Sophie - November 18, 2013

Hello,

Another week has come and gone. I was thinking I could do a little update of Sophie since we haven't talked about her in a while. Just for a refresher, Sophie is the Chinese student who had already heard the story of Joseph Smith.

So she went to Germany for a week and a half and unfortunately she lost her phone. haha But we dropped by and she had missed us! :) Anyway, she told this story of when she was in Germany. She met someone there and they went to lunch together (Sophie is one of the most outgoing people I know).

She said that this girl started talking about her life and she told Sophie about her theory of living: "Live today and take no thought for tomorrow". (As missionaries we're thinking "Uh Oh....and what did YOU say??" haha) But then Sophie said something amazing. She said she sat back and realized all the blessing that God has given her—a good family, help getting to France, and meeting the missionaries.

And then we introduced her to Christ and Christianity. She said "In that moment I knew that I was on the right path and I thought of my missionary friends and all that you have taught me". She went on to say that this last week or two has been hard because she hasn't had ANY time to see friends or to hang out.

She's in school full time and she works as well. (But she still makes time for us :)). She then said that every once in a while she feels lonely but then she thinks of us and what we told her she can do. So she gets on her knees and PRAYS! She said, "and then, I'm not sad anymore. And what is more? I know I should be doing this (praying) more often". She is so incredibly easy to teach. It's actually amazing to me how little we have taught her yet how many amazing spiritual experiences she has had. Teaching people like her make all of this worth it.

Well that's kind of all I want to share for this week :) haha sorry.

Mom & Dad- I'm so excited about the 12 days of Christmas! WOO HOOOOOO!!!! I was thinking the other day about how much I'm going to miss that. BUT NOW I WON"T! Now I'm just going to miss the Christmas stories. haha I'll look some up and read them to myself. teheh. You asked about the weather...it's pretty cold haha. But we're in one of the warmest areas in my mission...so I'm pretty grateful to be here.

Sending my love

Sœur Bitter