Missionaries I came in with. What a week! So much happened that I really felt Heavenly Father was watching over us. This week we had a lesson with our ami V... over Skype. When Soeur Tway and I were planning for her lesson we both felt very strongly that we needed to invite her to be baptized. So we were teaching her the gospel of Jesus Christ, and near the end the Spirit totally took over. I can't remember everything I said, but I knew they were not my words. I told her that we loved her so much, that we wanted her to be able to fully repent and be cleaned from everything, and to be able to have the spirit with her at all times, and to do what she needed to be baptized. I can't remember, but something like that. When I started to say "allez-vous" (will you), I felt the Spirit so strongly that I was set apart for this reason. I felt the magnitude of my calling and how we are the only people who can invite others to come unto Christ through baptism. It was an amazing feeling, and such a testimony builder to me. Anyways, she said yes and we are going to help her work towards being baptized on December 30th! This week we also had zone conference and Elder Johnson from the area seventy came. It was so much fun. They talked to us about how we need to be good coaches for our amis. They don't know everything, so we need to be their guide. We also talked about Ether 6 and how we sometimes have these furious winds in our life. They are hard, but they come from God. Sometimes we pray that the winds will stop, but we need them if we want to progress. We can be like the Jaredites and pray for His help in our trials and not to take them away. Since Thanksgiving was this week we went to the Smurthwaites (American family in the ward), AND it was like I was home. We had turkey, potatoes, stuffing, pumpkin cheese cake, rolls from the Lion House, and more! It was so good, and they invited friends who are not members! It was so cool. This week I felt so blessed, and felt like I was receiving so many answers to prayers. I have so much to be thankful for!! I hope you all have a wonderful week as you get ready for Christmas! And don't forget to Light the World with the Light of Christ! - Soeur Glazier Matching necklaces! Half of us at zone conference.
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Hello hello! Another week has come and gone with lots of learning, growing, and other random things. Something that was really cool this week was that we had our first lesson over video chat! It was awesome! We had it with our ami V.... who was a self referral. We taught the restoration with her and she loved it! We gave her the pamphlet before the lesson and she studied it all. It was so cool to be able to use technology to help her progress. We are planning on having another video chat lesson with her this week! This week we made cookies and heart attacked some members. One family we went to weren't home so we put hearts around their door. We then saw that they had a beautiful view so we had to take pictures. We took some and then turned around and they were pulling into their drive way. We tried to hide the best we could, but then I had to back out! But it was fun and they appreciated it. After we went to go knock on some doors in their area. We were waiting at this one door and we saw a police car. I leaned over to Soeur Tway and said, "I bet they're looking for us" but I was totally joking. They passed us, and then they made a U turn and were driving back towards us. Then the car slowly pulled up to us. In this moment I thought, "oh no, we are getting arrested!" So they rolled their window down and started to ask us what we were doing and why we were ringing door bells. Apparently they thought we were asking for stuff. We told them we were actually giving a book away to people who were interested. We then explained to them that we were missionaries and that we were inviting people to come unto Christ. They were satisfied with our answer so they went on their way. Well, this week is Thanksgiving and they don't celebrate it here (but luckily there is an American family, here hehe), but I hope you all have a wonderful thanksgiving! And as you can probably assume, I am so thankful for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and for my Savior Jesus Christ! He has done so much for us. I love to see people change and come unto Christ. It is one of the happiest things to see. I am so thankful for my family! I wouldn't be here without them. And I am so thankful for the experience that I get to have to be a missionary here in France. I am grateful for so much. There is my thankful rant. I love you all! - Soeur Glazier Cool story! This is the girl that was in the Belgium airport when it was bombed. She was the sister missionary and she just got married and is in our ward.
First week of the transfer wahoo!! This week we have been doing a lot, and a lot of finding. One day we were ringing door bells It was really really cold and it was raining a bit. When we were almost done we decided to talk to this guy who was cleaning up his yard. We walked over and said hi and he looked up and started to laugh a little and waved his hands to say no. So we said, "ok, but do you know anyone who would be interested in our message?". Then he laughed a little bit more and he leaned forward and started to move his arms in the air as if he was swimming. We just looked at him very confused. I know my French is not perfect but I am pretty sure I didn't ask how to swim. We also met with our ami P... and a member was able to come with us. He had so many questions and the member had such a fun time helping answer and it was awesome! The members here are absolutely amazing and they love missionary work. On Sunday I was having a hard time with everything. Everything that we needed to do was running through my head and I was getting stressed. I wasn't sure how I was suppose to do everything I needed to do. Then in Relief Society they were talking about the importance of missionary work. As I listened to the lesson, I felt like a burden was being lifted off of my shoulders. All I can do is my best, and I'm not the only one. I have a companion, and the members here who want to help too. I know that as we go to church we can receive personal revelation for our lives. Heavenly Father loves each and everyone of us and He is there! I know that is true and I have been seeing it so much on my mission. Not much else has happened, but we keep going and trying to find those who are ready to come unto Christ. Love you all! - Soeur Glazier This week was absolutely crazy!! And I think I had the best Halloween EVER!! We went to the STL's apartment for the night and they ordered sushi. So they ate it as I sat there, haha. While eating, Soeur Driggs started to cough a lot. We kind of laughed at her, and then she couldn't breath. She started to have an allergic reaction!! So we had to run to the emergency room. And guess who had to drive. ME!! But we got there safely and then I dropped Soeur Driggs and Soeur Cusick off so I could park. And guess who had to parallel park for the first time since drivers ed? ME!! And guess who did it perfect the first time? ME! It was a blessing. So then I went in the waiting room with Soeur Schneider. We came in and the guy at the desk was so chill. He was in his sweats with his headphones in. When I saw that I thought, "my companion is dying!!" Well, that's hospitals in France. Everything was OK, but they never told Soeur Driggs what she was allergic to. All they said was that her throat was red. She ended up being OK, which is good. We think it was crab, so we hope it doesn't happen again! We also received a referral this week! She is amazing! Her name is V... and a member gave her a Book of Mormon and she had already started to read it before she met with us. We are so excited to teach her! And we got transfers this week and I am staying in Val de Saône and I'm going to finish training Soeur Tway. I haven't met her yet, but I am so excited!! I am so happy to still be here and I am so excited to keep working hard in this wonderful ville! Love you all, Soeur Glazier Castle and restaurant by our apartment. Meeting her new companion Soeur Tway later in the day.
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