This week it snowed in Lille!! It didn't stick to the ground so I was really happy about that. It was for sure the coldest week we have had. I am hoping that now it will start to feel more like spring but that might be wishful thinking! This week we didn't have very much luck door knocking but that's okay because we had some other really great lessons!
We had a lesson with our ami Ana. She was doing really well and was even considering baptism. However, she just recently told her parents about how she is looking into the church and they got really mad at her. Her parents are atheist and she is the only child so they are really protective. She hasn't been coming to church because they told her she isn't allowed to go to the church building. She still lets us come teach lessons at her house. She is also going to be coming to Stake Conference because technically it is not being held in a "church building"... We are really hoping that her parents hearts soften because she wants to join the church but won't unless her parents are okay with it. She says one of the reason she likes going to Church is because she likes that everyone is so happy. She said she is happy when she is with her friends but at church she feels a "different" kind of happy.
We also were able to get two new amis! We started teaching the Mother of one of the members in the ward. She hast started coming to church and even began reading the Book of Mormon. She is Catholic at base but isn't practicing. She had some really great questions and we have another lesson set up with her for next week. The two brothers that the Elders baptized last week brought their sister to church! We have a lesson with her tomorrow so we are hoping that goes well. She is super quiet and shy but seems like she would be really receptive. They have a total of 7 siblings in their family so we are hoping they bring a different sibling every week... haha.
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We finally got the opportunity to teach one of our Amis who told us in January that she didn't have time to meet with us until March... We have been dropping by her house to give her cookies but that still didn't seem to be very effective. We finally asked one of the families in the Ward if they could help us. They invited her and her daughter over for dinner this week and then invited us. It was such a great night! Dominique (our ami) and her daughter seemed to have a really enjoyable time. I think it is also good for them to develop friendships and get to know people in the Ward. For our spiritual thought we decided to share the "Because of Him" video (http://www.mormon.org/becauseofhim) and Helaman 12:5. We decided that it was important to talk about Jesus Christ because I feel like that is a topic that always bring the spirit. Dominique says she is Atheist so I didn't know how she was going to respond. After we finished watching the video the member made a couple comments and then asked Dominique to share her thoughts! I was really impressed because she had some really good insights and was very willing to share. She talked about how she thought it was interesting that in the video they compared things that were thought to be impossible to Jesus Christ. For example, they showed pictures of a light bulb, space travel, tearing down of the Berlin wall, prosthetic limbs, printing press etc. These were all things at one time thought to be "impossible." She said, "If those things are possible, why not Jesus Christ?" AMEN! I don't think she could have put it a better way. We were able to share our testimonies of Christ and the spirit was really strong. You could literally feel the feeling change in the room when people starting sharing their testimonies. We finished off the night by playing pictionary and having ice cream! It was my first time having ice cream in France so I was really excited. I was telling them how much I liked ice cream and they said, "You are such an American." The ice cream in France isn't as good as in America but I think the pastries make up for it. I hope you all have a great week!
Love, Soeur Johnson
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