Today we went to Le Louvre ! It was pretty awesome. Here are a few pictures!
The rest of the week was also really good. It started off with a family home evening on Monday with a few members and an investigator. The investigator was actually found by the members a little while ago. They became friends just because of how often they walked past each other in that area. They ended up talking one time and became friends. So they invited him to come over and have dinner and now he comes to church!
We also went to see a member this week that had hurt her back at work a few weeks ago. She was still smiling so much though. She and her husband are form Ukraine and their conversion story was so cool. After they were married, every sunday her husband would put on a suit and tie and go church hunting! He wanted to know which one was God's church so he searched for many many years. It wasn't until his mother in law saw a flyer about the book of Mormon and gave it to them that they found the church and were baptized within a few months.
Another thing we have been doing is calling everyone in our area book. Since we have an application on the tablet and more people are added every week and some people were found but never contacted. It takes time but really worthwhile when we find people like Rose! She had been busy and was never able to meet the missionaries until now! I called her and she said she would love to meet. We met at a metro station and taught her the restoration and it was one of the best lessons ever!! She basically taught us about the great apostasy and when we introduced the book of Mormon and told her we were going to give it to her, she threw her hands up in the air and hugged us saying how much she hopped that we would give it to her! She said she would talk to her family and then invite us to teach them as well :)
Things are going really well here! Recently I've liked the scripture Mosiah 3:13 "And the Lord God hath sent his holy prophets among all the children of men, to declare these things to every kindred, nation, and tongue, that thereby whosoever should believe that Christ should come, the same might receive remission of their sins, and rejoice with exceedingly great joy, even as though he had already come among them." We can rejoice because of Christ!
Sœur Giles
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Letter to Family
Wow it really has been a busy week!! It is really cold here.
Mom cleaned out the garage and dad almost choked... and clay is going to take German.
I would love that chip card! just send it on over and then I'll tell you when I get it so you can deactivate the other one. French people get so confused with a swipe card because apparently they never existed here. They always think they don't work but they do!
All is going really well here. Sister van Duyse is still awesome and just such a good missionary. She is constantly thinking about our investigators, such a great example.
I'll tell you a few stories.
One really cool miracle happened yesterday! We went to take our normal metro to church but for some reason another train wasn't coming for 15 minutes and usually they come every 4 or 5. So we decided to walk to a different line. We get on and sit down. The lady across from me looks so sad and so sick and it would just seem so normal to leave her alone but we say hi anyways and the minute we start talking she has such a big smile on her face! It was cute :) she lives in Versailles so we gave her a temple card. Well we get off and then we hear "hello sisters" . It's an American from Ohio who was going to church but had no idea where to go. The stop he had planned on getting off at was closed. So he followed us to church and he was so grateful! His son is on a mission in South Korea right now and had his first baptism! So that's exciting!
2nd tourist story. Since we live next to the catacombs we always talk to tourists. And we talked to a couple from Colorado and they went to the open house for the new temple there! I got to say my dad and cousin served there :) Then they said they were going to Versailles so we gave them a temple card as well.
Another cool story, we met this man on the street and he did not agree that Jesus was actually the son of God. But sister van Duyse just got all bold and said he needed to listen anyways. So we had a lesson with him on Saturday with the senior couple msisioanry in our ward. And he brought a book a Mormon that he recieved over 15 years ago!!!!! It was smaller and drawn in but still so cool that he still knew where it was. He even read a little bit!
One last story: rewind a few years and a German girl named Sarah hops on a plan to Nevada to be a foreign exchange student. Host family is Mormon, so she attends seminary and goes to church. Fast forward a few years and is in Paris nannying. Last week she went to a birthday party and noticed that one of the girls isn't drinking so she asks why and the girl says she is mormon!!! And this girl is in our ward. So we get a text Sunday morning saying that she is bringing Sarah to church. Sarah comes and we talk and it's so awesome. We offered the lessons but she said she will just keep coming to church and see how it all works out. It was a miracle nonetheless! !!
Thanks for your emails :) you are the greatest family in the whole world!!
Love, Sœur Giles
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