France Lyon Mission

Where to start ?  "The best laid plans of mice and men"....that about sums up our last month. Picture version toward the bottom The overall update :  We were so proud of ourselves for working off our 9-hour jet lag stateside.  We faithfully worked off an hour a week with our final week at the MTC getting up at 1:30 am and to bed by 7:30p most nights.  It worked out well and we loved being up 5 hours before our US counterparts were up.  We studied our French and other Church Scriptures and Manuals. We felt ahead of the game and our engines were ready to go.  We knew part of what to expect when we arrived in  France which is why we chose to work off our jet lag prior:  2 days of orientation in Lyon, Visa requirements and First-year legalities; drive 7 hours the next day to Tarbes, stay at a hotel one night until our apartment was ready, buy and assemble furniture so we could eat and sleep that next night in our new home.  Part of our...

Week 1 :  Missionary Training Center (MTC) in Provo, Utah Elder Marc Poussard, Hermana Nadya Poussard (Canada Montreal Mission), Soeur Meg Poussard at the MTC The background :  Now that we are full-time missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, we (Marc/Meg) will be known as Elder Poussard and Soeur (sister in French) Poussard.  Our youngest daughter, Nadya, is also serving a mission at the same we are!  That's fairly unique and we are thrilled to share the same goals during this 18-month mission with her.  She will now be known as Hermana (sister in Spanish) Poussard and as Soeur (sister in French) Poussard.  She will be serving her mission in the Canada, Montreal Mission.  Since Quebec is a French-speaking area in Canada, she will be learning both languages.  She will stay at the MTC for 6 weeks learning Spanish.  She will learn French on her own, mostly in Canada.  But she has a good start wi...