Hey Hey Everyone!
Well a new transfer has begun and I'm still in the beautiful
ward
Nogent with my new companion, Soeur Lefrandt! She's great. Funny
thing
about her is we have a million friends in common and we get
along
great. I'm excited to see where this transfer takes us.
The week started out a little bitter sweet saying goodbye to my
best
friend, Soeur Wynn. Mais, all is well. :) I feel like the time
just
goes by so fast, I keep praying that it'll slow down a little bit.
The Allanic's son was baptized this week and our ami, Claudia
came :)
That was her 3rd baptism she has attended and this time I could tell
she
was reflecting a lot on her decision to be baptized. She seems a
little nervous, but I have all the faith in the world that she
will be
ready the 19th of Octobre :)
We also got to visit our friend, Chantal. She's the coolest. She
just
takes care of everyone. We went with her to visit her mom who is
in a
really nice retirement home and it was so fun! We walked in and
I felt
like we were movie stars. Everyone's eyes became the size of
bowling
balls! They were the cutest. It was so fun to chat with some
elderly
folks in French. So cute!
Another super interesting story, we tried to contact this lady
and she
was kinda crazy. She kept saying "You are not from this
planet. You
both aren't
from this world." And I was so shocked I kept saying,
"No we're here.
We have flesh and blood. We're on the earth?" She just kept
telling us
no. It was so interesting. Later, Soeur Lefrandt and I just kinda
laughed about it.
Friday night we had such a miracle! Soeur Lefrandt and I have
been
doing a lot of finding and contacting and porting! oh man! On
Friday
night we tried to visit a less active and turned out she didn't
live
there anymore and we somehow ended up in another city called
Noisy Le
Grand. We decided to walk around and try to talk to some people.
Rejection after rejection, Soeur Lefrandt turned to me and said,
"Soeur, we need to pray." We found a spot and prayed.
Just after, we
turned around and contacted this woman and she
was really nice. We testified and turned to Moroni 10:3-5. We
asked
her to read it and she began balling! She told us it was so
touching
and she had prayed that morning that God would send someone to
her! We
began testifying and said a prayer with her and after we ended
the
prayer, a man walked by and said, "Bonjour les
soeurs!" then told us
he was a branch president and to keep up the good work! So then
we
decided to go sit on a bench with her and talk about the
blessings of
the gospel and read more of the Book of
Mormon. By the end, we were all just crying. She asked us how
much she
could pay us for the Book of Mormon and it's so nice to be able
to say
the gospel is free and for everyone! Towards the end I invited
her to
be baptized and she said she would! Best part of this
story-SHE'S 100%
FRENCH!
We haven't met with her since and things are a little
complicated, but
we're going to try and see her soon. We talked to her the next
day and
she said she wasn't sure, but she's been reading the Book of
Mormon. I
have no doubt she will one day be an incredible member of the
true
church of Jesus Christ :)
After that we found 3 other people that were interested and it's
incredible to see the hand of the Lord throughout it all. Soeur
Lefrandt and I have been here under 6 months, yet we're trying to
inviting others to Christ in a language we both don't know. We
are so
humbled by the teaching power of the Spirit. When we bear our
simple,
broken-French tesimonies, the Spirit truly does the rest.
I know with all my heart that God has a plan for each of us.
Sometimes
we lose sight of where we're going or who we are, but we can
find
comfort and peace with knowing that our Heavenly Father is aware
of
our needs and loves us. We just have to place our trust in Him
and
have faith in His timing. The trials we face are specifically
for us.
I love this gospel. I know it's true. It brings so much peace
and
happiness to my life. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else right
now
than serving the Lord. Thanks for all the love and support! Til
next
week,
Stay righteous, be true, be you!
Avec amour,
Soeur
Berge
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