This is the beginning of transfer 5!!! What. the. heck.
I can't believe I am almost halfway done with my mission. So not cool!
But. This transfer, Soeur Bennion and I are staying together here in Tours!! We are going to see so many miracles I am so excited!! We are making big goals for this transfer so I am soups doups excited to accomplish them! She and I get along swimmingly. We are best friends and we are practically the same person it is freaky. We even both have a scar from getting a pencil stabbed into our left hand. Freaky? Extremely! We make a really good team here in Tours and we have so seen so many miracles and will continue to do so!!!
Yesterday we had THREE amies at church!!! We were sitting in Sunday School and one of our amies, Anna showed up out of the blue!! We had invited her that week but she was pretty wishy washy about coming but it turns out the Elders had ported into her the day before and she said we had already met with her and invited her to church so they insisted she come and she did!! I was so happy and smiling so big I thought I was going to burst! And then our other two amies were Rosalee and her daughter Megane-Grace who is nine came as well. And Megane got up and bore her testimony that Heavenly Father answers prayers. It was amazing!!! It was such a beautiful Sunday!
Today we went to the Chenonceau Chateau It was so much fun! It was absolutely beautiful and we took SO many pictures! We had some time before our train came back to Tours so we went wandering through the tiny French village next to the Chateau and found a lovely little boulangerie. I am going to miss boulangeries so much! France has the best food for sure. It was a great P-day!!
So this week we are preparing for Easter! We are having so many FHEs this week with members and our amies I am so excited. I love Easter and Soeur Bennion and I are going to have our own little Easter Egg fight just like back home :)
The best part about being a missionary is sharing my testimony every day. I absolutely love that I get to testify to random strangers about the Love of God and the reality of Christ's Atonement. My own testimony is strengthened each time I share it and I know that true happiness is found in feeling the Spirit and sharing the joy that we have been given! I love being a missionary so much! There are times when I feel very homesick but I just remind myself of why I came out here. I can give the Lord 18 months of my life because I will have an eternity with my family! I love the quote "A missionary leaves her family for 18 months so that others can be with their families for eternity" I have been so blessed to have the gospel in my life and I want others to have the same! I am so grateful to be a missionary here in Tours and I am so grateful for everyone's support and prayers, I cannot tell you how much it means to me! I know that Jesus Christ really did suffer and die for us and because He was resurrected we shall all live again and through His Atonement we can overcome all things in this life. I am so grateful for the knowledge that I have and the opportunity to share it with others here in France! I love you all so much!! à bientôt! soeur hawkes
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