This week started with a miracle! There is a family that has been meeting with the missionaries for a year, and the dad said he wanted to get baptized! He said he finally received a testimony and he knew he needed to be baptized. He got baptized this Saturday and it was one if the most special baptisms that I had been to. The mom and the kids said they were not ready, but you could tell they really felt the Spirit at the dad's baptism. While I was sitting there listening to the talks and watching him get baptized, I kept thinking about how wonderful this gospel is. It makes me so happy! It also gave me an eternal perspective of it all, because I know that one day the mom and the kids will be baptized and they will be sealed as a family. Before the baptism we were doing a little cleaning in the church with some members. Soeur Ortiz and I were having a great time mopping, until we saw a lot of water. We were so confused, until we realized the baptismal font was flooding. We ran and got the elders and we were all in the water with mops, buckets, rags, and whatever else we could find to clean all the water up. The baptism ended up starting a little later than planned... Before we got to the church for the baptism, we were on the bus and this lady sat next to me and she said, "hello". My first thought was, "how did she know I speak English? I hadn't said anything! "Turns out she had met the sisters on the bus before. She was asking me questions about how I was liking it and everything. We then started to talk about families and how it can be hard to have a family in today's world. She was then telling me that I had it easy, because I belong to a church. Because I have a belief I am provided a way and I have help with all the other members. But she didn't have anyone and she had to do it all on her own. So I asked her if that was something she wanted. To belong somewhere and to be helped along the way and provided a way. She shared with me how she wasn't believing because when she went to church they always made her feel like she had to feel guilt. She felt like it wasn't suppose to be like that. I then testified to her about repentance and how it is something positive. It is a chance for us to change our life and become more like our Savior Jesus Christ and how grateful I am for what he did for me and the chance that I do have to repent. After sharing my testimony she said she had to get off the next stop, but she wants to meet with us and talk more. I am so excited to meet with her!! It was so cool to see the power of a testimony. Your testimonies are so powerful! Keep doing the things to help them grow! That's my week...or my Saturday. But the rest of the week was good, Saturday was just the highlight. Love you all!! - Soeur Glazier Zone Conference Exchanges
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This week started off with Zone Conference! We were able to drive to Lyon with some others Soeurs, so we got to have a little road trip. This conference was our last zone conference with President and Soeur Brown, so it was all bitter sweet. I am so thankful for them and everything they have done. I have learned so much from them, so it was sad to say good bye.
We also had some amazing miracles this week! During our Sunday school class we were talking about the Holy Ghost, and the Cl... parents were there. In the class the dad told everyone that he finally had a testimony, and the spirit was so strong as he shared his experience. Right after church he met with the bishop and told him that he wants to get baptized this Saturday! It was a miracle because they have been amis for such a long time. But the mom and the kids said they are not ready yet, but we are hoping that they will have a change of heart soon. We are so excited!! That Sunday we also had some random people walk Into the church at different times because they were interested, so that was really cool. We got to give them church tour. We also gave one of our amis Em... a church tour and we gave her a Book of Mormon and she said she thinks it is time for her to pray and to read and to find out if it is true. A lot of random things happened too. We were at a bus stop and we saw all these fancy black cars pass that were being led by police officers so we figured it was someone important. We also noticed that the streets were covered in British flags so we joked that Prince Harry was getting married in Nice. Later we found out that Prince Charles was actually here, so I think it's safe to say that I saw Prince Charles. We were also asked to help some people move this week. They were picking us up in this moving truck with the elders and we go over expecting to see seats, but instead they threw us in the back with all the stuff. We ended up getting in and we felt that was what it's like to get kidnapped. It was fun! Anyways, that is all for today! Oh wait, we went on this cool hike today! Enjoy the pictures!! - Soeur Glazier Hello hello!! This week we were busy busy bees. We were running everywhere and we were getting lost everywhere! We would go to an appointment and then have to go to another one and we would get lost, and that repeated over and over again. But it's ok, because now I know my area even better! While we were lost we even found an actual !Mexican restaurant! We visited a family we are teaching named the Clé.... and they taught us how to make these yummy treats from Brazil. They are these chocolate balls made with condensed milk, chocolate and sprinkles. I have no idea how to spell it, so just know that it is really good! Speaking of the family Clé..., they are really cool. They have been seeing the missionaries for about a year now. We were talking with her as we were making the treats and she told us that they had no desire to be baptized and they had no desire to go to the temple. That was rough, because we couldn't figure out why they didn't have that desire. They are doing everything that they have been invited to do, but to be baptized. After the lesson, Soeur Ortiz and I were talking and trying to figure out what we could do. Sunday rolled along and as usual they came to church. But this Sunday was not like any other Sunday for them. After church they were telling us how they came with some questions, and all the talks that were given were answers to their questions. The dad said, "I finally have a testimony". It was so cool! As missionaries we can do everything we can, but all we can do is invite and help. Since the Clé... met the missionaries, the missionaries were doing everything they could to help them, but the Clé... had to find out for themselves and work for it. Such a cool experience, and we are excited to help them to continue to work towards baptism.
