We started off the week by heading up to Valenciennes again! One of the Sister's has a hurt knee so we go up and do exchanges with them. We went out contacting and met a couple of really great potential amis! That night we were supposed to go to a members house but they forgot we were coming so they took us out to a Chinese Buffett instead! It was actually really good and it was fun to finally get to go out.
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| Zone Conference Activity! |
We had a lesson with Marie-Aude this week and we taught about tithing. Every time we teach her I realize more and more how prepared she is to hear the gospel! Apparently she has already been paying tithing in her other church. She told us that she knows she has received a lot of blessings from paying tithing. She even told us that she will bring her tithing on Sunday! It was kinda sad because we had to explain that she can only pay tithing after she is baptized. She was excited to pay it because she knows all the great blessings that come. Last week, Elder Christofferson also talked about tithing a little bit because he said he felt impressed to do so. He said that usually people talk about the blessings that flow from paying tithing but he wanted to talk about the protection that comes from tithing. He said that we are promised that when we pay tithing "the fruits of our labor" will be protected. He said tithing helps bring protection to our families, jobs, homes etc. It was interesting perspective that I have never really thought about!
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| Zone conference with Elder & Sister Norby! |
We also has zone conference this week. We talked a lot about importance of anchoring ourselves in Christ, involving members, and improving our contacting. I really enjoyed when we talked about anchoring in Christ. The definition of an anchor is.. "A person or thing that provides stability or confidence in an otherwise uncertain situation." We live in such an uncertain and always changing world, which makes it so important to be anchored and to trust in something that will never change. Christ is the ideal person to anchor our faith in because he is the one person that understands how we feel. He is the only person in this world that can truly empathize with us. When we are anchored in Christ our faith replaces our fears. When we are anchored in Christ we are filled with hope. One of my favorite scriptures is Ether 12:4.."whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men.." President Gordon B. Hinckley said, “We live in a world of uncertainty. For some, there will be great accomplishment. For others, disappointment. For some, much of rejoicing and gladness, good health, and gracious living. For others, perhaps sickness and a measure of sorrow. We do not know. But one thing we do know. Like the polar star in the heavens, regardless of what the future holds, there stands the Redeemer of the world, the Son of God, certain and sure as the anchor of our immortal lives. He is the rock of our salvation, our strength, our comfort, the very focus of our faith." I hope everyone has a wonderful week!
Love, Soeur Johnson
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