5-27-13
Hey family and friends,
This past week was awesome! I feel like
I say that every week... but that's because every week IS awesome as a
missionary. We saw so many miracles and so many awesome things happen.
We taught a ton of lessons, found new
investigators, set a baptismal date and did a bunch of service. We were
definitely busy and a busy missionary = a happy missionary.
We've been doing a lot of service for a
British couple (Keith and Barb). We normally work for a couple hours, then they
feed us and we share a spiritual message. On Tuesday we ripped out a huge hedge
in their backyard. That was quite a chore haha. I would suggest to everyone,
NOT to plant a hedge in their backyard unless you want it to stay there forever
because removing them (at least by hand) is hard work!
Haha, let’s see what else happened this
week. On Friday we had 8 lessons planned! 8 lessons in one day for our mission
is amazing. In fact, most missionaries in our mission teach about 8 lessons a
week here in France. Elder Fish and I were super excited since we had that many
planned in one day. However, of the 8 lessons, 7 of them either canceled, no
showed or rescheduled during the day. We only had one of our 8 lessons which was
really disappointing, but the Lord had something else in mind for us. We ended
up finding new investigators, getting new phone numbers, and teaching other
lessons during that time. I think that's a concept that applies to all aspects
of life. Sometimes what we have planned or what we want doesn't always happen
in life (relate that to your job, school, family, sports, etc.), but God is
always in control and has a plan. When things don't work out, you just need to
keep pushing forward and He'll bless you.
Oh, so another cool miracle happened
this week. Elder Fish and I were working hard all day. We were knocking on
doors, stopping people on the street, and talking to everyone we could in the
hot sun, but nobody wanted to talk to us. No matter what we did, no matter what
we said, things weren't going our way. We even had some guy spit at us haha.
Anyways, it was about 8:55 at night, and we are supposed to be home by 9. I
remember thinking that the night was practically over and that we were going to
go home with nothing to show for our hard work that day... But what happened
next (despite my bad attitude) was amazing. The streets were pretty much dead
since it was getting late at night, until a man walked around a corner. Elder
Fish and I decided to go up to him and talk to him. He turned out to be a super
cool, believing French guy with a family. He was very receptive to our message,
we set up a return appointment with him, and we even said a prayer with him
right there on the street.
It’s never too late for miracles to
happen! This past week was just full of cool experiences like that. Missionary
work is funny, because you can work for hours and hours (even days or weeks)
and see no success, but all it takes is one person and then all that hard work
feels worth it.
On Sunday (yesterday) we had a member of
the church give a talk. He is from England and only speaks English so I got to
go up to the pulpit with him and translate the talk (as he was giving it) from English
to French! Translating is pretty tough going from French to English, but going
from English to French was crazy! I think I did alright though and plus it was
great practice for my French skillz.
I could go on and on. It is impossible
to explain all the cool things that happened in a week. Basically, in a nut
shell. Life is great, missionary work is very hard and very rewarding and I
love Saint Brieuc!
Thank you everyone for the prayers and
support. Talk to you next week!
Elder Davis
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