Twenty-three

This Monday I left the Montpellier apartment at like 7:30 in the morning. I took a train to Lyon with Elder Withers who was returning home. We had a really good chat. I then waited at the Lyon train station for 7 hrs for my train for Besancon! It was fun seeing all the missionaries go though.but tiring waiting that long.… I meet Elder

Richmond and he is a stud! He is from Indiana and he is a really good missionary. We got three contacts on the train.

We arrived in Besancon Elder and Souer Spackman picked us up and we went straight to their house to eat. Let me just say Souer Spackman is a really good cook and loves feeding the missionaires so in my photos you might notice me getting wider.  (This region is really known for its Comte, which is a type of super good cheese). After the meal they drove us home and we passed out. 

This week was the most lessons I have had in my mission so far. Besancon has a lot of potential but things have been a little dormant but they are starting to pick right back up.

Probably one of the coolest things on my mission happened this Friday. A less active couple wanted a blessing so we came over. We talked for a little bit.  Elder Richmond gave her a blessing and the Spirit was really strong like the room was silent and there was just a warm heavier feeling in the room. The husband bore his testimony to his wife and it was a really cool experience.

Saturday we had a baptism so we went to Dijon for it. The baptism was for Kyle who is 8 years old but the missionaries helped him a lot so we got to participate.  There was a small problem…the water heater

wasn't working so the water in the font was super cold! But he was a trooper and it went well.

On Sunday I gave my first talk in French. My talk was about 12 minutes long so pas mal and I feel like it went  well. It was kind of a shock when we came to church because there was about 15-20 people and in Montpellier there were about 80-100, but it went well!

I love you all and especially my family. Thank you so much for all the love and support. To end I find it only fitting to finish with a list of weird things I have eaten on mission so far:

-Boar

-Duck

-Rabbit

-Blood Sausage (sausages filled with blood cooked and mixed with a filler until they are thick enough to congeal when cooled)

-Foie Gras (stuffed duck liver)

-Shrimp (still all the way intact)

Make it an amazing week and remember how beautiful life is and for all the precious moments because it passes so fast!

With love,

Elder Duffy