Yes, I know the heading of this message is a bit redundant,
but that's the only way to describe what happened since last monday. I
have NEVER seen a week like this. EVER!
First off...
Mom, good luck with your new calling!
Kendra, thanks for getting my housing done! You have
no idea how much I haven't been thinking about that at all! Thanks for
all the stress you went through. Also, thanks for checking on Craig and
Auston. Jeanelle and Jake! I might have known; that is SO fun!
Drew, get well soon.
Steph, don't race.
Trev, run fast!
Alright, it's a shame that I don't have much time to write.
This week we found just about a million new investigators! We're going to
see la famille David in one hour. Nicole and Jacques are both about 75
years old; Jacques is very Catholic and Nicole doesn't believe in God anymore
since her son dies four years ago at forty years of age. Later tonight
we're heading off to see Christophe Mariette, who came to church this week!
Lydie (an old amie that we re-found this week) came to church as well!
Tomorrow we'll be teaching Madame Castin, a woman of about 70.
She's really...spicy! She let's you know what's on her mind.
We'll also be seeing Michael and Maria (I mentionned them about four
weeks ago) tomorrow.
Also, we ran into Opeti and Losi again; we showed them the
Restoration DVD, and they cooked us (without warning us) an enormous tongan
dinner. I was seriously not hungry at all the next day. Our other
new amis are Rodrigue and Jean-Charles, and I want to tell you a story about
the other three...
But first, we taught Quentin last night! We just rang
his doorbell and he let us in! We're going to see him again on Wednesday
to read together. He's still searching as hard as ever, but not in the
right places; he had stopped reading the Book of Mormon. However, last night he
sent me a text message in which he quoted 1 Nephi 3:7 and said "I was
wondering how I'd manage to find the time to read with all of the schoolwork
I've got, and then I read this verse. I called my friend to see what we had to
do for tomorrow; nothing!"
So, as for our last three investigators; we found them
yesterday. We went to an appointment with a man that had wanted to teach
him and his wife. Frère Zambo came with us. The man wasn't there,
but the woman who answered the interphone suggested that we go looking for him
at the little fair that was going on. We searched in vain, but came back
and rang again. He still wasn't there, but I told the woman that we were
missionnaries, and asked if we could come up. She hesitated, then pressed
the button to unlock the door. We went upstairs to meet Jeanne (with whom
I had talked on the interphone), Madeleine, Madina, and their mother (I don't
know her first name and I won't even try to spell her last name. La
famille N'DIAYE (I abbreviated, I think) is from Mali and Senegal. After
a few minutes of waiting, we managed to have the whole family sit down on the
couch as we taught the message of the restoration. As I listened to
Jeanne (she talked the most) explain a bit about her past, her religious
background, how she works sixteen hours a day every weekday to support
her five young kids, and how she and her husband are separated since four years
ago, I felt so calm. It was so peaceful as we taught the mesage of the
restoration of the Gospel of Jesus-Christ. We immediately laughed
together and had a room full of friends. It's difficult to describe that
wonderful feeling, which came from the Holy Ghost. Jeanne accepted our invitation
to be baptized on March 31st. Her sisters wee more hesitant, and her mom
is muslim. I haven't felt so at peace in a rendez-vous for a long time.
I gottat go, but I am so grateful to be working here in
Agen. The Lord has showered blessings out upon us, to the point that we
don't have room enough to recieve them!
I love you all§ Have a great week!
-Elder Brown
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