September 29, 2014

District Leader in Bourges! Transfer "8" has begun!!!

Transfer "8" has begun! Here is the pic of my new transfer "8" planner - 

I will be serving as the District Leader in Bourges!!!  Bourges is in the center of France.  My new comp is Elder Shaver who is from Vancouver, Canada.  I will go on exchanges with other missionaries in my District and will be giving trainings each week. My district meetings will be in Tours, France.

This week has been really good! We finished off the last of the transfer strong! Let's start off with what happened first!

Well this Tuesday we had our last district meeting which went really well! Later on that night we were able to pray with a lady during porting (door to door) and we got her phone number and set up another rendez-vous!

Other than that we have been teaching Elizabeth a lot. We taught her the Law of Chastity and the Word of Wisdom. It went super well and she committed to follow them both! I have to tell you about when we taught her the Word of Wisdom.

So first we go into her apartment and when we get in she sits us down and she goes off to get us some juice. While Elder Quist and I were sitting at the table we saw that a cup of coffee happened to be quietly sitting on the other side of the table where she was sitting. I turned to Elder Quist with a smile on my face getting ready to teach this lesson and praying for my life that she would accept it.

So after getting our drinks, she sits down and we start teaching her the Word of Wisdom. We get to the part in the brochure about things we should abstain ourselves from. She then looked at the coffee and then at us with a smile on our face and we all started laughing. I asked her what she thought and she said that she doesn't drink, smoke, or use any other kind of drugs. After that she paused a little and said that "A cup of coffee or tea isn't stopping me from going to Heaven." She then grabbed the cup of coffee and went into the kitchen and threw it down the drain. That was such a great example about following a commandement right after the Lord has commanded it.

She already knew about the law of chastity but we taught it anyways just to make sure. She understood both of the lessons and accepted to follow them both. She even brought up the law of tithing and asked if we do that. We said yes and she was really happy to hear that because she knew it was a commandment of God. Elizabeth is so ready for baptism!!! :D Sadly I won't be here to see her get baptized...But I am super excited to serve in Bourges and accomplish the Lord's work down there! :)

Anyways, this Sunday I said goodbye to a lot of members and I was able to bare my testimony. Here are some pics of a couple of members-

The two Nigerian recent converts:  Jennifer (left) and Naomi (right)

Joel (member) and I!

I am really going to miss Amiens! I spent 6 months, a quarter of my mission here. I have to say that I have grown a lot while being here and I have seen a lot of miracles too.  But I am ready to take on the world in Bourges as the DL! :D

Hope you guys all have a great week!!!

Love you!!!

Elder Evan Peterson