Bonjour a tous! Another
week has gone by! We did some pretty cool stuff this week. Still looking for
amis... They have all been hiding recently.
ACTIVITÉ AU LAC
The branch had its first
activity since I've been here. It was organized by the young women and everyone
was invited so we decided to head on up with the Rodez Elders.
We had planned on staying
over at their house the night before because the activity started at 10 and
Rodez is a long drive but as we started driving up, our car's power steering went
out. Luckily we had only been driving for a few minutes outside of Albi when it
happened. So… we need to get that fixed this week.
Anyway, we ended up
taking a train to Rodez and then riding with Frere Pascalin (1st counselor) to
the lake with the Rodez Elders. We get in the car and he says... “Elders, I'm
really sorry but I'm super tired and if I don't listen to music I'm going to
fall asleep”...(my eye lol) and so we listened to Reggae music all the way to
the lake. He had Adele but remixed into Reggae. l will admit that I didn't not
enjoy it.:)
The activity was super
fun! We just ate on the beach and played games. It was a little rowdy though
because there was a sand volleyball tournament going on at the same time. It
kind of had the feeling of Ragnar but with lots of alcohol but they all had
costumes and team names and stuff. haha
One of the games we
played was Loups-Garous "Werewolf". It is kind of like Mafia but a
little bit more complicated. We played several rounds and I got killed like
every time. All of the young women would accuse me of being the werewolf and
the village would vote to kill me. haha
One of the bad things
about the activity was that everyone got super sunburned. Luckily I'm already
kind of brown and just got a little pink on my nose and cheeks. Elder
Steadman's feet got destroyed. haha
NOS AMIS
But anyway…Brigitte! She
is doing pretty well! We talked to her about fasting this week (because she
doesn't see how it could help her) and so we know that it would build her faith
if she did it. We really want to do a branch fast with her to help her stop
smoking. After our lesson, she said she would pray to know as to when she wants
to do it.
Her daughters have really
calmed down and things are getting more stable. Prayer works! :)
Eda called us on Monday
and told us that she was taking a plane to L'ile Maurice (island near
Madagascar) that was leaving in an hour. Apparently her sister had to have an
emergency operation and so Eda was like, “I’m leaving. I don't know when I will
get back”. Luckily though she was able to call us with her phone from where she
was. She should be getting back at the end of this month. The operation went
well and her brother (who was less active) is going to go back to church now! I
talked with him on the phone and he said sometimes bad things need to happen in
our lives to help us realize how important God actually is. I was happy to talk
to him and be able to encourage him to go back to church :)
As for the search of the
amis... It is still a work in progress. We prayed a lot this week to have
inspiration to know as to where we should go to do porting and contacting and
it seems to be working. We found a few really nice potentials there. The
problem is that they are all women and we don't have anyone to teach with us.
Frere Millet is super sick and won't be able to help us until late September...
D: It is really unfortunate. Luckily we have a new family moving in this week
:)
D'AUTRES CHOSES
Well! Because I'm not
second counselor anymore they made me District Leader! I'm excited to work with
everyone in the district. The district got rearranged to where we now we have
Albi, Capitole Sisters, Capitole Chinese, Zone Leaders, and Rodez. This
district is a lot bigger than my last one where I was district leader. It's
going to be a blast.
Hmmm…I was thinking about
our car breaking and I think it is maybe so we can walk around everywhere and
talk to more people. :) Blessing in disguise?
I got my flight plans for
my travels back to Arkansas... I was looking at them and it doesn't even seem
real to me. President Brown told me that there are still people out there
waiting to be found by me... I’ve got to find them! :)
Voila! C'est tout pour
cette semaine!
Je vous aime :)
Elder Johnson
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