Mission Adventures: Natalie February 3, 2014

Hey everybody!

First off, thank you so much for the package!! Man you did WAY too much. I loved everything so much and can't believe you did that. Thank you thank you. The American candy has been muchly enjoyed and devoured and muchly appreciated! Forgot how much I love that stuff. Also, mom your quote was incredible! I have been studying that chapter in the scriptures this week and the quote was exactly what I needed! Thank you thank you. So inspired. Also I LOVE the necklace! Thank you so much! Cute story. I wore it to church yesterday, and I have this little gang of little girls and they came up and asked me what it was and where it was from, so i knelt down and explained to them that it talked about faith and what faith was. They were the cutest things ever! And they loved it. Thanks mom. It was so special. Such a great reminder of my word!

This week has been amazing. It was SO warm today! In the high 50's with so much sun! I didn't wear a coat or anything. It was crazy and beautiful. How is the weather at home? We haven't had any snow yet! Everyone said it was going to be a crazy winter but it's surprising us all. We also had our conference with Elder Kearon! It was INCREDIBLE. Seriously, that man is unreal. He just did the conference led by the spirit, and we all learned so much. I'm glad you got to see the musical number! That was totally an answer to prayers. We practiced like 5 minutes before for the first time. They were incredible! The spirit was strong;

During the conference, Soeur Poznanski started preparing us for our new mission president and his wife. I can't believe how selfless she is. They have 5 months left and they're already thinking of others. Man. It was really hard for us, and it will be a hard day for me when they leave. i can't imagine what they are feeling. They have given everything they have to this country and to this work. President spoke to us and said, "Thank you for saving my people." Man. There wasn't a dry eye. The Poznanskis will continue to change my life forever. I'm so grateful I had a chance to get close with them out here. I love them so much. Soeur Poznanski surprised me by calling me this week personally to thank me for playing in the conference. She's unreal.

There are also so many incredible members in this ward and I'm becoming really close with a lot of them. The Pierache family is one of them! They are incredible and are always willing to help us. They are converts of about a year and since the day of their baptism they haven't stopped giving. This past week, they gave us a day out of their week to visit members. the member we visited didn't have money to make us a cake, so soeur pierache made one to bring, after she had already fed us a big lunch with her own cake; the woman's incredible. This week they also are taking off a day to go out with us for 8 hours to visit people. I Can not believe them. They have changed my life and have become family out here.

We visited a family going through some challenges and the rendez-vous was fun! But it was long. French people love to talk. We left feeling like we hadn't done a lot! In testimony meeting, the woman got up and bore testimony of "two angels" who came to her home and changed her life and the situation she was in. We talked about covenants and what we can do to have peace. She shared our message with a friend, and the friend went to church for the first time in a long time after her husband had been diagnosed with cancer; MIRACLES. God will always use us.

We were also out porting this week. We were on our way home and had 5 more minutes. So we prayed we could find someone, and we started walkingn and ran into a woman! We contacted her and she was the sweetest thing ever. She loves americans and invited us to her home so we could teach us because she was looking for a community to learn with. miracle! Her name is Marie and we're hoping to see her this week.

We also went back to a woman we found a few weeks ago. She invited a friend over that she thought would be interested, and she found out that one of her closest friends that just passed away was a member in another ward in France. Coincidence? I think not! We're excited to teach her more.

Well, Life is beautiful and I'm so happy. We're working hard and waiting for these people to finally decide to progress! haha I think that's the hardest part of missionary work, agency.

But I won't give up and I will continue to fight! Today is my 10 month mark out here on my mission and I'm pumped beyond belief that I 8 more to work hard and fight for this.

I love you all so much! Thank you again for your kindness and the package. made my whole week. Hope you have a great week. Love ya

Soeur Cameron

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