November 19, 2012

Hello :)

It has certainly been a blessed week.It has been interesting and adventuresome to see how the Lord has answered our prayers in all kinds of creative ways.
I have been praying to become more organized. How has this prayer been answered you may ask? Larvae infestation. We were in the middle of companionship inventory when I looked up on the ceiling and found that we had all sorts of little friends that had joined us. YAY! It was honestly hilarious. Disgusting, but really fun. Sr. Bayles and I are now certified larvae slayers, and our apartment is more organized that it ever has been before (creepy crawilies are a great motivator to get things organized.)

Another day we were on our way to a members home when the tram broke down. A flock of us found ourselves accross the street waiting for a special bus to come and take us further down the line. It was great to see how this crowd of people who normally don't converse at all on public transport all suddenly found that they had something in common...they all really wanted the bus to come, and everyone was being suddenly conversational! It was great! I have been on my mission long enough to know that these situations are acutally not inconveniences, but great chances to have a miracle! This time his name was Rodrigue. He is from Benin, but spent a lot of time in Ghana as well and so he chooses to speak with us in English. He came to church for the first time yesterday, and guess who spoke? Our only other ward member from Ghana. Awesome.

Another day we had to go to the prefacture for legality...which was a long day of sitting, but our mongolian ami ends up coming in and we were able to touch bases with him. He's been living in his car and we found out he found a house for him and his wife and two kids and they are moving in this week I believe! Elder Arnold just called to say that they ran into them in town, too, and that they are still really excited to continue meeting with us. Good stuff!

Soeur Bayles and I had some of the most beautiful teaching experiences of my mission this week. We visited a family with less active children on Tuesday, and although most of the kids decided not to join us for the spiritual thought, we were able to teach the parents and their 16 year old who is in a really critical decision making moment...whether she will follow the example of her older siblings and the world, or her parents and continue faithful in the gospel. It was Tuesday, and we reminded them of the words of Elder Kearon to make the conference last past that day, and as we invited them to pray daily that they could be 'the light in the lives of others' as Elder Andersen suggested, there was such a sweet spirit in the room.

Another wonderful experience was on Soeur Bayles' birthday on Thursday. We invited one of our amies and some young adult sisters in the ward to come and eat with us for our lunch hour. Afterward, we proposed to come with our amie to her home for a quick lesson. It ended up that another friend of hers came over, and we taught a serendipitous first lesson to a wonderful French woman who knows many truths about our Heavenly Father and His love for us. We are very excited to continue meeting with Danielle.

So many other good things I could say. We learned a lot about how to work with ward leaders, how to teach together, how to teach with the spirit. Life is good and our faith and our joy is improving daily! Its wonderful!

Our ami Landry who came to conference is doing great! He came to the baptism this weekend and to all of church, and we will be teaching him at the institute tonight. He's so elect its insane!

We have a lot of amis who are struggling to progress. Its a great opportunity for us to put our faith into action and seek the Lord and pray for miracles.

Life is happy. Remember God lives and loves you. Study His gospel and your life changes for the better every day.

Have a good week!

Love Soeur Waldron