Hello. This week was great. We did this M-Week thing so each day we had things to study and challenges to do. It was fun :)
I'll
start with Tuesday. We had a challenge to give out 5 Books of Mormon,
and Soeur M and I were so ready! So we went out on the bridge to contact
for as long as we could to give out Books of Mormon. It was the most
faith led, prayer filled contacting experience I have ever had! So we
were walking and Bordeaux is super rainy and gloomy lately, but I had my
hood on and scarf and it was great! We prayed. No one coming towards
us. Prayed again. First guy Muslim, super excited about something, but
kept walking. Finally we met B. A Muslim who said he wishes we had
more modern day things to help us. Well lucky for him we have modern day
prophets and a Book of Mormon that totally applies to our day. Bingo.
He accepted and set up a lesson. About twenty minutes pass and no one.
We say another prayer, this time in Finnish :) still no one. We turn
around. Pray again. Meet L! He was so nice, so genuine. Was a little
rushed, but was super excited about the Book of Mormon and gave us his
number :) of course we prayed again to say thank you! Then right after
we met J, who told us he was Christian and I just about exploded
because I was like Oh my goodness then you're going to love this book
because it's another Testament of Jesus Christ! I
gave him the book and he was so happy. He was like can we meet again??
Yeah duh. Another prayer. Then we had to go home, one because Soeur M's
scarf was shedding and getting into her eyes because of all the rain and
it looked like she had a black fuzz beard, but we also had to meet the
senior couple. Let me tell you. Prayer works. Faith works. Because the
Lord works through those that demonstrate faith. Even though we didn't
give out 5 Books of Mormon, we were able to meet more of God's children
who may be prepared to accept the fullness of His Gospel. Then we
contacted a referral with the senior couple who lived like an hour away
and wasn't super ready to accept so that was a bummer but I don't care
because it was a splendid day!
Wednesday
was exchanges! I was with Soeur M and we had a great day. We
actually weren't able to teach any lessons because they all fell
through, but it was still good. We met this cool atheist, used to be
Muslim who had questions that we of course had answers to, so we set up
that for next week :)
Thursday
was the best day ever! We had zone training, which was just about
serving members and having members serve you. It was
good, but the really good part was our lesson with A! Did I talk
about her last week? We met her our first night back in Bordeaux and she
said meeting us was divine intervention because she was looking for a
church. So we were able to have a lesson with her and it was the best
first lesson i have ever had. She is Kenyan, Muslim dad, christian mom,
said she always wished she had grown up with a faith, but realized that
everyone kinda needs to have their own spiritual journey/finding anyway.
She talked about how she wishes she had more faith, but she was always
drawn to the Bible. We started with Ephesians 4:5. She totally got that
there is only one true church. Then we went down to vs 11-14 which talks
about prophets and apostles and she just soaked that right up. She
totally understood and it totally made sense for her. We need prophets
today. Then we went into the apostasy, Joseph Smith and Soeur M asked
her what she would ask God if He appeared to Her she said she'd ask why
she is here? What is the point to life? Great discussion. We were able
to testify of the Savior and His atonement and gave her a Book of Mormon
and she loved it. She said it was so beautiful. She loved how we do
believe in miracles still, and that God still talks to His children and
we do receive revelation. IT WAS INCREDIBLE. She really wants to come to
church but she'll be in London this week. Anyway, she is a miracle and
we love her so much.
Friday
was our monster, work all day skip meals day! We had two lessons with
potential amis, and searched for old amis and we were so tired. It was
fantastic. We actually weren't able to find anyone at home, which was a
bummer. We felt a little unsuccessful that day, and like we didn't work
hard because we didn't see success, but it was still good.
Saturday
we had another lesson with M. It was mostly him asking about our
lifestyle, but at the end we asked him why he was meeting with us,
because he is pretty Muslim and we don't want to be wasting our time,
even though he is one of the nicest, most gracious people I've met. But
he said he is trying to find truth with what we are saying and what he
knows. He said he wants to know truth and essentially he said if he
starts to have the same beliefs as us, that wouldn't be bad. It's
interesting because there are so many connections with what we believe
and what they believe, except for their Prophet Mohammad and Jesus
Christ. It is very interesting. So we decided to not drop him, as long
as he keeps commitments and he asked to see us again Monday, which is
today, but I'll tell you about our lesson today next week! Saturday
night we had a ward Tahitian party and it was a blast! :)
Sunday
we were able to set up some great dinner appointments with families
with less active kids and they were so excited to have the sisters over!
so we are excited :) and sacrament meeting was all about the law of
chastity and same gender attraction. awkward.
Great
week. We are doing so good and finding such great people. I love you
all and I hope you have a wonderful week and don't forget to smile!
Love, Soeur Roberts
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