Bonjour à tous!!
So the title says Life is more beautiful when you believe in God. A member said that to me this week and I just though it was so profound and so true. Because I believe in a loving, merciful Heavenly Father I know that He is always there to support me and answer my prayers. And He gives me so many blessings and tender mercies and His love makes life beautiful!
This week was wonderful but I am so glad that the holidays are finally over! haha dont get me wrong I love the holidays but it makes missionary work really hard because everyone is either out of town or with their family so it will be nice to get back to the regular swing of things and see our amies again!
So last Monday we had a rdv set with some members but they had a last minute problem so they cancelled. So we decided to do some less active pass bys in Hellemmes. We found two of the houses but they had moved, we had one left and when we got to the street, the number literally did not exist. So we wandered for a while searching for a solution when a woman stepped out of her house and we asked her if she knew the address. She went back in her house and got her coat to come search with us!! She was so nice and it turns out she has met with missionaries before and has even been to church! We never did find that less active but we were able to set a rdv with this sweet woman, miracles!!
Then for New Year's Eve we had a Raclette fete (its a French meal, LOTS of melted cheese, a varieties of meats and potatoes) with the other soeurs and just partied. it was so much fun! and New Year's Day Soeur Walton and I stayed in our bed all day haha we wrote letters and read books and talked and laughed until five ish and we finally got ready to go with the other soeurs to diner with a member. It was really fun. I made my New Year's Resolutions which was really weird because I split them up into missionary life for the first three months and then regular life. What the what.
On Friday we went to Paris to pick up my titre de sejour which is just an identity card that says i'm legal in France so I don't have to carry around my passport. It was a great trip and besides a few hiccups with the metros it was an unusually quiet trip there and back, it was a nice change from all the dramatic trips I've had to Paris.
On Saturday we went to do less active visits with Marie-France a member in our ward. She came up to me my first
Sunday and said "I have people you need to come see" so we went and visited two lovely ladies who really want to come back to church but are having a few struggles lately, it was really cool and it was apparent how much Marie France loved them, she is an inspiration to me. I know those ladies are blessed by the charity of Marie France and both of them promised to come to church next week!
Yesterday we had a beautiful miracle. We went porting in a cute neighborhood called Croix. We got a few rejections and finally one man pointed out a house down the street that we should try. We knocked on the door and a large family came to the door. We explained what we were doing in the neighborhood and they practically pulled us into their home. We told them about our message and they were so interested! they were so sincere and so open to learning and kept asking so many questions! it was so wonderful! I cant wait to see them again!
So. This morning I was reading in Mosiah about when the Lamanites come and the people of Alma panic and freak out and are really scared and Alma comes over and is like don't worry, everything is going to be fine, remember the Lord will take care of us! So they "hushed their fears and began to cry unto the Lord" and the Lamanites capture them and put them into bondage. But the Lord "seeth fit to chasten his people yea He trieth their patience and their faith" so He doesn't deliver them right away. Instead the people turn to the Lord and pray and pray and "
And now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid upon Alma and his brethren were made light; yea, the Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord."
I LOVE that story. because sometimes I have a trial, and I feel like I've over come it and learned to change my weaknesses and then bam! there it is again! just like the lamanites and I start to panic, but then I remember all the times the Lord has helped me in the past and even though it is really hard when the Lord seeth fit to trieth my patience and faith I know without a doubt that He is there at my side to help me. I cant count the number of times this week I have knelt down in prayer pleading with my Father in Heaven for strength and power beyond my own. And every single time I feel like He gives me a great big hug and then we walk out that door and I feel angels around me bearing me up and helping me to do His work. Prayer is my lifeline. I am SO grateful to know that I can turn to my Heavenly Father whenever I need to and that He will answer without fail. He doesn't always fix it or take the problem away but through the enabling power of the Atonement I am always given the strength to move through it and I am so so grateful for that. I know that Heavenly Father loves each of us and that He only wants us to be happy, so no matter what happens in life, in the end it will help us reach our potential and give us the most happiness. I am so grateful to be a missionary and to be able to learn so many wonderful things and have my testimony refortified every single day. I am so so blessed to be here!
thank you so much for your support love and prayers. i am so grateful for each of you!!
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