September 8, 2014

Okay what a week, what a week.  I don’t even know where to start.  All of our investigators still have their baptismal dates and are progressing well which is super nice.  It is such a nice feeling to have some people who our grateful for us bringing the gospel into their lives and for all of the happy changes that they are making:)  Jean marc is super motivated about it and brought his lady friend to church this past sunday:)  Also, we met Simeon's wife and she accepted to be baptized as well:D  We tried something new this week from preach my

gospel because I have always wanted to but never found the chance to do it, or maybe never had the faith to try.  I explained my idea to Sister Liu and Sister Thomas in the morning and Saturday morning we prayed a ton to be ready for the lesson with both Simeon and André (who have baptismal dates in oct).  At the end of the lesson we invited them to pray, with all of us kneeling, to know if the Book of Mormon was true right then and there.  It is important that they know because if someone doesn’t have their own testimony it will not do any good to be baptized (they have both been reading their scriptures every day and praying and have been feeling more and more sure that this is the right path for them but neither of them felt like they had gotten a direct answer yet).  They both agreed to try and they both got there answers and it was a super powerful moment:D  When we opened our eyes after Simeon’s pray he had tears in his eyes and just said "thank you."  I prayed so hard that I would be able to have the faith that they would have their answers and it was not easy but it was a beautiful experience.

Also, this last friday we had a nice surprise.  We were on our way to Minelli's house (16) to visit her mom sister Delnard when she called us to say her mom was still not at home.  we asked if we could stop by anyways to see her and she said of course.  She has been inviting one of her friends to church who should be there but the friend (Eloisa:) and also her cousin Salima!  We got to have a lesson with all three of them so it was a nice little girl party and it was such a happy moment:)  We talked a bit about who God is and how they are his daughters, we talked a bit about the restoration, and we talked about how to be happy in this life:)  they are such sweethearts and participated well and invited us back this coming week:) 

Saturday there was a baptism of a lady named Marie Therese whom the Elders taught.  She shared her story and it was super amazing.  She had started looking for the true church when she was 19 because she had a very powerful impression that it was on the earth somewhere.  She prayed and looked for thirty years and got to a point where she was mad that God had not yet answered her prayers and she wanted to give up.  One day she met the elders on the bus and they talked to her and she said she felt something warm, and her heart sort of stopped, but when she found out that they were "Mormons" she shooed them away.  A few weeks later she got a Liahona (a church magazine) from her good friend Editte who looks after her handicapped son (and Editte had gotten the Liahona from Sister Boivin, but didn’t want it).  Marie Therese read it and something changed.  She started looking for the missionaries everywhere. She prayed to ask God to put them in her path again and heard a reply "what are their names?"  She said she didn’t know but one of them was short and had glasses (Haha Elder Estrade:)  A month later she got a call to go to her eye doctor appointment early, and who should be on the bus but Elder Estrade and Elder Clousse!  She had all of the lessons and has an incredibly strong testimony of the restored gospel and was so grateful to be baptized by the priesthood authority:) 

On sunday we had a great fast and testimony meeting.  Frere Celeste (whom we've been working with for seven months) came back to church for the first time in ten years three Sundays ago and has staid active since.  He got up to bear his testimony and it was so touching and so powerful and he thanked us and he thanked his wife:)  Then Frere Argien bore his testimony and welcomed back Frère Celeste and almost cried, and it was just so beautiful.  I LOVE LOVE AND I LOVE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST!!!!!

I hope that you all have a lovely week and always look for ways to love everyone around you more and more and to serve them, because that is true happiness:)

Love,

Sister Wilson