This week was GREAT!
First of all, I finished the Book of Mormon in French several days before the deadline I had set for myself!
I did an exchange in another ville and it was good.We had some good lessons this week both with amis and less active members. We have been doing allot of work with members here. I GOT TO DO SERVICE! meaning: I GOT TO WEAR PANTS! I miss pants allot. we went to help this family (not members) who are in the process of renovating their house. We chiseled plaster(or really old cement?) off a wall to expose the rock underneath. I was chiseling and hammering at this wall for a solid hour and the last couple days the muscles in my hands have been pretty sore. Not a problem. Now I know I have grippy muscles in case I ever need to hold onto something for dear life. haha :)
Monday I had a really cool miracle/testimony building experience.
The last couple weeks I was in Nice we were out by Monaco looking for an inactive sister. We got to the address and couldn't really find her apartment. There were a group of about 6 Filipino men outside of an apartment that we asked if they knew this woman. Turns out they were kinda drunk so they talked in circles about how that it was the right address but they didn't know the sister we were looking for. In the meantime one of the men came up to me and asked about the Book of Mormon I was holding I gave it to him and he flipped through the first couple pages to the picture of Christ. He then told me that he really needed this book. But he wouldn't take it because he was with his friends. He told me that we could come back another time and that he would be there. He told me several times "Don't forget me!" Unfortunately I was transferred within the next couple weeks and never had a chance to go back.
A couple weeks ago this experience came to my mind and I couldn't stop thinking about it. I asked Sister Howden if she had ever gotten the chance to find this man after I left but she never had the chance. I still couldn't shake this experience from my mind so I decided to call the sister in Nice and give them a really vague refferal since I no longer remember the man's name thankfully Sr Howden remembered the address and the name of the member we had been looking for. The sisters said they would check it out the next time that there were in that area.
Monday I got a call from the sister in Nice. They told me that they had gone to the address and...did not find this phillippino man. BUT as they knocked on some doors looking for him they found a couple from cameroon who were really interested and were able to fix a rdv with them! AND because they had come prepared for my Phillipino man they were able to give the Tagalog Book of mormon to someone else they met there!
That was a huge testimony builder for me because lately I have been really trying to learn to understand and recognize the promptings of the spirit.
The Lord works in Mysterious ways.
Well that's all I've got for you for right now. I love ya LOTS!!!
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