Bonjour a tous! It was kind of a slow week, but an amazing general conference capped it off! We had some interesting first lessons this week. One of them was with a lady named Josianna that we met a couple weeks ago and she came to church last week. Apparently she has met the missionaries in Paris before, but orginally she comes from somewhere in Africa. We saw her at the chapel with one of the members of the ward. The lesson was a little all over the place because she talks about a lot of random stuff, but before we were really able to bring it back around, our member said he had to go and just got up and left haha. We couldn't stay because we can't be alone with her in the chapel, so we ended the lesson real quick and she started leaving. But before leaving, she gave Elder Park an enveloppe. Luckily, before she left, Elder Park looked inside and saw 100 euros! We stopped her and told her we couldn't take it, but then she said she would never see us again if we didn't accept it, and that she would be offended if we didn't. Then she left, and we were just there with the money. So we called president because we had no idea what to do with it haha, and he told us to keep it and just said, "Elders, consider it the fruits of your labors." We were stunned! So we have 100 euros now that we don't know what to do with. We think we might use it to go to Marine Land next p day haha. Or maybe the ZZ top concert :) Just Jokin! The other strange lesson was with a guy named Yonel. He knew a ton about Joseph Smith already and after the lesson he took us into the basement of the chapel and to the baptismal font and told us one time he went swimming in it. What? Apparently he's baptized? We asked the bishop who he is and he has no idea. Strange!
Sebastian is still kind of the same. He told us he still won't be baptized until after he has finished the Book of Mormon. He's so ready besides that! He's been keeping the word of wisdom for over a week now too. We're doing our best to resolve his problem with baptism. We're going to try and dig deep this week, relying on the Spirit, to see if there is another deeper problem that is stopping him.
Elder Park and I have decided that we really need to start working close with the members. It's getting harder and harder to find new investigators, and so far we haven't had any referrals from the ward here. The other companionship in our apartment that works in St. Raphael has a lot of people to teach, and over half come from the members. That is truly the way to do missionary work! Well I can't say we haven't had any referalls yet because we got our first onethis week, but after seeing how much more efficient that was, I really want to get this ward going here and doing missionary work! When an investigator comes from a member, that investigator automatically has a member who is a friend. That is one of the hardest parts of missionary work - getting the investigators attached to the ward and not the missionaries. We're excited to start doing more of that!
We had to go to Nice for General Conference because for some reason it wasn't working in Cannes. That was nice, because it is in French and English in Nice. I also got to see Marcelline! She's doing so well! Livio is now baptized too and he was wearing this little tuxedo haha he's awesome. Baby Nova is so big now! (She had the blanket that you made, mom) Marcelline is doing great, and after I talked with her for awhile, I thought about when we first met her. My heart was filled with the love of God as I noticed the light and joy in her countenance now compared with when we first taught her. It's truly a miracle. It is the effect that the Gospel of Jesus Christ can bring about in all of our lives. As we fill our lives with righteousness through the Gospel, light replaces darkness, happiness replaces misery, and hope replaces despair! I'm so happy that I have the opportunity to help people find this light that they are all looking for. Unfortunately, not everyone accepts it, but even one soul is worth all the work! We're going to keep working hard here in Cannes. Even if there is only one person here that we will help accept the Gospel, it will all be worth it. And if not, it will all be worth it anyways, because we have been sent by the Lord and if we are obedient and diligent, we will do the work that we were sent here to do. I love you all! Sorry if the email was scattered. I was listening to the conference sessions I missed while typing haha. Ciao! Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Tudor
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