Well it's easy to say that PDays absolutely RULE. We have so
much fun writing and just chilling out together. I love my district. We
probably have TOO much fun together. The hardest thing for all of us is not
hugging one another... I mean we can hug the girls, but we can't hug the
Elders. It's rough. We can't even touch when we're in pictures, haha. It's
ridiculous, but necessary. Go listen to the French cantique (hymn) Souvien-Toi.
ITS AMAZING AND MY FAVORITE. The translation is beautiful too. So look up the
words.
We taught our investigator Murielle twice last week. The
lessons went well. Soeur Roberts and I are such a great team. We keep hoping
we'll be able to serve together in France... but who knows if we'll get that
lucky. We invited Murielle to be baptized, and she said she would think about
it. Mine and Soeur Robert's French is improving a lot as we work together. The
best way to improve is to practice speaking and conversing. We speak in French
together a lot. We also have Language Study for maybe two hours a day where we
study unassisted. Soeur Roberts and I use that time well. I taught her all of
the verb tenses, which helped a lot, and we're working really hard on learning
vocabulary. ITS INCREDIBLE. We learn more individually together than with our
class, because we're still learning really basic French that both of us have
already mastered. It's great being able to teach her and to learn from her too.
I know more grammar, but she probably knows more random French vocab. I
seriously love her so much. She is one of the greatest friends I have ever had.
She is incredibly patient with me and keeps me focused. She is helping me
develop into the missionary that I truly need to be. She's also hysterical. We
have so much fun together. We joke around. She wakes me up in the morning and I
love it, haha. We teach well together and are very good at building each other
up. I'm seriously so lucky to have her.
But anyway, Murielle was being pretty stubborn and wouldn't
really commit to anything. All we could do was testify to her. We taught her
last on Wednesday, but couldn't teach her Thursday because we were in San
Francisco.
IT WAS SO FUN. Well, pretty fun anyway. We woke up at 2am to meet at
3am to leave... well the driver forgot to pick us up, so we sat around until
4am to leave. Our flight was at 6:15, so we got to the airport and ran to our
flight. I sat in First Class! WHAT WHAT! It was aweseome. I sat with
Soeur
Bailey, another sister going to Lyon. She is incredible. Her life story is very
tender and I hope I will get the opportunity to serve with her in France. But
anyway, we got to SanFran and met our driver who took us straight to the French
Consulate. They weren't open yet, so we all split up into our companionships
and went street contacting. SO FUN. We talked to 5 people within about 20
minutes, and I gave away my first pass along card! AHHH! It was seriously so
much fun. We are so pumped for France. We went to the French consulate, they
met with each of us for probably 5 minutes each, speaking in English, took our
pictures, our fingerprints, and then we were on our merry way. We went to Pier
39 for lunch.
We went to Boudin, a French bread/soup place (DUH. We're so
French) I burned the snot out of my tongue and I couldn't taste anything for
days. We had lunch then walked around the pier. There were lots of Foreign
tourists... and we met a French couple! WE SPOKE TO THEM IN FRENCH!! AHH! AND
THEY UNDERSTOOD US AND WE HAD A REAL CONVERSATION! We talked to them about the
concept of eternal marriage and being together forever. They were really sweet.
We didn't have much time, so we gave them a passalong card and told them to go
to Mormon.org. We were so freaking excited we were almost in tears as they
walked away. We feel so prepared for France... even though we don't leave for
four more weeks. Anyway, I passed out during the flight home. We took the Trax
back to Provo after our flight. My companion and I talked to two men on the way
home and were able to have some very sweet conversations with them about Jesus
Christ. We gave them both passalong cards. It was seriously the best day ever.
Not because of SanFran, or because of our day off, or because of the consulate,
but because we received REAL experience and are so inspired and ready to serve
in France. It's so amazing. She told me that one of my talents while teaching
is really staying engaged with the investigator. I am able to put all my focus
on them and it makes them feel loved and gives them a reassurance that I
truly care about what I'm teaching them and that I know it is true. It's pretty
sweet.
So last week our teach Frere (Brother) Magre told us that we
would be receiving another teacher this week in addition to him... we were all confused.
On Friday Murielle (our "investigator") walked into the room in
church attire.... SHE IS OUR NEW TEACHER! They pulled one over on us. She was
just role playing. It's awesome. She's awesome. She served her mission in Paris
and now she knows all of our strengths and weaknesses. She is going to be a
phenomenal teacher. We are so excited to have her.
We still haven't gotten into very much French, and I'm
starting to become impatient, but a lot of the missionaries in my district are
still behind and not understanding what we're learning... It's frustrating and
they know I'm getting frustrated, so they're getting frustrated with me. So I'm
trying to be patient and I'm starting to help everyone a little more every day.
It's been fine. I'm learning as I teach.
Soeur Roberts and I have memorized, the missionary purpose,
the first vision, the invitation to be baptized, and Moroni 10:4-5 in French.
This week we'll be working on two other scriptures as well... we are improving
together a lot. I'm so grateful for her.
Yesterday we were able to watch Sister Monson's funeral
services... it was very moving. My heart hurts for President Monson. He's in
all of our prayers (which are in French).
Okay, I need to write Win back... Love you so much. I'm hand
writing Aubrey. So look for that. Did she get my letter last week? The Rainbow
one?
Love you! DearElder me!
avec amour,
Soeur Victoria Beeny
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