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Dear mom,

Sorry to just send my journal but you liked it last week!

13 février 2017

     The Montpellier conference went well. It was the first one at which I had to translate and It was fun just to talk to sister Hoquin. Elder Nelson did an impressive job for his first time. 

14 février 2017

     President brought a rose for all of the sisters in the conference and it was so cute. I hope that I will be able to become the most like president that I can. I know that we are supposed to become Christlike but president is as close to Christ that I have seen. 

     We took a scarf and chocolate to sister Kemp and helped her figure out something on her computer. We then took yellow flowers to sister brown and she exclaimed, "how do I not hug you?!" Afterwards, we took flowers to sister Barachant. It was a little sad to see her alone. She invited us in and we had zero time but we went in and sat down. 

     In the evening, we were late to a mangez-vous chez l'évêque and it was so fun! We just shared mission stories and Lea Pommier was so cute about it. She is 16 and already thinking about her mission. 

15 février 2017

     In the morning, Elder Wade and I worked out together for about 8 minutes at the end of the workout. We did what was later called 'gut check.' One of us would sprint a lap while the other was planking.

     Today was just a long drive to Bordeaux (aka sit in the car and eat candy). Unfortunately, the road didn't pass by Perigueux. I really wanted to stop but we didn't have time. We went to Flunch along he way and I got some good duck! I learned that the way that the French will cook meat is either blue, bleeding, just right, or well done. Well done is the only one that is cooked all the way through.

     When talking about elder Golightly: me to sister Roldan: he's kinda like me. Sister Brown: perfect? How kind of her to say that. 

16 février 2017

     The best thing about the Bordeaux conference was that they blew up a giant grey exercise ball and put a bunch of tools on it and called it the stone cut out of the mountain without hands. This was in order to signify how we can keep the church rolling forward with all of the tools that we have been given! How clever!  

17 février 2017

     President, in the car, said that he was reading a note from Elder Sumter and he said that he was "very impressed with elder Underwood's example of leadership and following the spirit." Quote from president and not exactly elder Sumter. I said that was very nice of him and president said, "he's right on."

     "My body is screaming, "mangos please!" -President Brown 

Love,

Elder Marshall Underwood