Elder Lyman goes to France

Elder Lyman (Josh) flew to Paris yesterday.  We can't wait to hear from him!!

Elder Lyman flies to France in 1 Week!!!!

Elder Lyman (Josh) is flying to France in 1 week.  He is scheduled to leave next Monday, March 30th.  He is excited but scared!! Hopefully we will have pictures to post in the near future. His mission address is:  Elder Joshua A. Lyman

France Paris Mission

23, Rue du Onze Novembre

78110 Le Vesinet

France

Josh's best friend enters the MTC

Josh's  best friend Dane Lyman arrived at the MTC last Wednesday.  Here is what Josh wrote in his e-mail:  "Dane got here Wednesday and since he is in my zone I see him a lot.  At lunch on Wednesday, since I figured he'd be coming in at about the same time I did, Matt and I sat at the end of the table by the window and held the curtain open looking for him.  After a few minutes, sure enough, Matt yelled that he saw him, so we got up and pushed people out of the way and ran out of the cafeteria.  We stood there for a second before he saw us but he did and he came running over.  His whole family was with him so that was cool, but they had to rush them away to the meeting.  It is cool having him here."      A side note: Dane is going to the Switzerland, Geneva mission.  His mission is mostly in France.  It borders Josh's mission:)

Elder Lyman's schedule

In Elder Lyman's (Josh's) e-mail this week he told us about his schedule at the MTC.  It is pretty intense!!

"I'll try to tell you about my days a little bit. Keep in mind each day is different and in a different order but for the most part I have the same things just at different times.  Tuesday nights we have a devotional and Sundays are obviously a whole new story, but here is an example:  6:30 (or 6:30ish): wake up, 7:00: go to the classroom for some personal time sorta, I generally read the Book of Mormon, 

7:30: breakfast, 8:00: class (sometimes until noon, sometimes we have personal and/or companion and/or french study in there too), 12:00: lunch, 12:45: class, (again sometimes study time is scattered throughout this time), 5:00: dinner, 5:45: class (again sometimes just class, sometimes study), 8:10: gym (gym is different each day, sometimes it is right after lunch, sometimes right after dinner, sometimes in the morning and stuff, 9:00 or right after gym: planning, 9:00 back to room, 10:15: quiet time, 10:30: lights out. Now like I said, there is a couple of things that change and days are all a little different, but most stuff happens every day.  Like on Tuesdays we do service in the morning, we just go to another residence building and clean toilets and stuff.  

But that is how my days are, a LOT of hours in a classroom and keep in mind every one of those hours is in the same classroom, we only have one!! 

On Wednesdays we teach "fake" investigators.  We taught the first lesson for two weeks and then the second for two weeks and now we teach the first lesson in French for two weeks.............

Thanks everyone for letters and stuff!"