Elder Jonathan Nat Hoopes

Hey!  So couple things to start off with!  thank you so much for sending the little package with everything!  I loved It so much and i love the thought that is always put into it.  So thanks also thank you for connors letter and for Jen's address!  that is so nice of all of you for everything.  This week was a drag not gonna lie.  the only good parts were went we were here and in Angers Let me explain.....  So monday we wanted to go see monkeys!  Long story short the elders in Poitiers misread the big thing that says buses don't leave on Mondays.  So we spent the entire day in Poitiers and then had an exchange on tuesday in poitiers the next day and did hardly anything. Then we had Zone conference and had to stay in poitiers AGAIN the night before and then coming back from Angers the next day, our train was late and we missed our correspondance and had to stay AGAIN in POITIERS!  Oh such a drag.  In consequence we had a slow week as far as work goes and it was a little tough.  Zone conference was so great and uplifting and we had some great rendez-vous when we did have them but still 4 days is along time away from the Ville.  

It was nice though.  We had 2 awesome rendez-vous.  First one was when i was in poitiers we taught a less active member named Lee.  He is british and hadn't been coming to church for a super long time after being really active.  So we talked to him and he gave us the usual wo is me spin and so we just shook our heads and nodded as if we hadn't heard before.  It was funny because before the Rendez-vous Elder Kirkland says i don't think we should be to bold with him in getting him to church but just kinda plant seeds for him because he is fragile........That doesn't fly with me.  I am BOLD with people and i love it.  Not mean but direct.  So like i said he was just going on and on.  He said "you know every since i stopped coming to church bad things have stopped happening to me" and "life is suppose to be difficult and so i like to fight it from my back other wise, life isn't exciting." You can see RED FLAGS are just shooting everywhere in my head.  So I looked at him and said "Lee, your life isn't to difficult right now and that is great and frankly neither is mine, but i have never needed more help from the Church and from God.  Everything you have just told me i've heard time and time again, and Lee, it's silly.  You need to come back to church before Satan influences your life for the worse." BOLD!!!! He came back to church this sunday!  HAHAHA awesome!  I am so glad he did to because he needs it more than ever.

Second great Rendez-vous was with our favorite asian Qiong-ji!!!!  She is so great!  We taught the Plan of Salvation with her and then at the end the spirit was really strong and she said that she would be baptized!  So she will be baptized butwe still need to figure out a date but yeah how cool!  then she came to church on sunday and had a great time and AHHHH she is just to good!!!!!  But yeah that is her.  All other amis are doing good just not progressing as fast as the other ones are.  

Next transfer is coming up so i will have the news by friday and i will email you on Saturday.  I think i will be leaving but i never know so i will let you know later.  Anyway i love you all and i miss you. Talk to you later!