Hello
everyone! Transfer calls have come and gone and looks like I'm staying in
Bergerac for another transfer! Elder Sanchez is staying too! I can't believe it
has been a full six weeks in Bergerac... but it has!
District meeting
ECHANGE
ET REUNION DE DISTRICT
This
week I had the opportunity to go on an exchange in Brive! It takes a long time
to get there. We wake up at around five so we can catch the first bus to
Périgueux and then catch a train to Brive. The exchange was really fun! I got
to go with Elder Martinez (he is from Spain). As we were contacting someone
this man from across the street in a cafe yelled "GO OMMME YU DIRTYY
AMERICANS!"
I
would have been mad, but I was so particularly impressed with this French man's
use of the word "dirty" that I had to just wave and smile.
The
day after our exchange we had district meeting. President wants us to be
prepare spiritually for hearing Elder Andersen, so each equip of Elders was
assigned a talk of his and gave a brief summary of it.
It
just made me more excited to hear Elder Andersen in Nice. I'm beginning to
realize how fortunate I am to have this opportunity! Wooo! :)
ON
THE WAY HOME FROM OUR EXCHANGE
On
our way home from the exchange, we stopped in the town where our Branch
President lives. President Raveneau and his wife are so awesome! He served his
mission in New Caladonia and was telling us that he got to wear a lava lava
(those Hawaiian skirt things) to church! Lucky duck. Hahaha
Right
before we left their house we had a prayer by their son Ethan (he is like three
or four) and he farted so loud during it. bahaha. I thought: “Holy cow... I am
in the United States right now... saying family prayer.” Oh the things that
remind me of my family ;) The Raveneaus were like "Yep... this is our
family!" hahaha. What a family they have :)
Mother’s day activity
RANDOM
RACLETTE
So!
We needed to figure out what the weather was going to be for the week but
forgot to check on Monday so we decided to drop by a member's house and ask
her... well! As we passed there was a huge dinner going on with lots of members
and when she saw us she was like "COME IN AND EAT!" So we got a
second dinner just for stopping by to ask for the weather! The Lord looks out
for His missionaries ;)
NOS
AMIS
Our
amis are doing wonderful! Juan Antonio has decided to live the Word of Wisdom
and continue to prepare for baptism. We have been able to see him a LOT more
often now. He seems like he is changing. I'm really happy about it. We think he
will be baptized the 14th of June!
Zoraya
is also doing really well. We have restarted the missionary lessons with her
just to give her a little refresh before she gets baptized. I hope I am still
here for that! I think that it is only this transfer and the next away! So it
is very possible!
Beatrice
is also doing really well. She has had quite a few trials come up this week but
she is pushing forward strong and hard. Every time we go in for the lessons she
has practically memorized the pamphlets. :)
CRAZY
PERSON OF THE WEEK
I
forgot to do one last week, I'm so sorry! Anyway, the crazy person of the week
THIS week is "BANSHEE OF BERGERAC" It is this woman that walks around
Bergerac ... she is probably like 50-60 and at random moments she screams
bloody murder and then just continues to go about her normal business like she
hasn't just screamed like a psycho maniac.
So
yeah... crazy person of the week.
A
MIRACLE
So!
As we were walking home yesterday from a rendezvous that we had been 15 minutes
late to, a woman at a gas station waves her hands at us to come over. Well, seeing
that that doesn't happen very often we quickly walked over there! Turns out,
she is a less active of about 20 years! She said she had moved to France from
New Caladonia and kind of just fell away from the church but she made a promise
to her sister that the next time that she saw the missionaries that she would
talk to them to get the address to the church!
I'm
also so amazed that things like this happen! I shouldn't be, I should expect
miracles but what if we had been to our rendezvous on time? We wouldn't have
gotten out 15 minutes later and thus, we wouldn't have seen this woman!
The
Lord orchestrates everything good in our lives. It is important to not forget
that.
That
is it for this week! I love you!
Que
Dieu vous benisse!
Elder
Johnson
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