Bonjour!!!
The weather has turned a bit chilly this weekend but
that has not dampened our spirits one bit. It was a a little slower on
the lessons this last week but we kept working hard and we keep finding
new people.
Bethina is continuing strong, she had a big test this week and was
really nervous, she asked us if she could fast to help her with her
test. How cool is that, we told her she could and explained a little
more about fasting. We called the night after her test and she was happy
because she passed and she said that she was surprised because she
hadn't felt hungry or thirsty at all. She has a lot of faith and acts on
it. She is such an amazing example to me, she is making so many
changes, and the blessings are so evident, it is almost miraculous. She
is praying to know if May 5 is the day she should get baptized, so pray
for her!
Sunday Soeur Chard and I had some miracles. This entire week we have
been having a hard time having the desire to go out and do contacting,
we have done it and worked hard, but the desire wasn't there so it was
more of a way to pass time as opposed to being really effective, so
Saturday night we talked about why we were having such a hard time and
what we needed to do to get the fire going. We decided that part of ot
was that we hadn't been as diligent in our goal to contact on every
train among other things. Our zone leaders had challenged us to set
goals that didn't depend on the choices of others to accomplish, that
were measurable by how we personally used our agency. So Soeur Chard
and I decided that we were going to pray very hard for the desire to go
contacting and that we were going to talk to 40 people. We got us early
Sunday morning so we could meet Bethina at the bus stop and go to church
together. We had to wait at the bus stop about 20 minutes before
Bethina arrived so, Soeur Chard being the amazing person that she is
started searching for people to contact. There aren't a ton of people
out and about at 8 in the morning on a cold Sunday, but we managed to
find seven people to talk to, none were interested, and several were
really rude, including one woman who yelled at us and us how disgusted
she was that we would dare preach the filth we called a religion. It
wasn't a very encouraging start but our church meetings were especially
spiritual and that boosted our spirits. After lunch we went out to do
some finding, in about an hour and a half we talked to 32 people most of
whom though not interested were very nice. We met one girl named
Aurélie who took a copy of the Book Of Mormon and seemed interested. By
the end we were thrilled by all the work we had done and that it had
been enjoyable in spite of the lowering clouds and gusty wind. We had
dinner and went out to do some porting in a 17 story apartment building
close to where Rita lives. We started at the top and worked our way
down, no one on the 17th was interested, but on the 16th we met a woman
named Marie-Claire who took a Proclamation on the Family and set a
rendez-vous. After she shut the door we realaised that she was the 40th
person that we had talked to. Miracle! President Poznanski keeps telling
us that God is a God of the fourth watch and that it is only after the
trial of our faith that we see the fruits and miracles. We hadn't had a
ton of success, until the 40th person. We still had about 25 minutes
before we needed to start home so we continues porting, two floors down
we met a Portuguese woman named Maria, who was very sweet, we talked for
a good 15 minutes with her. She has had a lot of hard things happen to
her and while she has lost confidence in man, she still trusts in God.
We gave her a Plan of Salvation pamphlet and said that we would pass by
next Friday after our rendez-vous. The spirit was so strong while we
were talking to Maria, I felt so much love for this woman I do not know.
I know that the atonement of Jesus Christ can heal all her hurts and
give her the courage she needs. Maria was the last person that we
contacted last night. Soeur Chard and I talked about it, I know that our
experience yesterday was an answer to prayer. When the things we desire
or ever desire to desire are right, if we ask in faith God will give it
to us. But we must ask.
I love you and wish you the best of weeks!
Soeur Gaelin Turney
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