Hope everyone had a wonderful week. It was so busy for us and it went by so fast but man was it just an amazing week.
We
went on exchanges with some other Sisters and we stayed here in
Kirkland, and divided and conquered. We were busy all of Tuesday as
we tried to find people to contact and get to all the lessons we had
planned, but it was so good and we found 5 people (two of whom are a
super cute couple from Iran who were are going to give a copy of the
Book of Mormon in Farsi) who are potentially interested in the church
and it was just an all around success.
We also
got to celebrate a birthday of one of our less active members. Her name
is Bridget she's from Nigeria and she's like 7 months pregnant, but she
was SO excited for her birthday. We brought over a cake with Sister Roy
and had a little party for her, it was so cute. She's told us before
about some of the crazy things that have happened to her, but also about
how she is so grateful to God for everything that he has given her. And
in Nigeria, it's tradition to name the baby after how you feel, so she
said she's going to name the baby Great if it's a boy, and Gracious if
it's a girl, because she has felt God's greatness and His gracious
attitude help her through this pregnancy. Go figure, but one thing this
baby will know is how much its mother loves God.
Bridget's birthday partyyyyy :)
And
finally, I titled this email "j'ai pleuré" which translates to "I
cried" because yesterday was just PERFECT. Gabriel, one of our
investigators, CAME TO CHURCH! And it was Stake Conference, so he was
able to see all of the members of the church in the English speaking
side of Montreal. It was an AMAZING conference and he was there to hear
every word. We talked to him after the meeting and asked what he
thought, the first thing he said was "God is NOT dead!" He was so
surprised and happy to see how many people still believed there was a
God, and that He was our loving, and merciful Father in Heaven. He said
he would come back next week, and that he would bring his whole family,
because he just felt so good there. He is literally the definition of a
miracle. Donc, (aka "so" in French) it's obvious why I cried.
Anyways,
I hope everyone has a wonderful week. We watched Elder Holland's
conference talk again this last week with a less active member, and I
just wanted to attach a little quote,
"Please
remember tomorrow, and all the days after that, that the Lord blesses
those who want to improve, who accept the need for commandments and try
to keep them, who cherish Christlike virtues and strive to the best of
their ability to acquire them. If you stumble in that pursuit, so does
everyone; the Savior is there to help you keep going. If you fall,
summon His strength. Call out like Alma, 'O Jesus, … have mercy on me.'
He will help you get back up. He will help you repent, repair, fix
whatever you have to fix, and keep going. Soon enough you will have the
success you seek." (https://www.lds.org/general-
What
a true statement that is. Christ can help us. He will repair and
restore us, He is our Shepard and He is always there to lift us and all
we have to be doing is trying. Trying to love Him, and keep His
commandments. Trying to be better, trying to align our will with His.
Trying to be patient in trials, trying to be more humble, and trying to
be more aware of His love. Remember that this week.
Sis. Hoffmann and I trying to enjoy the sun
for the literal second that it was out. It's an eternal winter here. SOS.
Love you all!
Sister Thomas
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