We learned that there are several obstacles to working with young adults in France. First is distance. We were asked to live in Beziers because it was between Toulouse and Nice, were we would serve. We learned that Toulouse is two hours away and Nice is four hours away. This makes travel to the two areas for activities very difficult. The second problem is the pandemic. All activity stopped during the pandemic and hadn't really started up. Also, to make matters more interesting, there are no young adults in Beziers. We managed to attend a few meetings in Toulouse by Zoom but otherwise were feeling kind of frustrated. Don't think we had nothing to do, we were assigned 24 apartments to inspect every three months, and we taught "English connect" classes, and "Adjusting to Missionary Life" classes. Of course we tried to stay active in our branch, and assist in fellowshipping the new converts.
Now our mission has changed again. Wayne has been called as the branch president in Rodez, France. This means that we will be moving as soon as we can find an apartment. Wayne has been in this calling for three Sundays now. It is a beautiful drive to Rodez, about two hours from Beziers. I'm not sorry to be moving there, I fell in love with Rodez the first time we stopped there to inspect an apartment the first week of our mission.
Viaduc de Millau
Our zone in France
Spring comes early in southern France. I planted these in February.
We picnicked here on one of our trips. It reminds me of Utah.
The Mediterranean coast is a half hour from Beziers.
The people you see are actually paintings. Many old buildings are painted this way.
That’s all for now. I’m (Janet) learning how to do this on my ipad so I can take over from Wayne while he works on church stuff.
