Nantes France

 Jonah was very excited when he found out he was being transferred to Nantes, he is ready for a bigger area with more people to talk to and find. He was stressed about packing, but Elder Grayson packed it all up for him and he was able to fit everything.  On January 7th he went in for transfers and then went on to Nantes. 

He's always happy to see Elder Zeedik at transfers.

 

This is Elder Tupana, Jonah's new companion.  He is from Tahiti and he is just three transfers away from going home.  He has been in Nantes for one transfer. Jonah is excited to work with him and already loves him.

If you are sleeping near Jonah, he will take your picture.

Apparently Elder Tupana sleeps with his eyes open!

Jonah keeps growing his hair out as long as he can and then he gets a haircut. He doesn't like to get his hair cut because he says they don't listen to him and just cut it however they want. 

 I've seen a few pictures and videos with him in the vest we got him for Christmas. I'm so glad he likes it. Elder Erikson added a video of Jonah running with a guy at a park near their apartment.  He said Jonah lost at 'what are the odds' so he was down there sharing the Book of Mormon with the guy while he ran.  I asked Jonah how it went and he said, "actually pretty good, we have another appointment with him, but I am out of shape."

Jonah has been wanting to buy a beanie for a while.  He finally used some of his Christmas money and bought his beanie that he wanted.  He's very happy with it.

When we talked to Jonah after he had only been there a few days he was really excited and said he was loving the area. He said it was so great to teach lessons, it's been a while since he has taught lessons. He said the ward is great and big. 

He's excited to be in a four man apartment again.  The other missionaries are; Elder Erickson, from Heber and Elder Housley who is from Lehi and went to Skyridge. Jonah said he's really hit it off with Elder Housley. 

This is a tunnel in the city center and he thought the graffiti looked pretty cool.

This week they went into Versailles for zone conference. Usually they go in and out in one day for zone conference, but they were going to have to stay two nights this time.  Jonah was disappointed about that because he's so excited and ready to get to work in Nantes. 

Hopefully he will get to go into the temple soon and do a session.

He hasn't been to the temple since the MTC.

Elder Loosli and Elder Housley.

I love when Jonah adds pictures, it does my heart good to see him smiling!

Elder Loosli, Elder Tupana, Elder Erikson and Elder Housley. They needed a picture for their ward group chat, so they wanted a really cool one. 

Jonah said he and Elder Housley are bulking right now.  He said they buy a ton of eggs and a ton of protein shakes and eat those every morning. They protein shakes were on sale, so they stocked up. 

Jonah finally sent an email! The subject said: I love my mission:

Gang. Guys. Ça fait LONGGGGTEMPS! It has been too long. I've been hit with a NASTY snowball effect, where I feel like I have more and more to catch up on so I just don't 😭

Figured I'd hit the good ol check in and share a couple experiences with you

I'm sure you all have forgotten that you're even on this list but I PROMISE I've been thinking and praying about you all constantly. I love and miss every single one of you 🫶

I wish I knew where to start 💀I'll give you all a quick lil catchup to where I am now:

-For all those who don't know or forgot, my first area was in Charleroi, Belgium. HOLY blessed area. I learned so much there with 2 different trainers, and a 4 man apartment. I was there for 3 months. Absolutely could not have been brought into in the mission in any better way. 

-THEN I hit the ol moveski over to a small town in the north called Saint-Omer in France. I actually miss this place so much😭 It was very small but the branch was full of so many incredible people, who took AMAZING care of me during Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. I learned a lot about myself and my true identity as a disciple of Christ. I was also there for 3 months. 

-ANNDDD NOW I'm back in the big city 4-man life, Nantes! It's on the west side of France and is much more south than my last 2 areas (which is so clutch because it is SO much colder up north😭). I LOVE it here. The members in our ward are so amazing and so ready to help us missionaries out🙏 This is also my first time ward sharing with the other elders, and it's such a grand ol time. My current companion is the coolest jit to ever live. His name is Elder Tupana, he's from Tahiti, and is just walking aura. I'm learning a lot of French from him. I've been here for about 2 weeks

I wish I could write up a whole essay now and take you guys through all of my amazing experiences 1 by 1. (I journal so don't worry) 

Since this is a broad catchup email it's hard to touch on all the little things. It's hard to sneak jokes and funny experiences the little miracles I see, when I have to let you guys know where I even am right now😭 makes me really want to write up some more so that I can show you all how BLESSED I've been with experiences (absolutely 0 promises but stay tuned😴😴)

We had the privilege of hearing from Elder McConkie and his wife at zone conference this last week. There is a lot I want to share from that, but we talked a lot about the language of revelation that is spoken to us by the Holy Ghost. It was incredible and left such a spiritual impression on me. 

Gang. I have the best mission in the world.

 I promise I'm right on this. Let me be the one to testify that God knows you and is in CONSTANT  pursuit of you and all of His children. I feel so honored and blessed to be trusted with this amazing work here in Paris. I'm also so grateful for the countless number of people who have changed my life as well. I know that God knows ME and is giving me so many opportunities to improve and be refined, as I focus on serving the people of France. 

So moral of the story thank you for all your prayers and emails! I'm so grateful for all the support from you all. Just wanted to check in and let you know that I am doing GREAT and I love the people of France so much. Please email me and hit me with an update, yall owe me now! 

Maybe à bientôt

Elder Loosli

(I'm so sorry JIT I completely lost the one I made for you💀 I'll make a new one I promise. 🍍🍍🍍)

Sister Munns posted these pictures and wrote: we had an amazing mission tour with Elder & Sister McConkie from our Area Presidency. We had some wonderful instruction and discussion about the language of revelation and extending invitations all in an effort to help our friends progress along the covenant path and learn how to better fulfill our missionary purpose! It was amazing and inspiring and we all left so uplifted!

Elder and Sister McConkie.

Elder Zeedik and Elder Loosli