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30 July 2018
Dear Everyone!
Another great day in Limoges! We had a week full of little miracles. I love seeing how little things during the week fall into place to make things work out. For example, this week we had District meeting in Bordeaux which means taking a little tiny train to Périgueux and from there going to Bordeaux. Our train out from Limoges was fifteen minutes late and so we thought that we were going to miss our connection to Bordeaux, but no! It was there waiting for us and we hopped aboard just in time to make it to Bordeaux. The trip is around three hours long. Then the next day our train got cancelled back because it was a grève day, but there was another that got us home just in time! Two lovely miracles. :)
Love,
Dear Everyone!
Another great day in Limoges! We had a week full of little miracles. I love seeing how little things during the week fall into place to make things work out. For example, this week we had District meeting in Bordeaux which means taking a little tiny train to Périgueux and from there going to Bordeaux. Our train out from Limoges was fifteen minutes late and so we thought that we were going to miss our connection to Bordeaux, but no! It was there waiting for us and we hopped aboard just in time to make it to Bordeaux. The trip is around three hours long. Then the next day our train got cancelled back because it was a grève day, but there was another that got us home just in time! Two lovely miracles. :)
This week we got to meet with M. We talked about the Atonement and how we can be freed from our sins. She had great questions, but also when you ask her à question she takes a minute to think and then responds honestly and thoughtfully. I love her! She came to church this week too! I'm excited to see her again this week. We are going to talk about the Atonement some more because she has had a really hard family life. We want to talk about how the Atonement can free us from our burdens.
We also got to have a lesson with Silvana. We read together from Alma 34 and talked about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Our lesson got interrupted though when a friend called her in distress, but she said that she wanted to ask her friend if we can come over and talk with her one day. So maybe something good will come out of that!
The district meeting was really great. We talked about improving our teaching. It struck me that teaching is a tool we'll need to use for the rest of our lives with callings, parenting, possibly our jobs, etc. I love how the gospel blesses every aspect of our lives.
On Sunday in third hour we talked about missionary work. The bishop talked about his own conversion. He said first the elders approached him on a train and tried to talk to him about the gospel, but he said frankly he was scared. He read their plaques and saw derniers jours and thought it meant apocalyptic and them with their black suits and ties and he was in shorts and a t shirt. So he said no he wasn't at all interested. But then he met his future wife who was a member and learned about the church from her and eventually joined and is now the Bishop! It just shows how different the experience can be when members share the gospel. Of course we as missionaries have an important role. We are set apart to share the gospel. But it's ideally a member referral so that they can have someone there to walk with them along their path to become a member. Someone their comfortable with from the beginning and who will not be transferred away.
In Sacrament I had the chance to translate. It is quite the nerve racking experience! One of the speakers had some complicated analogies. One of them was with the idea that Heavenly Father wants us to be autonome. He compared Heavenly Father as a chef and us as an apprentice. If he gives us a recipe to make at first we'll make mistakes and it might now turn out well, but the more we practice the better it will turn out and eventually we can learn how to make our own recipes and become a chef as well however still following certain guidelines. It was interesting, but a bit tricky to translate.
Today for P day we went to part of the sous-terrain of Limoges. I guess the underground? There was a little tour of à few of the caves. I thought it was amazing! And apparently we saw just a tiny part of it and there are lots of kilometers under Limoges. In France you own the ground underneath you, so if there is an underground tunnel under your house, you own it. They were first constructed by the romans, but we're used throughout the medieval ages and up to the French revolution and even after. As aquaducts at first but mostly as storage space.
Another interesting experience happened to Sœur M on the bus home. She was standing up because we were going to get off soon or maybe he was standing up about to get off, I'm not sure. But he looked at her plaque for a long time and then he told her abruptly, "Jesus Christ is not the Son of God." And she said, "Yes, I know He is. I know he is the Son of God." and then I think the man got off. Afterward I think she was a little shocked by his brusque denial, and I was too but I also thought it was a beautiful example of being able to testify of Jesus Christ. I too know He is the Son of God. He is our Redeemer and our Savior. Without Him we would be lost because we would never be able to live with our glorious, perfect Heavenly Father again. We would be forever separated form His presence. But thanks to Jesus Christ, we have a way to overcome the obstacles of spiritual and physical death. I'm so grateful for Him.
I hope you have a wonderful week!
The district meeting was really great. We talked about improving our teaching. It struck me that teaching is a tool we'll need to use for the rest of our lives with callings, parenting, possibly our jobs, etc. I love how the gospel blesses every aspect of our lives.
On Sunday in third hour we talked about missionary work. The bishop talked about his own conversion. He said first the elders approached him on a train and tried to talk to him about the gospel, but he said frankly he was scared. He read their plaques and saw derniers jours and thought it meant apocalyptic and them with their black suits and ties and he was in shorts and a t shirt. So he said no he wasn't at all interested. But then he met his future wife who was a member and learned about the church from her and eventually joined and is now the Bishop! It just shows how different the experience can be when members share the gospel. Of course we as missionaries have an important role. We are set apart to share the gospel. But it's ideally a member referral so that they can have someone there to walk with them along their path to become a member. Someone their comfortable with from the beginning and who will not be transferred away.
In Sacrament I had the chance to translate. It is quite the nerve racking experience! One of the speakers had some complicated analogies. One of them was with the idea that Heavenly Father wants us to be autonome. He compared Heavenly Father as a chef and us as an apprentice. If he gives us a recipe to make at first we'll make mistakes and it might now turn out well, but the more we practice the better it will turn out and eventually we can learn how to make our own recipes and become a chef as well however still following certain guidelines. It was interesting, but a bit tricky to translate.
Today for P day we went to part of the sous-terrain of Limoges. I guess the underground? There was a little tour of à few of the caves. I thought it was amazing! And apparently we saw just a tiny part of it and there are lots of kilometers under Limoges. In France you own the ground underneath you, so if there is an underground tunnel under your house, you own it. They were first constructed by the romans, but we're used throughout the medieval ages and up to the French revolution and even after. As aquaducts at first but mostly as storage space.
Another interesting experience happened to Sœur M on the bus home. She was standing up because we were going to get off soon or maybe he was standing up about to get off, I'm not sure. But he looked at her plaque for a long time and then he told her abruptly, "Jesus Christ is not the Son of God." And she said, "Yes, I know He is. I know he is the Son of God." and then I think the man got off. Afterward I think she was a little shocked by his brusque denial, and I was too but I also thought it was a beautiful example of being able to testify of Jesus Christ. I too know He is the Son of God. He is our Redeemer and our Savior. Without Him we would be lost because we would never be able to live with our glorious, perfect Heavenly Father again. We would be forever separated form His presence. But thanks to Jesus Christ, we have a way to overcome the obstacles of spiritual and physical death. I'm so grateful for Him.
I hope you have a wonderful week!
Love,
Soeur Marriott
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