Dear Family,
Yes, I am in France
now. The keyboard takes some getting used to so sorry for any errors!
Gex is small and so pretty, 20 minutes from Switzerland. So yes. I've
been to Switzerland too! And going again today :) let's see. The plane
ride was long but very fun. I was so glad I got to call you a couple
times. it was so good to hear your voices. You saw the pictures when we
arrived and that was fun although I looked horrible! haha then we drove
to the mission office for interviews and I discovered I really like
President Roney! He is so personable and very nice. He'll be my mission
president the whole time I'm here so that makes me happy :)
After that we had fajitas that sister Roney made at their
house with the AP's. It was delicious. Definitely nice not to be eating
MTC food anymore. Then we left and they let us go to bed a little early
and that was nice because I was exhausted. The next day we just did
legal stuff in the morning and then we got our areas and trainers! Gex
is mine and it's in the Geneva Stake. It's so pretty here. I'll send
some pictures next week :) Sister W is 22, small and very sweet.
Apparently she is like super obedient so I was scared that she was going
to be mean or something, I don't know why, but she is not mean,
she's very sweet and I like her a lot. She's from Idaho, near Boise and
has been out a year in august. Our apartment is in
Crozet and we live with two other sisters who are also in the Gex ward
with us. It's fun! the other sister have been out six months in August
and they don' t know french super well either. So my first full day we did a lot of contacting. I've
discovered most people here are Muslim (Muzulman) or Catholic or "non
believing." I contacted a few people on my own. One guy was really
funny and he would spit every few words. He didn't believe though and I
said do you want to believe? he said no and I said ça va God loves you.
And he laughed. It was funny. Later I said bonjour to a couple, S
and N, but they didn't answer until the wife turned around and we
discovered they speak English. They were so interested and they wanted a
book of Mormon so we set up a meeting to meet with them to teach them
more and give them a English Book of Mormon. SO that was awesome.
Saturday we went over and taught them the first lesson and got
to know them a bit and they are from India and Hindu and absolutely
incredible. So open and willing and loving. They loved our message. When I got to the restoration part I asked them what question they would ask
if God appeared to them. Both explained how they want to know why they
are here, what is their purpose, so I testified to them that the BOM can
and will answer every question and concern they have if they read it
and I shared with them Moroni 10:3-5. They invited us back. They are so
sweet. We invited them to be baptized too which was scary for me, but
they said their parents wouldn't like that so they might practice in
secret, funny. I know they are prepared. N told us that when
his Grandma was dying she said "I forget all the gods. I believe in
Jesus." Powerful. Anyway, I really love them.
I don't have much time, but we have another investigator,
K from Madagascar. He is Muslim but went to a catholic
school so he loves religion. I don't know if he understands a whole bunch yet,
but we are working with him. he has been to church twice and has a date
for baptism in august. We'll see how it goes!
So that is my time so far. I get rejected a lot, but it's
okay. I can't understand and speak a lot but that is okay too. A lot of
people smoke here. It's ridiculous.
Also, the ward is
awesome. There are a lot of young families but it's a pretty big ward.
They are all very nice. We ate at the C family yesterday for dinner. The
mom is inactive and her and the father don't speak french, but they
have two daughters who are super funny: age 13 and 15. We ate spaghetti
noodles with french fries and meat sauce on top and then these really
good bread stick things and then this purple warm apple soup stuff. It
was delicious! brother C I guess used to be a pro chef.
Our ward mission leader cane home from his mission in
Montreal six months ago and he is super funny and awesome. His name is
G. Anyway, I love you all so much and I miss you all very much. I
pray for you everyday! Don't forget me and have faith in Christ and his
work. I love you.
love,
Soeur Roberts
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