August 11, 2014

Hey everyone

So this week we actually will be in a trio. Elder Kirkpatric in bergerac got called to be an office elder and left today to be trained for that so his comp Elder Quinn is now with us until next week. It should be fun. Elder Quinn is awesome and i'm excited to have him with us. We will probably be going to bergerac for a day this week to have a few rdvs since there wont be missionaries there the rest of the week. Calls are on friday so you will find out next week whats going on. I honestly have no idea what will happen and can see anything happening so no predictions from me this time.

This week was a good one that kept us busy. I had district meeting in Perigueux and then an exchange in Bordeaux. We helped with 2 moves and did service in a members garden as well. Weeks like this make the mission go by alot faster. This transfer has absolutely flown by.

So a few days ago we were walking down the street and saw an old lady with grocerie bags. We decided to ask if we could help. Usually they just turn us down but she instantly agreed and so we started walking with her. She lived probably 5 or 10 minutes away but she walked so incredibly slow and we had to stop and take a rest as well. She litterally talked nonstop for a good 40 minutes but we were finally able to make it to her appartement. We thought we were in the clear but just then she sees another lady leaving her appartement and decided to share her history with this lady as well while we stood by. In the end she was very grateful for our help and we were glad to help. By the time we got back to where we started it had been an hour later. It is a good thing that we weren't walking to a rdv. We laughed about it for the rest of the day. 

I am glad to be able to help others all day long even if sometimes it is just listening to an 80 year old lady and helping carry groceries. We can serve people every day if we just look for the opportunity to help as we go through out the day. I invite you to look for these opportunites every day. Love ya,

Elder Swenson