On Tuesday, Elder Berry and I had to go to the hospital. We had been sick for a few weeks. The thing with the mission is that they have you go to the emergency room. So, Elder Berry and I with our coughs - went to the emergency room and the lady chewed us out for going there. Truthfully it was hilarious. They gave us a list of doctors in Perigueux and kicked us out. We ended up just not going to the doctor because we were just tired of it. I made some cookies when we got home for some families and Elder Berry could tell that I put extra vanilla in them. What the heck. This guy has a hidden talent. We taught an investigator and he told us that he wasn't too interested. But, we ended the day by teaching a part member family. The son wants to get baptized, the mom is less active, and the dad is not a member. We taught the gospel of Jesus Christ and it was incredible. Later that night, the mother texted us asking "do you really believe that someone can relive the way of God even though they lost it a really long time ago?" We of course said yes and then gave her some scriptures. It's amazing to see her son's desire to be baptized change her views.
Wednesday was very well one of the best days of my mission. We went to teach the Garcias. After we taught the parents, we waited for the kids to get home and then we taught their 2 older daughters. We taught them the restoration and they loved it. We gave the older one a Book of Mormon and she was so excited to read it! David took us back to Perigueux afterwards and his daughter brought her book with her in the car. She insisted on reading it in the car. She ended up not coming to Perigueux with us because she had to help her mom with something, but before she got out of the car, she asked, "When can we see each other again?" I told her that if she came to church, we would see each other there. To that she answered, "on y va!" (Let's go!) It melted my heart a little bit and I loved it so much. We taught a less active also that ended up coming to our English class that night. A member fed us. Then the zone leaders slept over at our apartment. What a day right?
We had a district meeting in Limoges the next day and then I went finding with Elder Rullaford. We hopped onto a bus to go out to a neighborhood and there were only teenagers on this bus. I was going to talk to some but I didn't. Then we got off the bus and knocked on a door and one of the teenagers that was in the bus opened the door. It was funny, but then we had an awesome conversation with her mom!
We all slept over in Limoges and then woke up for the calls. It was intense because everyone was there (because of the district meeting) and we got our calls one by one. Elder Berry left to be the zone leader in Ecully. What a goober. he was excited to go back to Lyon and I think pretty excited to leave Perigueux. My new companion is Elder Little. He is a really great guy and I am happy to have him. Technically now I am senior companion. Which is hilarious because I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING HAHA. We will see if Elder Little and I can avoid burning down Perigueux for 6 weeks.
On Saturday, we did a FHE because the members were sad that Elder Berry was leaving. He got a tie and a beret and a wooden African head from members. He's just a cool guy. He accidentally pressed a giant red button that cut all the electricity in the chapel so it got a little exciting.
Sunday: we at lunch with members and dinner with members. Didn't have much luck in finding people though.
Monday, I hung out in Bordeaux for 8 hours. Elder Berry and I said goodbye like we always did.... With a double high five.
Now I'm here with Elder Little. We will see what we can do!
Love lots,
Elder Marshall Underwood
P.S. Before Elder Berry left, I made my birthday cake because I wanted him to celebrate with me.
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