Soeur Sarah Hunt France Paris Mission: Oh the contrast!

This week went pretty quickly. It started out with a great fiery zone conference in Rennes. I was asked to give a short little review of what we learned last zone conference. This is what I get when I know the zone leaders, @Elder McDougal haha. It was good though, the spirit was very strong and Sœur Franklin gave a great goodbye testimony. Life is moving very quickly and I can't keep up!

After zone conference we stayed in Rennes for a 2nd exchange. It was fun. I was with Sœur Pischer again and we had a great opportunity to visit an American family!!! They're from Ohio and have been living here for the past 3 or so months for work. The dad is very smart. He's working on his Ph.D. right now in the French language. So he's working at a university translating from French to English doctoral vocabulary for the students that want to be doctors. That's pretty cool. It was such a stark contrast being with them and teaching them to any other French family. I didn't have to worry about speaking I just had to talk and have fun and get to know them! Then in the end, again I didn't have to worry about how things are said or how I was going to say it, but it went really well and the family is so, so awesome. The mom doesn't really speak French (little bit) but she still teaches with the missionaries and then they just translate for her to everyone. They’re so willing to do missionary work and help people be blessed by the gospel! So fun! It was a breath of fresh air haha. You need one every once in a while. So glad I was able to meet them!

We also saw the Giraud family again, twice. They're very generous in having us over and taking care of us. They fed us chicken and turkey stomachs, haha. Yum. We also played Telestration with them. It was quite hilarious to see all of us missionaries trying to Google translate the words that we were supposed to draw and guess. It was very fun and they're such a sweet family. So glad they're back in full activation in the church again, I don't know where I'd be without them.

We went finding, well, porting for a couple hours closer to our church because our President said he wanted us to maybe focus more on being closer to our church when we find. So we've been working on that. A lot of people didn't answer and some people weren't interested but they were nice about it. I remember saying out loud not quite serious but then at the same time being serious, I said, “Nobody is receiving us and we can't do it without you! Please help us!” So, then we went to a different neighborhood and the first door we knocked on was an older lady in her 60s and she was so sweet. She listened to us as we introduced ourselves. She said that she had been wondering what that church was for a while! We introduced the Book of Mormon and gave it to her and she said she'd read it and talk to her husband about it! We also told her that she was welcome to come to church whenever she wants. After we introduced ourselves and the Book, she asked us to come inside so she could show us her jewelry collection that she makes! She was so, so cute and we just got talking about life. We hope to go back and see her again soon and talk more! God answered my prayer!

We have some pretty sticking amis now! We were able to see Junior again. He asks great questions and is actually excited to read the scriptures after we explained it more in detail last rendezvous. Super sweet guy. We gave him the plan of salvation pamphlet and he was very excited to read it and talk about it next rendezvous because he said he's been having many questions about it lately!

We saw Ruth and Favor again and they're just so fun. We also taught the plan of salvation and it went really well! Ruth understood it well and it was just a fun time :)

Lisa is a new ami to us but old at the same time. She's talked with missionaries in the past, but had lost contact. She has a boyfriend who is a member in the St. Nazaire branch. Speaking of which, there was a baptism from their branch and so Lisa came with the boyfriend’s family! She has great support from that family. She's been reading and praying over the phone with the family and she's helping her boyfriend stay motivated and concentrate on preparing for his mission. So we went and saw her and she was happy to see us again! Lots more to go, but super awesome! Lots of potential!

On Sunday we were asked to be apart of the ward choir. It turns out that us missionaries ARE the ward choir. LOL so I hope we get more volunteers soon.

Last week of the transfer, bring it on!

Love you lots and prayers coming your way! Because we know God answers prayers! Maybe not all the time when we want it but He does. And I love Him for answering me.

Love you all!

Sœur Hunt