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I didn't mean to give Chateauroux a bad name or bad reputation. I loved Chateauroux and there are a lot of great people there. But like most places in France, it is blinded by Catholicism and the fear of cults.
Anyways, Soeur et Frere Deschamps I think went to Bourges. I think also that Soeur Zoucrou goes to the Bourges branch because of the shortage of active members in Chateauroux. Issoudin is halfway between Chat and Bourges. A lot of the families have moved out from the branch of Chateauroux. It was just a unit, not even a branch when I left.
Raphael, put letters/notes in our front door aswell every morning, he is less active now. I think he was threatening to leave the church for good.
Everyone either went less active or left the town! President told us to stay away from Soeur Kastelaire. She threatened the missionaries, to cast spells on them, but she said she practiced white magic(a.k.a. good magic, yeah right!). She gave us a call wanting us to return the illustrative bible she lent us, i never did, i didn't want to have any contact with her at all. I believe she was excommunicated, I am not sure however.
Issoudin is a beautiful ville, we used to take trains there to go tracting and visit some less actives.
Christelle was our one and only sincere investigator while we were in chat. She was sad because she found out that she wouldn't be with her family in the Celestial kingdom if they did not all get baptized. She knew it was true, but didn't fully convert and still hasn't got baptized to my best knowledge. She is friends with Valerire in Tours. She still lives near Chatearoux even though the missionaries evactuated the town. Well that's my news on chatearoux. Have a good one everybody. Hopefully it will be open again some day soon.
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I was in St. Nazaire visiting just this past May. I have also kept in touch with quite a few of those members from St. Nazaire. Both Carole and Stephanie Foucher are on missions (both serving on Temple Square.... if you know them, I am sure that they would love to see you!). Frere Foucher is once again the Branch President. The Branch seemed to be doing better this last time that they opened it (it was re-opened with a warning in January of 1999 or so).
The Karsenty's are doing well overall. Jon is planning a trip out here sometime in the spring... Rachel is getting ready to be a nurse and Jeremie is getting ready for his mission. The parents are both doing well (or so jon tells me).
Soeur Poujade is still having health problems and attends church when she is not at the hospital. She loves mail so if you know her, write her! She is great!
Everyone else seemed to be doing well (at least the ones that were at church). Sr. Cedille is still there as well as Sylvie and Chloe, Erik Proust, Lyliane Phillipe and her family (although, they weren't at church the week that I visited), Sr Bichon, etc. They had some new members that I didn't know (I served from feb until Aug of 1999). Vincent is now inactive.... hoping he will come back. Overall, I would say that things are going better for them this time. I hope that it continues to look up. I know that the missionaries were working hard. They are now a part of the Rennes district and loving it (not as much as the Bordeaux mission, though).
Hope that helps.
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I was there in 1996. I am horrible with names, so please excuse my descriptions. And I must apologize to any folks from St. Nazaire who are reading this and names I have forgotten! I remember the great people that were there and anyway, what's in a name?
When I was there, the Foucher family and their cousins (can't remember the name) were all active. This of course isn't surprising to most St. Nazaire'ians since they were the foundation of that branch. Two single guys were also active (one was a baker in that town over the bridge.). Also, a girl of about 18 years who had semi-recently joined the church was also very active. There were also a couple of old couples that were still very active as well.
There were also a handful of semi-active members. A lot of single folks as I remember.
Sadly, there were also a lot of inactive folks that the active members were trying to bring back. There was apparantly of those infamous "breakups" where a lot of members were offended by what the other members said or did. The details are unimportant. So there was a large group of folks that still kept faith but didn't come to church for one reason or another.
Anyone else who can put names to my ramblings would be nice!
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I'm finally getting married. I want to send some invitations out, but I don't have some addresses. Kristen (Dalby), your address and email information is not listed. Please send it to me. And if anyone knows where Jodi (Killpack), Shanda (Winward) or Julie (Bennion) are, please let me know. Thanks all.
Riggsy
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Salut
I served in Dax from January to June of 1999 (and absolutely loved it!). I'm curious to know what has happened since I left. Are there even missionaries there any more? Also, if anyone knows any news about Alain & Betty Pires-Cabral, or Madame Billon I'd love to hear it.
Regards,
Dave West
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Salut les copains
I served in St Nazaire March 1992 to August. Eldre Shawn Duce and I Baptised a lady called Chantal Bardoux and her daughter Aude. I know they went less active but heard a few years later that her son Jerome got baptised.
We taught Chantal and Aude with a member called Christian Livet and Soeur Karsenty.
Has anyone any news about St Nazaire? or any of the above?
Anyone know where Shawn Duce is too?... long time ago I know
cheers for your help
Chris Jarram
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Really? Chateauroux is considered the center of the dark side? Hmmmm....
Back in the early days (wait...ahh..there it is....my cane)...it was Limoges. With all of the ruins around the area, there were MANY rites and practices. We were actually called three times and asked to perform an exorcism. "Um...uh...President? Um...what...or how...should we do this?"
Of course, that was long ago in Limoges. Yes, I did bleu there, back when it was the worst apartment in the mission, before Elder Congdon rewired it, just after the Olympic Torch incident (1989).
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Bonjour tout le monde! Voici de l'information qui peut vous interesse. The France Bordeaux Mission was officially closed the 1st of July 2001. Some might claim it was the 2nd, but that's not the point. There are many reasons why a mission is closed. I asked Elder Charles Didier of the 1st Quorum of the 70 today at a Stake Leadership Meeting about the progress France has made since the closing. He says it's about the same. He then explained that there are 333 missions in the world today and each one of them have a price tag on them. Each of them have a mission home, cars, apartments, etc. President Hinckley is very aware of the sacrafices made for tithing. He wants to make best use of that money to help the Lord's kingom grow the best. He has to use it in the most effecient way. Sometimes missions are closed and new missions are opened in an effort to be more effecient. So, we now know that missions will be closed and others will be opened. So why pick Bordeaux? President William mentioned that the roots of the church leadership in France are growing stronger and deeper and the brotheren have more confidence in their ability to do more.
I know that the closing of the Bordeaux mission is the will of the Lord. Perhaps these responses don't answer every question, but they help me understand more the ways and thoughts of the Lord.
Yours truly,
Joel Tobey
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Can anyone give me the details on the closing of our mission? I'd like to know when and why the mission was closed.
Thanks,
Chris Sundstrom
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I served in Chateauroux from July to November 1995, and there were not many members but there were at least SOME. What happened to Frere and Soeur Deschamps, the branch president and his wife? Soeur Zoucrou from Issoudun? Felix and Martine? What happened to Raphael? We used to get notes in our front door from that guy every morning threatening us that he was going to go inactive. We actually baptised a few people while I was there: Aline, Bonny, Caroline, and Chantal Brialy. Any idea what happened to them?
As for the witches, I can testify to that. I actually met Soeur? Kastelaire. Somehow she had managed to be baptised some years ago while being a practicing witch. It was an interesting 4 months, but I hope that the book on Chateauroux isn't closed for good....there are still some great people there!
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