Hey Famille!
This past week was SUPER!! Seriously, it's weeks like last week that make
everything worth it.
Now, I'm not gonna lie, this transfer has been so hard. Not because of my
companion, I love Elder Kendall, but because we've been working so hard to find
new people to teach. Every day we've been going out finding. But every day we've
gotten back to the appartement with just been rejected all day...everyday until
last week!!
Last week, on Monday, we received a call from someone who apparently met
with the missionaries in the past. She was having some troubles with something
that we didn't quite understand, so we went over to her house the next day, and
she vented to us about someone she works with...we testified tons and tried
helping her, I finally shared a scripture with her in Alma (I forgot the
reference) but it talks about the word "restoration." After we read the
scripture she was like "oh, I feel good now. I think I should go talk to her and
resolve the problem." ha...
But then on Tuesday night, we were contacting at the Prefecture and we met
a Haitian woman. We were able to teach her about the restoration and give her a
book of Mormon. She didn't want to give us her contact information, so we gave
her ours and she said she'd call when she has questions.
Wednesday afternoon, we contacted a guy and were able to teach him about
the Restoration also. And gave him a Book of Mormon. And we'll be following up
with him today. :)
We did splits this past saturday, I was with Elder Ireland. We were
supposed to have three lessons, but everyone fruged us. We went to a baptism in
Versailles for a little 8 year old boy in our ward, while the other equipe
stayed in Cergy. That's the first baptism I've seen on my mission so far!! :) The missionaries didn't have any part in his baptism. The family had
invited the missionaries to come...so we went to support him and the ward.
This past Sunday, the missionaries sang a musical number with the Famille
Pettitt (the DMP and his family). We did Homeward Bound. In French. It was so
beautiful and the spirit was so strong! Apparently the last time missionaries in
this ward did a musical number, it wasn't...so...beautiful...and so the musical
number yesterday redeemed the missionaries...ha :) It was so fun to share that
talent with the ward. :)
It's so amazing how the Lord blesses us. We were definitely blessed this
week. After persisting for 4 weeks with rejection after rejection, after being
patient, and just as we started getting discouraged, the Lord blessed us. I'm so
lucky to be here serving as a missionary in La Mission Française de Paris. I
know that I was called of God to serve here. Je sais que c'est eglise est
vrai.
I love you all!
-Elder B. Stanton Wilson
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