Working and Turning 20

Bonjour tout-le-monde! This week was one of the better weeks of my mission, both me and my companion were very happy with the results at the end. After a while of finding, we were able to find three new Amis this week, two of which seem very sincere and ready to hear the gospel.  We had the chance to teach one of them this last Saturday, and he said something to us during the lesson that really struck me. We had just spoken of receiving the conviction and response to our prayer of the truth of what we were saying, and right after he said that he thinks he can get the conviction, but that he was still going to need our help. He said we can receive the conviction in our hearts, but afterward, if we do not work on that, if we do not cultivate the faith that we already have, eventually no matter how strong the original conviction was, it will fade away without care, just like all other things in our lives. It was a huge testimony for me and a reminder from this man I had barely met, that the little things in our lives do matter, that daily scripture study and prayer, as well as doing our best every day to be righteous are some of the most important things we can do.

One incredible miracle, we lost contact with a young student here about a month ago, after having taught him twice, and having really good rendezvous. We found out a month later that he had had his phone stolen, but that he was more than happy to see us again! During the rendezvous he pulled out the Book of Mormon and told us he had read until the Book of Alma. He said he had kind of lost his faith for a little while, but that the Book of Mormon was really helping him to refund his faith and boost himself spiritually. It was one of the best rendez-vous of my mission, the spirit was there, we were teaching with a recent convert who bore his testimony, and we were able to fix a baptismal date for the 11 of June!

We also had the chance this week to go up to Aix-en-Provence, one of my old villes, for a large multi-zone conference, which was great. I got to see quite a few mission friends that I've known my whole mission right before they left, and to hear their departing testimonies, which were powerful and fortifying. A large portion of the conference was spent on the faith of the mission right now, pushing for the goal of 91 convert baptisms this transfer, which is huge. We're seeing so many miracles right now though, that I truly think we can get it!


We finished off the week doing a service project for a member on Saturday after playing soccer in the morning with our Amis, having a barbecue at the members home afterwords where they invited their non-member next door neighbors, and then teaching our ami that night who I spoke about earlier. It was my birthday, and it ended up being one of the best birthdays I've had, with the highlight being me getting to bear my testimony to our new ami in the evening, after giving him a Book of Mormon. Life is great:)