Gex Week # 6

Family,

Yes I am staying in Gex for at least one more transfer :) yay!! Sister C is too and we are both getting companions who are only one transfer older than me. Mine will be Sister L. Scared? I am. It'll be a house full of young missionaries. Which only means miracles are going to be happening like crazy. Also Happy Birthday to Dad and Happy Anniversary to Mom and Dad! :)

Exciting news. I am learning to drive stick shift. It's not too hard just a little stressful. I'm afraid of dying.

This week was a bit up and down. We had a lot of random stuff to do which made it hard to be efficient but it worked out. Monday we were supposed to have lessons with T and M but they both fell through. M did come to English class though. We found out her brother just passed away so she isn't super ready to hear us again. But hopefully we can just continue to love and support her and build a relationship like that. She is very sweet and the Gospel could bless her life so much.

T is doing good. We taught him half of the Plan of Salvation later in the week and he expressed his concern about the law of chastity. He believes that if both sides are okay with it then it is okay. So we tried to explain to him a little bit and he said that is hard. So the next lesson we finished the Plan of Salvation. He believes that it is true. He believes in Christ and that He is always there with us. He didn't want to pray the first few lessons but this one I said T. Pray and ask if this is true right now. So he did. It was in Spanish, but I was so proud of him! He said he wants us to pray because we are closer to God so I tried again to explain that we make mistakes just like him. We all need the Savior no matter who we are. T is great. He is prepared. I need to have faith and he needs to have faith too. We gave him a law of Chastity pamphlet at the end so he is going to read that for next time when we have a member present too. 

E is doing great still too. She is so sweet. We gave her a book of Mormon and some scriptures to read and she loved them and we gave her some chapters on faith to read so the next time we go we'll discuss that a bit. She told us we were like her daughters. I love her!

Madame M read. Wow. She has been taking missionary lessons for 9 months now and hasn't read once until now. Unfortunately, she is going on vacation until September but that was a big step. Thank you Mom for the advice and the book pages! Maybe she will progress more after all!

We ported (door to door, got let in) into a nice home on Wednesday. The husband said his son almost converted but he had to put his foot down. The wife is catholic but very very nice. They weren't interested in our message, but we talked a lot about faith and just relying on the Lord. It was common ground for both religions. I said the closing prayer and just blessed their family. The spirit was so strong after and the wife teared up a bit. They are going back to the states though in a week or so, but it was a great little experience.

Not much else to say. I don't have a lot of time because it is transfer day, but I want you all to know that I love you. Strive to have Faith in the Lord. That comes first and then the rest come. Faith is so important to us and I am learning everyday how i can better strengthen and use the faith that i have. I love you all.

Love, Soeur Roberts