Salut!

We had another amazing week here in Angers! Exchanges were lovely and Zone Conference was just what I needed! We talked a lot about getting through the difficult times. It's important to choose to have faith and hope despite the hardships. Faith is not a feeling but a decision! We must consciously choose to have faith each and every day. Which is exactly what I needed! I'll be honest, it's been a little rough here because we have NO amies and hardly any appointments. Surely I must be doing something wrong? But at Zone conference President Poznanski emphasized so much that this is not our work. It isn't my burden to carry. Heavenly Father is completely aware of what's going on here in Angers. He has a plan for this ville. This is His work and I'm just here to labor and do my best. All I have to do is remain worthy of the Spirit and be willing to follow it. And as soon as I realized that, the weight that I put on myself was lifted up and I knew that everything was going to be alright! Because I know that Heavenly Father will help us! So even though we may not have amies for every day of the week or baptisms around every corner I know that Heavenly Father is still proud of us His missionaries because I'm trying my best. And we saw miracles this week! we found out that one of our old amies that we had to drop wanted to start meeting with us again and we taught her on Saturday :) It was wonderful! Also we had a really cool experience Monday night. We were out contacting that night and we met a woman named Elize and We testified that God has a plan for her and then she told us she had a bad day because she got a huge bill that she can't pay. I was able to bear my testimony that God is aware of our daily struggles and I shared the experience you shared with me about the miracle about my car getting fixed last week. I testified to her that our Heavenly Father was taking care of my family and that He would take care of her. The Spirit was so strong and it was a huge testimony builder for me. I'm so grateful that Heavenly Father is letting me be a missionary so I can share my testimony and be strengthened through experiences like that! 

Another kind of funny story, we went to the story to pick up some groceries and I was carrying a bag of flour, but apparently it ripped and I didn't realize it until Soeur Denning look at me and one side of me was completely covered in flour! the whole side of my coat and my bag were totally white! haha I wish we would have taken a picture but it was pretty funny.

Also Friday night we went porting in a neighborhood about 30 minutes from Angers by bus. We were having a great time talking to lots of nice people and we realize we had five minutes to catch the very last bus back to Centreville. and we were completely lost. in the dark. So we just started running down the street literally praying we were headed the right direction to the bus stop, my heart was pounding and we round the corner, and see a bus stop! Right as we get to it, the bus comes! It was an absolute miracle! I was so grateful and it made for a good story too ha!

So although it's been a little difficult, in all honestly I'm grateful for the difficulty. Because it's through the difficulties that I come to know my Savior better. Our trials pave the paths that take us to Him. It's always in the difficult times that I learn the most, that my testimony grows more and so so many blessings come. And despite the difficult times I am still able to put everything in perspective, and be happy despite the hard things that come up. I never have to be discouraged or upset because I know my Savior makes up for my inadequacies and weaknesses. It is through Him that we can have strength and hope. How could I be sad when I have such a great knowledge and the opportunity to share that with the people here in Angers! I am so blessed in so many ways that the obstacles that come up seem so small! I am so grateful the gospel and the hope it brings! 

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

avec amour soeur hawkes