We had so many awesome moments this week!! And so many funny stories but I don't know if I have time for them all. So let me just start with you know you're a missionary when moments.
You know you're a missionary when:
Romain coming randomly to church yesterday was an AWESOME MIRACLE! The best was when one of our friend (Stephen) ran into us with him in-between the block. He was getting to know Romain and he asked him "so how do you know the Soeurs" Romain then points to the class and says, "from class". Stephen was so confused.
We taught a man yesterday named Henrie. We met him on Saturday Night while knocking his neighborhood. He has a big family and he is evangelical. He asked us to come back the same time tomorrow (Sunday). We come back and had an AWESOME LESSON. He has such a spirit of love in his home and after starting to teach him he said "I think I should be taking notes" and he proceeded to take notes of the scriptures we used and Joseph Smith's experience. At the bottom he wrote when our next RDV with him was. When he did that, mine and Soeur Rhondeau's hearts just swelled. He won't forget us! (Hopefully)
We went to a couple dinners this week at members’ homes. This first was at the Lusvardi's. They are this beautiful American family (so it was nice to have a break from French). They made us an AMAZING meal but what was the most fantastic was how much warmth was in their home. They had a super cute daughter name Lily (4ish) and a son Jullian (3ish). Let me just preface that lily is the most well-mannered lovely little girl. She's like a mini Audrey Hepburn and she enunciates all her words with such care. Well at one point during dinner she accidentally spilled her milk. She said "oh no. Mommy, look what happened. I'm sorry". At this point I'm thinking "oh no. She didn't mean to! Hopefully she doesn't get in too much trouble" her mom just nonchalantly replied "oh it's not a big deal" and just whipped it up. About 30 minutes later, Lily's friend Carington opened a cupboard and all the books and toys came spilling out. Silence. "Sorry lily" "Don't worry! It wasn't your fault!" -Lily. I just thought of how evident it was how their kids were raised. Things that don't matter--really DO. NOT. MATTER. There was never an unkind word spoken. I'm sure they have their days like everyone else but it definitely wasn't when we were there. Anyway, it was an awesome day and we really felt like we had a little piece of home. We shared a message that "Faith is like a little seed" and we brought a pack of flower seeds to give to Lily and Jullian. When I asked Lily how she waters or gives sun to our faith tree, she said "well sometimes we talk about Jesus" so precious. And we felt so cool because Lily LOVED the seeds we gave her. She said "Umm. Soeur Bitter. Thank you very much for the seeds. I have been wanting to water the flowers outside but mom says their not mine and now I have my own. So thank you very much" I love her.
We went to Maria's house the next day for crepes and she is AWESOME! She is from Russia and has a little boy and girl as well. We shared a lesson with her about God's love for her. Maria has SO MUCH LOVE for everyone. Like SO MUCH. She is looking for opportunities to show her love for others. We just hope she knows that we love her and God loves her too. It was so funny though. Her kids and Soeur Rhondeau and I were coloring before dinner. I didn't know what to draw so I proceeded to draw the Eiffel Tower...one of the few things I can draw quickly. Soon I became a celebrity. :) I can't speak french amazingly but I can at least draw Eiffel Towers for all the kids we visit.
Yesterday, we had a surprise family night. We found out we had it at the end of Sacrament meeting. We hopped in the car and headed over. It was so awesome. They invited over a man who is in our ward who is less active. We were able to talk about how we can see God in all of his creations. He was such a nice man! I hope he is there this Sunday.
Mom: I heard you're really kicking it when it comes to family history. That is so awesome! After coming on a mission I really see the serious importance of family history work...not that I didn't see it before. I think I just have a more proactive attitude towards it now.
Dad: You planted strawberries! The summer I LEAVE?! I feel robbed. Why are you going to CA? I appreciate your stalking me and giving us weather updates. Sometimes we try to peek at the news and see what the weather will be like the next day...most of the time it doesn't work.
OH ALSO! What in the world is happening over there? Every time people find out I'm from the United States, the proceed to talk to me about the Boston Marathon bombing and another bombing in Chicago? What happened? I feel incredibly out of the loop.
Jon: You're awesome. Way to be the highlight of the week.
Rachel & Mayu--where are you these days?? I want to send you a postcard but I don't dare send it to your old addresses. I never had Rachel’s address in the first place. If you want a postcard, you have to send me your address :)
You know you're a missionary when:
- Your purse breaks because your Book of Mormon is so heavy.
- When a man comes up to you on the street and says "I like the green you're both wearing. How do I become part of your team? What team are you on?" And you reply "we are missionaries of Jesus Christ" Aka "we're on Jesus's team."
- When you become super excited to have an investigator you have never met just walk into church. THAT WAS A MIRACLE! Let's just dwell on this for a moment. So our church is backwards. We start with Relief Society and Priesthood and then Sacrament meeting is last. The missionaries start in Priesthood because we share a missionary moment in the very beginning and then we go down to RS. Well we come in and we see one of our Ami's fathers who is not a member and we become very excited and we sit next to him. Next thing we know, a man walks in who I have never seen before. My first thought "well...I am very new. Maybe I just haven't noticed him before" until Soeur Rhodeau says "I don't know that man". Preface to Soeur Rhondeau: She has been serving here since the end of Dec.. So if she doesn't know them, that means they are not in the ward. We taught 2nd hour (which is like Gospel Essentials) to our two investigators and afterwards he said he really liked it here. We have an FHE set up with him for tonight and he seemed really excited that he was invited...little does he know that the FHE is planned FOR him :)
- You keep pictures that little kids draw for you and hang them on your fridge.
