For sun and sky and air and light,
But stood out in the open plain
And always got its share of rain,
Never became a forest king
But lived and died a scrubby thing.
The man who never had to toil to live,
Who never had to win his share
Of sun and sky and light and air,
Never became a manly man
But lived and died as he began.
“Good timber does not grow at ease,
The stronger wind, the stronger trees.
The further sky, the greater length,
The more the storm, the more the strength.
By sun and cold, in rain and snow,
in trees and men good timbers grow.
Where thickest lies the forest growth
We find the patriarchs of both.
And they hold council with the stars
Whose broken branches show the scars
Of many winds and much of strife.
This is the common law of life.”
—Author unknown
I really like this poem. My companion gave it to me. It helped a lot whenever we'd get frustrated that we couldn't find anyone, but again, I say this a lot, we learn from EVERYTHING we experience. I know I'm here for a reason and I don't expect things to be easy or even to come right away. One of my favorite scriptures for right now is, 3 Nephi 5:13 which I just read in personal study this week. It says,
13 Behold, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I have been called of him to declare his word among his people, that they might have everlasting life.
I read that every once in a while, whenever I forget my purpose. To obtain everlasting life is not easy. To be God's and Goddesses isn't easy. We must work for it! And when we work, we grow and become the people He wants us to be! I can testify that its true, no matter the hardship, you learn and grow from that experience.
To start off my wonderful weekly email we had District Meeting on Wednesday morning in St. Omer It was way fun catching up with old friends and getting to know new ones. Our district leader is Elder Cheng from Toronto Canada but he’s originally from Taiwan. He’s here speaking Mandarin and French so he’s awesome automatically. I really like him as my DL. His companion is a francophone and his name is Elder Danjou from Montreal. He’s really cool too. Elder de Geus you all know him. It was fun seeing him again! Elder Shenkal his comp. is from Alpine Utah and he’s dying this transfer, he’s cool!
For District Meeting Elder Cheng had us play Telestrations because his formation was about analogies. Kind of talking about how Christ talked in parables to help people understand from different perspectives. It was fun and funny. Mine was about receding hair line... so with this game whatever our subject was we had to incorporate into our principles and we had to talk about faith, repentance and baptism. IT WAS HARD. Especially in French lol. I’ll give you an example: Today we are going to talk about repentance... let me give you an analogy, there is a man who has a receding hairline and he doesn’t like it. He’s very, very sad. So, he decides to change something about it. He decides to shave it all off and start over new. So now his hair is starting to come back in full all better. That is like repentance for us. We can start all over fresh by asking our Father for forgiveness and help to face our trials and he will help us grow back with full strength ready to face challenges with a clear conscience, no matter what comes our way. He’s waiting to forgive us.
Zone Conference was really good too. Very long as usual, but I always learn a lot. It was different because now we have smartphones. Yeah, we share it between the equipe (companionship) so from now on missionaries coming in will not come in with tablets, but with their own phone. So soon we will be getting our own phones and well keep our tablets (having both), but from here on out the tablets are going to die and there will be just phones. weird I know. but I’m sure new and better things will come from it!
Hope you had an amazing week! love you all very much and I’ll talk to you next week! Work hard and stay awesome!
Soeur Sarah Hunt
I'm sure she has her share of hard days but she always has a smile and a positive attitude
Calais District
Elder Shenkal, Soeur Hacker, Soeur Hunt, Elder de Geus, Elder Cheng and Elder Danjou
Out with the old and in with the new
Inside the Calais Church
A building filled with history. Located in the heart of the city, the Town Hall is one of the most beautiful monuments in Calais in the grounds of which lies the work of Rodin, The Six Bourgeois. Its construction was decided in 1888, work began in 1911 and ended in 1925. Neo-Flemish predominant within, this monument stands proudly with its belfry of 75 meters which houses a electronic bell and clock system above the place of the Unknown Soldier. The body of the building offers very slender forms. The beautiful red brick and stone, hides in fact a reinforced concrete structure. The town hall contains a magnificent stained glass windows showing the liberation of the city by the Duke of Guise in 1558 and a canvas of Jeanne Thil representing the dedication of the Bourgeois of Calais and the busts of Henri de Guise and Richelieu.
The belfry of the Town Hall is listed as World Heritage by UNESCO since 15 July 2005.
Calais Pier Lighthouse
The ferries to and from England
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