Lyon Festival of Lights "Le fete de Lumiere"

My week was great, thanks for asking.  And by the way,
I make a smoothie, with only fruit and juices, for
breakfast and dinner, so I am eating a lot healthier. 
Thank you so much for that.
But this week was great.  The work is a little different
as a zone leader, but it is still great. 
There are a lot more opportunities to serve which
I am very grateful for.  This last Tuesday I went to
Zone Leader Council in Geneva which was great.
I love hearing teachings from our mission president
and the assistants.  We drove down with the 1st
counselor in the Mission Presidency, Frere Mocelin,
who was just released as Lyon's Stake President
for 9 years and who was the First Counselor in the
Stake Presidency for 9 years before that.  He
is only 46 so he has spent half his life in the
stake presidency!  He is a spiritual giant! 
We spent the 3 hour trip there and back hearing
his stories about meeting different prophets and
apostles.  We had a zone conference and
interviews on Thursday where I taught on
Prayer which went really well actually. 
And then I had an exchange here with a
missionary who is Swiss.  It was a really
great week.  But actually, the best part of
the week is that it is "Le fete deLumiere,"
the festival of lights here in Lyon; the biggest
celebration of the year.  It went fro, last
Thursday until tonight and there are millions
of people here visiting for it.  All night there
is just music and light shows and we have
taken our dinner hours just going and
walking through it.  It is so amazing.
I WILL send you some pictures of it, haha.

Questions:
how many zones are there are in the mission? 9 

How far do you have to travel and how many
elders in your zone? 
8 Elders and 4 sisters.

That is interesting that the ward doesn’t meet in
a chapel. 
How many members are there in the 2 ward? 
about 90 people each week. 
There is a chapel in the suburbs of Lyon but
this is just the church for the city.

But all is well.  thank you so much for all you
do and for all the love and support. 
We set another baptismal date this week for
the 28th, so we will hopefully have two
baptisms on the 28th. 
They both look possible right now.
But thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers. 


Elder Clayton H. Welch

(photos were not Elder Bubba's but some Patricia showed me on the internet as examples of the festival of Lights in Lyon.)