Hey family. This week was Zone Conference and it was so great and I
learned a lot.
P is doing great and he is still preparing for baptism! He came to
the District meeting with all of Guadeloupe and he liked it a lot. He
just soaks up everything that we say and is constantly praying to really
have his testimony be awesomely strong!!
Zone conference was really focused on repentance. It was great for
me because it let me take a step back and remember the feelings I had
that drove me to serve a mission. Those feelings really were to share
repentance and Jesus Christ with others and not simply just telling them
about Joseph Smith. That is what the gospel is about. I think we forget
that a lot of the time when we want to share our message of the gospel
with others. We think "how can I bring up Joseph Smith" when in reality
that would be ridiculous. What we need to do is just share about Christ
with them. Bring souls unto Christ. Then our testimonies can flow out
and the other parts of the gospel. It just seem logical and feel right and
make sense.
We also found a really cool family yesterday. The mom actually walked up to US Friday
and asked if we were missionaries and if we could teach her family. WOW! So, we went over last night and had such a touching lesson with her
and her three girls. She really has been searching. Her husband came and
we invited him to listen as well. He is Muslim but actually just
decided to be that like 5 years ago. So obviously he has been searching. At the end, we all knelt down
together and the mom prayed and asked if there really was a prophet and
if we were from God. Then the dad finished the prayer by saying that he
felt that our message was true. The Spirit was so strong after that and
they really felt it. Ahhhh! So exciting!
The work is really picking up here and I feel like a fire has been
lit for the missionary work. EVERYONE is interested. Now we just really
have to get the members to feel this same fire. The goal here is to have
a stake by 2018. That will be so much hard work but I think its
possible if everyone has this vision.
Today we had a really fun P day. We watched the sunrise a
point Du Chateau. It was beautiful and I got some great pictures!!!
I
have been think a lot lately also about personal confidence and how we
gain that. It totally comes from the Lord and knowing that we can
honestly do NOTHING with out him. But then having enough confidence in His love for us that we can do anything! I have been working on never
telling myself one negative thing about myself and saying instead "Why
would I say that when Heavenly Father never would. Or why can't I do that
better, or yes, I am important and capable." It's been great and a new
spirit has entered my life. It's truly the Holy Ghost constantly guiding
me and making me stretch to be so much better!
That's so cool that Sherry is in Hawaii!!! Here it's like Hawaii....but french.
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