WOW! I can't believe Chris is at BYU in basically the same apartment as I was, with basically the same job as I had! That's creepy! He will probably run into a lot of my old friends. Beings he looks a lot like me, things could be very interesting for him! he he!
Wow! Junior High huh! That means Rachel can start taking some art classes and stuff, that will be cool. Meagan is going to dominate running, no questions asked!
What is little Natters doing already in the big grade one eh?! hehe I'm glad to hear she's rockin' purple converses. he he That's pretty tight!
Anyways, This week went by really fast, which is weird because it was tough! Andrés baptism would be this week, but we had to reschedule it because of his lack of church attendance recently. We have a rendezvous tonight on the commandments. We will be clarifying a lot of things and recommitting him to be baptised on a different date.
This week we did a lot of service, and visits to potential amies ....all of which went nowhere. We also worked a lot with the ward this week, visiting members and discussing the work during CEP meeting.
We also had to go to Lille un France to do our french legality, which sucked a bit of time. Even though the beginning of the week was very unsuccessful, we did manage to have something totally awesome happen!
Last Sunday we met a less active. Sanddrine, and her daughter Coralie, who has not been to church since 2003. I'm pretty sure everyone has forgotten her. She didn't leave as a result of being offended, but she somehow lost faith in God in general. She said she didn't really know if he exists. She explained that she still had a little something inside that told her that He does, but wasn't quite sure why. We explained that it was the little seed of faith, and that it was it was there to tell her that HE does live and loves her very much! We didn't have to much time to teach much else, but we fixed another rendezvous, much to the excitement of her 9 year old daughter who is not a member.
Sandrine was kinda skeptical at the first rendezvous and very surprised that we had even showed up. Apparently she hasn't had any contact with the church for awhile. At the rendezvous last Saturday something had changed! The house,( which was a disaster), was even cleaner. As we taught a lesson on faith and what it is, and how to obtain it, and in whom we place our faith, both Sandrine and Coralie were very attentive. They asked lots of good questions and the spirit was very strong! We emphasized the importance of exercising our faith in prayer, scripture study, and church attendance, so that we can gain testimonies of our Heavenly Father! We challenged them this week to pray to know if God was there. Coralie is a champ, she pleaded with her mom to take her to church and asked what baptism was! So we talked a little bit about baptism as well. Unfortunately they didn't get to church this week. We almost forgot to fix another rendezvous, but Sandrine very enthusiastically asked us when we were coming back. She basically fixed another one herself!! We have lots of hope for them!!
Well, the baptism of the Joumottes is already changing this ward. Tons of less actives are coming more regularly and I am super humbled at the task that Heavenly Father has permitted me to take a part of! It is definitely His work. Our main job is to get out of our pride and be worthy of His spirit so that He can do His job! The Church is true and it brings true happiness to all of it members.
I love you all and wish you good luck starting school again! Gross Bisou for everyone!
Love Elder Lyons
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