- You go porting (door-to-door) and a woman opens the door who is brest feeding her child...and not discreetly either. Just teaching a mini lesson about Joseph Smith to a bare chested woman. No big deal
- You feel a sense of being accepted when animals are nice to you.
- You have dreams about teaching the Gospel.
- People ask you why you and your companion have the same first name...at least once a day.
- You run to the mailbox to see if you're loved at least 3x a day.
- When you stalk 10 year olds to make sure they get to the bus safe in the ghetto.
Romain coming randomly to church yesterday was an AWESOME MIRACLE! The best was when one of our friend (Stephen) ran into us with him in-between the block. He was getting to know Romain and he asked him "so how do you know the Soeurs" Romain then points to the class and says, "from class". Stephen was so confused.
We taught a man yesterday named Henrie. We met him on Saturday Night while knocking his neighborhood. He has a big family and he is evangelical. He asked us to come back the same time tomorrow (Sunday). We come back and had an AWESOME LESSON. He has such a spirit of love in his home and after starting to teach him he said "I think I should be taking notes" and he proceeded to take notes of the scriptures we used and Joseph Smith's experience. At the bottom he wrote when our next RDV with him was. When he did that, mine and Soeur Rhondeau's hearts just swelled. He won't forget us! (Hopefully)
We went to a couple dinners this week at members’ homes. This first was at the Lusvardi's. They are this beautiful American family (so it was nice to have a break from French). They made us an AMAZING meal but what was the most fantastic was how much warmth was in their home. They had a super cute daughter name Lily (4ish) and a son Jullian (3ish). Let me just preface that lily is the most well-mannered lovely little girl. She's like a mini Audrey Hepburn and she enunciates all her words with such care. Well at one point during dinner she accidentally spilled her milk. She said "oh no. Mommy, look what happened. I'm sorry". At this point I'm thinking "oh no. She didn't mean to! Hopefully she doesn't get in too much trouble" her mom just nonchalantly replied "oh it's not a big deal" and just whipped it up. About 30 minutes later, Lily's friend Carington opened a cupboard and all the books and toys came spilling out. Silence. "Sorry lily" "Don't worry! It wasn't your fault!" -Lily. I just thought of how evident it was how their kids were raised. Things that don't matter--really DO. NOT. MATTER. There was never an unkind word spoken. I'm sure they have their days like everyone else but it definitely wasn't when we were there. Anyway, it was an awesome day and we really felt like we had a little piece of home. We shared a message that "Faith is like a little seed" and we brought a pack of flower seeds to give to Lily and Jullian. When I asked Lily how she waters or gives sun to our faith tree, she said "well sometimes we talk about Jesus" so precious. And we felt so cool because Lily LOVED the seeds we gave her. She said "Umm. Soeur Bitter. Thank you very much for the seeds. I have been wanting to water the flowers outside but mom says their not mine and now I have my own. So thank you very much" I love her.
We went to Maria's house the next day for crepes and she is AWESOME! She is from Russia and has a little boy and girl as well. We shared a lesson with her about God's love for her. Maria has SO MUCH LOVE for everyone. Like SO MUCH. She is looking for opportunities to show her love for others. We just hope she knows that we love her and God loves her too. It was so funny though. Her kids and Soeur Rhondeau and I were coloring before dinner. I didn't know what to draw so I proceeded to draw the Eiffel Tower...one of the few things I can draw quickly. Soon I became a celebrity. :) I can't speak french amazingly but I can at least draw Eiffel Towers for all the kids we visit.
Yesterday, we had a surprise family night. We found out we had it at the end of Sacrament meeting. We hopped in the car and headed over. It was so awesome. They invited over a man who is in our ward who is less active. We were able to talk about how we can see God in all of his creations. He was such a nice man! I hope he is there this Sunday.
Mom: I heard you're really kicking it when it comes to family history. That is so awesome! After coming on a mission I really see the serious importance of family history work...not that I didn't see it before. I think I just have a more proactive attitude towards it now.
Dad: You planted strawberries! The summer I LEAVE?! I feel robbed. Why are you going to CA? I appreciate your stalking me and giving us weather updates. Sometimes we try to peek at the news and see what the weather will be like the next day...most of the time it doesn't work.
OH ALSO! What in the world is happening over there? Every time people find out I'm from the United States, the proceed to talk to me about the Boston Marathon bombing and another bombing in Chicago? What happened? I feel incredibly out of the loop.
Jon: You're awesome. Way to be the highlight of the week.
Rachel & Mayu--where are you these days?? I want to send you a postcard but I don't dare send it to your old addresses. I never had Rachel’s address in the first place. If you want a postcard, you have to send me your address :)
Mindy: WAY TO BE THE ONLY PERSON TO SEND ME A LETTER THIS WEEK!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU!! EXPECT AN EPIC LETTER COMING YOUR WAY..ok...I'm not that cool. It might not be epic. But you'll be getting one :)
I love you all SO MUCH!!
Sœur Bitter
I love you all SO MUCH!!
Sœur Bitter
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