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| Elder Johnson and Elder Wall |
Wow! This week was pretty
insane! We did so much work. It was stinking awesome. I've never been more
exhausted at an end of the week during my mission than this one. We set some
crazy goals and had two blitzes (where two equipes work in the sector all day)
so we went really hard all week.
Les Exhanges
We started our first
exchange with the Rodez Elders on Tuesday. I went with elder Wall (who is a bleu
in his first transfer) and Elder Omohundro and Elder Robards went with Elder Pittsenbarger.
Elder Wall is an excellent missionary. He doesn't have any fear at all! It was
really good. We talked to so many people and met some people that were pretty interested.
Hopefully we will be seeing them this week. There is just something about
exchanges and bleus that makes miracles happen. Bleus are so full of faith and
so ready to work and I think that is why there are so many miracles that follow
them around.
The very next day we had a
blitz with the Chinese elders. We brought them here from Toulouse. Elder Zhu, the
Chinese elder, tells me every time he is in Albi he realizes how much he loves
Toulouse... Hahaha. I guess it is good that it makes him thankful? Lol. I
actually went with Elder Leon and we pretty much contacted all day. It was a
lot of walking but we also met some people that were nice and possibly interested.
After our exchange with
the Chinese elders we all drove to Toulouse on Thursday morning for district
meeting. It went pretty well. I didn't have a ton of time to prepare (Elder
Johnson is still district leader) but it still ended up running smoothly. After
district meeting we went to Chez Vong which is this extremely delicious
Vietnamese food. The owner, whom we call Tati, loves the missionaries so much.
She gives us food for really cheap and gives us free drinks and has pictures of
missionaries all over her wall. She really loves us. Hahaha. She calls us her
children :) she is really adorable. We ate so much food. I thought I was going
to die. Holy cow. It was my favorite part of district meeting.
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| District Meeting |
Nos amis
We found a ton of new
people this week.... Guess how many new Amis we have? Go on, guess! We had five! Probably the most
I've ever had on my mission. I think the reason behind us finding so many new
Amis was because we were really pushing to teach people on the street. We were
more aggressive and really testified in contacts and it worked super well.
Hopefully we will get to see all of them this week. I'll just tell you about my
favorite and most promising.
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| Look, we worked hard! |
The next one was super
cool though! I told you about an African family Elder Steadman and I found last
transfer... But then nothing really ever happened with them. Well! We tried
passing them just one last time before writing them off and they were home and
let us in to teach a lesson. Moïse and his family are really cool. They are
from Congo. It was the perfect way to end the day after having contacted for
hours.
Since then we've seen them
once with the entire family. We gave them a
Book of Mormon and they
were so touched. By our second rendezvous they already knew that the Book of
Mormon is true. They are awesome. We just need to find a way to get them to
church because they don't have a car and they are a family of six. Pray so that
we find a way!
Brigitte doing okay. Her
daughters are so frustrating. I have a hard time not resenting them. They do
things simply out of spite towards their mom who would do anything for them.
Brigitte has made contact with the addiction recovery program in Toulouse so
that should be good. She needs to find a new house before winter because it is
super expensive to heat and it doesn't have any insulation. She is so faithful.
She reads and prays everyday and comes to church. She wants so badly to stop
smoking but life has been making it really hard for her lately.
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| Elder Johnson labeled this "Weird Cat Picture" lol |
Recently I have felt kind
of panicked with how much time I have left on my mission. Members keep asking
me how I feel about going home and it's weird! Of course I'm excited to come
home and see my family and friends but I am more nervous about coming home than
when I left on my mission. Going on a mission you have a general idea of what
your goal is. Help others come unto Christ. You understand what you will be doing
for two years because that is how it is. Then all of the sudden you have to go
home and figure out your entire life and there are way more choices than just
before.
But I just need to calm
down and trust the Lord. I think what is making me feel so weird is because of
all of my dreams. They are super weird mixes of the mission and coming home.
Every time. Sometimes I'm running through the airport looking for church members
because I need to go teach a lesson. Other times I'm home but I know my mission
time isn't up and I feel bad that I left early. I think the weirdest one I've
had was we were walking around Toulouse as a family and then Johnny Depp drove
by and I was like..."Look! Johnny Dep!" And then he yelled out the
window "tais-toi!" Which means shut up! Lol. Then
Sierra was like... “Yeah,
be quiet!” Lol.
Anyways! That is it for
this week! I love you all! Thanks for your support. AND a special shout out to
everyone in the ward that sent me a care package.
Je vous aime
Elder Cameron Johnson
