Two Americans

Bonjour!

How is everything going? I am doing pretty well! I'm loving the mission right now, so I'll get right into that.

Well, having two white guys walking around has been quite the experience. Other than just some exchanges, I've never had a white companion, so this is a different experience. It's just a lot of people calling us out, and stuff like that. A lot of people think that we are students from some international school, and we've even increased the amount of marriage proposals we've had. If that was only a key indicator haha. 

Anyways, these past few weeks have been good. A lot of crazy things have happened in sector, but I won't get into all of that, or this email would be too long. We had this investigator, named Marc, that was progressing super well. He loved our message, he was reading the Book of Mormon, and he even came to church. Well, I thought things were going really well with him, until he told us he had some sad news. He told us he was moving to Attiegou in one week. That honestly made me super sad, and now he is gone. It was a really great experience to teach him, and I loved answering his questions. However, where he moved to has missionaries, and I know he will continue to work with them, and I was lucky to even meet him.

This last week I studied a talk from President Thomas S Monson, from October 2003, titled ''The Bridge Builder.'' In this talk, he compares Jesus Christ to someone who has built us bridges. Not bridges over rivers or valleys, but over death. President Monson stated ''He did for us what we cannot do for ourselves; hence, mankind can cross the bridges he built - into life eternal.'' I love reading the words of modern prophets, because they put these large, complex ideas into these simple analogies, making it possible for anyone to understand. I testify that Jesus Christ really has built the ultimate bridge, and that through crossing this bridge, we will have eternal life.

I love reading the words of our modern prophets, and I invite each of you to read their words as well. 

I hope you all have a great week, and I'll attach some pics down below.

Ayzonday!

Elder Orchard