Sunday, August 4, 2013

Questions Answered

One Family Home Evening, we sat down and wrote a letter to William with a bunch of Questions for him to answer.  Melanee wanted to know his responses, so I decided to put them all on here for everyone to read.  (Dad--- "idk" is "I don't know".)

Where do you think Brett is going on his mission?  Minnesota
Where do you think Alfred will go?  Mexico
Where did you find the toilet in the picture you sent to Melanee?  someone's yard
Do the other Elders hog all the investigators?  no, but we've had to find all of our own
Are the other elders in the same ward?  yes
what do you have to do to be able to drive the mission car? fill out forms and do training
Was the castle in the last picture you sent in Metz or St Omer?  it was a church in Metz
Did you hear the fireworks or see them? saw
Do the stars look the same when you look at the sky at night?  I'm asleep
Can you see the top of the Eiffel tower from the arc de triumph like on Google maps?  yeah
Should we sell tickets to the basketball game between you and Bradley to help pay for college?  yeah
Do you want dad to pick out some clothes for you? no
Do you want some of his old clothes? no
Do you know the name of the next Call of Duty?  Black Cops?
Have you picked out a souvenir for dad yet? no
Can you go on Facebook yet? no
How big is the ward? 70 ish
Have you heard from Spud lately? kinda
Is it hard to get around Luxembourg and Germany like it was in Belgium?  no
What was your favorite song?  Yeah- Usher and In Da Club- 50 cent
What is your favorite song now?  Cat Daddy or Get Busy-Sean Paul
What color should dad paint the house?  yellow
How many doors do you knock on each day?  depends, sometimes like a hundy sometimes like 4
Have you started to enjoy moldy cheese?  YES!
Is it expensive to buy sugar for the kool aid I sent you?  nah
Are the socks I sent you when you had sore feet and foot odor your best socks? yeah
Is the rainy season over? yeah but the last 2 nights
Have you had any better luck with umbrellas since the first two? haven't had one
I heard they don't serve drinks with ice there, do you miss ice? yeah
Besides all the laundry, shopping, e mailing, and errands you do on P day, do you also find fun things to do? no
Have you gotten any better at typing on the French keyboard?  yeah
Do you type with one finger?  one on each hand
Is it hard for you to shift and make capital letters no
Where do you e mail from in Metz?  a creepy cyber café
Who do you want for a roommate if you go back to SVU?  Tadd Terry, but no idea
Do you want us to send you anything? no
Do you need more money? not really
Are you healthy? yeah
happy? yeah
Learning a lot? yeah
having fun? yeah
Do they have nerf guns in France? yeah
Is there anything you want to tell dad that he didn't ask you? no
Have you ever seen 7 up in France? yeah
Do you shop at street markets? no
Do they have Farmer's Markets?  yeah
smaller or larger than Chico's farmer's market?  depends
Do they have lots of mosquitos there? no
Do you need to wear sunscreen since you are outside all day? no
do you miss the Shark updates? yeah
Is "les missionnaires" spelled with two "n"s?  yes
Do you like riding the train? no
Do you like riding the bus? no
Do you think your 1st companion will share his photos with you since that one memory card broke? no
Do you remember to take lots of photos? sometimes
Do a lot of missionaries get robbed? sometimes
Are you really careful not to get robbed? no
Do tourists come to Metz? yeah
Do you think you have an accent when you speak English? no, but I mess up a lot
Do you think you will be able to use your French language skills for anything here? no
Is the Disneyland in France a big deal? sorta
Want me to stop sending Kool Aid?  as you can see.....yes (the paper is all purple and smells grape)
Have you seen any famous people? no
Do most people know English?  some English
Do the hymns sound better in French?  depends
Does the Sacrament taste better as a baguette? yeah
What do you eat for lunch? idk
The new missionaries who are coming to Paris now....was their time in the MTC shorter than yours? yeah
can you tell a difference? yeah
Are you glad you stayed at the MTC longer? yeah
Do you have to write an e mail (or letter) to your mission president each week? yeah
If so, in French or English?  French
Are there some missionaries who don't know English? yeah
Do you read your scriptures in French or English?  both
Do you feel safe in Metz?  idk
Do you like living in France? yeah
Do you hope to go back there someday?  we don't have any money
Do you and your companion share a cell phone? yeah
If so, who carries it?  me
If so, is it nice?  NO!
Do  you text? yeah
Is texting harder in French? yeah
How come the members don't feed you more? idk
Could they do a missionary dinner calendar like they do here? no, cuz they wont
Did you like your first year in France? yeah
Did you hear about the train wreck into the station platform south of Paris? no
Were you scared that there might be missionaries on it (I was)? idk
Do you speak in English around your apartment? yeah
Do you have any photos of you and your companion? yeah
Are you eating enough? sometimes
Do you work out enough? I'm not fat
What else was in Jenifer Norris' package? deodorant, toothpaste, candy, Frisbee
Do  you get enough mail? no
Did Chris Teerlink ever send you anything? no
Do your companions/other missionaries get more mail than you? no
Is Metz in the hills or mountains? hills
Is France pretty modern? yeah
Do most people smell bad? yeah
Do you do a lot of service? no
Have you made friends with the youth? in Angers, yeah
Has it helped your mission to get so many additional missionaries? I guess
Have you eaten anything unusual since the caterpillar soup? idk
What is your favorite food there that we don't have here? tartiflette or lardons
Do you have trouble getting into buildings? no
What is the name of your apartment? our crib?
What floor do you live on? 3.5
Do they have French music, like Call Me Maybe, but in French? no, they have call me maybe in English
Do you think you will get to train another missionary? idk
Do French kids play with legos? yeah and mobile minis
Do you miss swimming? sometimes
Do you wish you had a bike? sometimes
Do people wear bike helmets there? noobs do
Have you seen a mime? no
Do you get kool aids in my letters? they break
Have you seen any French chickens? yeah
Do they have head phones or ear phones in France? yeah, to listen to Call Me Maybe
Are there many Muslims in Metz? yeah
 Are there national sport leagues like the NBA, mls, mlb, or nhl in France? yeah.  all.  metz just won women's handball.
Is Halloween October 31st?  yeah
Would you like to go to college in France? we don't have any money
How many units do you have at SVU?  potentially 15
Tell dad more abut your companion-- he likes Kobe.  He went to BYU-I.  His girlfriend is engaged to some guy.

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