November 1, 2010

Howdy,

This week has been a good one, a hard one, but a good one. I've gotten to the point now that when we go contacting, I'll usually talk to one person while Perry crosses the street and talks to another, there is no better feeling than conducting a full conversation while introducing yourself and then asking for a number and address and saying farewell in a whole nother language. It feels great to be at that point. And I've started making phone calls in french, that's just terrifying. But it's working out! I still need a whole world of practice before I am fluent however.

We had a temple trip this week, it's kinda crazy, before anything happens, they have a vote to see what language will be the language of the session, luckily it was english this time. Whew! Sometimes it's spanish and mostly french, how insane. We ran into a lot more Columbians this week, so many that we've pulled out a little book of spanish phrases so we know how to introduce ourselves in spanish. It's crazy.

We have a baptism coming up in a couple weeks, on the 13th, hopefully it won't fall through! But the investigator is ready and willing and wants to be baptized really bad, so I'm sure it won't. It's too bad that that's the week after transfers, so E. Perry won't get to be there, he's headed home to Alberta! But he's headed to Ogden to Weber State for college, it's a small world! Speaking of E. Perry, he's been awful sick lately, and I've finally caught it from him. I woke up a couple days ago without a voice, which makes it kind of difficult to contact and speak french and all that, so I've just been practicing my comprehension and listening skills. The doctors haven't gotten back to us yet, but they think that E. Perry might have pneumonia, hopefully my chest cold here doesn't progress into that. That would be a nightmare. We're on strict orders from the Mission President and his wife to stay home and rest, which is the MOST FRUSTRATING thing in the world. But what can you do? It seems like I was just progressing with the language too, but there are other ways to practice it than to speak it I guess. I've never really lost my voice like this, it's strange. Eh, give it a day, it'll be back.

There's snow on the ground up here. It's already begun, crazy. I might be buying boots pretty soon, especially since it's still snowing. We're headed up to Quebec city tomorrow, for the big symposium expedition thing, it should be awesome!

Well, that's about all I can think about, Have a good week, and take good care of Grandpa,


Peace be the Journey,

E. Holm