June 20, 2011 plus Pictures!!!

Last moments in Cannes...

Me and Sebastian

Me and Elder Garland

Me in front of church

Me and Brother Perez

Me with Caroline and Matthieu

Me with a Tahitian brother from St Raphael whom I love

Me and T Moo

Bergarac
Me and Elder Coenen

Bikes!!!

Bonjour à tous,
Well, looks like I'm just gonna have to get used to this french keyboard haha. It was a good week! We actually had quite a bit of success. A lot more than they've been having here recently. Like I said, Gael will be baptized the 23rd of July, and this week we committed two more for baptism! Their names are Maurel and Muamba. They're both from Congo, but Maurel spent quite a bit of time in South Africa and speaks English too. They're 27 and 30 and super awesome. They're committed for the 9th of July - my Bday!!! I'm super excited for them! They're so awesome. I'd go into details but I really only have a couple minutes. Things are going well here. I rode a bike for the first time on my mission. I felt like the "classic" missionary haha. It was sweet. This week went pretty well, and it's thanks to the Lord. We worked our butts off, but there's still a lot of things we could have done better. We'll get there. This town has already exhausted me haha. It's gonna be a crazy transfer. Well, gotta go, I love you all and hope you have a great week! Sorry for the short email!
Love,
Elder Tudor

Juen 15, 2011

Allo!
So, it was a crazy first week in Bergerac! Unfortunately the cyber café is closed and I only have a few minutes left on this free internet in the library (still with this blasted French keyboard too! But I'm getting better). Well the higlight of this week was definitely... the baptisms! A beautiful couple was baptized this week. Their names are Valerie and Emmanuel Bouchet. They've been taught since December. It was an amazing baptism and I can't wait to get to know them! We just started teaching their son (10 years old) named Gael, and just today he committed to baptism the 23 of July. We had planned to do it on my Birthday, but he'll be out of town for that weekend and the next one. Oh well! He's sweet! They have one other son, Guillame, who is 16 that we want to start teaching! Awesome stuff.
I had another cool experience this Friday. I went to a little town called Beynac et Cazenac (I think, look it up, it's amazing) to do a baptismal interview for one of Elder Dorton and Noyce's investigators in Brive. His name is Franc O'Mullan and he is Irish. His wife is a member and is less active. He has 9 kids that are all under 25 or so! The interview was sweet and he was baptized this Saturday in this beautiful river that runs through the town. You can see like 5 castles from the spot where he was baptized! His house is hundreds of years old and on the cliff above it is this massive castle/fotress where Richard the Lionheart once lived. He found a letter in his house that was written by the son of the first socialist in France that was written forever ago and he had to hand it over to the government haha. This town is old and full of history! I have to go back one day. It's beautiful! 5 of his kids are committed to baptism for July 16 too. I'm stoked!
Bergerac is so small. To give a picture, Perigeux (which is in my district) has about 3 times as many inhabitants as Bergerac, and in their newspaper one day under the column "top 10 things to do in Pergeux", being contacted by the Mormons was listed. Yep. Haha it's awesome though. It will be tough, but I'm stoked! We've got a few other sweet investigators that we've found and we're still searching. The Bouchets are gonna invite one of their friends over for a lesson tonight which is awesome! They're already doin missionary work!
I did an exchange in Bordeaux with Elder Wimmer yesterday (one of the zone leaders). He went to Orem high and will finish his mission in the next few months. He also went to Orchard a couple years, so we talked about people we both know. His cousin is Andie Young! Haha how funny is that. It was a fun exchange and we both learned a lot. We'll all be going to Bordeaux the 24th to see President and Soeur Carter for the last time. Super sad. I'll miss them! Well, my time's about up. Thanks for all your emails, letters, and support! It helps more than you think! I love you!
Love,
Elder Tudor

June 7, 2011

Allo!
I excuse myself in advance if there are any errors in this letter because I cant change the keyboard from French to English. Sorry! Also, it wont be long because it's hard to type on this and I have less time than usual.
Friday I got a call from President Carter, and he said I was being transfered to the Bergerac! Yeah, thats not one you hear everyday! Haha. Bergerac is, Im pretty sure, the smallest and least populated area of the mission. Its so tiny!! Especially after being in Nice and Cannes. Also, I'll be serving as District Leader here. I'm a little nervous about it, but I'm super stoked too. The other cities in my district are Perigeux and Brives (with one componanionship in each of those cities). And guess what?? My boy Elder Dorton is in Brives! And hes serving with Elder Noyce, my comp from the mtc, which is sweet too. My comp is named Elder Coenen and he is from Belgium, so he's a native French speaker. It's his 2nd transfer so he's still blue and I'll be his polisher. He hasn't especially loved his experience so far on the mission, but I'll keep him happy :).
It was sad leaving Cannes, but my last day I was able to see Sebastian! Little miracle there. I'd go into details, but this keyboard is really bugging me haha. Yves will be baptized zithin the next couple weeks. Here in Bergerac there's not much going on right now as far as missionary zork goes, so I think I'm gonna have to pull a Cannes again. My last week in Cannes we blew away the record for lessons in a week that I've ever had so far on my mission, and I hope it continues like that! I remember when I arrived and the area was dead, and now its up and rolling! Never give up! We hope to get Bergerac up and going soon. Its a lot different here because its so small and Im not used to working in small villes so Im gonna learn a lot these next few weeks. Well, times up, so I'll talk to you next week! I hope you all have a great week. I love you!

Love,
Elder Tudor