Over the hump; Goodbye Frere Pho, Cauterets
Our Church Week —once again, illness curbed our week. We are better, just not at 100% energy yet. Elder Gardner is still recovering from the flu and it appears his companion, Elder Scharmann, might be next. We had a scheduled District Council Meeting in Toulouse this week but it didn't seem savvy to go. So instead of travelling 2 hrs one-way trips to Toulouse, the four of us met at our apartment and Skyped into the meeting. You know the Elders are sick or under the weather if they miss a District Council Meeting and would rather be with us . The meetings are so helpful for all of us, but particularly for the Young Missionaries as their jobs are harder in many ways see they meet up with so much rejection. The meetings are inspirational and they get to see their friends and comrades in the field, compare notes, offer suggestions to each other and feel of each other's strength all working toward the same end goal. We attend as well, again in a supportive role as the mee