Semain (week) Deux (2) MTC (MTC) :)

This past week went by super fast. I'll start with Tuesday! So we had a devotional and I sang in the choir. Elder Marcus B. Nash of the seventy spoke. He talked a lot about the Savior, and struggles, and one specific thing he said that impressed me was that the Savior stood up for ME. He secured my and your salvation through the Atonement. Use it. I loved that. He referenced a lot of scriptures in Alma and 2 Nephi. It was really powerful though. 715 new missionaries came to the MTC on Wednesday. It was crazy. The language is going well. I feel like I'm not learning a lot of new things, because we're starting from the beginning, but it's nice going over the basics. I think getting the fundamentals down is the best way to go. My companion has seven years of French under her belt so she helps me a lot and I am so grateful for her! We work really well together when we teach our "investigator" because we just kinda build off from each ther. I memorized the first vision, the missionary purpose, Moroni 10:4-5, and how to invite someone to baptism in French! I go over it every day so that I can say it without hesitating or messing up. It's fun!! In class we talked a lot about bringing people unto Christ through teaching the doctrine of Christ, which you should all know! It's faith in Christ, His atonement, repentance, baptism, the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the End. The Doctrine of Christ is Love. And Frere Magre said you invite people to baptism. That is what you do. It is their choice to accept it or not.Teaching Murielle was fun. It is hard to express everything I want to say, but the Spirit is there. We found out after all the lessons that she is actually our second teacher! It's weird to hear her speak English, but I am learning so much with her. One thing I am trying yo work on is teaching people not lessons. which can be hard in another language but I'll get better and better everyday. San Francisco was awesome! We woke up at 2 am (not awesome) and got on a shuttle to get on the 6:15 flight to San Fran. It was the first time I had been in public as a missionary. Our driver was Edgar and he drove us to the French Consulate for our Visa's. It was really quick. They took my passport and other visa paperwork and scanned my fingers and took a picture and that was it! After we went to Pier 39. I was walking wtih Sister B and Sister S and we were taking a picture when, lo and behold, we heard a couple speaking French from Dijon, France! We started talking to them and found that they were on their honey moon and asked them about Eternal Marriage. It was neat. We gave them a passalong card and who knows if they'll do anything with that, but it was so cool to practice.Earlier, there was a homeless woman on the street and I got my wallet out and gave her some money because missionaries do that and she was so grateful and said she'd call the number on the pass along card and accepted a Book of Mormon! I reallllly hope she reads it. And then on the flight home, SIster S and I sat next to a catholic man and the entire flight he was asking us questions. It was unitimidating and I was scared because he knew so much, but he acted like he really wanted to know. He was impressed with us. He said it doesn't matter that we believe different things, but that we are good people and try to bring others unto Christ. He loves our view of Family. He asked us about Joseph Smith and about the Godhead, the priesthood and many other things. I am pretty sure he is pretty set in His Catholic ways, but it was an awesome experience to get to talk to him and try to answer questions. We challenged him to pray that night and sincerely ask if Joseph Smith was a prophet and he said he would. He said if Joseph Smith and Thomas S Monson are Prophets then our church is true.  So San Francisco was awesome. Sister Worsham (Murielle) talked to each companionship and we went over strengths and weaknesses that we could improve. She told me that I had a quiet sense of love and when I walked in she just knew I loved her. Which I Did. So that was nice to hear. We start teaching Delphine and Raphael this week and I hope that I can continue to learn to effectively teach. Even in a foreign language! Sister B and I are getting a long so well. She has helped me a lot with the French tenses. The other day I was reading in Mark 12:1-9 about the wicked Husbandman and I thought it was so cool because it really does show us about the different prophets being rejected, even Jesus Christ, in all dispensations. I started reading Jesus the Christ by James E. Talmadge and although I'm only two chapters in I really like it. It has taught me little things I never really thought about before. Anyway, not much else new here I don't think. I love you all! And I'll write letters while I'm doing laundry again. The MTC is great. I know this Gospel is So True and I can't wait to teach it in France!

Love Soeur Roberts