New transfer!! And Soeur Blackham and I are still killing it in Talence! We are so excited to spend another transfer together! Our area is amazing and the people here are wonderful. With /transfers we had a lot of the sisters spend the night, so that was a party. While some of the missionaries were waiting for their companions we took them around Bordeaux. We saw a cathedral, went shopping, got Stake n'Shake, went to a wine museum (hehe, didn't know it was that until after we got in) and we went on a boat down the river. It was a very successful day. Biscoff Shake As for amis, the family we are meeting with is really struggling, but even in their struggles they came to church! Another amie from Albania invited us to her son's birthday party. We were expecting something little so we made a banana bread cake for him. But when we walked in, no one was speaking French. Everyone was from Albania and there was crazy loud music going on. It wasn't that crazy, but it was loud and in a foreign language. But we got to see a cool traditional Albanian dance. It was all a little weird, so we left early.
Such a fun week! The mission is wonderful! I love the book of Mormon and I know it is true! Ahh I love the gospel!!! Well, have a wonderful week! - Soeur Glazier
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I was experiencing my first week as a missionary! How has time passed so fast? I have no idea. The past few days I have been reading through my journal and I can not believe how much I have grown! I have gone through some hard things the past year, and I have experienced so much happiness. I know that without the experiences that I have had this past year, I would not have grown as much as I have. I have learned to have trust in the Lord. That this is not all up to me. I am just a tool in His hands. Along with that, I have learned how much He is in the details of our lives. I have also learned that really and lasting and eternal joy comes from living the gospel of Jesus Christ. It has been such a wonderful time. 1 Year! With Soeur Thorn, my MTC companion. With that, this week was a very hard week and I don't really know why. But even with that, we had some really happy times! On Friday there was a ward dinner and we got to eat some good food and talk with members. They had us all write our names on an envelope and stick it on the wall. Then through out the meal, we would go up and write a little note to someone and put it in their envelope. It was such a fun idea. On Sunday we had the family we are teaching come to church, and another amie named K...! It was her first time coming so we had fun introducing her to the members. She told us she has been reading the Book of Mormon and that every time she reads it she feels optimistic. For P-day I finally got to see Bordeaux, and it is BEAUTIFUL!! The buildings are so big and old and I love it! We went shopping down a street that is the longest shopping street in France! It was a lot of fun and I got to eat Bordeaux's specialty which is a Canelé. It was so good!! I will probably get another one soon, hehe! Love you all and have a great week! - Soeur Glazier District Meeting
Well, to start the week off we had zone conference! So all the sisters got to sleepover! Soeur Blackham and I had to present about finding and we focused on Abinadi. He went to talk King Noah and his people, not knowing if any one would accept his message. But he went anyways because of his love for the Lord. We talked about how important it is to talk to everyone because we love the Lord (thanks papa). After zone conference we got in the car and drove to Brive for exchanges! Brive is beautiful!! I got to spend the day with Soeur Yee On. We had a good day talking to people and had some great lessons. Oh, and Brive is known for their eclairs. They are so good and so huge! We were having such good exchanges that we missed our train to Bordeaux. So we were stuck for some time and then made it to Periguex and got stuck there for a while and didn't make it to Bordeaux until really late. The rest of the week was really good and we got to talk to a lot of cool people. At one point we were contacting and decided to pray and ask Heavenly Father where we should go. We prayed and then we thought about it for a bit. After some time Soeur Blackham asked me what I was thinking, and for some reason I was thinking, "let's read the scriptures". So we pulled the scriptures and just opened the scriptures. We came across Romans 8:14-28. One if my favorites that we read was verse 28. "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." It was such a comforting scripture. We should be doing what the Lord asks us to do because we love Him. As we are doing that, He will guide us according to His purpose. Now a crazy story! We went to a members for crepe night and it was so good. But once we were done eating my stomach was really hurting. I thought I could deal with it, but soon it became unbearable and I leaned over to Soeur Blackham and told her that I wasn't feel good. In that moment I started to get really dizzy and my whole body went extremely pale, and I started to lose feeling in my hands and shaking, So they had to call the emergency number. They gave me a blessing and after a little bit, I started to get color back in my face, the feeling in my hands came back, and I was feeling better besides the pain in my stomach. It ended up taking an hour for a doctor to come, so I'm glad I wasn't dying! Turns out I have the stomach flu, and my body just crashed. So I'm on bed rest. So it was quite an adventure! Love you all! - Soeur Glazier Exchanges in Brive Lunch with an ami
What a crazy week it has been!! To start it off we went to Mont-de-Marsan to go on exchanges. It was so much fun! It was raining all day and we walked all over the place! We got to meet a lot of cool people. We also went to Angouleme to do exchanges as well. We had some awesome lessons and once again it was raining! Exchanges with the Soeurs in Angouleme. Angouleme Soeurs in Mont de Marsan This week we had a lesson with our ami A... that we found last week. We had an awesome lesson with him and he really liked it. At the end we asked him to say the closing prayer and he did! In it he told Heavenly Father thank you that he met us on the bus and how he knew it was no coincidence. It was so cool and it made us so happy! We also had a lesson with a lady that Soeur Blackham met on the bus who is from Albania. We were waiting in the church for her and as we were looking for her, we see her come around the corner with her family! We were so excited! We ended up doing the lesson in English since the husband speaks English and she speaks very little French, so he translated everything for her. They loved it! We are so excited to keep teaching them! Thank you for all of the birthday wishes!! It has been a very crazy day but I did eat some cake! I hope you all have a wonderful week!! - Soeur Glazier We got bagels at a cute restaurant with swings. What a wonderful week! Christmas in France was sooo good! One of the highlights was our surprise Christmas to a family we are teaching. They are from Albania and they were not able to have a Christmas. So us and ward members but together gifts for the kids and a Christmas dinner. One of the ward members even dressed up as Santa! It was so cute and they were all so happy! It was one of the happiest moments on my mission. This week we also had MLC (Mission Leadership Council), and we got to FLY to Lyon! I went on a plane! It was so much fun! And the conference was really good too! We talked A lot about goal setting and planning. If we want to go anywhere in life we need to set goals and plan on how we are going to get there. Soeur Blackham and I were getting so excited about it, we were talking about our goals for the future. We also had district meeting this week, and I got to see my MTC companion Soeur Thorn! It was a highlight of the week. This week, Soeur Blackham and I were talking about how it has been hard to find people. While talking, we got on a bus and this guy comes up to us and said, "I saw your plaque and I believe in Jesus too". We got in a conversation and have a time to meet with him and start teaching him! It was a miracle! And the best part is that his name is Ange which is Angel in French! It was amazing! Today after we finished our personal study, I turned to Soeur Blackham and said, "Soeur Blackham, I love the Book of Mormon!" As a missionary, she said she did too. She then told me that she didn't enjoy studying it as much before the mission, and I kind of had to agree with her. She continued saying that she read 1 Nephi 6 when he talks about why he is writing. Then in verse 5 he says, "Wherefore, the things which are pleasing unto the world I do not write, but the things which are pleasing unto God and unto those who are not of the world". The reason why she didn't like it much is because she was too much of the world! I had never thought about it like that. I then replied, "I feel like I just got slapped by an Angel". I love you all and I hope you have a wonderful New Year! - Soeur Glazier Next Monday (January 8th) is Soeur Glazier's 20th birthday. I thought it would be fun to blow up her inbox with birthday wishes that she can read throughout her week. So if you have a chance, her email is [email protected]. -- Her Mom :) Lyon when I left two weeks ago! Christmas miracle. It never snows in Lyon. |
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