Monday, December 29, 2014

Christmas in France


December 15, 2014
That sounds like you are all getting more busy than me! this week was a slow missionary week but it was good cause we got our new companions and mine is just as weird and funny as me! haha He is in his last transfer and he is a good missionary! My companion is Elder Crawley and he is from Palmdale, California. We aren't the zone leaders so don't get the wrong idea... haha pretty sure he got demoted to me cause we aren't even district leaders or anything! But I am learning from him so that is good! We have a place to Skype and everything we just need to fix a time to do that with you and the people said we can do it whenever we wanted!  We are still looking for lasting amis who we can see more than 1 time a week last week we had 0 lecons so that was rough, but whatever! I am probably gonna be here in Lyon for a few more months so you can just send stuff to my house address and that should be fine! I hope Utah Wins! its great to hear they finally made it to a bowl!

I will try to do Skype at like 4 or 5 here so that should be in the morning for you! Love you all and I will miss you guys during this Christmas season even though it is 50 degrees here haha it doesn't feel like December at all! Tell Mary happy late birthday too!

Last picture with Elder Olsen before transfers.

Me and Elder TJ Haws. We will be living in same apartment again until next transfer.

Elder Crawley is my new companion. He is just as weird and funny as me!


Night Lights of Lyon

A little shopping for a new watch. 


December 21, 2014
This week wasn't much faster. It seems like people are less willing to talk the closer it gets to Christmas! It is weird but true! 

Here is a picture of David for ya. He sings like an angel!!
 Zone Conference and Christmas Party with David Archuleta!!

Christmas Eve at Bishop Lepore's home. What great members to take care of the missionaries!




December 29, 2014
Yeah it was really fun to see you guys! But I think you guys think that our members have us over all the time haha and it is not really like that at all. The Lamoth family got assigned to have us all over so yeah.. the only people that invite us over are the bishop and Frère Girard haha so yeah. But keep inviting the other missionaries over cause it really is so great to be able to go to members houses and just relax! We have been doing a lot of contacting and stuff lately! We have literally had 0 lessons the past 3 weeks so nothing new to report...

Clothes are really expensive here so $300 will have to last me a little while, that will get me a jacket or maybe two pairs of pants but solds is coming up so things will be on sale! It was fun to see everyone on Christmas and you all got some cool gifts! But I will just be saving all my material gifts for when I get back! Right now I'm receiving all the other gifts I need to be a better father, brother, son and all that stuff that shouldn't really seem that important to a lot of 18year old kids. But I am glad I have the opportunity to be out here and gain those experiences and live in a place like france for a few years! 

Either a 16 or 32 SD card will do! and yeah you can let Katie pick out the jacket cause she has style! Tell her that I just need it to look cool with my black pants, it can be sorta windbreaker haha. But thank you for all you do! I need thermal pants, not a top haha, my legs are always cold cause I have no hair! I will make a list of all the big things that have happened and I will send it to you next time! I am almost entering my black year haha, my full year away from home! Anyway, I am glad I got to see you and Ella looks like family already! Thanks for making her feel so welcome! I can tell she actually really likes all of you! 
Everyday sights I take for granted.



SUNSET on DEC. 29, 2014

Elder Schettler's current address:
2, rue de Longchamp
69100 Villeurbanne, France

Email: benjamin.schettler@myldsmail.net

Mission Home address:
France Lyon Mission
Business Center
59 rue de l'Abondance
69003 Lyon, France

Monday, December 8, 2014

La Fete des Lumiere

France is getting really busy! we are just being missionaries meeting crazy people all the time who either yell at us on the metro or just really cool people that you want to baptize on the street then they aren't interested or a whole mix of things but yeah! I will be staying in Lyon! I stayed for the Fete de Lumiere and so that was super cool! I did however find out the hard way that I will need a new coat because it is not like dry utah heat it is that new york type bone chilling cold here! It is about 1 to 6 degrees here everyday so it is starting to get pretty cold! but it never snows here! 


