This week started off so well! We had a lesson with an ami that the missionaries in Germany found and she is so cool! She told us that she prayed one day wanting to know more about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and then she met the missionaries. Our first lesson went so well. She was telling us at the end of it that when she prays and reads the Book of Mormon she feels something good, but different. She likes it and that she realizes that it is the Holy Ghost talking with her. Her name is O.... and she is amazing! We also met with this little girl who wants to be baptized. Her mom is less active and wants nothing to do with the church. She hasn't taught her daughter anything, but the grandparents have taught her and taken her to church. One day the little girl (A...) said she wanted to get baptized. The mom said she could and thought they could do it in the Catholic church. But A... says she wanted to get baptized in the Mormon church. So we met with them and before we started the lesson she was telling us about how her grandpa was going to baptize her because he has the priesthood. She is going to help her mom so much. Because she wants to get baptized the mom is starting to bring her to church so the mom has come to church. I can't wait to see how everything goes for that family because of A.. and her faith. We had some other great lessons throughout the week that went well. I love our amis so much!! I will have to write more about them all soon. The members are also amazing!! Even with all the good things, we had some rough times. We had a lesson with a lady I met on the bus and I had so much hope for her. The lesson started and it was going very well. But then she started to tell us that she doesn't understand why good people suffer. We then shared our testimonies with her about the the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the plan of salvation and how even in hard times we know He is there for us. She got so made at us and said, "you really believe that?! How could you??! I don't. How can you say that??" And she started to go on about how we were wrong to say that. We continued to share our testimony with her, but she continued to get mad. I left that lesson feeling really sad and down. Not because she hurt my testimony or anything. That thing that was the most sad to me was that we were sharing a message of hope and joy to her, and she didn't even want it. Thanks to Jesus Christ we know that He has experienced everything we will go through in this life. Thanks to Him I know that I can live with my family again and that this life is not the end. Thanks to Him I am able to find joy in repentance. As I sat at church on Sunday, I couldn't help but look around at all the members and amis. They have found joy through the Gospel of Jesus Christ and you can see it in there face and how they act. There is so much joy that my heart is full. Even though the lesson was hard, I am grateful for it because it helped me realize just how much joy I have from living the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For a little update, we had transfers and I will be staying in Nice but I have a new companion named Soeur Jimenez and she is from Columbia. So I guess I have another transfer to work on my Spanish Love you all and have a great week! - Soeur Glazier A.. We accomplished one of our mission goals and celebrated by making a giant sundae. Most of our zone. Just Corsica was missing. End of 11th transfer. Now starting my 12th and final transfer. A.. and her family A member, P.... He teaches us yoga With our ami M... and her family Us with our amis E... (left) and Kà... (right) after an activity with the Young Single Adults Dinner with a member
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