Jakes Journey to France

NICE IS NICE!

Ay What's up!

Okay so those not familiar with the city Nice, it's pronounced "Neece"

so it rhymes with fleece. Just to get that out there :)

Also I'm short on time.. So this will be brief.

CETTE SEMAINE A NICE

So I spent my week in Nice. Nice is a super pretty place in our

mission! Its right on the Côte d'Azur. We left last Monday night and

made it to St. Raphael (4ish hours away) and we slept there for the

night. I went to st. Raphael for a couple days in my very first

transfer. It's also a nice little place on the coast! We stayed with

Elder Barben and Whitmer. Elder Whitmer was my MTC comp! It's been

like 6 months since I've seen him so it was fun seeing him and

catching up!

Hutch and I

We went to Nice the next day. In Nice, there's a ward with 4 elders

and 2 Sisters. Theres a lot of English speakers in the ward! It's

super cool. But on Tuesday we played some soccer in the morning with

the elders, some members, and some other people. It was super fun!

Even though I'm terrible at soccer, it was super fun!

So for the move this week, there are three apartments in Nice. Elders

apartment, sisters apartment, and an empty senior couple apartment

from the couple that just finished. We moved the sisters to the couple

apartment, then all four elders to the sisters old apartment, then

closed down the elders apartment. This was my first time closing an

apartment, and it was an adventure!

Our moving car "The Dutchess"

Also this elders apartment was bed bug infested... I've we only saw

one of them that was alive, but we were able to get all done cleanly.

We started out by getting rid of stuff. The elders took all the stuff

they wanted, and then we took care of the rest. It's cool because in

this apartment, there have been missionaries for years, so a lot of

stuff has been left there! Long story short, none of the four elders

wanted the ukulele that was left there, so this week I acquired a

ukulele :)

Our entire week was taking down that apartment and doing stuff for

that. We were driving all around Nice taking stuff places. Nice is one

of the most interesting places I've driven in! I'd say it's comparable

to the aggressiveness of California, the stupidity of Utah drivers,

but worse haha. People literally double up park on the side of the

road because there isn't a lot of parking. Haha it was a crazy week

for driving!

But on Saturday we played some ball with the elders and some members

at the Nice church. It's a super pretty church! We did that for an

hour or two, then finished up the apartments. Before returning to

Lyon, we took some pictures in Nice. We can't go on the beaches, but

we did take this 5 minute hike to this spot where we can see all of

Nice. It was super pretty!!

NICE IS NICE

After that, I drove 6 hours back to Lyon, and we made it in safely :)

D'AUTRES CHOSES

Again, I don't have a lot to say this week. But this next week we

might be going to Marseilles or Cannes. We're not sure yet. Today

we're going to go get fish and chips in Lyon. Should be sick :)

Have a great week everyone! Love you :)