"me llaman PABLO CAMINAR"

This past week has been quite the ride to be quite honest. Got transferred to Valenciennes. Two new companions (neither of them are from Utah. can I get an "oh baby"?). Said goodbye to Elder Fund. I am in an area with a car.  Everything has changed. Oh and both my companions speak like spanish and yell at each other in spanish. Elder Canez's favorite car is a mazda Miata if that tells you anything (i love him, he is hilarious). Elder Poulson is seriously super cool. He is from San Diego and just is super cool. (We bonded over tacos el gordo) 

Uhm when it comes to funny things that happened. I started off the week contacting my way to Valenciennes with a book of mormon in one hand and a zucchini in the other. Gave the two to a family on the train. (Pic or it didn't happen... it happened, hopefully the pic is below)

Friday we went on a road trip to Paris to visit the temple with our recent convert. It was so much fun and the birthplace of so many stupid inside jokes. Due to Elder Canez being into the downtown Phoenix street racing scene and loving the fast and furious movies we now call Elder Poulson "Pablo Caminar" which is Paul Walker in spanish. We literally almost died of laughter from how stupid we are, and because paris traffic is comparable to rancho cucamonga to the cajon pass.

We ate pretty well this week. We met with this "member-ami" (he is not a baptized member but shows up every week). Originally he was going to have his girlfriend make us steak tartar (pretty much raw meat and egg) but she was tired. So he took us to Maroilles ( this legendary place of the north known for its STANKY cheese) to this restaurant next to a pond and a field of black and white cows for steaks and frites and then a special Maroilles sauce. It was delicious. 

This week with all that has come to pass in terms of Amiens. I memorized some scriptures that I really just feel in my heart. I chose to memorize Mormon 8:2-4.

Probably the funniest thing that happened this week was during fast and testimony meeting. One of the members in Valenciennes has Dementia got up at the pulpit and said "FAITES ATTENTION AUX TEMOINS JEHOVAH" ("BEWARE OF THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES"). We had amis at church. This kind of wack stuff only happens when you bring amis...

Frère Bélanger
La Mission Française de Paris