So like I said... kind of a rough week, but it could've been
worse I guess! haha, funny story; we went to Limoux one day and on the train
there was a large band. They played music on the train and were having a jolly
old time. They were pretty good and quite drunk. When we got off the train they
started talking to us. Their "leader" scoffed at us for being
missionaries and that we "consecrate" ourselves to the Lord... well,
he told us we were wasting our time, and when he saw the insulted look on my
face he immediately laughed, apologized and came over to me... and he kissed
me. I tried to resist and pushed him away... it was just really quick and
harmless. French people don't think it's a big deal to kiss. They all kiss
each other here. I was in shock and he and his whole group just laughed. YIKES.
It was actually really funny. We played it cool and they went on their way to
the music festival... so yeah, that's that.
You already know that Steve, our golden ami dropped us last
week... well we got dropped by another ami too. Her name is Monique. She's the
one that I had a lesson with on the train on the way back from Limoux. It was a
total miracle lesson and she seemed really open to learning! She even has a
Livre de Mormon... well we had a RDV scheduled for yesterday. She called us
Saturday to confirm, but she called to tell us that she can't meet with us...
ever. She talked to her pastor about us and he forbade her to see us... so
that's that. It was a bummer. We were on the phone and all i could tell her was
that our message is true, it will bless her life, and that we are always here
if she needs us. She'll read and know... hopefully. We had a RDV with another
one fo our amis Josiane this week in Castelnaudary. She is the cutest old
French woman EVER! She gave us back the Livre de Mormon. She said she read a little of it
and that it's not true. We were a little shocked, but played it cool. We taught
her a lesson straight from the bible and she was warm and kind. She has so much
faith in Christ that she doesn't know what to do with it. We had Zone
Conference and interviews with President this past week. It was awesome first
of all, but he asked if I had any questions; so I asked how we were supposed to
teach someone that doesn't want to learn from the Book of Mormon. President Roney is SO
INSPIRED! Seriously, he told me exactly what to do with Josiane. We are going
to teach her the restoration through the bible, and then she won't be able to
say no. It's just so cool. We are so excited to see her this week.
Soeur Vidal and I were talking on the way back from Zone
Conference on the train. She is super awesome and was in her last ville for
four transfers. She really brought the ward together and brought back a lot of
inactives. President told her that she was put in Carcassonne for just that
reason; to strengthen the ward and bring back inactives. She says that's why I'm
here too, because I'm really good at bringing people together. The ward loves
me and I need to use that to my advantage. It clicked for me; why haven't we
had a baptism yet? Why are we dropping and being dropped by amis left and
right? Because we aren't necessarily here in Carcassonne at this time to
baptise someone, we're here to strengthen the ward so that when we do have a
baptism, they will be welcomed. WOW! We ares till working hard with our
investigators to be baptized, and we look for new amis everyday, but we focus a
lot on the members and the less actives. We have seen a lot of success. We had
2 dinner appointments last week and we have 3 set up for this week. We are also
going to lots of the inactives. Its so awesome! I love my mission. Ya know what
else I love? Letters in the mail from awesome friends in America who haven't
forgotten me; shout out to Bethsy Coronado and Tara Keil for being super,
ridiculously FORMIDABLE! Merci pour vos lettres.
Anywho... we have a new ami, and her name is Regine. She is
African and has a cute little house. She teaches French to foreigners, so she
is super awesome and understanding about my French (even though it improved SO
MUCH this week. We speak only French outside the apartment and we only speak in
French on Sundays. I seriously feel like I improved a lot. And when I met with
President during interviews, he told me I was very far ahead the other
missionaries my age and even older than me... so YAY!) But Regine was a
referral from missionaries in Toulouse. She is super open and had already
visited Mormon.org. She asked for Livre de Mormon the second we walked in and asked us to
pray with her. She is a Christian and very believing.... haha, she does cool
meditation stuff and she wanted to show us! So we meditated for about 40
minutes of our RDV. Quietest RDV of my life. She invited us back over for
dinner next week and she wants to learn more about our message. She seems
pretty golden. She also has a car and told us she would drive us everywhere,
haha. Very convenient!
One of the funnest things we did this week was with a family
in the ward. We went to the Mulandas home and made cookies with them! French
cookies are really gross for some reason, so our ward is OBSESSED with American
cookies; they always ask us to make them for stuff, so we decided to just make
them with a family. Very cool. They have 7 adorable children. We also taught primary
this week like we always do. SO FUN! We had them draw pictures of how they know
Jesus loves them... and they drew dinosaurs, hahaha. Too funny.
We went street boarding the other day in the rain on the
bridge overlooking the castel. It was quite magical... it was my first time
street boarding too! Very fun event. We contacted literally hundereds of
people. I'll send pictures :)
Well that's all. We are working
very hard here! I love you all very much and I hope you are as well! Passez une
bonne semaine!
Avec tout mon amour,
Soeur Beeny
Soeur Beeny
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