Week #20 Bordeaux

I have been here so long that I don't even remember what week I'm on!

But Dearest Family,

This week was rather wonderful and I will take the next several minutes to write you why! Lucky you.

So I don't remember if I told you or not about Guy from Cameroon? We contacted him about a week and a half ago. We were walking and he was staring at us and I was like "Do I know you?" He's like "You got that right, sista." So Guy actually met with the zone leaders a couple times before Christmas, but due to complications with papers, he moved. But he came back! We were able to have two lessons with him this week, and let me tell you. This kid is great. He has gone through some tragic experiences aka his mother died while he was carrying her on his back to help her at age 12 and had to take care of his family by himself since then. Plus other trials, yet he has never abandoned his belief in God and Jesus Christ. When we asked him who Jesus Christ was for him, his face just lit up. We gave him a Book of Mormon (because he gave the first one to his friend who was interested... already a missionary) and he read a bit. He has no doubt it is true and also has no doubt that there is a prophet today. He said, "They are God's elect." He just wants that conviction and confirmation that it is true. He is so spiritually prepared. We were able to give him a date for baptism that he wants to work towards. We really hope he can stay in France and pray for him. I'm telling you, Guy is incredible.

We dropped T! Sad. He was sad because we couldn't answer His questions. We were sad because he struggled recognizing the influence of the Holy Ghost. But that's that and maybe in the future he will be better prepared :) It was like breaking up. Soeur M had a hard time. She felt bad! We haven't been able to teach A in a really long time because he works a lot and we can never find a woman to teach with us which is a bit disheartening. We sometimes have difficulty finding people to teach with because we are sisters teaching a bunch of men. But we hope we can see him real soon!

The S family we were finally able to see! We taught the kids a great lesson on the Plan of Salvation and we brought little cutouts of the different stages which they really liked. A is 9 and her mom (in active) really wants her to get baptized and A does too. They just need to start coming to church! We asked A what she was doing Sunday and she looked at her mom and said "going to church?" She wants to we just need to help them get there and understand why it is so important to go. We love that family. We gave her a date too for baptism so that she can have a day to work towards, but it'll likely change. We are so excited for her though :)

We have a new family that we are teaching. They have a bit of a sticky situation that I won't go into detail about, but it keeps them from coming to our ward building so they'd have to go about an hour and a half to the next closest ward. They have been taught for a long while and the children are incredible, as well as the parents. They pray every night as a family and read from the Book of Mormon often. Our first lesson was wonderful. The daughters are really sweet and their little boy is a rascal that thinks we are awesome. We taught Faith vs Logic and they loved it. We want to help them want to make the sacrifices to travel to church despite the distance. They are basically already members, just missing the most important ordinance! So we are excited to be working with them :)

We had zone training and zone conference which was both very very good. A lot about love, and our focus this year is finding families. We NEED more families in France.

S is doing wonderfully. His date is pretty solid and we'll get to go up to Angouleme to teach him one last time before his baptism :) We are so stoked! And the best part is that he is too :) We love him.

We have a couple of potentials we hope to make way with this week, and less actives so we'll see :) It was a great week though. Full of many wonderful miracles.

Something I learned: Obedience brings blessings, exact obedience brings miracles.

Moral of the story? Be obedient. I love you all so much and I hope you love me too, but love the Savior more. This Gospel is true and we are so blessed to have the restored church of Jesus Christ on the earth. Now share it with all your friends! I love you :)

Love, Soeur Roberts