Monday, November 25, 2013

Natalie November 25, 2013

Bonjour Tout le monde!

Well it was really fun chatting with everybody today! Glad you were all online. Glad to hear that everyone is doing great! Things here are going really good. We had some great experiences! 

On Tuesday we decided to go out porting to find a family for the elders that serve in our ville. They have been so great and have given us so many referrals. It was Elder Gram's birthday so we wanted to specifically find a German family for him because he's from Germany. So we went out and searched for 4 hours going door to door. It was so much fun! We followed random German flags that were waving randomly in the sky. haha it was funny. The last street we went down we got let in our first house that day. This beautiful woman from Ghana opened the door and let us in. We had a great lesson with her and she wants us to come back. We didn't end up finding a German family that day.

We continued to pray throughout the week and we randomly got a call from a man. He told us that he had been taught by misisonaries a year ago and was really interested in taking the lessons again! We told him that we had just the people for him and his family. We passed them along to the elders and they got in contact with them! It was the coolest tender mercy. 

Then we had a rendez-vous with one of our families. We were waiting at the bus stop and a guy asked us for a cigerette. We told him we didn't smoke then he saw our tags and got really embarrassed and apoligzed like 900 times and told us he went to church yesterday and he's a man of God! haha it was pretty funny. He started asking us questions about our church and finally he found out that we were "mormons' and he got really excited because he wanted to know more about us! We told him that we had elders that would love to teach him more. So then we passed his nubmer off to them! Tender mercy number 2!

Then we actually went to our rendez-vous with Petula and her family. The brother of the dad was there and at the end of the lesson they started to ask some questions...like if we could date on our missions, or if we could marry nonmembers. At first we just answered them normally. Then we realized that they probably weren't just asking in generalities! haha Pretty soon he pretty much proposed to us. yep us! He didn't really care which one! He was happy to have the hand of either one of us. or probabaly both! pretty sure he'd read up on pologamy as well. haha we were dying! He told us that he'd get baptized for sure and do whatever was necessary. He was dead serious. He told us he'd even move to the US because he's always wanted to. So we swiftly left that lesson. haha but turns it out its really cool because the family is finally progressing. And they have a 12 year old son who is really interested who happens to really need the elders in his life! So we decided to pass them on to the Elders! So that made 3 families for the elders. God answers our prayers in HIS timing and HIS way! It was so cool!!

So sunday we show up to church, and the Elders had an amie waiting for US! They had found a woman who is golden and they passed her to us. Wow it was so cool! It is such a blessing to serve in a ville where all 4 missionaries work in unity. it was so neat.

So I don't know if you have had a chance to watch the CES broadcast from Elder Osguthorpe, but if you haven't i would highly recommend it! It was incredible; i printed it and read it this week. Here is my favorite quote from it:

"The song of redeeming love is a song of rejoicing in the Atonement of Jesus Christ. It is not necessarily a song with notes and lyrics; it is a song of feelings. The words we might use to express our gratitude when we want to sing the song of redeeming love are constantly changing, depending upon the specific blessings we receive. But this feeling of gratitude for the Savior is like a song. It can play itself over and over again in our heart every time we think about how the Redeemer has saved us from everything that would pull us down.
I know that we can accept His invitation to come and be strengthened, to come and be forgiven, to come and feel His infinite love. Then, with a smiling heart, we will want to sing the song of redeeming love. Not just once in a while—we will want to sing this song always. When we feel strength to do something difficult, we will sing the song in our heart. When we allow truth to find us and enlarge our soul, we will sing the song. When we feel forgiven, we will sing the song. And when we feel His love, we will sing the song."
Oh how beautiful the song of redeeming love is! And what a beautiful time of year it is to celebrate it. We have so much to be grateful for! I will miss you this Thursday. We will have a district meeting all day to celebrate; in honor of Grandma Peg I'm doing the rolls! Wish me luck right? haha And also awhile ago we planned a thanksgiving activity for the ward and we're really excited because we're actually doing it! Everyone is coming Saturday with their friends and nonmembers to enjoy an American holiday. I'm really excited! 

As you know my comp's mom just found out she has a brain tumor. She will get it removed the 16th of December. Their family could really use some prayers right now! Her mom's name is Liz and they are incredible. Thanks for your prayers!

I hope you all have a beauiful Thanksgiving. And know how thankful i am for all of you! Eat an extra Costco pumpkin pie for me and Loge. And have a turkey bowl! You will be in my thoughts. So grateful for you!

Pictures:walking to church this week! Making American cookies with the cutest kids in our ward, also showed them how to make a New York cheesecake; it was the funnest! and coming home from porting in the cold all day! We love warm trains!

Love you all so much! Have a beautiful week! You are in my thoughts and prayers

Love,
Sœur Cameron
100% No regrets, I've promised to give MORE






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