First, great week. Second, I am staying in Bordeaux(duh) and I am receiving a new companion on Wednesday I believe :) I am pretty stoked. She is going to be wonderful, I just know it. And even if she isn't, she's still wonderful to Heavenly father, so she is to me!
Anyway, I got to go on exchanges again with the sister training leaders, except this time with Soeur R! I swear, those sisters are miracle workers. Back up story: So Monday, Soeur R told me to try to set up as many lessons as I could because we were going to have a "monster day." What is that you ask? A day that is so full of productive activities that at the end you basically pass out! It was a great day. Anyway, so that night I call some people that we're teaching but none of them could meet with me. So I start to go to old numbers in the area book from like early 2012 and late 2011. No luck. I get to this name that said she was already an investigator. I think what if she is baptized and I just don't know it? I call her anyway, and she starts to go on and on about how happy she is that I called and sets up a lesson! I look to see if I can find her progress record and I turn right to it! She had a baptismal date at one point but lost contact with the sisters. This was like two years ago. Miracle? I think yes. Unfortunately, she worked longer than she expected so we had to reschedule. But still. It was a miracle I found her again! So monster day comes and we have a few lessons with members and we are running from place to place and we skipped lunch and it was probably my favorite day on the mission so far. We met incredible people! I got 6 numbers, set up a lesson and someone wants to come to church. Such a great day. Truly. That is what missionary work is about.
That leads me to N. I met him on the beautiful bridge of Bordeaux, born Muslim, then protestant, now agnostic, super cool, hipster, glasses and everything. Super super super nice too. He is like super interested to learn more. Sorry for saying super, super often. So Friday we have our lesson with a great member from Utah who served his mission here actually. Cool. So N loves it. He wanted to come to church. He understood so much, wants to read the Book of Mormon. I love this guy. So Saturday night, he asks if he can bring a friend to church. OF COURSE YES. So Sunday comes, our phone stops working we don't know where he is! ahh! But sacrament he walks in! yay!!!!! After he met all these members and loved church and is going to come to the baptism of the zone leaders this Saturday!! N is incredible. Truly a miracle.
Saturday we had a lesson with O, finally. He was home my first day in Bordeaux. He is great and loved what we had to say and agreed with it all. Actually our member that came taught a lot of it. He was incredible. Best first lesson i have ever heard in my life. But O seems to be one that just loves to talk about God and Jesus Christ, which is wonderful, but he doesn't understand why our gospel is important, or different. We'll get him though. He will get it :) And then after church we met with S again and taught him the first lesson, which he remembered pretty well from when he was taught earlier this year. It went really well. Our members testified and I got this strong impression to invite him to baptism. He said yes. :) So if we continue to prepare him, I think he will get baptized. Good news: his friend M is actually the one getting baptized on Friday :) niiiice.
Anyway, this end of the week was great! Oh District conference! All about health and safety. I guess there have been problems lately. Ironically we ate peanut butter and marshmallow sandwiches as a district for lunch. That's not very healthy. but it was good :)
Anyway, new transfer, new adventures, can't wait. This gospel is true everyone. So true and I love it so much. We are so blessed to have the fullness of the gospel in our lives. I love you all! :)
Love, Soeur Roberts
(ps O calls me Soeur Ribbits. I am not a frog but i think he does it on accident)
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