Bonjour Ma
Famille!
We are doing
SO great here in Avera.
SO. MANY.
MIRACLES.
I seriously
am so grateful to be here because we see so many miracles in the lives of our
investigators and the people we meet. Suzanne and Boniface are progressing
SOOOO well. Last week, when we taught the Word of Wisdom, Suzanne said she didn’t
know that coffee was on the list of things that aren't good for our body to
consume. She drinks it every day to help her at work, but when we committed her
to live the Word of Wisdom (https://www.lds.org/topics/word-of-wisdom?lang=eng)
she said yes right away. We did a follow-up this past weekend and she said that
she drank her Milo (hot chocolate) every day and when they ran out of Milo, she
drank sweetened water. I was just like wow- that's what you call someone who
understands the importance of the commandments. Suzanne hasn’t officially
announced to us that she is going to be baptized the 15th with her husband, but
when we committed her this past weekend, she said that she really wants to. It’s
just hard with her family and the church (remember she's a leader in the RLDS
church). She was going to have a meeting with them but when we did our lesson
on Saturday, she said she didn’t go and decided that it didn’t matter what they
said, she was going to keep going forward because she felt that it was
right. I don’t think I've ever met someone with greater faith. She's
more of an example for us than we are for her, that's for sure.
Other than
that, we had our Couples Night this past week and it went soooo well! We had
three different workshops and then we had activities after. Everyone loved it
and even though we had more members there than investigators, it really
motivated the members to invite their friends for the next activity. So that
was a plus.
Part of the evening was our little photo booth- lol, "For thy Maker is thine husband...." (Isaiah 54:5)
Saturday, we
had the STLS come and do splits with us which was WAY fun and I learned so
much.
We worked hard and found so many new potential investigators and we fixed
Hereiti's baptism for the 15th as well! Do y'all remember Hereiti? She's our
age and she hasn’t really been progressing until this past week. Actually, she
was progressing when we fixed her baptism for December but after some trials,
she was no longer progressing and now, its sure. She stopped smoking and is
really motivated to be baptized because she got her answer that the church was
true. So we are working with her and I hope that she will continue to progress
until her baptism.
Other than
that, I’m doing great! Everyone keeps reminding me that I have so little time
left so that's weird because it still feels like I have forever here!
The Moutham family with their ADORABLE little girl,
Suzanne and Boniface's house! Cool huh? It’s on the water! It’s so windy and we LOVE doing lessons there :)
Ariihei and Terehau! These kids are my favorite.
Hope y'all
are doing well! Love y'all!
Soeur
Taylor
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