The Quebec Temple
Allooooo World,
How is it already Monday again? And
how the heck is next week July? I have honestly no idea how that's
possible. I swear my concept of time is so contorted right now. But
hopefully I figure out it sometime in the next 13 months.
Friday
was the national holiday for Quebec. It's where they celebrate St. Jean
de Baptiste, who's the patron saint of Quebec, but really it just turns
into a huge party for the most prideful providence in Canada. And it's
funny because Canada Day is this next Friday. So all the Francophone
Quebecois people celebrate on the 24th, but the rest of the English
speaking Canadians celebrate on the 1st. So really it's just two
straight weekends of people partying and not wanting anything to do with
missionaries. So that's fun.
There was this party thing at a park in
town, and no one wanted to talk to us,
but I had to get a picture of the
cute little Quebec national party signs
But this week
have still found people! On St. Jean de Baptiste day we actually found a
group of college kids and started talking to them about religion. There
was one girl who was really interested. Her name is Daria, and she said
she's been having a hard time with college, but that she's always been
interested in religion. She grew up Catholic, but said that their view
of God is something that's never matched hers. When we taught her that
God is our loving Heavenly Father she was like, "YES! Now that sounds
right." Then she had to get on a bus, but we got her phone number and
she said that she looked forward to the next time she would see us. We
also gave her a pamphlet about the Plan of Salvation, soooo seeds are
being planted.
We also started teaching a
woman named Denise, who's from Haiti. We just had a lesson with her
today where we talked about the Restoration of the Gospel and she
understood everything so quickly. And she actually said that she wanted
us to help her change her life, something that I have not heard anyone
say since I've been on my mission. She was so humble and prepared to
hear about the gospel, she truly is the definition of a miracle. The
only annoying thing is that she's a French speaker, and we are in an
English ward, so we have to pass her off to the other Sister
Missionaries who are in charge of the French people in her area. So
dang. But she said that she would be baptized on August 6th. So everyone pray for Denise! SHE'S AMAZING.
Our Saturday Morning Breakfast Club. These women have my heart <3
We
also helped a cute family paint their first home. It was so tender. The
wife is the daughter of one of the members of in the stake, but she
hasn't been to church since she was a teenager. But she moved into a
home 5 minutes away from us, and now we love her soooo we are definitely
going to be seeing her more. Pray for her (Lindsay) that she might have
the desire to come back to church!
PAINTING YAY! (she wanted to paint the whole house white, go figure but it was so fun!)
Sister
Zobrist and I are still awesome. We get along so well and really help
each other to be better (in a super loving way). I am so grateful for
her and for Heavenly Father knowing how much I needed to be with Sister
Zobrist. We have so much fun together and we work hard too. I love her
so much.
And
I love you all too. Have a great week and remember to pray. It's the
way we communicate to our Heavenly Father, and I promise that He really
wants to hear from you.
Till next week,
Sister Thomas
Comp Selfie!!!!!
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