Sorry:( it's been a while

Hey everyone!! 
Anyways, this last week was pretty fast.  Living with three other Californians is awesome!!  Elder Wakatsuki is from Rialto. He went to Eisenhower High School.  Do you remember when you were band boosters and Eisenhower high always had a good band.  Anyways, he's from there.  And my comp. (Elder Jones), he's from a city near Temecula.  Well, this last week was ok.  We had a lot of things going on at the church.  A lot of members are going on vacation so it's petty hard to see them now.  But we did have a good amount of meetings with members for dinner.  Right now we're doing alot of finding.  That's good though because that helps my french get better.  I am still in Reims, but I think I'm leaving by the beginning of August.  Yes, the new furniture is very nice. It feels like velvet but it's fake velvet.  Anyways, this week we have planned to do a lot of contacting.  Elder Jones is a hard worker so it's good.  We are going running a couple times a week in the morning now.  This last week though was scorching hot.  well, it was really hot like 90 degrees.  It doesn't sound that hot but it's more humid here at I'm in a white shirt and tie everyday, which makes it twice as bad.  This week, the members said that it should rain everyday this week, which will be really nice.  It sounds like a bunch of stuff is going on back home as usual.  I'm not counting the days but I did just pass my 19 month mark.  But anyways, things are going well.  I'm going into Paris this week on exchanges with the zone leaders so it'll be fun because the Missionary that I trained is serving in that area also.  It will be a blast.  Well, I hope you all have a great week. -Garrett

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A new son!!

Well, her's the good news. I'm gonna have a boy!! In missionary terms that means I am going to train a new missionary straight from the MTC. I'm very very excited but a little scared at the same time. I feel like I almost need to be perfect for my son so he can learn the most from me. Things are going well nonetheless. We have 3 baptismal dates in our ward right now and it is going great. I went on exchanges with another elder in Evry and we set a baptismal date for him and he accepted. Things are just getting better and better here in Evry. The president said a couple months ago that they were reducing the amount of missionaries coming to our mission for the next couple years. So far, you can't even tell. We have more baptismal dates, the mission is working hard and things are going well. I really don't think it's the amount of missionaries that makes the difference. It's the hard working missionaries that make the difference. Anyways, this friday, Elder Dallin H. Oaks will come speak to us (the missionaries) in Versailles!! It will be awesome. I've heard that other apostles are going around europe right now as a matter of fact. I have a friend in Germany that said that Elder Bednar would be speaking to their mission around the same time as Elder Oaks. Well, whatever. It'll be cool. I just can't believe I will have a son in the mission. Anyways, have a great day and week and I will talk to you all later.
-Elder Jex

Long Time

Hey everyone, It's been a while since I've written so I'll get you up to date. I am now in a city just south of Paris called Evry. The ward here is about 150 people and that's awesome. There's some really cool people here to work with. I've been here for a little while but not to long. The work here is going very well. We just had a baptism of a young girl named Rebecca. We have a couple other people with Baptismal dates so hopefully all of those will go through. We are teaching this 25 year old man named Reginald. He has been coming to church for the last couple months and we know that he has a testimony but he doesn't want to admit it. He is right on the point of getting baptized but we just got to be patient with him and let him decide on what he wants to do. We are also working with the son of a recent convert who is about 18 years old. He has come to church a couple times and we are trying to help him understand the principle on how faith leads to action. We see him once a week but it doesn't seem like he has been doing much. I looks like we got the work cut out for us. Also, the 20th of February, Elder Dallin H. Oaks will come to our mission to speak with us about the work. I'm very excited for this opprotunity to listen to him and see him in person. Anyways, all is going well as of right now. It has snowed a couple times in the last month but hopefully it'll get warmer in the next couple weeks. Hopefully I stay here for a long time because I really like this area. Talk to you all later.
-Elder Jex

Hey everyone!!!

Hey everyone!!! It's been a little while since I've written. Things are really getting cold here in La Rochelle. Actually the last couple days it's been very clear and no rain but at the same time it is really cold. I've been sick for the last week with a cold. I just need to wait it out and get better. Despite my sickness, things are going well here. We sort of switched our focus this last week to less actives. Now two less actives will be coming to church this week, which is great. I think that one of them will be bringing a friend also. So things are really going. This last week, La Rochelle set up a bunch of lights throughout the city. It is soo beautiful during the nights. They light up all the cathedrals and the Hotel de Ville (I don't know the translation for that word). I'm going to take some pictures of it and put it up. Anyways, things are going well. I might possibly be leaving La Rochelle because there is a mini transfer because some of the missionaries that end their missions right before Christmas so they have some changes to make before Christmas. So yeah, til next time.
-Elder Jex

Cold and Rainy

Nothing but rain and cold has come down in the last month. Everyday has been that way. That's ok though because we have a car here in La Rochelle. Within the last couple weeks, things have been going pretty well. I have been to many different cities in the area because our secter covers a lot of space seeing that we have a car for our area. We were able to find a new investigator that lives about an hour and a half away from La Rochelle but it's worth it. He said he is ready to learn the Gospel and is very willing. There's just been many things that have been happening in the mission. Many things of the mission changed. OUr Preparation day has been changed, our we count investigators and so on. So it's been a new start for some things here but it's for the better. Anyways, things are going well here. I think we have hit winter already seeing the rain everyday. Gotta go
-Elder Jex

New area

Hey everyone, sorry it's been a little long since I've written but anyways, I am in a new area.  It is called La Rochelle.  It is on the coast just like my 2 other cities that I have served at.  It is just South of St Nazaire.  It is a very beautiful city with cobble stone streets, cathedrals eveywhere, old architecture.  It's really cool.  If you want the new address, just send my letters to the mission office, it is easier to send it there then they will forward it to me.  I think I am a 2 transfer missionary.  Each city I have been in, I have been there for 2 transfers.  It's crazy.  Also, I'm getting close to a year out on a mission, it doesn't feel like it but once after a year everyone says it goes 10 times faster.  I think that depends on the person but anyways.  My new companion's name is Elder Neff.  he is from Salt Lake city Area.  That's all I know about him so far.  But I gotta go, til next week mes amis.
-Love
-Elder Jex