This week was an amazing week! So Tuesday was normal district meeting,
it was good. Except for the fact that Metz wasn't there for like the
whole meeting. Because the Metz chapel was apparently broken into...
Although the door was locked when all the missionaries got there. So
basically the bishops office had been broken into. They had shattered
the door in the bishops office which held all the tvs.... They had
played ping pong... And the Metz elders had dropped off their drinks
and flan for district meeting the day before... They took the flan and
one of the drinks.
Anyway next district meeting is on Christmas Eve! We basically have
district meeting/ traveling all day. And then we get home around 5:30
and we go to a members at 6pm so that'll be fun! For district meeting
we're doing secret Santa. Soeur fouti-makaya has elder Rivas our
district leader and I have an elder in Metz.
Okay but anyway back to our week!
Wednesday the Paris stls came in and we had a miracle! In one day we
had eight lessons and one more lesson with a less active, and we found
three new Amis! It was so cool!
At night we all went out caroling. We started off all together, and
everyone loved it! We prayed with a lot of people got a lot of
contacts. So while caroling we always started by saying something like
"hi were her in your neighborhood to sing Christmas songs, can we sing
for you and you family?" After a few houses I realized that in America
we don't ask if we can sing. We just start singing as soon as they
open the door! So we tried it. It was my favorite experience that
night! An old lady answered the door and we started singing. She said
no no no quietly but we kept singing, she kinda felt a little awkward,
but when we were done singing she thanked us. We introduced why we
were there and asked if we could share a short video with her, she
said yes! And as she watched the video she started to open up more.
By the end, she was comfortable and talking to us. We asked if we
could pray together she said yes. And then we asked if we could come
back and she said she'd like that a lot! She wouldn't set up a time,
but she gave us her number so we could call her when we wanted to pass
by. I just loved watching her open up to us over the course of our
conversation.
So then the stls left but before they left they showed us a really
cool song! It's all the French Christmas hymns mashed together put
with the cup song! So after they left we did weekly planning. The rest
of the day when we had free time we practiced hard core! And we
learned it in time for our ward Christmas party!
The ward Christmas party was so fun! We did a lot of things! We
accompanied the primary with a song. We also accompanied Sandy with I
am a child of God. Forgot to record it there, but I recorded it while
practicing. Then we did our Christmas cup song. And then we were also
in the relief society presentation. Also serges wife and daughter
came!!! Yay!
Saturday we planned and saw a few Amis. Then Sunday was good. I gave
another talk... 3 talks in 3 months! Then after church the choir ate
together and then we went and sang for some people! We sang for 3
members, one is very sick, another we sang for her and her mom who's
not a member, then another lives all alone and has no kids that live
in the area. Then we sang for one of our Amis and as we left we went
and sang for a neighboring house cause they were trying to listen when
we sang at our Amis house. Turns out she knows two members of our
branch, such a small world!
Love you all! Can't wait to skype this week! Merry Christmas!!!
Gros bisous!
Soeur Farmer
1. The district
2. Copying the weird statues
3. Ran into a chateau while porting
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