Wow.
What an unbelievable week! My heart is overjoyed and I am so, so GRATEFUL.
I
had a lot of tender mercies and miracles that once again showed me
God's hand in my life. I know that He is real. He is always there just
waiting to bless us. So this week, a virus turned into a sinus
infection...haha My body is just about done I think. So I went into the
11th arrondissement in Paris France to visit yet again another doctor.
haha That was a surreal experience! He told me I had a sinus infection
and he put me on some antibiotics and other meds! Lots of them! And
guess what? Through a lot of prayers, they are working! Through the
strengthening and enabling power of the Atonement, He is supporting me
to the very end.
A few weeks ago, President Babin contacted me
and asked me if I could put a musical number together for the Paris
Stake Conference in our mission. I told him of course! I prayed a lot
about it and that day in church and during sacrament meeting I had a
vision! And I was able to arrange a musical number for the missionaries.
I worked with another elder and he wrote some new lyrics, I wrote the
music and it was INCREDIBLE to watch how God works! President was so
supportive and willing to do whatever He could to help. We were asked to
play for the Paris Stake. It isn't my stake, but President gave us
permission to go! So this weekend we stayed in Versailles. Beautiful,
beautiful, Versailles!
The Stake Conference took place in
the Grand Palais, a few feet away from the Château de Versailles.
Absolutely beautiful. We had a choir of about 45 missionaries and we
practiced beforehand. Through the conference, we were just praying our
hearts out that there would be angels singing with us. That we would be
able to touch the hearts of these people, and help them hasten the
missionary work in Paris. As another number, we did the quartet that we
arranged for the fireside in Aulnay a few weeks ago. It was incredible,
and they sang beautifully. We were the closing number. Before we began,
President humbly bore his testimony of this work and said that our
musical number was his prayer. We started playing and singing, and the
angels joined us. It was breath taking. I'll never forget that
experience. As I looked around at these missionaries that I've grown to
love, and President and Soeur Babin, and the hundreds of people
listening from this country. It was humbling. To hear the music that God
placed in my fingers being performed in the Grand Palais in Versailles
France, my heart couldn't take it anymore. What a special moment that
I'll never forget. I was brimming with gratitude.
Another
tender mercy happened! At the end of the stake conference, I was on
stage and in walks...ELDER FONTAINE!!!! The famous mission companion of
our dear Elder Cameron It was so cool! It was such a miracle that we
were able to meet! It wasn't my stake conference and normally I wouldn't
have been there. A complete miracle! We were able to talk about Loge
and he told me how much he loves him and what a difference he is making.
It was such a tender mercy to talk with the last person that's been
with him and hear how he is doing. He was so kind and from all the
missionaries who serve in his branch, they say that the Fontaines are
incredible and some of the greatest missionaries ever. A fun little
tender mercy.
This week, we also had a surprise visit from
President Poznanski at our district meeting! Torcy is the headquarters
for the church in France so he was being interviewed for the church. He
walked into our district meeting and we had a nice chat. Oh how much I
love that man! And how much I miss him! He carried his light in and his
sense of humor as always. He caught up with us all and it was so great.
This
week I studied a lot more about light. I read Elder Anderson's talk,
"you know enough" and just loved the symbolism and simplicity he gave.
"As disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, we have enormous spiritual
reservoirs of light and truth available to us. … In our days of
difficulty, we choose the road of faith." I love that no matter the road
we face, no matter the challenge, we, as disciples of Jesus Christ have
an enourmous spiritual resevoir of light! Think of that mental image!
That brings so much hope and love and can help us through any difficulty
we face. I can feel that power each day. And I have loved feeling it
out here. The power of God's light is real.
Well, I am
beginning the last week of my mission. And I couldn't be more grateful. I
am filled with such joy and happiness and inner peace and I'm so
excited to see what miracles await us each day. I know this work is
real. And I am eternally grateful to be a witness of His love.
Love,
Soeur Cameron
100% No regrets I've promised to give MORE
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| ELDER FONTAINE!!!! The famous mission companion of
our dear Elder Cameron. |
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