So this week felt great, we got to spend the entire time in our sector in Dijon, not a single trip outside of it, got to see a ton of our members and it was lit almost the entire time with blue skies, a warm spring sun, and a nice breeze/perfect temperature as flowers started blooming everywhere in the city. It was a great week in almost every category so I everything to be happy about! So great.
Beginning of the week we got to start off with a Family Home evening with Souer Cuisiat and her friend. Turns out her friend is very interested in the gospel and Soeur Cuisiat is even taking her to go see the temple open house in Paris! After a lesson on the temple, Soeur Cuisiat told her she was welcome to take the missionary lessons whenever she wished. After the prayer I felt I should ask her if she was interested in learning more, and so I did, and she said yes! In fact she is very interested and wants to learn more, so we will be teaching her this Wednesday with Souer Cuisiat! So awesome. Jean Cuisiat is doing so much better too in his health which is awesome. I'll take a picture with them next time, they are awesome.
The rest of the week we spent passing back members who haven't been to church in a long time as well as active members to share some quick spiritual thoughts and lighten their day. It worked great and one member, Soeur Pichon, helped me realize we have a common ancestor (Agnes de Bourgogne) who was in a line of dukes who lived in the Palais Des Dukes here in Dijon! So basically... that's my palace. Picture below of me in my palace. Anyway, the 1% of French ancestry I do have comes right from Bourgogne and even Dijon itself, so I guess the Lord really does put us in places meant just for us! I will be looking more into some of that while I have the chance to be here.
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| me standing on the staircase of the entryway in the Palace of the Dukes of Bourgogne. The door was open, never is and not sure why, so we jumped in and took a picture! After we left some guys working there closed it since they are doing construction. Haha! Got the picture, good thinking Elder Suisse! |
Anyway, we also got to see Frere Taukafa who is awesome and give him a blessing, and Frere Bornand who is super awesome and help him out. We taught Nomena, and even got to see her and her friend Felina at lunch at her uncle's on Saturday; we all shared testimony and Felina's was so cool. We finished the week with great food and an awesome lesson with Poe, even threw all his tea away! (thank you Elder Mitsukawa who served in our ward a few years ago with his example trying to do the same thing). I ate a ton of food and we got to end the week with a great Sunday and seeing Loveth and Steve, they are so awesome. He read out of the Book of Mormon and believes and likes it already, and he can't wait to learn more. Such an awesome time when we see them.
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| Village of Bligny-le-sec |
That was our week, and the thing I learned from it was the chance we have to "go about doing good" as Preach My Gospel teaches us in a section with that title in CH.9. As we share the light we have and find opportunities to serve, as we did our best to do this week (with some service this week as a result! woot!), we will be able to help everyone around us and many will be touched by our influence, and many will open to the gospel as well. Have a great week and I invite you all to do one random act of service :)
lots of Love,
Elder Laney
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