Family,
Well it sounds like it was a fun and busy weekend for everyone. I am glad that Mom and Dad had a great time in northern California visiting Aunt Patti. Happy Birthday! Also i hope that everyone enjoyed having Kira down for Brittney's wedding. That is crazy Britt is married i hope all went well at the wedding. Well it was a good week. We were sad that Elder Newell left, but excited to have Elder Lee here. He is so great he is Tahitian and does not speak any English. It is good though because it makes us speak french all the time and we have him around to answer out vocab/grammar questions. We all get alone really great and i think it is going to be a great transfer. The work here is still moving forward. We were able to set rendez-vous with everyone this week. Also Mairie-Blanche is going to get baptised the 10th of next month so have her in your prayers. It was sad this week because we found out that our bishop here in Reims passed away on the 16th. We will being going to his funeral on the 22nd. It was really sad he was recovering from cancer and all seemed to be well and then he passed away in his sleep unexpectedly. So it was a hard week for the members here, but also it really pulled everyone together. Sunday was really sad but it is amazing how great this gospel is, to know that there is a plan for us and that it is not end after we die. Also he passed away on the 4th anniversary of being sealed in the temple with his wife. It is an amazing story he came out of inactivity a few years ago and prepared himself to be sealed with his wife and soon after became Bishop, Wow. It all started just because one of the members invited him back to church because they cared about him. It really is amazing how if you help someone, purely out of your love for them, you can be the first step of endless joy and blessings for them. This gives me more of a drive to love the people i meet and do my best to bring people one step closer to Christ. There is so many blessings and so much Joy in this Gospel and all we need to do is open up our mouths and love people a little bit more. Well everything is going great on the end of things. I am still loving Reims. The members are great and i really like the city. We were able to see more of it the other day because i may or may not have left my bus pass and we had a list of addresses to stop by. It actually was really nice to walk through all the streets and see more of the city we are serving in. Well i hope that all is going well for everyone. I love hearing from everyone! Je t'aime! Make it a great week! Vous me manquez tous!
Elder Davis