Hello everyone! This week was so weird i don't even know where to begin. Monday
my birthday was super duper like always. the relief society made me a
cake and they all sung and it was just great. the bad news was my comp
got a speeding ticket while driving and i might have to pay for half.
that's totally not cool. but it's ok i love him anyway.
The rest of the week rolled on by. Tuesday
i had a nice exchange with Elder Bouqet my favorite french companion
ever. we had lots of fun talking about the old times and i'm really
happy i had the chance to be his district leader and his companion
when i returned to st die is when the work really
started. the day of my return we taught chantal and we had a wonderful
talk about testimonies. she has a really strong one and sometimes i wish
she'd give some of her testimony to me. she's so great.
thursday
was a day of work work work. we ported for 9 hours and guess what, we
didn't get let in once. we were really discouraged and i decided i'd lie
in bed and read some old testament to lift my spirits a little bit.
while i was reading the old testament a call came and it was the elders
in epinal. epinal is the only other branch in our region. i thought they
were calling with questions about trains to paris for the leadership
council but actually they were calling to give us a referral. yes they
gave us a family from serbia. at that time i didn't think i could ever
be happier than that, i was so wrong though!
Friday
we taught our ami anne. Anne is just so great i can't even explain it.
we had tried to fix a baptismal date with her but she told us it was too
soon. she told me, assuming that i'd be the one leaving, that i
wouldn't be able to see her get baptized. it was really a bummer for me
because i have been with anne since the very beginning. but i told her
that she needed to be fully engaged and that i wanted her to feel fully
ready. she also told us she couldn't come to church on sunday because her birthday was on saturday and she was planning to leave st die. we were both a little bummed
saturday
we made sure to send anne a nice birthday text just telling her how
happy we were to teach her and wishing her a happy birthday. saturday
we also saw our referral and they were so awesome. their french isn't
amazing but it is still pretty good. we pull up the pamphlets in serbian
and have them read a page and then we talk about it while their son
translates the words they don't know. it's a long process but they're
very attentive and it makes me happy. ha. all their kids are so cute too
and i wont lie i really like how they all have black hair and really
green eyes, it's cool.
so Sunday
rolls around and elder eldredge and i aren't expecting anything
special, except for the ward meal of course. so we were in the foyer of
our chapel greeting all the members and we see a green car stop in front
of the church and anne gets out. anne can't drive because she is blind
in one eye but she had her friend bring her to church. she came in and i
shook her hand and she smiled and i asked her how her birthday was and
her response was, "I'm going to be baptized." i started laughing and i
said, "Oh yes, when?" and she said, "whenever you want." Now at this
point i had no idea what to do. i looked at my companion and he was
utterly lost. I looked back at Anne and i said, "Ok the 4th of August."
she agreed and then began to tell me that she had spent her birthday
alone, her mother didn't want to spend it with her and she had received a
few visits from her friends but the thing that struck her the most were
the texts from us and from our ward mission leader. she said that she
knows that we have true love for people around us and she needs to join
our church. after church we ate a wonderful meal with all the members
and we ended the week on a very high note.
just another week in st die
love you all
elder oliverson
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