March 23, 2014

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Dinner with the Pettitt family and one of the families in my ward in Singapore: The Varel Family

Picture Gallery

Elder Dayley and I during our Legality trip in Paris – After a month in France (Can you believe it?)

The day we had district meeting by the Eiffel Tower. It was raining that day, yet it was a perfect end to a great transfer.

Country-side on the TGV

On the Streets of Paris

My District (From left – Elder Heath, Soeur Wynn, Me (Elder Lam), Soeur Thibault, Elder Clawson, Elder Kwang, Elder Cottle, Elder Ganjanakrit)

Last photo before Sœur Gao headed back to China!

At the Hotel des Invalides – Napoleon’s Tomb. Went there for Preparation day today

Yep. Mona. Lisa. As you can probably see there is the persistent flock of people that made it difficult for me to have get up close

My Trainer, Elder Hall, and I

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Prisen and his family – They are such a wonderful bunch of people

Elder Hall and I with the Cadin’s – Frere Cadin is the 2nd Counsellor in the Mission Presidency and is also a part of my ward. He also told me a lot about Scott Runyon, one of my roommates during Sophomore year at Stanford who served in this same place 4 years ago

President and Soeur Poznanski, who will be ending their missions this week. They have truly helped me magnify my capacities as a missionary. A great example of “leaving things better than you found them”

A wonderful dinner with Bishop Black

at Pont des Arts, the bridge with a thousand billion locks

At Yosef’s Baptism

Elder Kwang, the other Mandarin Speaking missionary from Singapore, and I

Incredible Lock I found on Pont des Arts

Arielle Pettitt and the chinese-speaking missionaries in Paris. Arielle, or Soeur Pettitt served in my parents’ ward and it was so great to be able to talk to her and reminisce.

Elder Lamb and Elder Lam (my Zone Leader and I on our exchange)

At home for Preparation Day – from left to right: Me, Elder Kwang, Elder Cottle and Elder Ganjanakrit

Just being missionaries (Elder Hall and I casually sitting on a bench in the park next to the Eiffel Tower) NBD

At ZhuYing’s baptism. Some of the chinese members and the chinese missionaries!

Me and Nicolas, one of my favorite converts

Elder Brockbank and I during our Legality

Our amie, Sœur Gao, who was baptized last transfer. What a miracle!

The Chinese Speaking elders in Paris

Our Zone thanking the wonderful couple missionaries who prepared this great Christmas feast

My Companion and I in front of an arch just across from the Louvre

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The Evry Missionaries with the DMP and his Wife (Dirigeant Mission de Paroisse) Ward Mission Leader

Doing service for a member. Some back breaking work

Just another day being a missionary

the last supper at the MTC – Elder Eady, Elder Liechty, Elder Tsai (my companion), Elder Thompson, Elder Tidwell, Elder Dayley, Elder Miner, Me, Elder Higham, Elder Gram

Elder Kwang (with an asian finger sign he created) and I at the Eiffel Tower

At Mission Council, with some of my favorite people (from left to right – Elder Gram (MTC companion for the first day), Me, Elder Brockbank, and Elder Mosley)

Arc de Triomphe (Where the soldiers returned victorious)

Elders in their 5 transfer

Continuing the Hall Family Trend – my companion Elder Hall’s older brother and his father both served missions in Paris. It was a family trend for them to bring their ”Bleu” (the missionary they were training) to Notre Dame and take a photo of with them eating a greek sandwich. I guess it was my turn.

A part member family – the Mirs – whose son we are working with. They are an incredible family and Nicolas just accepted a baptismal date for January 4th!

ou know you are in France when you find a tree with an earring, rather, a branch-ring

The “Bleu Missionnaires” (New Missionaries)

My MTC teacher, Matthew Smith and I

Ran into the first ami I ever found on my mission here in France – Japhet! It was great to be able to see him again after he moved to the South. What luck!