Montréal-Est Week 16

Exchanges with Elder Lott (You can see how giant he is, even 

though he's on my back he has to lift up his feet to be suspended!)

This week has been awesome! We got a lot of work done, and had a ton of fun. Here are some highlights.

We had another lesson with Jean the other day, and oh my gosh... he's so legit. During the entire first part of the lesson he was just asking questions about how to share the Book of Mormon in a natural way, how to approach his family and friends with the gospel, how to talk to random people about it, etc. It was CRAZY! He's so solid, and that was only the second lesson we had with him. He is getting baptized for sure!

Elder Wilson's first Griot! (I took out so many missionaries 
out to Griot when they were in our area that 
I didn't realize that he'd never had it before! Long overdue!)

This Branch has been on fire recently. There were SO MANY PEOPLE at church this past Sunday, that there weren't enough seats for everyone to sit down! It's been cool to see progress, the district has been doing a great job, the work has been exploding! It's also been awesome to see time and time again that we really do nothing in this work. It's been super easy to see how much the Lord's hand is in his work; we do basically nothing and then see such cool results! It's so humbling!

Exchanges with Elder Teikiutapu

I also had the chance to go on exchanges with Elder Teikiutapu again. He's such an awesome missionary! It was fun to hear more stories about his life in Tahiti. He was talking about his favorite food from home, called Fafaru. You take a fresh fish, put it in seawater, then let it ferment for months. He says it smells super bad, but tastes delicious. Sounds kind of crazy, but he really made me want to try it! Maybe I'll visit him in Tahiti after the mission and he can show it to me!

We also were able to go on exchanges with the Assistants, and I went with Elder Lott. He's such a cool guy, and is extremely wise. It was great to learn so much from him. He's really good at being bold with people (which I absolutely love); I learned a lot. And, on that side of the island, I was able to do metro contacting again!! We only got to do it for about 2 hours, but it was so fun to be back in the metro!! It had been way too long, I missed it so much. I got to contact a lot of Hispanics! It made me miss home (Zarahemla, ha ha)!

It was an awesome week. As I already mentioned, it's been super cool to see the Lord's hand in everything we do. It really is His work, and He blesses us with lots of success as we try as hard as we can and work with our heart, might, mind, and strength.

I love you all so much, have a fantastic week!

Elder James