Friday, October 4, 2013

Bordeaux Week #2

Helllooo!
This week went good :) We actually spent half of it in Grenoble because Sister G needed to do her legality there, so we were out of our sector for three days, which was kinda a big bummer. But I ate a stuffed waffle and a bagel sandwich which was really yummy :) But we had quite a few member moments which was great!
Wednesday night we went to our WML's house. Him and his wife are from Idaho and super nice. It's odd to have a dinner appointment in all English! haha But they are both awesome. Brother T is a little awkward so he makes me laugh... :)
Then Thursday we were able to get back to work! We had zone training and we discussed a lot about goal making and accountability.  We have the youngest missoinary in our district. He turned 18 in June and got his mission call before he graduated! Crazy! He's a nice elder though. So we made goals as a zone. We focused on how many baptisms we want and a lot on getting members involved in our work.
Friday was great because we had exchanges and I love exchanges. I went with Soeur M from Nevada. We worked worked worked which always makes days better, like 100% better. We had a lesson with one of her investigators who wants to get baptized sooo bad. She said I don't want to wait I need salvation now! So cool. She is a very sweet woman but she kinda has some mental disabilities so they have to be careful and make sure she is ready. After that we went and visited a less active. She is very old, like 70's but she literally dresses and wears make up like she is 17 years old. It kinda scared me when I first saw her, but  i love her. She is lonely she said and I guess has had some problems in her life. She loves to sing hymns and so we sang Be Still My Soul with her and then we gave her a lesson on her divine potential and how she is not alone. It really touched her.
On Saturday me and Souer M were on our way to visit another less active in my ward and we were contacting on the way and we had a miracle! We contacted M. A student here in Bordeaux. She is Christian, french canadian and super nice. We asked her what brings her happiness and she said the Sun! And then we got to talking. She told us how she is Christian and we talked about the restored Gospel. She asked about prophets and she said I think it isn't neccessary to have a prophet because we can go directly to God for questions. She asked me how I know, how I came to find out. I told her how I prayed. I told her I read a scripture in 2 Nephi 29:9. God is the same Yesterday today and forever. Just because we have one word doesn't mean we can't have more. Then we gave her the first lesson on a bench, I gave her a Book of Mormon that she promised she would read, and we exchanged numbers. And I called her last night and we are meeting her today for lunch! I am so excited. I hope she is prepared to accept this gospel.
Sunday was good. I am getting more into the ward. I love them. We got to teach YW's. There were only four girls, but it was a great lesson. One girl who is a little on the edge really opened up. It's hard for the kids here. They are surrounded, literally surrounded by atheists, smoking, drinking, immorality. It's tough to be LDS in high school here in France. They are often the only one. So the girls really talked about those struggles and we testified to them that they are never alone, even when they are. It was great.
We also had another young american couple move in. They are on internship here. The wife is terrified but so sweet. She can't speak french but the husband served his mission here so it's good :) Anyway I love Bordeaux so much.
Also I am almost done with the Book of Mormon. I am going to finish by conference and also I CAN'T WAIT FOR CONFERENCE. I cannot wait. I know that we have a living prophet today and that he leads and directs Christ's only true church. I know this gospel is true. I love you all so much :)
Love, Soeur Roberts

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