We found two new Amis this week, one was an African woman who is here for her studies, I contacted her on a tramway, and she was very interested, so we've been able to see her once since then. It went well, and so we're very hopeful. Another is a member friend, she works with a member who started talking a lot with her about the gospel, and she accepted to meet with us, and ended up really liking our first rendezvous, and has come church twice now. My companions and I have had a lot of fun, it's the south coast, so no need for gloves or scarves, we still wear coats but it's much much warmer than Annemasse. I'm so incredibly excited to get to work here, church was great, we had six Amis at church, and all seemed to like it.
We actually weren't together in Montpellier as companions too much this week, we went on three different exchanges, which was a blast, and made the week blow by. I went on exchange down to Perpignan, right next to Spain, which was a blast, me and Elder Whitmer went out and talked to everybody we could see for a long time, and talked with some cool people, then went and had a Family Home Evening at the church, where we played some games and gave a spiritual message. Then I went on exchange back in Montpellier with an Elder serving in Nîmes, which was good, we got to teach one of our Amis and talked with a lady who was really interested in English class, fun fun. We had our zone training on Friday, and talked a lot about the big push our Mission President has tale us about finding families. We all committed to try in every way we can to find the families who are ready for the gospel.
Then I had a treat, we went on exchange all the way up in Lyon, and I got to teach a recent convert that I taught once or twice before his baptism, it was so incredible to get to see him again, and see the progression he's made, and how strong he is in the gospel now. The best part of the week was when we were able to teach our ami on Sunday after church at our Elders Quorum President's house. She has a baptismal date in about a month, and is progressing very well. We taught the Plan of Salvation, and as we were teaching she told us about how her father had died when she was younger, and how as we were teaching this she was so happy to start understanding God's plan, and how she was going to see him again. It was a great moment, and I was so touched by her sincerity, she loves the lessons.
I spent the majority of my week outside of Montpellier, on exchange with three different missionaries, which was good. The first one was on exchange with an Elder in Carcassone, which has a huge castle in it. We spent all day contacting and porting, so I got to see the castle many times and get to know Carcassone a little, then in the evening we went with their bishop to visit a family out of ville, which went really well. Then I got a huge treat, I went on exchange in Beziers, the branch where I served the first six months of my mission, and we spent a lot of time working in Narbonne, my first ville!! There's no longer missionaries there, it's and outer ville in Beziers area, so the elder I was with wanted me to show him where some less actives and members lived. I got to see the dad of a family I had worked really hard to re-activate while I was there, and that is now coming to church every week, which was one of the best feelings I've ever had.
It was so incredible to see how much him and his whole family have progressed, how happy they are, and they still remembered me really well, which was even better. To finish the week we taught our incredible ami who has a baptismal date and is progressing really well on Sunday, and she committed to stop smoking, which was a big step. It's such an amazing experience to see how our Heavenly Father works with these people, and how much they can change, I love being a missionary so much!
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