This was a week of MIRACLES! It was soo great!! We got a new amie, had five RDVs in one day, had zone conference, Soeur Bennion's birthday, played a flute and piano duet in Sacrament Meeting, succeeded in running for trains, and met some really cool people porting! It was a really good week!
So Friday was Zone Conference in Le Mans and it was SO good. Exactly what I needed! It was so great to see Soeur Denning again and to talk with President and Soeur Poznanski. We got some really great counsel and new ideas for finding such as Easter Contacting! I am so thrilled. Until the end of April we are going to be testifying specifically about the Resurrection of Christ and why that is important to us! Our mission's goal is to have 125 baptisms in two transfers!! I am really excited about this new challenge! It's really cool to see all us missionaries come together on a challenge and I can't wait to get started with the Easter Contacting! Already we have seen miracles from it!
Also at Zone Conference they shared insights from the conference Elder Christofferson had with the missionaries in Belgium. He talked about keeping our hearts pure and sanctifying ourselves. He said we need to build a barrier between us and the world today in order to stay close to the Spirit. He emphasized the need to repent daily and the enabling power of Christ's Atonement. I am so grateful to know that each day I get a restart to do and be better than I was the day before and to have the grace for all my weaknesses! So Zone Conference was just the spiritual feast I needed and I am so grateful for all the things I learned there! The change from Angers to Tours hasn't exactly been an easy one but it has definitely been good. It's been a big blessing to me to really come to know for myself how aware God is of us and the fact that He puts us in places for specific reasons.
Kelsie shared an amazing quote with me today that i absolutely loved!! Elder Neal A Maxwell said " The same God that placed that star in a precise orbit, millennia before it appeared over Bethlehem in celebration of the birth of the Babe has given at least equal attention to placement of each of us in precise human orbits so that we may, if we will, illuminate the landscape of our individual lives, so that our light may not only lead others, but warm them as well." I have come to know for myself how true that is as I have adjusted to life here in Tours. I do miss Angers but Tours is my new home now and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else :)
I also found a great quote in my studies this week that I want to share! It's by Elder Perry!
"We can't predict all the struggles and storms in life not even the ones just around the corner but as persons of faith and hope we know beyond the shadow of any doubt that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true and the best is yet to come."
No matter what happens in life our Savior has been there before us. He has already experienced everything we will face in this life and He is always to help us through on our paths of struggle. There is always reason for hope when we know that Christ has "risen from the dead with healing in His wings." As I have faced trials here in Tours I have turned to my Savior and I know that Heavenly Father hears and answers my prayers and that Christ is always there to offer us the enabling power of His Atonement. I know that Jesus Christ is mighty to save and I am so grateful for this knowledge and the opportunity to share it with the people here in Tours!
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