Beautiful, quick little week. The greatest thing I learned
this week: I love Soeur Grunke so much.
Honestly, I am so grateful to be with
her. She is such a light for me. We get along so well, and we have laughing
fits. I've made a friend forever. We had a great time with our fantastic JAs
(young adults) this week, participating in their fun FHE and then having them
teach with us almost everyday! We had a few tombez-vous this week, but its not
grave (serious). We also saw lots of miracles! We set a baptismal date with
Armand for the 5th of July. We have an ami named Antonio (from Portugal... I
LOVE PORTUGUESE! Thank you for instilling this love Soeur Paulo) who accepted to
be baptized the 5th of July as well! We hope to see 4 or 5 baptisms that day! Wouldn't that be such a miracle? We had a RDV with an incredible woman named
Rokia this week that I was lucky enough to be prompted to contact. We taught
her on a bench and learned that she has recently converted to Christianity from
Islam... What a strong woman. She is very excited to read the LdeM. She is
prepared. We taught another lesson to a less active woman on a bench... IN THE
RAIN! We were holding our umbrellas the entire hour, ha ha. DEDICATION. We had a
very, very busy week. We met some great members and helped them fix plans to
share this beautiful thing we call the gospel. There is nothing more inspiring
to me than seeing a faithful member take the steps and show their faith by
inviting a friend or family member to learn more about what makes us so gosh
darn happy! We had a lovely Zone Training this week in Lyon about preparing for
our incredible experience coming up with Elder Anderson of the 12. We are
treating this as if it is a temple dedication... We have been promised by
President Roney that if we are prepared spiritually and temporally, that this
experience will be like the experience the Nephites had in 3 Nephi 11 to 27...
I wouldn't pass this opportunity up. They invited me to sing in the choir for
Elder Anderson, and somehow the Lord heightened my capacities and I am singing
high Gs in this musical piece. OUCH! Pray for my vocal chords! We had a fun
exchange with the STLs in Lyon. It was so nice to be with Soeur Richardson
again :) I love being reunited with my old companions. They have all touched my
heart in a very personal, and tender way. Angelique was able to see us this
week! It didn't goes as well as we planned, but there is more to come this
week...
Uchtdorf, Anderson, and Tchera addressed us. It was such a lovely presentation. It was like our own little general conference. Elder Anderson had some special insight for us... He said "The increase God gives us cannot always be witnessed through the number of members sitting in sacrament meeting. God will give the increase. Believe in Him, follow Him, and be loyal to Him." I know that the Lord is giving us increase, even if that doesn't mean we see as many baptisms as Brazil, or even our neighbor mission of Paris. I know that the Lord is blessing us. He is blessing me. I love Him and I am so grateful to be His missionary. Keep us in your prayers this week as we will be heading to Nice for the experience of a life time with an apostle of the Lord.
Je vous aime.
Avec tout mon amour,
Soeur Beeny
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