January 3—Elder
David Halliday arrived, replacing our poor, banged-up
Elder Enos. He will be Elder Hill’s first junior companion. Our gentle, guileless Elder “Stick” is a bit nervous, inasmuch as Elder Halliday seems to be an educated guy with a sharp tongue. They’ll get along, though: they’re both pleasant fellows.
Elder Miller’s replacement is Elder David F. Crockett (yup! turns out we also have Elder David S. Crockett, also assigned to labor in Bretagne!) He hasn’t yet arrived, nor has our Supervising Elder (“the old Indian”), Elder Fyffe, returned. All the Mormons in Rennes are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Davy Crockett and the Indian! There’s some speculation that Elder Fyffe, who has only three or four months left in his mission, is being called as a traveling elder. Could be; we’ll know soon.
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January 4—Conference tomorrow. Bonsoir.
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January 5—Held, at Tours, a conference of all the missionaries in Bretagne. Lasted almost all day; I was exhausted. President Hinckley and
President Woolley came. Mostly a gigantic testimony meeting, with everybody taking part.
I’m told that the Jews in Jerusalem are actively buying lots of French stone, so that they can build a Temple in Jerusalem. If that’s true, the time’s getting close, eh?
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Elder Richard “Stick” Hill and Elder David Halliday.
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