December 5th, 2016
Bonjour, tout le monde,
The répertoire came out on
Saturday and.... I'm getting transferred out of La Rochelle. I'm moving
to the ville of Saint Omer, in the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. In the
northernmost region of France. From what I understand, it's the smallest
ville in our mission and there are a lot of refugees there.
My new companion is Elder Loya,
another Spanish-speaker from Colorado. I'll also get a car over there,
too. Apparently, it rains a lot and it's really windy over there, so
I'll be in for a cold winter. St. Omer is known as a
"dead-ville" in this mission, but I'm really excited. I think
it'll be a lot of fun. The members here have told me the people in the
north are super, super nice, so there's a lot to look forward to. It's
been a fun three transfers here, but I'm also excited for what's next.
Yeah, the work may be a little
hard here, papi. But there's always a bright side. We're living in
France for super cheap, and we have our mission conférences in Paris!
There are a lot of people who would give a lot to be in our shoes. And
our mission may not be as "baptism-happy" as other missions,
however, this year, we've seen a total of just over 200 convert-baptisms
this year. So things aren't really as bad as they seem, eh?
I think one reason I love the
Babin's so much is because they don't baby us around. They understand
the difficult circumstances, but they push us to work. And yet, they
know how to have fun as well. We're in good hands.
I started my mission in the 2nd
biggest ville in the mission with metros, tramways, and buses, then
moved to a smaller city with just tramways and buses, and then from
there moved to a smaller city with just buses, now I'm moving to the
smallest ville in our mission. Haha.
Today we had an awesome rendezvous
with Priscilla, it was a long time since the last time we taught her,
but we feel really good about her.
See you soon.
Love,
Elder Aburto
