Hope everyone had a great week!
In France everyone seems to have there eyes set towards the Euro Cup that starts Friday night.
There have been so many ads, banners, and other various propaganda hung up throughout the city in the past couple weeks. It is getting really exciting!
France has been facing some trials as of late though that could impede the logistics of the big tournament. First of all, this past week has rained so much that rivers are overflowing, trains are being shut down, and streets are being flooded. In Tours the city is built pretty high above the river so we should be safe, but it has almost engulfed the entire first line of trees. There are some missionaries in other cities who may have to evacuate their apartments soon if things don't get better.
The second problem is ever since the new work law has been proposed there have been so many strikes, especially with the trains. The company who pretty much owns the railway system, SNCF, is striking about pretty much every other day. That basically means that they choose random trains and decide to cancel them. It has been a pain in the neck for missionary work and I can only imagine the disaster it might cause for the Euro Cup. Strikes have also been affecting gas stations and electricity.
Lastly there is always a threat of another terrorist attack but France have heightened the security a lot in anticipation so if everything goes well that shouldn't be a big problem.
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| This is the little forest in front of the church. |
Missionary work didn't go too well the past week. Bouchaïb seemed to be sailing smoothly towards baptism but last time we saw him he said he wants to ask his family what they think about it. His family has a heavy Muslim background, so they may prohibit him from getting baptized. Xuantao left on vacation and seems to be losing interest, and we didn't get to see Peti at all last week. Herve is the one bright spot! We have finished the missionary lessons with him and now we are just preparing for baptism.
We spent a day in Alencon this week on exchanges with the other elders in our district. That was a lot of fun. Elder Branchflower and I found ourselves sitting on a park bench commentating on a men's Bocci ball game. It was quite amusing and the old men playing loved it so much they started trash talking each other and making jokes. It was a really good time.
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| My view in the bus |
Love y'all. God Bless
Elder Hein
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