Salut!
Well this week has just zoomed by, but not really-- it was great to hear from everyone and I'm glad to hear that the wedding was a success! Tell Noah I wish him luck with the friendless class--but a better teacher is always better than friends. I'm glad that Chandler survived his first week of Junior High! It's a very.....place. Ah well, just something everyone has to go through.
I cannot believe that Hayden gets to drive the car everywhere. That's insane, but I can't complain, I'd much rather be where I'm at. It's strange to think I haven't driven in over a month. ALSO. We are now in the same month that I will be in Canada. 24 days left. Not that I'm counting or anything. So yeah...
Not much to say in the MTC, again. I feel like I'm just repeating the same week over and over again. Except this week in the TRC E. Mendoza and I taught the first lesson entirely in french. My brain exploded. We spoke for 40 minutes, without a lick of english, and surprisingly, the volunteers understood us...for the most part. I've been frustrated by the lingual walls I keep running into, but we just learned subjonctif, which just opened a huge door for me. I'll be speaking fluently in no time.
Thanks so much for the Package!! I never get tired of said packages. How did you know I needed pajamas? Those are going to come very much in handy when I head up to Canada! I've been DYING for doritos, thank you kindly for those as well, and the Emergen-c is going to be used very much. I've still got a sore cough and my sinuses are to the fullest, but what can you do?
Something that bothers Elder Holm.
District planning.
District planning has been very much a trial of patience for me, coming from a family who's motto is "Just do it, don't ask questions, don't be dumb." I have to keep reminding myself that these other elders are from very different places, and experienced very diffferent parenting techniques....sigh. I'm most grateful for the way Mom and Dad have instilled almost hostile obedience in us all, because it's paying off. I sat there in silence for an hour and a half while a certain elder voiced his opinion about how he didn't understand the benefit of being five minutes early to class. "I'm just going to sit here and waste five minutes, why?" was his statement. I wanted to put a hole in the wall with my head. He literally said he could not physically make it to class 5 minutes early. Sigh. And I know as everyone is reading this Carlie and Carter and Mom and Dad are just laughing, shaking their head and saying "oh, you don't even know." So we scratched off the "5 minutes early" goal. And then we planned a bunch of goals that I know no one will follow through with and ended with a song. C'est la vie.
The zone is being swept with the OJ challenge. The best record is 13 glasses of OJ in the morning--and held throughout the day. After you drink, you cannot use the restroom until the next meal. I hope this isn't too vulgar, if it is don't read the next sentence. But the victor and holder of the best record sufffered a great deal for his title--and sounded very much like a civil war cannon that night in the restroom. Poor fella, still suffering side effects.
I would love to get some pictures of the wedding, but I'm in no rush. Things are getting super busy around here. As long as it's before I head out of the MTC. Also, we've sworn off all english in our district...until the airport...it's going to be interesting. Needless to say, nobody says much. Because we all sound like children. But my french writing is down pat. So one way or another, I'll be able to communicate.
I wish I had more to talk about, but alas, everything here stays the same.
Mon coeur restes avec ma famille
Elder Holm
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