Bonjour à tous!
This week was wonderful as usual! Although we didn't have a ton of time to do actual missionary work which made me really sad but it's okay because we still got to see lots of miracles!
New Year's was great, the 31st evening we made crepes with the Elders at the church and I slept through the New Year but that's okay because I am really excited to spend the entire year as a servant of the Lord! The idea of that makes me so happy!
New Year's Day we spent at the Bishop's house with all the Elders as well so it was a full house but it was so fun! Plus the Bishop is from Scotland so it was a whole day of English, it was a nice break!
Friday we spent in Paris! I got to see Notre Dame really quick and then almost everyone from my MTC district! It was a really fun day just seeing old friends and now I am officially legal in France! That will last until my year mark in France which is the end of October, then I get to do it again :)
I love New Year's!! It's a wonderful time for making goals and getting a fresh start!! This week I was studying a lot about the Sacrament, the most important reason we go to church. Through the Sacrament we get to renew our covenants with Heavenly Father and part of that is receiving a remission of our sins. I love that each week we get a brand new clean slate! Yesterday I was thinking about New Year's and my goals. I was thinking about all the things I wanted to leave behind, the bad feelings and mistakes and as I took the Sacrament and pondered what Christ did for us, all the sudden I felt all the feelings leave. They were just gone! It was a huge testimony builder for me as I felt the burdens lifted and I knew that Christ really did suffer and die for me and I can receive a clean slate each week, and rededicate myself to keep His commandments and to always remember Him. I am so grateful for Church each week and the wonderful blessing of the Sacrament Heavenly Father has given us.
My favorite part of being a missionary is being an instrument for the Lord. We do whatever He needs us to and we get to be the answer to someone's prayer!! I love it so much and it has strengthened my testimony of how much Heavenly Father really loves us!!
The French is coming...my trainer gets upset if I say it's bad so I don't dare anymore haha but she means well. If I say it's bad than I don't have faith in God to help me out, so I've let go of trying to be perfect and I just go for it and make mistakes! Yesterday we went porting and we were talking to this guy and he asked us about how long we've been out, and my comp said 14 months and I said 2 and he said to me oh that makes sense, her French is wayy better than yours. ha! I laughed and said yeah you're right. But really I've seen myself progress and lots of people ask how I learned French and in all honesty it's a miracle, I've only been able to learn because God is helping me! So many times in lessons I just go off and when I'm done, I'm like uhh what the heck! I didn't even know I knew all those words! It's incredible. I LOVE it. :)
Lenaig is getting ready for her baptism this Sunday!! We were pretty worried about her for a while, because her phone was broken and we couldn't contact her and we hardly got to see her because of the holidays but she's still going strong! We were able to meet with her a few times and she is really excited to get baptized! I'm so excited for her! Being able to see the light of Christ and His teachings come into her life and change her has been an incredible blessing to me. This Church is true! I have seen it change and bless her so much that there's no way it couldn't be!
I am so grateful to be out here. It has been the biggest blessing. It has strengthened my testimony so much and deepened my gratitude for my Savior, my Heavenly Father and my family. I'm so grateful Heavenly Father loves me so much to let me be a missionary!!
Thank you all so much for your support and prayers!! I love you so much!!
Avec amour,
Soeur Hawkes
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