Soeur Sarah Hunt France Paris Mission: God hears us

So many things happened, I’m excited to share what I experienced!...

I made it from Paris through the maze of metros to my specific gare to get back to Calais with my new bleu. I've never done that before, nor have I even tried. I felt very accomplished. I know I didn't do it alone. My Father in Heaven was with me the whole time. He cleared my mind and showed me mercy. I'm forever grateful for him and his help that he provides me.

So now on to my new companion! Soeur Skouson is here straight from the MTC and she’s from Iowa! she’s super sweet and smart! she knows a lot! She studied music in college, so she plays the piano which was like Christmas for the members once they found out. It was great.

Work is going very well here! We’re loving it. I was hoping for another opportunity to see Sabrina. So, I texted her Thursday, she answered and said she thought she was available Saturday but wasn’t sure. She said she'd let us know. Saturday comes around and no response until Saturday evening at like 6 saying she was home. We left right then and there to her place. We had to leave right then because we had to time the rendez vous precisely for the last bus of the night. We got there and went in and it was so awesome. She talked the whole time. She was telling us all the things she had been doing. She was busy with court and her divorce from her husband. She cried a lot and she was so stressed out. I felt so bad for her. The weird thing was it felt like she was confessing to us and to her friend who was there who happened to be a pastor for an evangelist church. I think we were there for almost 2 hours just listening to her vent. We finally had to tell her we needed to catch the last bus of the night, but we could talk some more another time. I asked her to come to church and she said she would. Her friend, the pastor, said he was going to come too. I think he had a car, so he was going to drive her. We left very quickly to run and catch our bus. Next day rolled around and Sabrina said she couldn’t come to church because there wasn’t a bus. I thought she was coming with her friend. It was a sad moment. Never give up the faith! She still wants to be baptized, but I’m afraid she doesn’t understand much, which granted, we haven’t had an opportunity to teach her a whole lot yet, but we'll get there. Pray for her! She’ll get there!

So, the thing I learned this week was that if you ask for miracles and tender mercies, you will get them. God answers prayers. I never really asked for miracles because I thought you just had to be lucky to get some. Because you never ask for them! I mean heaven forbid! But, I was wrong. if you ask, the Lord is waiting to give them to you. I mean, he does it even if you don’t ask anyway! The Lord wants to bless you and give you everything he has. Let him in. He loves us so much. I know because I can see and feel it now in my life and I can’t deny it.

Love you all so much and I hope you have a great week!

Soeur Hunt