Bonjour! I really like that story about that little boy in Primary, Mom. Children are the best testifiers of truth. I've often seen that when I'm teaching a family, the parents may not recognize the spirit, but the children always do. Even when the parents eventually drop us, I often feel that some day in the future their children, who will be grown up then, will see missionaries and remember what  they felt when they were children. And then they themselves with listen more openly. Yesterday we ate at some member’s home and they were a very Breton couple. The husband plays several instruments unique to Bretagne. I recorded some video of him playing, but it's too big to send. You'll have to see it in December! He showed us some pictures of the Winter Festival you were talking about. I didn't understand exactly when it happens either, but what I LOVED was the traditional clothing. The detail was beautiful!   I'm sorry that Bishop Stifflemire's mother died. I understand how hard that is. One thing that has surprised me is how often I have come across death in one way or another on my mission. I'm so grateful for my knowledge of the Plan of Salvation. I have often taken if for granted, but there are so many people who are lost and afraid when faced with their own death or the death of a loved one. Knowing that being with loved ones again is a FACT brings so much relief and joy to those that know about it. It's one of my favorite things to teach. So it sounds like Laura is experiencing a Utah winter like I experienced my Freshman year. I didn't see the grass from December to April that year, just as it finally started to melt another snow storm would dump more on the ground. I'm proud to say that I never slipped that year! Apparently it has really been cold and snowy in Paris ever since I left. They had to cancel church there a few weeks ago! Luckily in Quimper it's been sunny and warmish. I've never experienced so many days of rain when the sun in shining. Lots of rainbows!  We haven't been running, Mom, but I always do ten pushups every morning, crunches, planks and leg lifts every morning.   By the way, I might have said this last week, but we got the new transfer schedule and now I'll be going home on December 11, 2013. Exactly 17 months after I entered the MTC. Not even a full 18 months! I'm getting gipped of my service to the Lord! Haha! I'll survive I guess. (Because Bethany left the MTC 6 weeks early, she is actually making up for that lost month by serving in the “field” in France longer than usual.) I'll be going to Paris on the 20th to drop off Sr. Alves and picking up my new companion. Sr. Alves didn't want to do another 5 hours in 2nd class so she paid the difference for 1st class for her and ME. Lucky me!   This week we went to a town an hour away to visit some former inactive people who are becoming active again. One of them, Joelle, is preparing herself to go through the temple. She's even preparing her kids for it. Her son loves going up to the picture of the temple and saying "we're going there. And when I'm there I can't cry and scream. I have to be reverent" So cute. Then Joelle told us that her inactive brother was in the hospital because of a drug overdose and while he was there he made friends with a young woman who has been going to different churches for years, but feels something is missing is each one. Joelle says she's going to try to set up a time for us to meet her!   And remember Molly, the American at church last week? I called her and set up an appointment for Thursday. She's super nice and I'm excited. We still don't know exactly what her motivations are for meeting us, meaning that she could just want to for academic reasons or just to be friends, but I have a feeling that there is more to it. Do you guys remember Mireille from when I first started my mission in Torcy? She was our only amie for awhile, but then she went to visit Africa and basically dropped us afterward. Well, Sr. Soares said she called them out of the blue and wanted to see them. The first thing she said was that she wants to be baptized, but she works on Sundays now. They're working with her on that now! Sr. Dremeaux was so excited when I told her at Zone Conference! This Wednesday all of the missions in France will be doing “Spiritual Finding”. We aren't going to have any appointments, just finding all day. And every half an hour we stop and pray for all of the other companionships in the two missions. Apparently Germany did this and they found 600 new or potential amis in one day!!! I'm so excited! So everybody pray for us on Wednesday! Bethany