7/13/2015
Bonjour, Hola, hello, salam a la comme(arabic),chidobre dubrikle( polish),
That is just a few of the languages that we have come in contact with this week here in Lavel. :)
Transfers
were this week. My companion is Sister Mildrum from Albert Canada, who
has been out for 8 months.
She was called in Spanish and is also
learning French. She s the best! It has really been such a good week. We're
practically twins-we are so similar!
Lavel is a beautiful
area. Very much a city- which makes it very interesting to drive in. There is
so much culture here, I absolutely love it!
Just the other
day we went to some Morrocan woman's home. They were so sweet and really
went out of there way, making all this food and drinks. They really
showed us hospitality. They also taught us some Arabic, and we even got
invited to their daughter's wedding!
We
have meet people from Greece, Poland, Morocco, Haiti, Columbia,... and
there are more too...it's really interesting learning about all the
different cultures. Love it!
Just yesterday we were
running
low on kilometers for our car so we decided to walk to and from church
and talk to EVERYONE! We talked to this Greek family sitting outside and
had a really good conversation (this one was in English). It's
amazing-we testified and she told us what she believed and at the end of
the
conversation she gave us her number and accepted a card from us.
Something
that I love about here is that everyone does bisou (spelling?) which
is where you kiss each other on each cheek. It is done when you first
talk to someone or after you meet someone or after you are parting.
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| Look who I found at transfers! The MTC Gang! |
Most
of the area is French but there is a good chunk of members who speak
Spanish. So the it is a bit difficult for me when I don t know if i
don't
understand the french or if the reason I don't understand is because it
is Spanish. It is kinda crazy though because just today I felt like I
was
starting to understand the Spainsh... gift of tongues. I know your all
wondering, How's the french... it is good. I can understand for the most
part-if I really, really concentrate. I don't understand every word but
for the most part I know what's going on but responding is a whole other
story. My French is a bit slow but I'm trying and practicing. Sister
Milldam is amazing and so patient with me. But I've already seen an
improvement. I look forward to the day when I can understand it without
much thought.... patience.That seems to be one of the themes of my
mission. But I love it here! We have already seen some miracles and I
am so excited for the coming week!
Bissoux, je vous aime!
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| Sister Dexter-awesome sister from Tahiti! |
Soeur Rawlings
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We meet again...Demi-so sweet and the first person I met in Canada.
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This week I learned that you just
have to do all that you can do and than leave the rest in the
There
have been many times this week that we have felt guided. Specifically,
we had a lesson with an investigator and had the bishop there for the
lesson. Unfortunately, we went to the door and no one answered and when
we called the same thing happened. After waiting for a few minutes and
than getting into our cars the bishop drove away and right as we were
pulling out I turned to Sister Mildrum and just felt like she was there
and we needed to try again. Sister Mildum called her and she was home!
She had been in the parking garage and so she hadn't heard the buzzer.
We were able to call the bishop, who was just a block ahead and have a
very spiritual lesson. It was was so powerful to me to feel the spirit,
act and than see the results. To do all that we could do and than see
the Lord's hand in HIS work. It was a very special experience for me. I
know that this is 
God's work and that he is very aware of each of us
and our situation and will guide us and provide a way when we have done all that we can do. He directs this work just as he
directs this church! I feel so blessed to be here in lovely Lavel, to
help him in his work!
