Bonjour family and friends!
This was such a great week! A couple weeks ago we got a call from a girl who told us that she was going through a faith crisis and had a lot of questions. She said that her mom was a member but that she wasn't. She wanted to meet with us because she figured that we could help her. We ended up having a lesson with her on Monday to start off the week. We talked a lot about Christ and how having faith in Christ can help us get through trials and the difficulties we have in life. It's comforting to know that somebody else has felt the same pain and sorrows that we are going through. In Alma 7; it explains the atonement really well and how it applies to us when we are going through hardships. "And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people..And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities." He knows how we feel and therefore he knows what need. In moments of difficulty we will not always be given what we want but he will always give us what he knows we need.
We had a lesson with the cutest little family. The mom is Catholic and the dad is Agnostic. They have a 18 month year old boy. We explained the "Plan of Salvation" and afterwards we asked them what they thought. Their first comment was, "It's beautiful." They really liked how God is merciful and how people don't just go to heaven or hell. We talked about about free agency and how we have the opportunity to choose where we go after this life based on the choices we make in this life. They also really liked when we talked about baptism being a choice. The mom was baptized in the Catholic Church when she was a baby but she said it doesn't mean that much to her because it wasn't her choice. We talked about the importance of being baptized by the proper authority. They really liked the idea of priesthood and they want to come to church on Sunday to meet a priesthood holder! They have a lot of potential and we are really excited to teach them again.
On Friday we went into Paris for Soeur Witham's legality. While they were doing legality all the trainers went out contacting! I went out with Soeur Hodgeman. It was interesting contacting right in center of Paris and comparing it to contacting in Lille. There seemed to be a lot less people who stopped to talk to us on the street because they were in a hurry to get somewhere. We actually found a lot more success contacting on transportation such as the mettro, TER, RER etc. When people are just sitting on the train it's a lot harder for them to use he excuse, "je suis pressé." (I am in a hurry) It was so fun to get to go around Paris for the day! It made me realize how grateful I am to serve in such an amazing place. It also made me excited to maybe eventually serve in the center of Paris! I would say life is pretty good if you get to do missionary work with the Eiffel Tower in the background. Church is true. Life is good!
Love, Soeur Johnson
This was such a great week! A couple weeks ago we got a call from a girl who told us that she was going through a faith crisis and had a lot of questions. She said that her mom was a member but that she wasn't. She wanted to meet with us because she figured that we could help her. We ended up having a lesson with her on Monday to start off the week. We talked a lot about Christ and how having faith in Christ can help us get through trials and the difficulties we have in life. It's comforting to know that somebody else has felt the same pain and sorrows that we are going through. In Alma 7; it explains the atonement really well and how it applies to us when we are going through hardships. "And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people..And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities." He knows how we feel and therefore he knows what need. In moments of difficulty we will not always be given what we want but he will always give us what he knows we need.
We had a lesson with the cutest little family. The mom is Catholic and the dad is Agnostic. They have a 18 month year old boy. We explained the "Plan of Salvation" and afterwards we asked them what they thought. Their first comment was, "It's beautiful." They really liked how God is merciful and how people don't just go to heaven or hell. We talked about about free agency and how we have the opportunity to choose where we go after this life based on the choices we make in this life. They also really liked when we talked about baptism being a choice. The mom was baptized in the Catholic Church when she was a baby but she said it doesn't mean that much to her because it wasn't her choice. We talked about the importance of being baptized by the proper authority. They really liked the idea of priesthood and they want to come to church on Sunday to meet a priesthood holder! They have a lot of potential and we are really excited to teach them again.
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| Eiffel Tower with Soeur Hodgeman! |
On Friday we went into Paris for Soeur Witham's legality. While they were doing legality all the trainers went out contacting! I went out with Soeur Hodgeman. It was interesting contacting right in center of Paris and comparing it to contacting in Lille. There seemed to be a lot less people who stopped to talk to us on the street because they were in a hurry to get somewhere. We actually found a lot more success contacting on transportation such as the mettro, TER, RER etc. When people are just sitting on the train it's a lot harder for them to use he excuse, "je suis pressé." (I am in a hurry) It was so fun to get to go around Paris for the day! It made me realize how grateful I am to serve in such an amazing place. It also made me excited to maybe eventually serve in the center of Paris! I would say life is pretty good if you get to do missionary work with the Eiffel Tower in the background. Church is true. Life is good!
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| The dream mission! |
Love, Soeur Johnson
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