Rosalee in Paris: Elder Cook Conference

So yeah the Elder Cook conference was soooooo cool! and amazing. so like i dont even know where to begin, maybe the getting there part. so our train was at 6:40 am caught it, got to the gares at 8:18 and had to take the metro to be at the RER in st lazare at 8:44 for the last RER that would get us there in time. We ran off the train and down into the metro's and it was really crazy. some of our zone didnt catch the metro because we were packed in no space for anyone. but they caught the next metro in 3 minutes. we got to the RER at 8:40, like seriously was a miracle we made it. we ran the whole entrie way, it was very tiring. but we made it, then we had to walk from the station to the versailles chapelle. so like 10 min walk. all missionaries were supposed to be seated by 9:30 and elder cook would come at 9:45, we got there at 9:35 and the perks of being late was being in the front row!!!!!!!! so elder cook got there and shook every single missionaries had so that was super cool.

Okay the actual conference, he talked alot about how preach my gospel was made and it was just super cool. he talked about how missionaries are assigned to their mission. He said that when they're assigned they get the impression that they need:

1. to go to a specific mission president

2. go to a specific group of people (for example the french people, or german)

3. need to go to a specific place be cause they need those experiences for their life after the mission

but yeah so it was really amazing, the best part was that i was in the front row so like him and his wife and the other people that spoke looked me in the eyes a bunch of times. At the very end Elder Cook started testifying of Christ, and while doing it he looked me in the eyes and wow, it was so powerful. i don't even know how to describe it! He truly is an apostle of God people! it's amazing the relationship he has with Christ and God, like seriously, the spirit was so strong. and then right after testifying of Christ, he then blessed the whole mission for a good 5 minutes. yeah, we were all bawling so hard. like seriously, it was the greatest feeling ever to have an apostle bless your mission, physically and spiritually. Like i know i've said this a lot, but i can not begin to describe how amazing it was.

Okay, now that i've spent the entire time writing about that, there's not much else to write about this week, it was a bland week. We didnt see Mimi at all this week because she's been "too busy to see us" and she didnt come to church. i'm starting to get really worried for her. she wants to be baptized, but she's not putting forth the effort. please pray for her, i hope she still is ready to be baptized on the 7th.

on another note, we're supposedly getting ipads at the beginning of next year (so january?), we're keeping our fingers crossed. it'd be soooo nice!

No fun way to celebrate thanksgiving :( but its okay, for district meeting on wednesday, we're making a thanks giving meal :) but that's the best we get. so yeah.

Also after the cook conference we had a formation on the Christmas campaign for the church. it's called He Is The Gift!!!! there's a video, but it wasnt working so we didnt get to see it. the website is christmas. mormon.org and it will be available for preview tomorrow, but wont launch until the 28th. also the church bought out all the advertisement for youtube for the whole day of december 7th! how cool is that! also there's going to be presentations in some select visiter centers around the world. and we have a lot of billboards bought out for the month of december in time square. so cool! as a mission we get to go caroling as part of our contacting! and Neil L Anderson is donating us a book that he wrote that is a true story that happened here in france(i think when he was mission president here) that he wrote. it's called "room in the in". but everyone should go on the website and share it on facebook and everything because it's a super cool campaign. I just love the spirit of christmas. okay this letters getting too long.

(this extra paragraph was in an email to Diana)

I'm doing fine.I know i said i wanted to stay in Angers for christmas, but i'm actually ready to leave soon, i've been here so long and i cant wait to experience another ville. my companion plays softball and is all about stats and stuff so she takes stats of all the sisters in our mission (what transfer they're in, how long they've in their ville, if they could train next transfer, if they could be stl next transfer, how many stl's are leaving) its pretty intense. but we counted and there's 12 villes that i could go to next transfer.... so we have no clue what could happen for me next transfer. but we still have two more weeks so its fine. so yeah, i'm fine on clothes- i've already got a lot from past missionaries leaving behind their stuff. so i don't need anymore. also transfers are dec. 10th. so yeah I think that's it. what's in the package and i can't wait for the ensign!

Love you all have a good week! groses bises!

~Sœur Farmer

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