That is the title of Hope of Israel in French :) I love it!
Email business and such: Ok so just to clarify, I can receive emails from anyone, and I love hearing from people! The only problem is that although I’m allowed to respond back to individual emails, it takes a long time and I only have an hour a week to email so it’s kind of a bonus if I get to do that. So, I thought that what I'd start doing is just mention everyone in this main email who I got emails/letters from that week, and then if I get to respond back personally as well that will be nifty. :) I wish I would have done this from the start!
Alright, so this week I got mail from the zone leaders, who once again gave me a hard time because of my harvest. Thank you to The Longhurst family, Aunt Michele, Mike and Kim, Jason Despain, Elder Allen from the MTC who went to Paris, The Nelson Family, Mom dad and Spencer for the package (which was GLORIOUS! and Spence, thanks for the gift...the gloves hat and scarf were very needed!) and Grandma and Grandpa Waldron, and Jerrilyn Ankenman...I can't wait to find little people for those cute hats! I already have a few in mind who need them back in Dijon :) Thank you again to ALL! You are a blessing to me!
Well, things have gotten off to a great start here in Montpellier! We are settled in and are lost less often than we were at this time last week, so that is good.
This place is wonderful! And a big part of that is the enthusiasm of the ward. We met with the Relief Society President the second day we were here and put together a list of Sisters we could visit right off the bat...Soeur Lucas is FORMIDABLE! (note: in French that word has a very positive connotation, not at all like its English counterpart, ha.) She had been a member for about 4 years I think and I just want to find a million people just like her to teach, ha. Another notable ward member is a man named Aimè. His name means 'loved' and I couldn’t think of a more appropriate way to describe him. He is of African descent and is wheelchair bound, and he has the most cheerful countenance of anyone I have ever met! I told Soeur Madsen that after meeting him I don’t think I will ever frown again. He had bought two HUGE grocery bags of food for us that were so heavy we could barely carry them between the three of us. Then there is Soeur Zimori, who is the grandmother of the ward...most adorable and most talkative woman on planet earth. Her home looks like All of our grandparent's homes put together and she isn’t much taller than mom. She loves the Bize family from back home in Danville, and brought out their family Christmas card and a few other pictures of them from a long time ago to show me 'Ahh Pierre et Brigitte mes petits enfants!' She is adorable, and very fun to sit next to at church. Then there is our Ward Mission leader, Nelson, we’ve already had a meeting with him and he is great...his mom is from the reunion and she LOVES the missionaries and she fed us tasty Reunionaise food on Sunday (the Reunion an island off of Madagascar and a department of France) and the Bishop is great too and super excited about the work. Well I could keep going and going about the ward, they love missionaries and there are seven of us, which means the Lord must have a lot in store for Montpellier!
We have been doing a decent amount of contacting and street boarding (street boarding is basically where you pick a spot and put up a board with pictures and mormon.fr on it and then all of us just talk to whomever walks by, we like to do this with the Elders because its easier with more people.) and well, we still have lots of work to do! We do have one ami(friend-someone we contacted) who you could remember in your prayers, her name is Naila, and she is a friend of a recent convert name Nathascha. We taught her the first lesson today and she prayed for the first time, it was a beautiful experience. Two others I have in mind are Bruno and Paul. The focus of our prayers lately is to be able to FIND the people here who are ready for the gospel, we know that they are out there and are eager to work.
Well I would just like to share my testimony with you. I know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ changes lives. Every single person on this earth is a child of God and can benefit from the truths of the gospel. This is a tumultuous world we live in....the adversary is sending his winds in full force, and we must stand strong. But, the good news of the Gospel is that Christ has overcome the world, and through Him we can overcome all things. But, it was not easy for Him, nor is it easy for us, but it is possible. Moroni chapter 7 verse 33 in the Book of Mormon says, “And Christ hath said: If ye will have faith in me ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me.”
I LOVE YOU! Have the happiest week of your lives.
Love Soeur Waldron :)
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