3/10

yeah.. that is my address. Jumet is a neighborhood in Charleroi. The zip code only has 4. I haven't gotten a birthday card.

The transfer was pretty good. Its kinda hard hauling around 2 heavy suitcases in the Paris metro, but we got it all done and I got here. I rode a train from Reims to Paris and then Paris to Brussels and then Brussels to Charelroi.

My new companion is super cool. He is from American Fork. When I lived in Lehi he was like less than ten minutes from me I bet. He looks a lot like Payton. Like facewise its exactly the same.

So the rumors are true about the city of Charleroi. Its not very clean or pretty. There's a lot of hobos and stuff, but i really like it. Belge people do not have the same grumpy french attitude. They are pretty nice. The tram and bus system is just as janky as last time I came up here though. Today there is a strike and there's no transport. Also sometimes the buses just dont come.

N***** got baptized so its all good. I'm happy about that. like super happy. I'll get elder E****** to email me some pictures.

Every day so far has been sunny and nice. I've broke out the short sleeves. We've already found 2 new amies and already lost 3. soooo....

The ward is pretty nice. Some of them talked to me. I think the bishop loves me already... He is a super chill guy. So he greeted us at the door and he was like "soooo elder geeeemo, you're FRENCH?" and I was like yep and then he got super excited and was like "FINALLY!" When I finally told him I'm american he threw a fit, but it was super funny and he's a good guy.

so everyone says that missionaries who serve in Charleroi get fat. I'm not about to tho. I had my first belgian waffle today. It was pretty good but it tasted kinnnda weird. The ones that we made my junior year of seminary were just as good.

so I got an email explaining release procedure. In mission terms I got my "trunky papers" They asked which airport I want to fly to. Chico right?

I'm pretty much loving the mission. I'm not going to lie and say i dont want to go home, but i really really like being out here. Its kinda hard to think that there are only 3 months left. idk how that's going to work.

I am really considering dropping either america and the enlightenment or astronomy, but we can just do that later right?

idk what I could do for work... is there anyone who need french translation in Chico? prob not, right? Does bishop chamlee need anyone for rice researchers? The only problem with working for Dean would be that its Yuba.

There's a cover story about our mission on lds.org.