Meetings, DMP's, and the Return of the Rain - The Weekly Email

This has been a doozy of a week, for many reasons, a few of which I will mention now. First off, we finally have a new DMP! DMP is the slang term that the missionaries use in English, because in French a "ward mission leader" is "le Dirigeant de la Mission de la Paroisse" or "DMP" for short. The ward mission leader is basically the bridge between full-time missionaries and the rest of the ward, and he's vital for planning baptisms, being a friend to investigators, and just generally helping the missionaries. Our old DMP was basically inactive, so this will be a good change for the ward. 
The plans for the quartet are also starting to move forward. We've made some progress in getting some concerts in the chapels here in Noumea, and we're still trying to work on getting some performances in public areas. I feel like it'd be a lot easier in America, but oh well, we'll work with what we've got. 

And finally, it's raining today. A bit of a bummer since we'd planned to do a district activity of barbecuing and frisbee, but now we'll just be hanging at the chapel. It's been great though because it has been stinking hot recently. It's not as hot as it gets back home, it's just humid. 

In missionary news, our investigator Tony has made some HUGE progress. He's starting to give up alcohol, and he came to church! HE CAME TO CHURCH! That's like, a really big deal. I think sometimes we who are members of the Church don't realize how big of a change that is to go to church on Sunday since we've done that our whole lives, but for an investigator, that's a big deal. I'm really excited for Tony.

We also have a new investigator named Filipo also. I'm really starting to like Wallisians, they have a great culture and are so friendly. Makes me want to visit Wallis some today. 

Love you all back home, see you in less than a year.

Elder Miner