Hey ma famille!!
It's cool that tout est bien!! :) (all is well)
So this week, we had some awesome miracles!! Elder Lerdahl and I have been
working SUPER hard to find new amis (friends)...but it seems like nobody is interested.
Port after port. Person after person. It was starting to get really discouraging
for both of us. But then, on our way to Ruenne last week for a Zone meeting and
District meeting, we received a call from a guy named Ashim. Ashim is a refugee
(oh by the way, there are TONS of refugee's here.) from Sierra Leone. He speaks English but is trying to learn French. So, in this call, Ashim said "I have been
looking for a church to go to and a friend gave me this number. I want to go to
your church EVERY week." It was CRAZY cool! So we set up a rendez-vous (appointment) to show
him where our church was and to find more about him and find out his beliefs. We
shared the message of the Restoration with him, and he just LOVED everything. He
asked great questions, too. It was an amazing rendez-vous! He told us about some
crazy trials he had...and as a result of leaving his previous religion, he got
stabbed!! He showed us the scar. It was LEGIT! We'll be meeting with him
more.
And here is the other miracle:
A week from Sunday, we were contacting people in the street, and we
contacted this one guy that was SUPER nice. He said he believed in God and
Christ, but that because of the corruption in the Catholic church, he doesn't
want to have much to do with church/religion. We tried to set up a rendez-vous
but he said "it has to be natural, like when you meet a woman. If we meet again,
we'll set up a rendez-vous, if not, then it wasn't meant to be." Well, during
last week, we went contacting. And just as we were gonna start porting, we ran
into him again!! So we said bonjour (hello). The first thing he said was "Okay, you can
pass by my house." and gave us his name, address, and phone number!! :D Pretty
cool right?! " :)
So I'm doing really well. Although, would you send me some recipes for
desserts. Also, would you look up some recipes for a fruit/vegatable shake for
the morning? I wanna try some new things. My comp is pretty good at making sure
we eat healthy. He's been having this shake every morning that has pineapple
juice, an apple, carrots, and spinach. He says it tastes good and that he feels
more energetic because of the veggies. So I just wanna get some different ideas
for some shakes like that that I can do. :D Thanks.
This week, we'll be doing exchanges with the Elders over in Caen (which is
about an hour-ish away from Cherbourg). I'm pretty stoked! My first exchanges!
We also have a zone conference in Paris. I'm stoked to go back to Paris for a
day!! :)
Oh so far, I've had 4 types of cheese. Le chevre, Camembert, Caprice des
Dieux (the whim of Gods), et Roquefort. Caprice is my favorite thus far. I tried
some new patisseries. One is like a brownie with chocolate fondant. Oh my. It
was SO good!! I'm digging this food.
About worrying about weight, it depends on how you eat. My comp and I eat
healthy. Some Elders gain 10+ pounds because they eat TONS of rubbish. I did
gain some weight in the MTC, so I'm trying to get that off now. I wanna drop
about 15 pounds by the time I get home. I gained like 15-20 pounds in the MTC.
So I weight about 80-81 kg. I wanna be 75-77 kg. :) It's gonna happen!
I'm loving the work here. I know this is where the Lord wants me. I know
that this church is true. Je sais que Joseph Smith ete un vrai prophete. Je sais
que Dieu nous aime et nous sommes ses enfants. Je sais que le livre de Mormon
est vrai. (I know that Joseph Smith was a true prophet. I know that God loves us and we are his children. I know the Book of Mormon is true.)
Dieu soit avec toi jusqu'au revoir! (God be with you till we meet again!)
Je vous aime beaucoup!! (I love you very much.)
-Elder Wilson
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