wowwwwww!!! i just wrote more than half of my letter, and the whole internet cafe got logged off. so now i will start again. LAME!!!! im pretty dang mad right now... ill try and recapture the glory of the first time i wrote but it just wont be the same. not nearly as cool or funny. probably shorter, too though. so get excited! haha its definately not as long as last weeks though.
monday- I wrote home and said that i hadnt used my coat yet. well, stupid me forgot to knock on wood! and the desk im working on is made of wood, so i wouldnt have had to even move to knock on wood!! and yes, i walked outside, and it was freezing!! so we got our coats before going to our appt. we taught a less active family. they havent shown too much interest until last week. he started asking good questions. i think things will start to turn around and we might see them at church soon. :) he asked about the fall and in the end, understood what we were saying. well go over tonight again. :)
tuesday: the only cool thing that happened today was we taught our Chinese investigator, Shi-Lin. things are going great, even though we have a little difficulty with the language barrier. lessons take forever, but they work out fine in the end. and there was actually another super cool thing. we ended up by an electronics store and i still needed a clock (which, by the way, mom... the transformer i have didnt have a fuse! haha but its ok cuz the only thing that needs a transformer rather than just an adaptor is my american clock...) so i got a clock there... the cheapest one. but it isnt just your run of the mill lame clock. Its LEGIT and has a projector, too! it displays the time on my wall, too!! i know, i know, its the coolest thing EVER! yeah, be jealous. :) I am smiling every night when i climb into bed because there is the time chilling on the wall next to me! haha
wed- we woke up early and headed to the Gare, oh- thats train station- and rode to Caen for interviews with President. its an hour and a half ride there. i remember when an hour and a half drive was horrible (like 4 months ago!! haha) but now it seemed like nothing. i hate when clocks play tricks on me. and same thing with walking. I would ride a scooter down to Rod and Pams (haha- i just realized i do the same going to Kalle´s) because it was so far. but now i walk further than that just to get to the closest subway. We do so much walking here! and i really dont mind it... back to interviews... it was way relaxed. way different than what i pictured. he just asked how things are at home, in rouen, with my comp, and if there was anything they could do to help. then we had Assistants training on planning, which was pretty good. after that, we had 15 mins to get half way acrossed town to the train station, or else we would have to wait 5 more hours before the next train to Rouen. we barely made it and came back, did some street contacting (we actually got someone to give us his info!! yAY we see him again this week) and then had english class. i taught the advanced class alone, which went quite well.
Thursday i got the letter from the family at thanksgiving. YAY! thank you! :) we taught a member and also 2 less actives. it was a ood day, but not much to say...
Friday- we woke up and went running probably a mile and a hlf to two miles. it was good to get out in my gym clothes for THE FIRST TIME! wow. i miss sports! haha well, we left the keys inside cuz we didnt lock the door, but got back and realized we needed a key to get in the main entrance to the complex! whoops! so we had to wait 5 mins for someone to leave the bldg before we could get back in. we did alot of contacting. we visited an investigator, who we found out actually would be baptized by now if her family wasnt opposed to it. lame. it was my first time meeting her and Elder Bartons second. after that we went to Le Havre, the other ville in our district for exchanges. we were gonna go the next morning, but since our dinner appt cancelled, we went that night.
sat we were in Le Havre- hour long train each way- and it is supper windy there. the appt there is HUGE nd i was really jealous. haha we helped a sister in their branch move most of the day. her son, whos prob 25- 30 yrs old got in a fist fight with a passer by who didnt like how they parked the truck or something! haha. it was good stuff! i didnt know if were supposed to break it up or stay away. so we just stayed away. we played ping pong( with a net made of VHS's :p ) and stuff with some of there members/ investigators (which is something were supposed to do every week, but still havent- samedi(saturday) sports) then eventually we went out contacting as exchanges, and they put me with an elder who has only been here a transfer longer than me. so we couldnt communicate with people! haha then we rode back to Rouen.
sunday was a normal sunday. church, lunch rendez-vous with a recent convert, then we met with our branch mission leader last night. and thats the week! Yay.
Things are going good hereIm doing alright and everything. Our plan was this week we were gonna go to caen for exchanges with the zone leaders. well, mini transfers are this week and one of the ZL's is being transfered(alot of people got minitransfered because they let the, oldest group go home early to be there for Christmas) so those plans didnt work out. we were going to go see Omaha beach (D-day beach) and the Bayeaux tapestri (ask anyone who knows art history- maybe katie, for example :) )on wed and skip pday 2day so we could do that on wed, but its not happening yet. :( alright well, lifes good in Rouen, The church is true, and all that jazz...
keep the letters coming! :) Happy early Christmas,

Love Mitch/ Elder Je