Hi how is everyone doing. Things Here are going really well. This past week has been phenominal! Great blessings, great people, great finding and great members! But before i get to all of that, MOM HAS AN iPHONE! that is out of control! So cool! I want one really bad but that'll have to wait just a little bit i guess :) I am so glad to hear that hunter is doing more cool things with his music! You can send me the video! I would love to see that! Send it to my other account if it is over 8MB because i don't think that this account can support documents that big. And other than that everything else that is happening back home sounds like a lot of fun and i know that i am really going to miss you all. Its crazy to think that we are already back in December it feels like just yesterday i was in Cherbourg with Easton and Draleau. That is so crazy now i am older than they both were in the mission. So crazy. The most comforting thing is knowing that next year i will be with you all. By the way i don't think that it will be a problem calling home at 8 in the morning. I don't think that will be a problem. I am not sure if we can find a place to skype. the problem is that i don't know where we will be eating quite yet. So i don't know who to ask or where i will call. I will let you know as that gets closer ok. So yeah i am glad to hear things are rocking back home.
So out here in good 'ole compiègne things are going like i said phenominal. Almso just to let you know i got Sister Brinton's classes letters. They were so sweet and i sent the replies just yesterday so you should be getting that soon. So yeah this week was huge. We found 4 new investigators and readded Two to our ami pool. We also had 3 investigators at church which is totally awesome. We have been trying so hard to get people to church and this last week like i said We had the 3. so finding is going great. Our amis are doing so well too. They are keeping commitments and are trying to come to a better understanding of what this is all about. So they are progressing well and the members. The members are doing great!!!! Honestly, we have really just started to be more bold with them and i'll tell you what it is working. We acknowledged that they had been doing that it was good but we also said it wasn't enough. How do people get baptized from just giving a Book of Mormon or being an "example" for everyone around you. Can you imagine if that is just all the missionaries around the world did for missionary work. Very little would ever get done. We said it is time to step it up and to invite people to take the lessons. We said think of three people, and invite them to do one of three things, take the lessons, participate in a christmas message or come to church. And you know out off the people we have mentioned it to they have been thinking about people and trying to invite! I love it! They care! HAHAHAHAHAHA they CARE!!! I am so happy about that! One family was incredibly touched by our invitation. We did role plays to practice inviting people to hear a christmas message and after that rendez-vous with them they decided to have a Christmas party, in which we, the missionaries would share a missionary message with everyone who came and then we'd eat! How cool already they have 9 people who will be coming! YAY! so yeah just so wonderful. I can't tell you everything that i'd like to in this email because of time but just know how thankful i am for the Savior and how merciful He has been to us in compiègne. We have needed Him so badly and He is really helping us! I love Him and i love this work. I love serving a mission for Him.
Well good i am so happy to hear all is well and i'll talk to you next week. Love you all!
Elder Hoopes
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