BONJOUR!
First of all, big shout out to Amalie, and the new baby, FInley Grace! Plan of Salvation in action, people. also, biggest, chubbiest, cutest baby I've ever seen. Love you both.
We had a good week this week. We taught a good amount, but the thing is, a lot of our amis seem to have hit some sort of plateau or another..so that's what we're working on at this point. Helping them overcome that, and cntinue to progress.
I'm grateful for missions, because they TOTALLY prepare you for the rest of your life. Learned a lot, mostly how to get along with others. I love that! A mission teaches you how to love everyone around you, and how to work with them. I especially love learning from my comp (since we're together 24/7), and her reliance on the Lord. I write all the things that I love from the examples of members, and write them down to use them in the future. I love learning how to love others, who I don't know, and who aren't members. Strangers. Because I'm the weird one, going up to people and talking to them about how to change their life. You CANNOT do that effectively if you don't love the person....you come across weird. Aaaanywho,
Yeah, this week was good. Here were some highlight,
This cute couple started teaching broke up this week...I guess that'll make teaching chastity easier, yeah? The good thing was that they asked if they could both still come to church.
We had a family home evening with the famille Heras and Anderson(both American families), along with Zamir and Zamira and their parents. Okay, the Spirit in members homes? IT WORKS. It was what we needed. We ate dinner together, and then we taught about the Family Proclomation (which they have in Albanian), and focused on:
Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities.
This is what their parents needed. I felt the Spirit SO powerflly, as we testified about how applying the principles of Jesus Christ in our families changes homes, member or not. We saw the Spirit working, especially within their dad. He usually is pretty sullen and quiet, and at one point he looked up and smiled at me, nodding. HE'S GETTING IT. One day, their family will be eternal.
Went to Bleu's Conference for the 4th time this week. I guess I haven't learned it enough, yeah?
I saw some Grenoble members this week, too! There was a youth stake activity on Saturday, and it was fun for them to run up and excitedly hug me/shake my hand.
We have a golden ami, named Kessman, who is so dead set on being baptized. The only problem is that his marriage isn't legal in France. Guys, guys, seriously, I've NEVER seen an African ami work so hard to get baptized. President said it'll end up being a blessing, since if he has to work this hard for it, he won't fall away. So pray that all will go well, and he can get married soon!
I was a good companion, and Soeur Francis had her first experience with tacos.....in France?
#calirepresent
That's about it for the week, it was a good one! I love you all, and you are in my prayers. Oh, and check out the link.
Je vous aime.
Soeur Luthi
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