First off, sorry this email is late, it's been a crazy week, and due to construction at the church, they've taken out our only available wifi (we're at the Klemasz apartment rn), but hopefully that'll be fixed soon!
This week was so good! I'll try not to forget anything!
Thursday we visited a bunch of people in a town called Narbonne (like a 30 minute train ride from Béziers). Nobody was home until the last one, when this little old lady named Marie Claire Posadas answered the door. We talked for a minute at the doorstep but couldn't come inside because it was just her, and we were about to leave, when Frère Charron and his wife (two active members in Béziers) just showed up and we could enter! We just so happened to visit this lady at the same time, and ended up having an awesome, super spiritual rendezvous, and Soeur Posadas decided to come the following Sunday!
We also had a sweet lesson with la famille Matei (I think I've mentioned them in past emails). We talked about how to recognize the spirit, and how to feel it more in our lives, and it was so awesome! They're recent converts and don't speak awesome French, so it was such a tender experience to just simplify and have a heart to heart with such a great family.
Friday and Saturday we had our exchange in Perpignan, which went well until Elder Shirley got sick and ended up having to stay home all day. Other than that it was fun though (;
Saturday night, while waiting in the station at like 9 for our train back to Béziers, which was late, I got a call from the first counselor in the branch presidency asking if I could speak the next morning at church. Then we ended up teaching gospel principles and priesthood because the people who were supposed to forgot or didn't show up. It turned out okay, but it did make me miss my big home ward. #BranchLife
Pday, our plan was to go out and find something cool to do in Béziers, cuz we hadn't had the chance to do that yet, but then we got some fun news. The zone leaders in Montpellier called the night before saying they were coming and that we were having an exchange Monday evening and Tuesday. Then we got calls from the Geneva and Bordeaux zone leaders saying they're coming in for their legality. So we ended up cleaning all pday so we could fit eight elders in our tiny apartment. But it ended up being super fun to see everyone.
I had an awesome exchange with Elder Terrell. We saw miracles right from the start. We ran into a member who told us she's (finally) decided she wants to have her 9 year old daughter baptized and that the date is set for October 15th and asked if we could start lessons Friday! We'd been trying to get that moving for forever! Then Elder Shirley and Elder Patton had a rendezvous with our ami Durrand and engaged him to baptism, set for October 28st!
I'd honestly been feeling really down about how slowly the work has been progressing, but I definitely realized this week that God knows what needs to happen and when. Béziers hasn't had an investigator with a set baptismal date since the beginning of summer, but as soon as we were humble and gave in to God's will, He stepped in. We fasted last week as a mission to be able to find those who are ready to progress and God is really providing. Really cool miracles :)
In other news, Elder Klemasz got permission from the stake president to do what he needs to do to train the branch on how to do missionary work, so hopefully that goes well too!
Other fun stuff this week:
-In between mad cleaning sessions on pday, Elder Shirley taught me how to play the guitar. I can officially play like four or five really simple songs and I feel like a boss.
-In cleaning the apartment, I found a pot of chili in the corner that had been there for at least three months
-I've been practicing my crêpe making technique, and I no longer burn them!
Okay, that's all I've got. All in all a really cool, spiritual experience filled week. I'm so grateful for this gospel and for the chance I have to serve the people I love here in France. So excited to see what God has planned for this next week! Love you all!
Je vous aime! Gros bisous !
Elder Suisse
Pics:
Not allowed to stay out late, but due to a delayed train, I got to take some cool night pictures
Us with our wonderful couple Klemasz
In cleaning the apartment, we found copies of the book of Mormon in 27 languages! How cool is that?!
Narbonne, so cool ! Super windy day, hence the crazy hair.
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