The Porte Des Alpes Eldres Ami Pong went with us to the Fete De Lumiere he is super awesome! haha 
I would love to hear all about your new cars when you finally decide! Just get an Audi they are super popular here in france and i really think they look classy but that is just me... Elder Olsen in Getting Tranfered to Aix en Provence to be Zone Leader and i am geting Elder Crawley today who was jsut zone leader in Montpellier so i am just a magnet for zone leaders i guess! he is in his last transfer thoèugh! THis next transfer David Archuleta is coming to our mission so that will be really cool! We are inviting everyone to come to that so if you are here you are welcome to come haha I am glad to hear everyone is doing good though! 

I went to Toulouse this past week and it was really cool to see a different part of the mission and not just Lyon! i have some pictures from it we had to go for Elder Olsen's legality or something! BTW you should try and get my Swiss legality all figured out haha cause I wanna serve in Swiss! Like see if we can become citizens of Germany or something so we are part of the EU so I can just go to Swiss! haha If you can't figure that out it's fine though. 
   Pont Neuf in Toulouse it is really famous I guess or I hear it is famous!
I am excited to see you on Christmas and Elder Haws is staying with me for Christmas and he is getting a blue! I am no longer a blue! haha Love you all and I hope you love the chocolate! It wasn't the nicest stuff but it is French so yeah! 

 More Pictures!!


    Fete de Lumiere
   Cool stuff I see everyday that I probably take for granted.

I locked us out of our apartment last week so here we are waiting for the other Elders to come home.

Elder Schettler's current address:
2, rue de Longchamp
69100 Villeurbanne, France

Email: benjamin.schettler@myldsmail.net

Mission Home address:
France Lyon Mission
Business Center
59 rue de l'Abondance
69003 Lyon, France

Monday, December 1, 2014

In the World but Not of It


Yeah it is already December! and I haven't even had use of Facebook,Twitter or Instagram for like 3 months and it is the weirdest feeling on earth! I see everyone using their phones all the time and I know now what it means to be in the world and not of it cause I don't really even miss it anymore! Sure, it would be fun to see what all my friends are doing and stuff but that would make things harder here! Elder Olsen and I talk about this all the time, haha... in between me singing him disney songs and stuff like that! 

But yeah it has been a pretty good week! We went to Chalon Sur Saone and spent our Thanksgiving together as a district and that was fun! But we only had 2 heures to eat and talk then we had to go out and be missionaries again because it isn't a holiday in France. We met a couple cool people when I was with Elder Perry on an exchange! Including Elder Perry, cause I didn't really know him before! But yeah, time goes fast here! I am entering my 3rd transfer which is crazy! I got to France and my roommate Elder Berry was in his third and I thought he was so old! Now I realize that it is nothing! I can maybe have a half conversation in French if they don't mumble like a lot of French people do! But yeah, we just keep contacting and trying to find more people to teach cause we haven't had any really solid progressing amis or anything. We continue to have baptisms! We have had 3 in the past 2 weeks here! None of them are for our equipe but they are for the other people here, so that is good! 

This next week I am going to Toulouse with Elder Olsen cause he has to do his legality and stuff down there so I am taking a 5 hour train ride down there. It should be fun or really boring. I'm not sure which it will be yet! It's funny how different people are here in France, just their mannerisms and stuff! There are a lot of Muslim people. They aren't really nice they just sorta yell at you on the metro, which makes me glad that I don't understand everything yet, haha! It makes for interesting stories and stuff. Anyway, it is just the life of a missionary, I guess! But yeah, we are working. Transfers are this coming week so we will see if I stay here in Lyon for Christmas or not! Have you heard about He is the Gift? If not, go look it up!


http://www.mormon.org/christmas?cid=HPFR112814529
http://www.mormon.org/christmas


Email: benjamin.schettler@myldsmail.net

Mission Home address:
France Lyon Mission
Business Center
59 rue de l'Abondance
69003 Lyon, France