I am being transferred!!! I'm moving to Tours!! It's about two hours East of Angers so I'm not going too far but I am leaving my bleue ville! I can't believe it. My heart hurts so much to leave everyone here and especially my companion! But I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for me and I am supposed to be in Tours! I know that is where He needs me and so I am really excited for this new adventure!
This week was really really great. We saw so many miracles it was an incredible last week together! On Saturday night we decided to go visit one of our amies that lives about an hour or so from Angers. We took the bus and planned it out perfectly so we could take the bus home and be on time. Welll we didn't actually know what stop to get off we just thought we'd watch for it. We ended up getting off too early and walked about forty minutes looking for Leanelle's house. While we were walking, Soeur Denning's shoe broke, the sole came off and she ended up walking on her tights! It was so hilarious! I've added a picture of the result. We were laughing so hard at the ridiculousness of our situation. We were walking along the highway in the middle of the French countryside completely lost on a Saturday night and Soeur Denning had one shoe! But we found Leanelle's house and she told us she got home just five minutes ago and if we had come any earlier we would not have found her!! Miracles!!! Then she told us she had a really hard week and everytime she has a difficult time the missionaries show up!! So it was definitely a tender mercy that we were able to come be with her that night and she accepted a soft invite for baptism!! Heavenly Father definitely watches us over each one of us and knows our needs perfectly!
This week I studied a lot about grace and I discovered this great quote:
"If we exercise faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ the enabling power of His Atonement strengthens us in our moment of need and His redeeming power sanctifies us as we put off the natural man. This brings hope to all especially to those who feel that recurring human weakness is beyond the Savior's willingness to help and save. In His mercy, He allows for improvement over time rather than demanding immediate perfection." -Elder Craig Cardon
I absolutely love that and I know with all my heart that the Savior's Atonement makes up for everything. His Grace is Sufficient. It was a tender mercy that my farewell talk was on grace. That experience and the things I was able to learn while preparing for it prepared me for the challenges I have faced here in France. I know that the Savior knows me personally. He suffered for me and He knows how to comfort me. The enabling power of His Atonement has strengthened me many many times out here and I know He will continue to support me as I adjust to my new ville. I know that we can do all things through Christ who will strengthen us if we just exercise faith in Him. I am so grateful for the knowledge I have of this wonderful truth and even more for the opportunity to be a missionary and to share it with everyone here!
Thank you so much for your support and prayers. I love you all soo soo much!!!
avec amour soeur hawkes
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