Another great report from Gabi this week. As I was talking with her, she actually connected with her friend, Ellie, in Brazil and they worked it out that her mom could come over to our house and we held our phones across from each other so the two could talk. We were all crying when they saw each other. They have both bee through a lot the past 4 1/2 mos. and just broke down when they had the chance to see each other. It was really good for them. Gabi seems really happy. She talks about how she is gaining a lot of weight so I sent her a workout program for her and her companion. They are both really sore so it's working...but the key is they need to slow down on all the pastries. Haha. I told her I'd whip her back into shape when she comes home. :) Here is her email for the week. I also added a pic. of Ellie and Gabi's conversation
Bonjour tout le monde !!!
I can't believe its already p day again!! So let's just jump right in! This week a lot of people didn't come to rendezvous and we did a lot of batting! So in France our super tall apartments are called bâtiments and they have one entrance that's always locked but they have a thing for us to call each individual apartment on they outside and talk to them and they can choose to let us in or not. So batting is when we call the people from outside and tell them who we are and they can either hang up or choose to let us in. So anyways we did that a lot this week, for hours and hours and we got rejected a lot! But it was still fun! We just smile and laugh it off!
We also had a lesson with a man who kinda turned the tables on us and we left him with a book of mormon and he gave us a Quran... it was a weird experience but hopefully he reads the book of mormon and feels of its truth! After that lesson we were doing a lot of phone calls and it was a struggle. I called this person and our information said they spoke english so they answered and I started speaking english and then I realized he wasn't speaking english so I started speaking French and I still didn't understand what this guy was saying to me. So I kept trying to talk to him in french and nothing he was saying made sense and I thought it was because I was horrible at the language! But then my companion who speaks Spanish starts speaking to him in Spanish and turns out he hadn't been speaking french or English! So after that call I called someone else and the person answers and it was in Spanish AGAIN!! And the next was was in Spanish too!! So basically now I need to learn Spanish! Anyways so that was fun!
So this week we had some good rendezvous! The first one was with Marie! Marie is still having a hard time because of her daughters health but I think its really opened up her heart because she even came to church this week all on her own. It's so true that our sorrows open us up to greater happiness. She's been so much more open and willing to learn so she's doing great! Keep praying for her and her desire for baptism!
Then we had a rendezvous with George! We taught him the plan of salvation and he loved it! He loved seeing that there was so much more after death. He understood it all and told us he knew it was true. He has also been reading the book of mormon on his own so that's been amazing! He is so great to teach and has been a huge miracle on my mission!
Anyways so this week has been good! I love being here and serving the lord! Missions aren't easy but it's been so so worth it to see the happiness that it can bring to others lives! I'm so grateful that I get to help others feel the light of christ in their lives!
I love you all and hope you all have an amazing week!! Go make someone's day better!!!
Love, Sœur Uboldi
Pictures:
1: we got a Quran
2: lesson with George!!!!
3: sometimes waking up at 6:30 is worth it
4: after batting for 2 hours and no one being interested!! Woohoo!!
5: walking home after batting another day!
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