Bonjour mes amis!!!
So this week was pretty crazy! So I'm going to start off with my crazy stories and then finish with a really cool experience I was able to have this week.
So my story begins on Tuesday! During the day me and my companion were doing our studying and she had been having a huge headache and it had been really hard for us to focus on our studies and around 5:00 we hear a beep. We were super confused but our alarm continued to beep and it took us a few minutes to figure out it was our carbon monoxide detector! So once we figured that out we left super quick. We tried to figure out what the alarm meant but the instructions were in German! So me and my companion called the mission office and went the church to teach our lesson and wait on further instructions for what to do. Sadly no body showed up at our lesson, but we had no where else to go because our apartment potentially wasn't safe! Finally the mission office called and said we needed to find a ward members house to sleep at because he didn't know if was safe. So after calling a few people in the ward and having no luck we called the bishop and he said we could stay there but they wouldn't be home until late. So me and Sœur Fears had a sleepover at the bishop house... ya it was kinda weird but they had a room filled with beds for their grandkids so at least we both had a bed.
So the next day after leaving the bishops and doing some service we went back to our apartment and we called the fire apartment and they came so fast with their siren ON and in full gear!!!! So they zoomed up to our apartment did a whole bunch of checks and told us we were good but that gas people needed to come. So they came and checked and said we were probably good but we needed different gas people to come. Were weren't able to call the other gas people for 2 days because we had exchanges in another city (I will get to this later in my letter, if you're still reading thank you haha I know this is longish) so we get home from exchanges and realize our gas is off. Which means we can't cook and we don't have hot water. So we called the mission office and he said he had people come turn it off Tuesday night, which was the day before the firefighters came. And to get the gas back on the firefighters and the gas people needed to come together! So they came turned on the gas and all the firefighters alarms went off and so that's how we realized there really was a whole bunch of carbon monoxide in our apartment! But the first firefighters couldn't tell because the gas was shut off when they checked! Anyways we still don't have hot water or a stove which rocks but hopefully it will get repaired soon!! But for now cold showers and random food is better than having carbon monoxide in our apartment and dying!
So that's really taken over my week but I still had an amazing experience I wanted to share with all of you! While we were on exchanges (which is when me an my companion go to another city and we switch companions for 24 hours) I was with Sœur Stucki and we had the chance to teach this woman named Katela. Her story was the saddest I've ever heard and I may have shed a tear or two as she talked to us. We had taken her to the church for a lesson which is when she told us she used to live in Africa and when she lived there she was very well off, she had a cook and a driver and she had her family with her. But because of some political outrage her husband and 2 of her children were killed along with most of her friends. She would have also died if she hadn't have run away and made it to France where she found refuge. But on of her children is still stuck in Africa with her granddaughters. And here in France she doesn't have much, she's so so poor. She told us this in tears and said she felt all alone and she felt God had left her. We were able to tell her she had a family in the church and we taught her about how God is our Heavenly Father and he loves us. She told us she needed to know if it was true, she needed truth and she needed God to take her hand. So after teaching her about the book of mormon and about what we believe she look at Sœur Stucki and asked her if she was sure it was true and then she looked at me and said "are you sure?" This was a really amazing moment for me. I was able to say without question yes I'm sure. I felt like that that was one of the strongest testimonys I'd ever born. I know this is true and I am sure. And after we said this to her she said "ok then I'll look for myself." At the end of the lesson she told us she didn't feel alone anymore and she had felt God take her hand. It was amazing to see the strength and faith of this woman. It was a huge testimony building moment for me and I'm sure it was for her as well. I know God placed this woman in our path so that we could help her and show her the way to happiness. I know that the gospel is the only way to true happiness and I am so grateful I have the opportunity to teach other how to find. And I just wanted to end with a quote "We all search for happiness, and we all try to find our own “happily ever after.” The truth is, God knows how to get there! And He has created a map for you; He knows the way. He is your beloved Heavenly Father, who seeks your good, your happiness. He desires with all the love of a perfect and pure Father that you reach your supernal destination. The map is available to all. It gives explicit directions of what to do and where to go to everyone who is striving to come unto Christ and “stand as [a witness] of God at all times and in all things, and in all places.” All you have to do is trust your Heavenly Father. Trust Him enough to follow His plan." -Elder Uchtdorf.
I love you all and hope you have an amazing week!! Thank you for all your love and support!
Love, Sœur Uboldi
Pictures
1: dinner with the cutest sister missionaries on exchanges
2: us and our sister training leaders
3: me and Sœur Fears waiting for an ami who sadly didn't come
4: fire fighters!!!
5: me and Sœur Fears sitting in the church trying to find a place to sleep!
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