Bonjour family & friends!
This week we had transfers and I am happy to say that I will be staying in Brussels for one more transfer! Sœur Méjean will be leaving to Arizona and I will be getting a new companion! I am excited to be able to stay and continue to help with the progression of our amis.
To start off the week, we had a "Family Home Evening" with the Christensen's and our ami Clementine! We had dinner all together and then talked about the blessings that come from having the gospel. We talked about how the gospel is one thing the always remains constant in our lives. We brought up baptism and she said that she wants to be married in the temple one day so she is going to for sure eventually get baptized. She said that she thinks it is probably going to happen in the next year. The thing is that she wants to be baptized by one of the members of her "host family" that introduced her to the gospel back in Idaho. When I asked her what the biggest thing was that was stopping her from being baptized she said, "it's hard to be a member here because you feel alone." She said that most of her friends have the wrong idea about our beliefs and it makes it hard for her because she doesn't have as much support here. We assured her that even if at times she feels alone, she will never actually be alone. We explained that at baptism she is given the companionship of the Holy Ghost who will always be our constant companion as we live worthy of it. We are promised, "I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you." (John 14:18) What are great promise because no matter where we are in the world there may be times when we feel alone.
When we were having this conversation I was reminded of a talk that President Monson gave a couple years ago.. he says, "As we go about living from day to day, it is almost inevitable that our faith will be challenged. We may at times find ourselves surrounded by others and yet standing in the minority or even standing alone concerning what is acceptable and what is not. Do we have the moral courage to stand firm for our beliefs, even if by so doing we must stand alone?" It's not always easy to have the moral courage to stand up for what we believe but I know that we will be blessed for doing so.. and I know that we are never alone! "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest." He is always with us! Have a wonderful week.
Love, Sœur Johnson
This week we had transfers and I am happy to say that I will be staying in Brussels for one more transfer! Sœur Méjean will be leaving to Arizona and I will be getting a new companion! I am excited to be able to stay and continue to help with the progression of our amis.
To start off the week, we had a "Family Home Evening" with the Christensen's and our ami Clementine! We had dinner all together and then talked about the blessings that come from having the gospel. We talked about how the gospel is one thing the always remains constant in our lives. We brought up baptism and she said that she wants to be married in the temple one day so she is going to for sure eventually get baptized. She said that she thinks it is probably going to happen in the next year. The thing is that she wants to be baptized by one of the members of her "host family" that introduced her to the gospel back in Idaho. When I asked her what the biggest thing was that was stopping her from being baptized she said, "it's hard to be a member here because you feel alone." She said that most of her friends have the wrong idea about our beliefs and it makes it hard for her because she doesn't have as much support here. We assured her that even if at times she feels alone, she will never actually be alone. We explained that at baptism she is given the companionship of the Holy Ghost who will always be our constant companion as we live worthy of it. We are promised, "I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you." (John 14:18) What are great promise because no matter where we are in the world there may be times when we feel alone.
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When we were having this conversation I was reminded of a talk that President Monson gave a couple years ago.. he says, "As we go about living from day to day, it is almost inevitable that our faith will be challenged. We may at times find ourselves surrounded by others and yet standing in the minority or even standing alone concerning what is acceptable and what is not. Do we have the moral courage to stand firm for our beliefs, even if by so doing we must stand alone?" It's not always easy to have the moral courage to stand up for what we believe but I know that we will be blessed for doing so.. and I know that we are never alone! "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest." He is always with us! Have a wonderful week.
Love, Sœur Johnson
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