I love my family. I love my family. I love my family. I love my
family. I love my family. I love my family. I love my family. I love
my family. I love my family. I love my family. I love my family. I
love my family. I love my family. I love my family. I love my family.
I love my family. I love my family. I love my family. I love my
family. I love my family. I love my family.

My life since our mothers day phone call? Bliss. I loved talking to
each one of you, and besides making me ridiculously home sick it
really really motivated me to be a better missionary. What a blessing
it is to grow up in a family that is 'steadfast and immovable' in the
things that we know are true. So thank you. We had a lesson last night
with one of our college amis, Alexis, and we talked a lot about the
divinity of the family. It was perfect and set an incredible
foundation for our rendez-vous. Elder Pieper and I also decided that
it is probably best that we don't get to call our families very much,
because now we just miss them so much more. Oh la la.

Last night after Alexis we went to a different rendez-vous, but our
ami wasn't there. So, we started talking to a few of the college kids
hanging out in the hallway and we now have 4 new kids our age that are
going to meet with us. So I guess it was kind of a miracle that our
ami wasn't there in the first place. God works in mysterious ways huh?
And then after that we met back up with Alexis again and went on an
evening run all across Reims and along the canal.

Our missionary adventures this last week have taken us many a time out
intro the countryside. It. is. a. dream. We have played in the
vinyards, driven through farms, visited old villages, played around
the Marne River, had a picnic, and saw the place where champagne was
invented... by a catholic monk ironically. I really do love it here.
If my life ever finds me living in France it will def have to be in
the country.

Hmm. Quoi d'autre...

Talking to Mom made me remember singing and dancing with her in the
kitchen on summer afternoons after work.
Talking to Dad made me remember football in the backyard, home
teaching, and sunday naps.
Talking to Josh and Shannon made me remember snowboarding at Brighton.
Talking to Caleb made me remember BYU together, ultimate frisbee, and
trying to get dates.
Talking to Jordan made me remember how ridiculous we are together,
playing piano, playing bunny rabbit, and DA VOICE.

Told you that all I can think about is family :)

Side note: I just barely got a text from our ami Fred. We haven't
been able to see him in a long time and so he just said "If you think
missing me is hard, don't try missing you. It's worse! Have a good day
youngsters. in the name of Jesus Christ. AMEN." Fred is sweet.

Well, we the work must go on and I must get out of this library. Have
a great week.

Love, Elder Coburn