Date: July 25, 2016
Location: Rouen
Companion: Soeur Bennett
Bonjour to All My Favorite People!!
Vacances is going to be the death of me. There are about 8
weeks during the summer, where everyone decides that it is vacation, and that
they don't have time to walk, talk, eat, or meet with the missionaries, because
it is a time to sit back and think about all the stuff that they DON'T have to
do :) So missionaries hate vacances. We love it because it is pretty out, but
we hate it because we can't swim, and more importantly because no one seems to
be available to see us, or to answer the phone.
Having said that, there is still plenty of work to be done
because no matter what time of year, there will always be people to talk to,
and doors to knock on.
I like to look at it like this. It is almost like a "we
deliver" system at a restaurant. They are too lazy to go OUT to get the
gospel, so we bring it right to them! Haha sounds like a pretty good deal to me.
Haha we are still working on other people seeing it that way :)
So the other day we were walking home, and I saw this woman
wearing lots of yellow, and so I had to contact her. I just knew that she had to
be a happy woman. and boy was I right. Once she started talking she just
couldn't shut up! and as one minute turned into two, and two into twenty, we
were scratching to find a polite way to interrupt and try and share a little
bit of this happy message. So we did! and it turns out that she was interested!
So it ended up being a super cool experience!
And before we left, we asked her if we could pray for her, and
for her family, and we asked her if she had any needs. So this is what she
wanted. To "to continue to be happy and to one day be a grandma."
This woman was in her 70s, and she really wants to have grandkids.
So, I bowed my head to pray, and as a started to pray, I
don't know what happened- no excuses, but I asked God to give this adorable
woman the ability to have children of her own one day. And this chatty woman interrupts
me and says, "déjà fait!" or "already been there and done that!"
and she just started laughing.
So it turns out I am not perfect, but it was a really
awesome experience nonetheless and I added it to my book that is titled
"The Not So Normal Life of Me as a Sister Missionary." haha there are
one too many entries in there :)
BUT this week was really good. I am winding up my days here
in Rouen, as I am done training Soeur Bennett this next week, and I think they are
booting me from what has very accurately become a home. I am so grateful for
the experiences that the Lord has given me here. I have met people that have
changed everything.
The other night, we were with Sylvie, we had had the idea to
go visit her, and we did. And we had a super powerful lesson and so much love was
there. And before we left, Sylvis said this, "I really needed you to come
over tonight, I need to feel the Spirit, and now it as almost as if Christ is
present." Little did Sylvie know, but it had been a really hard day for me
as well, and I needed it just as much. I am learning that sometimes to answer
our prayers, the Lord gives us other people. Sylvie is definitely that other
person for me :) and that night we were those people for her.
His hand is everywhere. Don't forget to look for it even
when the days seem really long and hard. Because it is there and I learn that everytime
I think it is not, I am just missing it.
I love you all a lot. I am having fun and reprioritizing
what is important like crazy, and finding that the people I love always come out
on top. I am learning lots and I am working hard.
Soeur Trotter
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| This is the closest to a real smile we are going to get from Sylvie, I love her so much (: |
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| My Ville, Rouen |
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