Ah, it really is so good to hear from you. I am doing really well
here in France and I can't believe that I am actually here. It is
definitely a culture shock though, I had some speculations about how
France would be, but I wasn't really right on what
I thought. . . When we first arrived in Lyon I was shocked, it is a huge
city! Metros everywhere, people everywhere, it really is huge. Those
first few nights we stayed in a hotel and toured the city with the AP's
and the Mission President, our AP's and Mission
President are so amazing, that was awesome though. We ate dinner at the
mission home our second night there and it was really fun, the mission
home is incredible. On the way were able to talk to people on the metros
and seriously as soon as I started talking
to someone I forgot every french word that I had learned ha ha. I just
stood there with a blank stare until I could muster our a sentence. It
was quite the experience, no need to worry though because the AP helped
me out and I made it through that conversation.
The next person went a lot better though, I couldn't understand them,
but they seemed to understand some of what I said ha ha. Who knows
though!
Everything that you said is spot on with the town and with my
companion. His name is Elder Asay and he is from Texas, yeah he is 26
also. He is such a stud, we both like a lot of the same things and he
loves to fly fish. We get along really good and I
think that I am going to have a lot of fun this first transfer. We are
in the little city of Perigueux. . . It is a small little town on the
west side of our mission. It is a really cool little town and it has
been pretty fun so far. We stay in a little apartment
and yeah it has a blue door. That is crazy that you were able to see it!
We are about an hour and a half away from the other missionaries and we
are like a two days/one long day journey away from the mission home.
So, we are kinda by ourselves.
We were able to watch conference, but we were not able to get it to
play in English at first at the church so we ending up walking over to a
members house and watched it there. That was really nice because I was
finally able to understand what people were
saying besides my companion! That was a funny day when we were at the
members house because they kept speaking to me in French and I could not
understand a single word, I have never felt so lost in my life in a
conversation. Good thing I have a companion to
help me out.
That is so awesome about those mission calls! I am so excited for
all of them, they are going to love it (especially the part about
speaking English in the united states! ha ha) I hope all of you had so so
much fun in St. George and know that I love you
all so much!
Love Elder C. Beyer
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