Salut!! This week was really great! Soeur Denning is an incredible companion, I absolutely adore her! We have so much fun together and we see so many miracles together! 

This week we had some appointments set up and each one fell through...people forget us too easily I guess. So it was a tad bit difficult, we didn't get to teach very much this week. We were struggling during weekly planning because we had no idea what to do the coming week with so few appointments set but the Elders reminded us that the night is darkest before the dawn, and we continued to work hard and we were fasting and contacting and porting and doing everything we possibly could and waiting for our dawn to come.
And Saturday night it finally did! I don't know if you remember Miracle Isabelle from Christmas time. Soeur Foster and I ported into her and sang and prayed with her and it was one of the most incredible experiences. Well Soeur Denning and I passed by her house this weekend. Isabelle's daughter let us in and I said, I don't know if you remember us but...and Isabelle said oh I could never forget you! She was so nice to us and invited us to come eat with them the next day. It was absolutely an answer to prayers! Heavenly Father really was watching over us. So yesterday we were able to go to their home and eat dinner and share photos of our family. We chatted and Soeur Denning played the piano and sang for them and their son Hugo played the guitar for us. It was so much fun and I felt so much at home. Her family is not believing at all, but she is. One of her daughters died five years ago and her family has been struggling ever since. But we were able to share a few paragraphs from A Family Proclamation to the World. It was really cool and Isabelle was really appreciative because usually her husband is totally against anything religious but he was really comfortable with us so it was really great! We'll hopefully being seeing them again later this week :) Being with them made me miss my own family just a little bit but mostly really grateful that I get to be here. Because I've seen in my own family the hope and joy this gospel brings and I am so glad I get to share that with the people here! As we were sharing the Family Proclamation I was impressed with how grateful I was for the fact that my own family was built upon these principles. That no matter what I will be with my family forever even after death. And I am so grateful for this truth that I have and the oppportunity to share it! 

Also this week we went to Versailles! We had a zone conference with Elder Kearon!! It was incredible. Before the meeting started we all lined up to shake his hand and he was so kind. The Spirit during the meeting was so strong. I felt so much love from Elder Kearon and from Soeur and President Poznanski. He testified of Heavenly Father's love for each of us as His children and His missionaries and I knew with all my heart that Heavenly Father loves me and is aware of me. I was able to learn so much and I received so many answers to my prayers. He really was so inspired with everything he said. Basically what we did was he asked questions and we just discussed as a large group all the components of missionary work and being a good missionary. It was so enlightening! I absolutely loved it and it really helped me change my perspective. It is so important as missionaries to have hope and faith. President said, "When you face adversity without complaining it will open your eyes to the miracles Heavenly Father has planned for you." and Elder Kearon said your attitude determines your altitude. It was so emphasized to me how important it is to have a positive attitude through everything. As of now, we have absolutely no amis...but it's important for me to keep faith and hope so that I can find those who are looking for this gospel, who are ready to accept our message. 

Plus this week we have exchanges, and interviews with President and Soeur Poznanski and zone conference!! I am so excited!! I love zone conference. I can receive so many answers and I adore President and Soeur Poznanski so I'm really excited to talk with them. I feel like they are my parents here in France. They love us missionaries so much. We talked at conference with Elder Kearon about the love of God. And as missionaries Heavenly Father lets us borrow His love so we can help His children. As I've been out here, I know more than ever before that God is there. That He is our Heavenly Father and He is watching over us every day. It makes me so so sad when we meet people who are atheist. I can't imagine how sad that must make Him. But I know He loves each and every one no matter what. There is nothing that could ever cause Him to stop loving us. He wants more than anything for us to come back to Him! And I am so incredibly grateful to be  a missionary, to be an instrument in His hands to help His children, my brothers and sisters, to come unto Him. I am so blessed!

Thank you so much for all your support and prayers. I love you all so much!!!

avec amour soeur hawkes