June 18, 2018

So the craziest day of the week was Wednesday!! A member had asked us to do some service at her house, we painted the ceiling white. She lives about an hour and a half from Nantes so we took a train and it took most of our day. It started out great even though I've never painted a ceiling before. The first roll of paint roller, a big glob dropped right on my eye haha so after we wiped that off, it was really fun! We took a break for lunch and started again. Then we hear our phone vibrating and it is another member that we have been working with a lot. I answer and she is practically crying, she was at the coast visiting her son, situation is complicated, but the woman who took her to visit him, left her! Also complicated story haha but it was the hugest miracle that she called us because the member was able to go pick her up and she came back on the train with us. What is funny is that there was no reason for her to call us, she knows that we don't have a car and wouldn't have been able to help her. 

Another interesting thing, the day before we went to the church to print out our train tickets and there was a virus!! So it took us 3 hours to actually print the tickets, we almost gave up and thought to reschedule the service but it finally worked. The member was so amazed and couldn't stop saying how much of a miracle it was! So after we got back to the city we went and bought a little journal with her so she could write all the blessings that she has received from Heavenly Father in it :)


On Saturday we were also able to help a member move and it was a great opportunity to strengthen the trust between us and the members. Then we went ice skating with the young woman in the ward and were finally able to talk with the young woman president about how to help the 14yr old recent convert!


We had some really really cool contacts this week! We met a lady on the bus who had been looking for a church in the area, the bus stopped suddenly and a huge Polynesian looking guy almost squished soeur Morrison but didn't. He was super nice and interested in learning more.


We also spent some time calling old investigators and one called us back and said he would love to take the lessons again. He had actually lost his wife a few weeks ago and said it was a sign! So we went to visit him the day after with a member and it was so so good. We had planned to teach the plan of salvation but ended up teaching the restoration anyways. He is very excited to read the book of Mormon.


Another old investigator that we called was taught by my mtc teacher! We will be seeing him on Wednesday. He was so nice and has all kinds of questions!


To finish off the week we taught relief society! It was on the meekness talk from elder bednar, kinda ironic haha 2 young American girls teaching older french women but it turned out really really well!! We separated them into groups and they each had a scripture or story from the talk and then we discussed 3 questions. What is meekness? How do we acquire this attribute? And how does being meek bless others? There was a lot of good discussion and they understood us haha


Our investigator Loveth came to church!! She's the one who can't read yet but is progressing really well. 

Congrats to Jason and Julie! Looks like it was a fun wedding! And Happy Fathers day Dad! Sounded like it was a fun week of celebrating. Congrats clay for your promotion!! 

No unidentified flying baguettes but lots and lots of rain, it is quite the adventure !
Have a wonderful week!
Love,
Sœur Giles