Last Sunday we decided to fast with one of our amis who missed her baptismal date because of the law of chastity. Her ex husband was still living there and he was having a really hard time finding another apartment, so we all decided to fast together. During the week we get a call from her that he left. It was so cool to see the power of fasting, so we are going to help her get ready for baptism! Overall things are going super well and I am so happy! We had a very stressful week, but I have found so much peace through studying the scriptures and coming to church to partake of the sacrament. Hope you all have another wonderful week!! - Soeur Glazier We had a great start to the new week by going to our mission leadership conference! This transfer we are focusing a lot on working with the ward council and the members. Members play such a big part in helping investigators progress and to continue to progress after baptism. They are also a great source for finding those who are ready to hear the gospel. So we took that message and went back to Nice ready to work with the members. With Soeur Yee On at MLC We contacted an ami in our areabook and we set a rendez-vous with her and we invited a member to come. At first she said she just wanted us to help her learn English. But we continued to talk with her about the gospel and she opened up more about her religious background. In the end she said she wanted to meet with us again, and she was really happy that we had a member with us. The member helped us so much! I don't think she would have wanted to keep meeting with us if the member wasn't there. Later in the week a member invited us to lunch with one of his friends who is not a member. We went to this nice French cafe area, and the food was so good!! His friend was also really nice and we shared a little message with her. We talked to the member later and he said he is going to invite her to church! One of the highlights this week was.... the Albanian family that I taught in Bordeaux got baptized!! I was so happy!! Seeing pictures with them in white made me so happy, and I am so excited for them to continue forward and work towards going to the temple. Today for p day we got permission to go to Monaco. It was so beautiful and I don't think I have ever seen so much money in my life!! So many yachts and the Monte Carlo casino is very nice. We got to go in the lobby, hehe! We were also on the hunt for Rihanna, but we never found her. I also felt like such a normal person because we are not allowed to wear our plaques there. So I kind of know what it will feel like in 2 1/2 months!!!! Eek!!
Love you all and have a great week!! - Soeur Glazier This is something I never thought I would say about Nice, but it's a little cold here. When I was told I was coming to Nice I pictured a lot of sun and a lot of sun burns and sweating. But I have actually been bundling up a bit with all this wind. I have asked the members about it and they say, "just you wait". So before it gets unbearably hot, I will enjoy this sweater weather. This week was full of tender mercies. We had a lesson with an ami named T... at the church for the first time. So we gave her a chapel tour and we finished in the chapel. As we were talking she said she felt a lot of peace being there and felt a little out of the world. So we talked about peace and how Christ brings us peace. We then taught the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ and the spirit was there to guide us and to help her. It was such an amazing lesson! We will meet with her again this week and we plan to invite her to baptism. We met with another ami named Pr..., and she has been going through a hard time because she wasn't able to get baptized because her ex husband was still living with her. So we went to the lesson and she said she hadn't been reading the Book of Mormon, so we read with her about the principle we wanted to teach. The spirit was there too! She opened up more and she shared her personal experiences with the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is so powerful!! We also visited a less active this week. After giving a spiritual thought we helped her clean a little bit, and she complemented my hair. She then told me, "you look Amish. The Amish don't cut their hair either" after that, when she needed me to go somewhere she would say, "come my little amish" . Anyways, love you all and have a great week!! - Soeur Glazier We all went to a member's home. He had lots of hats so we put them on and took pictures and drank pina coladas!
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