Bonjour Family and
friends!
Another week gone by! Oh
la vache! It is crazy how fast it goes. Apparently every week is approximately
1 percent of an Elder's mission. Sometimes I feel like I just have boring
things to tell you... haha. It is like groundhogs day every time I get on the
computer to email.
UN ECHANGE
So! On Wednesday I had an
exchange with Elder Einerson. I went back to Montauban (and the people were
much nicer this time... I think maybe it was just something in the air last
time). Starting the exchange was really interesting. So, there aren't any
trains that go directly from Albi to Montauban so you have to take a bus. In
France they have these things like train stations but for buses and there is
only one in Albi, but generally they aren't the same company as SNCF (the
trains). We go to the bus gare and are waiting for the Montauban elders to get
in so we can make the change when about five minutes before they get there, I
have a feeling they are going to come into the train gare and not the bus
gare.
We call them really quick
and sure enough they are coming into the train gare, which is about a 15ish
minute walk across town. Just so you know France has been having an usual heat
wave where it is like 100 to a 100+ each day. We get off the phone and Elder
Steadman and I ran as fast as we could to the train gare. We literally ran all
of the five minutes we had to spare and run into the gare parking lot as the train
pulls in.
And that is when I
starting sweating, and I promise you I didn't stop sweating until we ending the
exchange. Even after I showered. As soon as I got out of the shower... SWEAT.
Haha. It was very pleasant. Moral of the story is... don't run in missionary
clothes in 100 degree weather..
The exchange was really
good though. Elder Einerson is a good district leader. He was my district leadr
when we were in Marseille. I really like how hard he works. We talked to so
many people on our exchange! It was really good. We found some people that were
interested. I don't understand why but every time you are on exchange somewhere
there are miracles out of the wahzoo.
ON EST SORTI
This week was Elder
Steadman's birthday! It was also Elder Duckworth's birthday so the zone leaders
invited us to Toulouse to do a little exchange and then go eat dinner at a
fancy restaurant.
I think I ate the best
food I have ever eaten. It was SO good. Holy cow. It was expensive but it was
so worth it. We ate at Capitole Square you should look it up. It is
gorgeous.
I got an appetizer,
entree and desert. For the appetizer I got capriccio which is super thinly
sliced raw beef with tomatoes, capers, pine nuts and parmesan cheese on the top
and some olive oil. It was so stinking good. I could have eaten like a billion
more plates of it. For the main dish I was served lamb with roasted potatoes
and a fancy sauce. I don't know what was in it.. haha Then for desert I had
like this custard thing. It was like the perfect amount of food and the service
was exceptional. Suddenly I realized why French people eat out like everyday.
hahaha
It was fun to go eat with
the zone leaders and the chinese équipe. I'm happy they invited us :)
NOS AMIS
So! Still searching
diligently and slightly impatiently for new amis. It is really frustrating
because we are doing everything that we are suppose to and it just isn't
working. I know I just need to keep pressing on but it is hard... especially
with the heat. Ohlala.
Brigitte- She is doing so
good! She is starting to make some good progress despite her daughters now. He daughters
have calmed down a lot recently because Brigitte called this special service
thing that teaches children to be good. It is working :) haha
She is demotivated to
stop smoking. Literally it is the only thing that is keeping her from getting
baptized at this point. I say "the only thing" like it is no big deal
but it is really hard. I'm thankful I grew up in an environment where I wasn't
surrounded by that. But with that said, she is doing well.
She drove Eda to church
this week because Eda's car is blocked in her driveway due to renovations going
on (long story). But Eda got up yesterday and bore a really good testimony on
baptism and its importance and how she is going to do everything she can to
help Brigitte. It was pretty cool :)
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| We also had a quick photo shoot with some hay bales after a lesson we had with Brigitte. |
PENSÉE SPIRITUELLE
Just a little spiritual
thought of the week! I was reading in Helaman 5:30 and it says: “And it came to pass when they heard
this voice, and beheld that it was not a voice of thunder, neither was it a
voice of a great tumultuous noise, but behold, it was a still voice of perfect
mildness, as if it had been a whisper, and it did pierce even to the very soul—“
It made me reflect on the
power of the holy ghost in conversion. I love the description it gives in the
scriptures. It wasn't a loud voice but is pierces to the soul and it shook the
walls of the prison. Although it isn't a loud voice, its power is
unimaginable.
It made me think of
Marissa's conversion story and how whenever she had the missionaries over at
our house she felt a strong residing peace and when she went other places, the
spirit left her. That difference was essential in her conversion. I am so
thankful for the Holy Ghost and for the testimony he bears of truth.
That is it for the
week!
I love you all!
Que Dieu Vous
Bénisse
Elder Cameron Johnson
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