What a crazy week! We got transfer calls and I am now in Bordeaux! My new companion is Soeur Blackham from California! I am so excited for this transfer!! Anyways, during the week we had a lesson with our amie V... and it was so good! We just talked with her and answered her questions about church. It was so good. She came to church this Sunday with her daughter too! It was so cute! They loved it and the ward loves them so much! Sunday was also our ward Christmas party and it was a blast! People invited their friends and we got to watch "The Spoken Word" with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Then we had great food! But it was sad to see all the wonderful people that I spent 4 months with that I had to say goodbye to. On Monday we woke up to snow! We were so excited, until we had to drive in it. Soeur Tway had no traction! And we were sliding everywhere! At one point we got stuck and I had to get out and push the car. After trying for a while, and coming to the conclusion that I couldn't do it, I asked some people for help. We eventually got out and came to the conclusion that we wouldn't be able to get me to my train to Bordeaux in this snow. So we decided to try to take the buses with the other sisters. But while we were trying to park we got stuck in the snow again, and I had to go out and push again! We then found out that they canceled all of the buses, so we had no way to get to the station. We ended up calling some members and they drove us to the station. It took about an hour when it should have been 15 minutes, so I missed my train. Luckily they had another sister stay back to go with me so I wouldn't have to go alone. After traveling all day, I made it to Bordeaux, and I am so excited to get to work here! I hope you all have a wonderful christmas!! - Soeur Glazier
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We had to get food for the Christmas Conference and put it all in our car. So much!!! Today we had our Christmas conference and it was so much fun!! One of the activities we had was taking bags of candy with a candle and our card out to people. We had to give one to a man, a woman, a girl with a scarf, someone on wheels, and we had to go to someone's door. So it was me and Soeur Tway and two other Soeurs. I was so excited, but I was really surprised at how many people said no to our little gift. It was getting a little discouraging, but we met a lot of people who were very touched by our gift. Eventually we had one bag left that I had to give out. I was trying to talk to everyone I saw, but they all said no. We had to get back to church so we decided to say a prayer that we would be able to find someone who would except our gift. Right after we said amen, this lady walked around the corner and we were all saying, "it's her!!" Luckily it was a red light and no one was behind us, so I jumped out of the car and ran to her and asked her if I could give her this gift. She was so touched and so happy! It was so sweet to see the change in her face from a little gift. One of the highlights this week was that our amie V... came to church for the first time! She came a while before us so we ran to church trying to find her, and she was already talking to members and they were all introducing themselves. After sacrament we asked her what she thought and she said she really liked it and felt something special. Later in gospel principles she told the people in the class how touched she was by everyone's kindness when she first came. I felt so much love for the ward. I felt so happy to be at church with her. Just the little moments when people progress brings me so much joy. The mission is amazing, but I have had so many hard times. So many times where I have had to fall onto my knees and cry unto the Lord. And sometimes I don't get the answer right away. I think I have more hard days than good days, but even though the good days are few, they outweigh all the bad. I honestly don't remember all the hard times, but I do remember all the times the Lord has blessed me. Count your many blessings, name them one by one! Cause they are there! -Soeur Glazier A funny bumper sticker we saw while driving around.
Tartiflette is a dish from Savoy in the Alps. It is made with potatoes, reblochon cheese, lardons and onions. This week was a bit of a slow week. None of our amis were able to meet with us, even through video chat. And we even had to drop a couple which was a little sad. Since not much happened, we got to do a lot of contacting, which has been a lot of fun with the Light the World campaign. We went to a part of Lyon in our area called the Croix-Rousse. We were able to talk to a lot of people, but none of them wanted to talk to us. Another day we went knocking on doors. This guy came out of his house and we told him we were missionaries and he said he wasn't interested. So I decided to ask him if we could show the Light the World video with him. He said we could and as we were trying to pull it up he asked us where we are from. I told him I was from Utah, and then the thought came to my head to ask him if he knew where it was. He said he did because his parents live in Salt Lake City! I was so surprised and told him that was really cool. He went on saying, "yeah my parents are religious, they are Mormon." We were a little baffled and responded, "we are too! We are Mormon missionaries!" Haha, he was a little surprised. Apparently his dad is a bishop in one of the wards in Salt Lake. So we shared the video with him and he thought it was nice, but he still wasn't interested. But it was so cool! Even though he wasn't interested, I don't think it was a coincidence that we talked to him. One day we decided to try to call some people in our area book who haven't met with missionaries for a while. We called this one girl named A... who I have tried to call a lot. We decided we would try one more time and then drop her, but she answered! She was so happy we called her. Apparently something happened with her phone and she moved and stuff, but she still wants to meet with us! We have a lesson with her and we are so excited! This week has been so much fun with all the service opportunities that we have had to help light the world. I invite you all to find ways that you can light the world with the Light of Christ. So many people need to feel His love. Love you all and have another fun Christmassy week! - Soeur Glazier Oh and it snowed the first day of December! It didn't stick but it did snow! I loved it! hehe Chinese Buffet
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