December 6 2010

hello mother & father.
I'm glad to hear that you week was pretty good.I am glad to hear that that you are still doing the missionary work, it must remind you of you times in France, while you were serving the lord as a full-time missionary. My companion thinks it weird that I don't miss home or want to go home, but I am really loving being out on a mission at this time. The weather is getting a bit colder now, we've hit a wopping -6. I know its a lot colder in Calgary at the moment. The Christmas season went a bit awry on us. We had our investigator Emma come out to the special nativity thing that our ward does each year, but when she showed up we found out very quickly through her manerisms and language that she was completely wasted. It was the first of 2 nights that the program was going on, and we stayed outside with her, to make it so that she didn't disturb the peace of the program, and chapel. We were doing a great job, she was opening up to us, telling us her concerns and everything, but then, she had to go to the washroom, and thats where it turned upside down. She ended up being sick and some random lady called the paramedics. When the paramedics arrived, it was just at the time that everybody wanted to go to the refreshment room, accross the church, and our elders quorum president made us leave for crowd control, but we were the only ones who knew Emma, so that made a bad situation worse, and she ended up dropping us, thinking we had called the cops. A life saver was that a 16 year old girl from the ward was actually talking to our investigator in the bathroom for about 20 minutes, and we owe her big time. So we are going to make cookies for her with a thankyou note on it. Emma had her friend call us, and we were able to explain to her friend that we did not call the cops, but that it was some random non menber lady. We are still hoping and praying for the best, but it was definitely a trial. After the paramedics left to bring her home, I went into the washroom, and I offered up a mighty prayer to God, for Emma, and I cried, and continued in prayer, asking if what happened was what was supposed to happen, and for comfort, and for Emma. tThen I read in the new testament for a bit, and it talked about loving the child of God, and it was very comforting. I'm gld to hear that your week went better. have another great week.
If you can send my table tennis raquet to me that would be great, i found out that I will actually have a use for it. I did send off the package, and I did receive the package you sent me. Have fun doing the fondant without me. have a great week.
Elder Dumouchel