Strike Two; Fall in Tarbes
Our Church Week —This week we welcomed Elder Gardner to Tarbes. Elder Scharman went to pick him up via train. It was a really long day for them so Marc went to the train station here to pick them up, take their bags home (3 blocks away) and brought them over for dinner (2 blocks away). We still thank the original Elders that got our apartment. The location is unbeatable. Elder Gardner hails from Virginia and his French is well beyond his stay in France. Stateside, he began playing some online games with native French speakers. How motivated of him. And his accent, très bien! After getting to know him over dinner, we talked shop talk. These missionaries are ready to work and after a long day, they were up for their “marching orders” as Elder Scharman put it. We’ve been in contact several days this week and met them one day at the Church. They are “house-cleaning” the lists, making a map of current members and those interested in taking the lessons and have set up a very