Busy Week

While we were talking to Jonah he said the sunrise was amazing and showed us on the phone.  He took this picture of it and wrote, "Top of the murnin France."

For P-day they met up with the sisters in Dunkirk.  They were going to go bowling, but Jonah said a lot of things are closed on Monday.

They went to a park instead.  Jonah took pictures of the horses they saw for Caitlyn.

He loved the pizza they got for lunch. 

Jonah called me again on p-day to tell me that he bought a coat. He said it was a nice coat and he decided to try and buy it and if his card got declined (the bank flags stuff as fraud a lot) then he wouldn't get it, but it went through.  He said it's a very drippy coat. 

He said the Fall colors were really pretty.

He loves to go into Dunkirk and see the ocean.

Sister Pruvost wants them to come over for dinner as often as they can and she always wants a picture. 

He took this picture while they were getting the visa.  You can see all of Paris from this view point.

Sandy Autry texted me and told me that they were in the same ward as the Munn's when they first got married so Jonah told them when he saw them.  He added this picture and said, "Shoutout to the Autry's."

They had to go into Paris this week for his companion to update his visa. 

While they were there they got to attend the Paris zone conference too. 

Elder Haubrich and Elder Loosli.

Elder Hafen and Elder Wilkins were there to get their visa as well.

They went to a candy shop and Jonah was very excited to get some Mike and Ikes.

There are a lot of things from home that he is missing. I wish we could send him all his favorite snacks and foods, but the shipping would be outrageous, and who knows if it would even make it there!

Here he is in from of the Louvre Museum.

The Louvre pyramid right outside the museum.

It's so fun to see all of these famous places in his pictures. 

He said he took these pictures because the buildings looked cool.

Another pretty sunrise.

He wrote, "Too early for this." 

 They helped a family in their ward, the Clabaux's.  They bought a castle that they are renovating and Jonah and his companion helped them take out the cement walls in the basement. He said they used to hide jews in the basement of this castle during World War II.

He added a video and wrote, "Yes, I'm wearing shorts. 

He wrote, "I'm gonna wreck it!"

He wrote, "What happens when you mess withe me."

He wrote, "It's like a reward." He said it was really good potato soup.

He wrote, "Voici la family photo."  They took this picture a few weeks ago at transfers and have been waiting for Elder Snow to share it with them. Jonah loved seeing Elder Zeedik again! He loved seeing his friends from the MTC.

Jonah was excited that they were combining for Zone conference with his old district, so he would get to see Elder Pelaez and his other friends from Charleroi.

He wrote, "Missed my boi Dale." He has missed Elder Pelaez.  Jonah said people used to call them Chip and Dale because they were so similar. 

Jonah said he was excited to see Elder Jones. I asked if Elder Jones was happy to see him and he said, "Yes, he said I might make the cut of someone he would be friends with after his mission."  Elder Jones told Jonah that there are only two people he will be friends with after the mission and Jonah might be able to be the third, he isn't sure though. 

He said, "Only Jonesy gets me smiling like that."

Saturday night they had a ward activity and played a church trivia game. 

After that they went to a Chinese buffet for dinner. 

Jonah loves the Chinese Buffets. 

Saint Omer

We were in Arizona on Sunday so Jonah got to talk to everyone. 

He was so excited to talk to Cody. It was fun to listen to them talk.  Matt and Cody are going to Spain in a couple of weeks and they were hoping to go up to France for one day and visit Jonah. I didn't think it would work out when he went to St. Omer because that is northern France.  Jonah asked the AP's if he could come into Paris for exchanges so he would be able to see Matt and Cody. They got back to him and said that was fine and Matt booked the tickets that night while we were on the phone with Jonah. I'm so excited for him!  I'm so grateful that President and Sister Munns are so family oriented and encourage things like this. And I'm so grateful that Matt and Cody are fitting it into their trip!

We added Caitlyn to the call. Jonah gave us a tour of his new apartment. It looks really big and nice. I was worried about him all week because I knew it would be hard to leave Charleroi and go to a two-man apartment in a small town.  He had a good attitude though and said things were going well.  He said there is a nice member named Sister Pruvost who likes to have them over for meals.  He said she can't cook, but she makes a mean microwave meal.  She has a son that just turned 18 and she's excited that she can have the elders over now that he is 18.

Jonah was excited that they were going to Dunkirk that day for his P-Day.

They met up with the sister missionaries. 

Jonah loved going to the beach and putting his feet in the ocean.

This is his new companion, Elder Haubrich. Jonah said he is really nice, but very quiet, so Jonah feels a little lonely sometimes. 

I'm glad Jonah was still able to get a waffle, those were his favorite in Belgium. 

Someone gave Jonah a croissant as big as his head.

Jonah said this library was cool.  He liked that it had ladders.

Pretty rainbow.

Here they are at Sister Pruvost's for dinner.

I love when Jonah adds new pictures. I check all the time. It helps me so much through out the week to see pictures and know that he is doing okay.

Another meal with Sister Pruvost and her son Maximilian.

 Jonah had an exchange in Lille. He did some finding with Elder Rich and some studying. Then they had district counsel.  

Later that night the senior missionaries had an activity for all of their friends.

This is Theo, one of the friends that came. Jonah said he was so fun to talk to. He said he laughed at all of his jokes and Jonah loved it. 

Elder Loosli, Theo and Elder Haubrich.

Jonah said he spent the evening talking and laughing with him and had the best time.  

I'm so grateful for the members that take such good care of Jonah.

Jonah added this picture on Halloween.

He also added a video of him trying to scare his companion for a Halloween prank. We sure miss his fun personality around here. 

Jonah and his companion made this yummy food for lunch.  He was really proud of it.

This is Gaetan, they met him through a referral a couple of weeks ago and he came to church this week and loved it.  Jonah said every testimony seemed like it was meant for him.  His mom died recently and his wife left him, so he has been going through some hard times. Jonah said he asked them if they could have dinner together so they asked a member from the ward, Brother Masinski, if he could host all of them for dinner that night.  During dinner Gaetan asked them what he needed  to do to get baptized.  So they set a baptism date for November 22.  Jonah is excited to teach him and help him get ready to be baptized!

 Jonah said brother Masinkski's house was so cozy, so he took a picture.