Bonjour everyone!
This week was really
good... just like the rest of them. I haven't had a bad week in a while
(knocking on wood). Things are just dandy here in Albi, France. We have a lot
of good things going on right now.
NOS AMIS
So, I guess I will start
with Eda (because her baptism is this Saturday!). Eda is so great. I really
love her. She cracks me up. She doesn't joke or try to make us laugh but the
way she says things is just too much sometimes. For example... she is in LOVE
with Moroni. (Moroni is a great leader in
the Book of Mormon) If Moroni was living today, she would probably try to
marry him. I need to explain why...
So, after Eda's husband
passed away, she had a dream that Moroni was in it. Well, she didn't know who
it was at the time but he looked really familiar to her (because her mom has a
huge picture of him in her house) SO, she wakes up the next morning and sees
the picture and realizes that it is him and feels like it is a sign that she
needs to "go back to her roots" and be baptized (because all of her
family is in the church.) Ever since then, she has been in love with him. When
we are were going over the baptismal interview questions we asked her if she
believed that Joseph Smith had been the prophet who restored the gospel to the
earth? And she said, "You know, I like Joseph Smith but Moroni is way stronger."
hahaha. Her exact words. She went on for like 10 minutes talking about how
strong and awesome Moroni was until we finally re-asked the question and she is
like "Oh yeah, for sure! Of course Joseph Smith restored the church. "
hahah. Maybe she understood the question as "Who is your favorite hero in
the Book of Mormon?"
She is so excited for her
baptism. There are actually going to be four baptisms the same day. The Rodez
elders (who come to our branch) are having a baptism, along with two equipes in
Toulouse. It is going to be a really cool day. She has invited around 20ish
people, not even kidding. And they are all coming. Some are coming from PARIS.
Yes, PARIS. She called me the other day to see if we wanted to go to the temple
in Suisse with her after her baptism. We explained we couldn't go but she is
already planning her trip! lol. I also told her that we had to teach all of her
friends after her baptism and she was like "Pas de soucis!" "Not
a problem!" She is really cool.
Brigitte is also doing
well. We were only able to see her once this last week because she had a friend
that came up from Marseille so they spent time together. She is currently
looking to move closer to Albi, which will be good. Pray that she finds a house
soon!
Meethel, our Chinese amie
is probably one of my favorite people on planet earth. She is just so stinking
open to new ideas. We invited her to church this last week and she said she is
excited to come. We hope to give her a baptismal date this week. Whenever you
are teaching her she just nods her head and says "Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Ok.
Hmm." Does that make sense? "Yes. Perfect sense!" She told us
she really wants that what we teach her to be true. She is awesome.
ZONE P-DAY
We had zone p-day last
Monday. It was nice. All of the equipes in the zone went to Toulouse and we ate
together, talked and just played some fun games. It made me think about how
incredible it is to be a missionary. There are so many people that I love so
much that I would have never met had I not come on a mission. Missionaries,
members and amis. All thanks to the mission.
After playing around we
had to drive back to Albi to get all of our other p-day stuff done (clean, wash
the car, groceries, emails). It is too bad we live so far away from Toulouse.
It is a pretty cool city. Very pretty.
LES AUTRES CHOSES
We had an apartment check
this week (it is to see if your apartment is clean). We passed with flying
colors. The senior couple told us it was one of the cleanest. Yeah, I'm pretty
proud.
We did gardening work
with Soeur Delouche this week. I love working in the garden so much. It is nice
to change the type of work you do on a day to day basis. It is kind of a stress
relief. She was impressed with our gardening skills.
We should be getting
iPads this Friday if everything goes well. I'm not getting my hopes up just
because I've been hearing about our mission getting iPads for about a year now.
I am excited to get them though. They are really going to change the work. I'm
a little worried about carrying one around all the time though. I mean, once
one bad person finds out missionaries have iPads, a lot of bad people could.
But I mean, we are in France, it isn't like people get stabbed in the butt
everyday.
PENSÉE SPIRITUELLE
So, spiritual thought of
the week. I was studying for certain amis of ours and I came across the
scripture in Corinthians 10:13:
13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is
faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but
will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear
it.
This scripture is a real
comfort for me. To know that I'm not destined to fail because of weaknesses or
"favorite sins" that I have won't stop me from overcoming temptation.
God loves us and wants only the best for us. He wants us to succeed and will
allow us to as we learn to put our trust in Him. There is always an
"escape" and He will never be ashamed of us for what we have or have
not done because His love in unconditional.
So! That was our week! I
love you all! Thank you for your prayers :)
Que Dieu Vous Bénisse!
Elder Johnson
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