Yes. I recognize that is Frangnol. Sprench? Either way. A
lovely mixture of Spanish and French,
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which is what this week was like. Soeur Tippett
and I were blessed with a new amie who was found from the giant Book of Mormon
activity prt 2 and she only speaks Spanish. Neither of us speak a lick of
Spanish. I've got hola, buenas dias, gracias, burrito, tacquito, chihuahua,
etc. oh and Hermana! Thank heavens for spanish speaking members! We ended up
having an awesome bilingual lesson with Yadira and our two members, Maria and
Luz. She was so touched by the message of the Restauracion. See that Spanish skill.
It was a cool experience and I am excited to learn some Spanish and get to be
Hermana Simpson prt. 2 (The real Hermana Simpson is workin it over in D.C.)
We had Zone Conference for Paris and Paris-Caen zones here
in Paris about teaching lesson 3 l'Évangile de Jésus-Christ. It went quite well.
Président had us and the Assistants give little pensées spirituelles for each
principle of the lesson. Mine was faith in Jesus Christ. To be quite frank, I
didn't feel very good about mine. We were exactly clear about what we we're
suppose to do since it was a new format of trainings, but it went okay. Glad I
get to do it again next week for Nancy and Strasbourg zones. I worked on an
outline and fixed up my thoughts for the next one. It should go better.
Overall, the conference was awesome. We basically did practice teaching the
whole time with president and everyone commentating and analyzing the teaching examples.
It was good. Everyone was a little timid to volunteer to teach in front of the
whole 2 zones, but those who did did a great job and I believe everyone
appreciated and gained from it.
I then went on exchanges with Sœur Ellis! She's in my group
from the MTC. She and I had a good exchange, I learned a few things that I could
improve on and do better for future exchanges. I suppose we must have those
exchanges to see what we can do better as a leader. It was a good time.
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Changing back companions happened in the middle of a
rendezvous of the Antony sœurs handing over an amie to us. It was awesome.
Aïcha is incredible. Though Muslim, she is interested and open to learning more.
When we shared the first vision of Joseph Smith, she began to cry and we could
see the Holy Ghost confirming to her that the message we were sharing was true.
She was so sweet and wanted to learn more. We are excited to see where the Lord
takes her.
Then up to Caen in Normandy! Oh how I love Normandy. It is
beautiful. The air was cooler and it felt like Fall was just around the corner.
It was a pleasant change. I had a lovely exchange with Soeur Jicha. Super fun
girl and an excellent teacher. We taught a lady from Burkina Faso about the
plan of Salvation. She had some petty crazy African stories mixed into biblical
beliefs. It was pretty entertaining, slightly challenging, but ended on a
spiritually uplifting note and we think she understood the correct doctrine. We
hope. Nevertheless, it was great. The next day, we contacted a nice lady in the
tram, who kept sidetracking to non-gospel subjects every time we tried to tie
it into the gospel...it's all good though. Learning experiences and gave her
the opportunity to accept the gospel, even if she didn't take it.
We did a lot of planning on Saturday. Holy cannoli. But oh
man does it feel good to feel slightly caught up in the area. It was greatly needed
and so handy. We are going to have three back to back exchanges this week!!!
Bring it on. I'm pretty excited. I love these people. All of them. I am amazed
when I think about my life right now and everyone in it, near or far from me. I
cannot help but feel incredibly blessed. Thank you for being a part of my life.
Anna is doing well, almost a whole week without smoking. She
really struggled at first, and was not
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too happy, but she's staying strong and
doing so well. SO proud of her. Taylor, her boyfriend is here from Korea, and
we had two lessons with them this week. He is a great support for her no it's
cool to she all she learns and discusses with him.
Anne also set a baptismal date this week! We are so proud of
her. It will most likely be in Belgium, but hey, we are happy for her nonetheless.
It doesn't matter where she is baptized, it's about the proper authority and
timing. She is ready and really could be baptized here before she moves back,
but it is her choice and we are here to help her reach her goal.
Life is good and I feel so lucky to be here. Soeur Tippett
and I are doing great. I am so grateful for a loving, patient, and hard working
companion. It is so much easier to take care of the other soeurs and missionaries
when we are pulling and working together. I love her dearly and am so blessed
to have her.
The Book of Mormon challenge is well underway. I'm in mid
Mosiah, a bit behind schedule, but only by about 30 pages. With exchanges and everything
we do it's quite tricky, but not impossible. We've been able to see and feel so
many blessings from our endeavor to read. I love this zone and their ambition
to push harder and work smarter. What a blessing.
I wish you the best of weeks. Keep smiling and loving life.
There is always something for which to be grateful. Find it and write it down, then
thank our Heavenly Father. How blessed we are.
Je vous aime,
Sœur Kate Simpson
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