This morning we talked to Gabi as usual, and as each sibling got ready to head out the door to school she prayed with them. Mason asked that she pray in English but she prayed in French for both Diego and Kylie. It was one of those heart overflowing moments I will never forget. How lucky those siblings are to be able to listen to their big sister in France pray for them before they head to school. Gabi sounded happy, positive, and excited about her up coming rendezvous...especially George. This mission has been such a blessing in more ways than I can count. I am praying for people I don't even know in France and genuinely care about them and hope they feel the happiness the gospel brings. Here is Gabi's email for the week. Oh and I threw on an extra picture because...dang, the food over there!!!
Bonjour toute le monde !!!
This week really flew by! It was so great! We had some amazing rendez-vous with our amis and some of our recent converts! I love the people here in france so much!
First of all, this week we were at home one night for dinner and we get a call from a man named Fabrice and he told us he was a member and he hadn't been to church in over 2 years but he wanted to come back and he still had the missionaries phone number and he just wanted to call us and tell us he was excited to see us at church!! Then right after we hung up the phone with Fabrice we got another call from a woman named Marie and she told us she'd gotten a text from us a few days ago and shes been reading the book of mormon and she wanted to learn more! Ahhhh amazing!!! So we are going to try and set up a rendez-vous for next week!!
This week we had a lot of great rendez-vous!! The first one being with marie! (Different marie than the one I just talked about) marie has had a very very hard week. Her daughter has been having some very serious health issues and its really taken a toll on her. During our lesson we talked to her about how heavenly father delivers us from our trials and how he sees us and knows us. We told her he would help her and that we would keep praying for her. At the end of the lesson she said she wanted to pray and in her prayer she asked for help to be ready for baptism. We hadn't talked about baptism with her for over a month so we couldn't believe it. In the midst of all her struggles she prayed for that. Shes such a sweet woman, I'm praying her burdens will be eased. Please pray for marie and her daughter!!!
Our next rendez-vous was with Ibrahim and Alhassan. They were both baptized about a year ago. They both speak english and are trying to learn french. We taught them about the importance of the temple and invited them to get their reccomends and to do baptisms for the dead. Alhassan hasn't been to the temple yet so we're really hoping to get him there soon! It's always so good to teach those two!
We were able to teach a few more people this week like Sœur Bonavera and a man named Jean Paul but I really want to focus on our lesson with George! He's been reading the book of mormon and has been an amazing person to teach! During our lesson we taught him the gospel of Jesus Christ. The spirit was so strong and at the end of the lesson we asked him if he knew these things were true and he told us he knew it was true and he knew God was there for him and that he appeared to Jospeh smith. He said he believed the book of mormon was true and he wanted to continue to learn. After this we felt we should ask him if he would follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized and he said yes! I felt so much love and happiness and I knew I was feeling a small part of what heavenly father felt for George in that moment. It's so amazing to be a part of something so happy and life changing. I feel so blessed and so lucky to be a missionary for this church. I know that this gospel is true and brings enduring happiness!
This week was amazing and marks 4 months on my mission! Definitely some of the hardest 4 months of my life but also the best for me. I've learned so much and have felt the saviors hand in my life everyday!! I love being a missionary!!! Plus the food in france rocks!!! So thats a wrap on my 2nd transfer!! I'm officially no longer a new missionary!!! Now all we need is to actually be able to speak the language, butttt that might take a little more time!!
Anyways I love you all and hope you have an amazing week!! Go out and make someone's day better!
Love Sœur Uboldi
1: the district!!!
2: rendez-vous with George and Sœur Javoy
3: visiting the cathedral in Orléans
4: rendez-vous with Ibrahim, Alhassan, and Sœur Penverne
5: visiting Sœur Bonevera! (She always takes a picture of us but wont ever let us take one with her!!)
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