It's been a while huh?! Sheesh I haven't gotten to write an
email in forever! Sorry! A lot has happened in the week! I hope that someone
got an update about my last week; my mission president should have sent an
email with a picture of me if I'm not mistaken. Oh, and hopefully some of you
received stuff in the mail from me...for some, a lot haha :) If you didn't, be
checking the mail! :) Anyways, my journey!
The plane ride was fine, long but bearable. Then we landed
in Paris. Crazy. it was a nutso feeling! This is where I would be serving for 2
years! I would be speaking this language! (hopefully sooner than later haha)
The President Poznanski and his wife welcomed us, and they're super nice! Then
we headed to Paris!
There is a small LDS chapel in Paris, just in a building,
so it doesn't look much like a church. But guess what its down the street from.
Notre Dame. Okay, not exactly down the street, but down the street and right
around the corner. 5 minute walk. So we headed there! Eventually you will get
pictures haha. It was so awesome! We did some proselyting around Paris that
day; then headed to the mission presidents house. We talk trains everywhere,
and on the train we met some ladies from Morocco who invited us over for food
because we reminded them of their children haha. We had to decline because we
had to go to bed. We went back to the mission home, chit chatted a little bit,
and got ready for bed. Pictures of that will come too haha.
The next morning we headed back near Paris, to what the
mission calls Consecration Hill. It was just a park...next to a castle, the
birth place of King Louis XIV, and over looked all of Paris. It was pretty
amazing. For anyone that will come pick me up from my mission or who will come with me here some other time; I've got a whole list of places to take you
already! Get excited :) You'll get to see it all! Later that day, we did more
contacting in Paris, went inside Notre Dame, and then found out where we would
be serving and who would train us. Drum roollll please....
POITIERS.
And my trainer is Elder Argyle from Pleasant
Grove, Utah! Poitiers, France is near the middle of France, and one of the
southern most parts of the mission. They must have known i come from a warm
place, because they sent me to one of the warmer areas! But its still freezing
here haha. SO. IMPORTANT. My new address is under this line. I'll be here for
months, so please mail everything from now on to this new address :) If you've
already sent stuff, don't worry; I'll still get it. This new address will just
be faster :) and I'll get anything that was sent to the mission home (the old
address) around Christmas time :) The address:
Elder Daniel Anderson (be sure to use my name like that
because in France it has to have the right name on it that matches the mail
boxhaha)
15 rue des Arènes Romaines
86000 Poitiers
FRANCE
We do a lot of contacting here. Street contacting, door
knocking, the usual. I havent been able to do a lot because I'm realizing just
how bad I am at French haha okay not THAT bad, but I have a ways to go! I'm
doing what I can :) We have also taught some people! It's really cool to get to
know people and see how there are so many different kinds of people! I have
also eaten some stinky French cheese haha. I just had a baguette, cheese, and
cured ham for dinner haha so as you can tell, I'm getting fat! NOT. All this walking is keeping me in shape! For real! So don't worry about that ;)
Oh, and some info on dearelders: if you sent me some
dearelders the weekend before I left the MTC, I never got them :( And I'm not
sure when I will get them...I think they'll be brought to the mission home at
some point, but I don't know when. So, if you have a desire to write me a lot,
find a stash of money and send me letters frequently to the new address :) If
you're reading this, there's probably already something headed your way from
France :) And more to come! Speaking of that. Christmas presents. I haven't been
able to get any to send yet! So they'll be late :/ Sorry! I'll send some
though! No doubt :) Probably little stuff, but I'm doing my best!
When I was in Texas, Sierra showed me this cereal that was
like chocolate filled and she said she really liked it but didn't want to eat
too much of it because she didn't want to get fat (like that would ever happen.
Do you know who Sierra is? If you do, you know THAT'S crazy. She doesn't need to worry about that at all! :) ) Well, I guess Sierra would think I'm gonna get fat
;) They have Trésor cereal here with nutella flavoring in the middle. I eat
them every morning. But, I'm not fat yet! I've lost weight haha that's what
happens when you walk 1000 miles a day haha.
I was thinking today that I wish I had learned more guitar
before I left. I should have taken the great opportunity to jam out more, and
learn from people I know who can play! Hopefully when I get back they'll be willing to help me out :) I'll be a good student, I promise!! And I'd love to
listen to all of the songs you write until then! :)
Well I've gotta go back out in the cold! I'll be emailing
again about the same time next week, and let me know when you get the letters from
me so I know how long they took to get there haha. Thanks for all of your
prayers! They really do help!
à bientot!
Elder Daniel Anderson
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