try to slow down this week and look at all that you are thankful for you will be glad you did. Well Je t'aime!!

ELder Davis