Bonjour toute le monde,
This week was full of miracles. So earlier in the week we decided that we were going to try to stop by each of the members houses and try to endear and serve them. One evening we decide to stop by a young family and share a little message and offer service. We go to the door and they open and say "look who it is!" We look in and see that there are also two of the JAs from the ward who are preparing to go on missions there in the house getting ready to have dinner. They invite us in and insist on feeding us dinner. We have a good night and spend some good time with them all and at the end we shared our message and offered service. They said that the best way that we could serve them would be to go and see their friends and share the gospel with them. No joke. We come to offer them service, but they serve us by feeding us, giving us a chance to talk with some future missionaries, and then just give us this coordinee like that.
But it doesn't end there. later in the week we have a big day planned with a couple of rdvs. We decide that we are going to pray every hour that day because we needed all the help we could get. That day we taught the wife of a recent convert who has just moved to France, passed and gave a blessing to a less active brother, and decided to go try to pass the friends of the family from earlier. This is the best part. It's getting kindof late so we are rushing to their house with cookies. We are getting soaked by the rain because we forgot our umbrellas in the rush. We get to their place and they invite us in. We give them cookies and talk offer them service. We then start talking about their religious background and they tell us that they are just left with all these questions. Then we tell them that that is why we are here as missionaries is to help answer peoples questions. "Oh really, Do you have a few minutes then?" they ask. We go in and have this awesome talk with them about famlies and the book of mormon. They are the coolest family ever and they said they would read the book of mormon and come to church.
I have been waiting my whole mission to be able to teach a family like this. They are such a strong and awsome young family with a good religious background. Plus they have one of the best member families in the ward as friends and neighbors to help fellowship them. Please keep them in your prayers so that things go well with them.
More good news is that we have refixed the baptismal date of the kids I have talked about before. And now their other sister has decided to be baptised too. They are all really strong and ready for their baptism in 4 weeks.
I love this work and being able to share the gospel with everyone. I love being able to teach families and working with members to find the strongest people. I know that this message is true and have seen what a huge impact it has on improving peoples lives. I am so grateful for this gospel and the impact that it has had on my own family. I hope that everyone is doing well and will keep you all in my prayers. Until next week,
Love Elder Swenson
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