February 23, 2015

Today we went to the crocodile park in the south with the elders and Jessica and her friend (Jessica is the senior couples-the Conrad’s-daughter who just got back from her mission in Ukraine and is here with her parents until the end of their mission the middle of March).  It was super cool!!!!!!!!!!!  

There was a building with a super cool insect collection and with tons of butterflies from all over the world-they were so beautiful!!!!!

The second picture is a picture of pure joy.  That is me sitting on the back of a giant turtle:DDDD how cool is that?  I look like such a little kid:)  There was a huge open park with over 500 giant turtles and you could pet them and sit on them and love them:)  

Again a manifestation of joy and love, he was such a friendly turtle:)

This is of a family home evening with the family Larauce:)  We played a game called "si j'etais" which is a type of guessing game and then talked about how our Heavenly Father knows each and every one of us personally and perfectly.  One of the scriptures that we shared was in Job 34:21 that says in French;) "Dieu voit la conduite de tous, Il a les regards sur les pas de chacun."  Which means  He sees all of us and even notices each and every one of our steps.  Also in the book of Moses 1:35 it talks about how vast the creations of God are and yet how everything to him is accounted for because we are his.  He truly knows us and loves each and every one of us:) 

Me at the zoo (again;) because Sr Thomas had not been yet) on a little safari bus ride:D  I got to touch the zebra when he came closer:DDDD  Being at zoos and animal parks makes me super nostalgic for animals to be working with/studying/and or cuddling with them;)

This is from contacting this past Saturday.  It was return of the sidewalk chalk!!! thank you again papa:)  It was a fun moment with two of the youth from our branch--Kevin and Anastasia.  They had a blast and it was their first time talking with people like that about their beliefs.  They liked it so much they asked if we can do it this coming Saturday and we said of course and will invite the other youth as well:)

This is a picture of the four missionaries on the island (Elder Estrade from Canada, Elder Clousse from Utah, Sister Thomas from Belgium and Sister Wilson from Washington;) with a giant turtle:D  At this point you are probably wondering why so many pictures of the turtles especially because the name of the park is crocodile park but unfortunately that was not the last picture of a turtle that you will get to see:D  

There you have it, another picture of a turtle!  Two turtles even:D  With Sister Thomas and I on them:) 

And, just for the name's sake, a picture of the crocodiles:)  There were also monkeys at the zoo which made me happy:) 

This was a good week.  There were a lot of intense moments, and lots of sad stories that we learned about, but sometimes all you can do is cry with those who cry and comfort those who stand in need of comfort.

A funny story from the week was during a lesson with a newer investigator named Shela. We had decided  just to share the Book of Mormon with her--which is an incredible volume of scriptures with the writings of ancient prophets living in the Americas-- and her friend who was there.  We thought that we had brought two copies, but no....  As we were teaching I grabbed the book and held it up to show it as I was talking about it and Sr Thomas and I accidentally burst out laughing because it was a more serious moment and what was in my hands was the journal of one of the missionaries who wanted us to write a little note in it for him.  It just so happened to be the same size and the same navy blue with gold writing... we recovered quickly and had a good lesson but it was pretty funny at least for us:)

I hope that everyone has a good week!

Love,

Sister Wilson