Into the Wild

Some of your questions:
you must be traveling separate from
the mission president or are you
driving with him and his wife?
Actually we are. The mission
Presidents wife has a bad back
so they need to stop more frequently
and we also had to bring missionaries
home with us after the conferences to
Geneva because they were going home.
Are they visiting other parts of the
mission while you and your companion
run it or what? A little, when they
do interviews and we do exchanges.
You must be putting on a lot of miles
on the car with all the traveling you
have been doing. What kind of car do
you use? We have a Clio; its silver
and about a year old. I think we are
getting a new one though. The mission
president and us have unlimited
kilometers as well.
Do you have to have one elder stand
behind when you back like they do here
in the states? Ha ha, you know it.
Its great. We avoid backing up situations
as much as possible, even if it means
parking really far away.
I had the chance to finish this week off
today by going to Mt. Blanc! It was
amazing, though, it was the first time
in a while I had feelings of
homesickness. It honestly felt like I
was at a ski resort on the top of the
mountain, ready to snowboard. Even though
it is the end of July, it is still
covered in snow and we had to wear coats.
It is the highest peak/point in all
of Europe. We went with the mission
president and his wife, and the mission
president actually payed for us;
he is way to nice. But we had a great
time and I got tons of great pictures.
This week was full of zone conferences
as well. Being in Metz, France again,
where I started my mission, for the
Nancy Zone conference was amazing.
After a little over 5 hours in the car
we got there and I got to eat my favorite
Kebab in the whole mission; Coco Kebabs.
It was soo good!
The city is so beautiful and is one of
my favorites in France. I also went to
Yverdon for zone conference on Tuesday,
and then we had a zone conference here
on Wednesday. They all went very well,
and we had the chance to teach on
adjusting teaching to meets investigators
needs. I just love being able to see
all the missionaries in the mission.
On Friday I had an exchange with a Zone
Leader from Lausanne, which went very
well, though most of the time was spent
doing service.
Saturday I actually did an exchange with
one of the office elders, so I was an
English speaking missionary for the day,
though, my companion was from Belgium
so we spoke french the whole time.
We went to Lausanne to do some stuff for
the mission, but then had a great time
of teaching that night.
Church, all 6 hours of it, was great!
Although its tiring, its a great way to
feel the spirit.
This week we have only one exchange here
in Geneva with the zone leaders from
Nancy. Apart from that, we will being
working on the transfer with the mission
president. I think I know who my
companion will be, but I can't say because
we haven't finished praying about it.
It is such a great opportunity to work
alongside the mission president during
transfers and see the hand of the Lord
literally direct this work.
I look forward to this week, and all the
revelation we will receive!

Have a great week and
try something knew EVERY day!

Elder Clayton Welch
ps. attached is a pic at Mt. Blanc