12/26/2016 0 Comments Christmas in France!Hello Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Today we are going to be watching our Christmas Disney movie so I don't have much time to write an elaborate group email, but I will attach some pictures and a few short stories for you :) On the contrary, we will have wifi all day so if you happen to get on while p-day is still going, feel free to chat with me! Christmas Eve with the Benbennours! We spent Christmas Eve after skyping our families with this cute group! We slurped oysters, ate fish eggs on toast, and wayyy too much cake! Hahaha. But it was sure great! For those of you who have never slurped oysters before... it was a first, and probably last for me hahaha. It took me back to the day I went surfing for the first time (really great day) ... I sure had many mouthfuls of salty ocean water! Haha. Raw oysters taste about the same ;). Great memories! Sugar, or Whisky Overload? The members fed us soooo much sugar these past two days. There is a tradition here called "bûche de Noël" which means "Christmas Log" and it is a rolled cake that is made to look exactly like a tree log... aka... LOADS of Chocolate... and LOADS of sugar.... oh yes, and LOADS of whisky, which is supposed to be cooked out, but I'm not convinced Hahahah. Oh my goodness. I was soooooo sick after, hahaha. I ended up laying on the couch at the member’s house because my head was just pounding and I felt like the whole world was spinning around me hahaha. My head is still pounding! Must have been an intense sugar rush or something? Or maybe the alcohol wasn't actually cooked out! Ha! Either way, I think I'm set on cake and sweets for at least the next few years. Lol. Which leads me to my next picture.... BEETS anyone? The only thing I have been able to eat since the Bûche yesterday afternoon... was this beet, that I ate like an apple, hahaha. My companion couldn't resist taking a picture... Spontaneous Caroling with the Family Schellhous: We were on our way home for Christmas dinner when we made a few spontaneous caroling stops to a couple families in the ward and the baker next door! Then we had breakfast burritos, watched the kids open their Christmas presents, played a little badminton, and headed off to our next rendezvous! My companion doesn't like Olives: In trying to avoid having to eat the olives on the table, my companion reached for the bowl of raisins and quickly popped a couple of them in her mouth instead...When the shockingly salty flavor hit her tongue she quickly learned that she had not just popped raisins into her mouth, but her table neighbor's, already sucked on, olive seeds. Hahahaha. I got a good laugh that night. Christmas Conference!
Before I wrap up, I wanted to share a Christmas Conference quote that I loved from our mission president. "Why do we expect it to be 'normal' to take over ten years of hard work and dedication to become a doctor, engineer, or someone else of importance... while expecting to become a disciple of Jesus Christ *snap*, like that...? We need to 'work' to be a disciple of Jesus Christ." That's a "wrap" (get it? Christmas?) for this week! I love you all and will talk to you very soon!! Xoxo- Soeur Wyson
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Tracie WysonI feel very honored to have had the opportunity to serve as a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the France, Paris Mission. Archives
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