Things are continuing to go well here in Brive. Tuesday we were in Bergerac all day for zone conference. Bergerac is actually inbetween Brive and Bordeaux ( where the conference usually is held) but due to the layout of railways we can get to Bordeaux faster. For this reason we actually slept in Bordeaux the night before and took a train from there to Bergerac in the morning. Conference was great as usual. President mentioned that Bergerac was the last ville he served in when he was on his mission and that it was there where he went to midnight mass on christmas. He remebers the church being packed and hearing everyone sing angles we have heard on high. This became his favorite song after listening to it there and for that reason it is our mission song that we always sing at conferences. There was also a brother and his family who were here visiting france who spoke to us. He served with President Roney way back when. It is always cool hearing about the mission years before and seeing how things have changed since then.
I have to say that the ward in Brive is probably one of the best in the mission member wise. They all work very hard and love helping the missionaries. This is like the only ville where alot of the members invite you over without you having to go up to them and ask. Also we have multiple members come up and ask if they can help teach with us during the week. Yesterday we spent the evening porting and visiting less actives with a really cool brother who always volunteers to help us each week. Member missionaries are the best.
The weather here has been continuing to cycle between pouring rain or scortching hot. There was actually one day where it had been hot and sunny all morning and then randomly for about 10 minutes it poured rain on us. It was one of the heaviest rains I have ever been in. It was like we walked under a waterfall. Afterwards it instantly changed back the the sunny 100 degree weather as if nothing had happened and yet it looked like we had just jumped in a pool with our clothes on.
Any way I love and miss you all! Until next week,
Elder Swenson
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