April 13, 2015

LET THE 6 MONTHS TO SEXY BEGIN!!!


Well...today is the day that marks my 6 months to sexy mark which means no more Kebabs and no more pastries. I probably won't be able to give those up so I will just have to work out harder. :)

Here's my week...

It has been a crazy week. Fist off, we had exchanges with the Assistants on Tuesday in Paris. It was a really short but cool exchange. We both had fun and I learned a lot. Then the next morning we had to wake up at 4:30 in the morning so we could catch our train to go to Rennes for our multi-zone conference.

Zone conference was really good. Elder Bailey and I did a training about how we can change our motivation on doing missionary work to the love we have for Christ. It went really well and it seemed to touch the missionaries' hearts. We made sure to include Bible Videos because those are literally the best things ever. 

After that we were able to teach Cesaire and Jean-Yves this week. Cesaire is doing well. He just needs to stop playing bball on Sundays but his basketball season is ending in the next couple of weeks so we refixed his baptismal date for the 24th of May. He will definitely get baptized then. Jean-Yves has been kind of a tough guy though. During our rendez-vous he said he didn't want to continue because he just prefers his Roman Catholic traditions. We then asked him if he sincerely read the Book of Mormon and asked God if it was true. He said he didn't and then after that we really just testified about how that is the only way he is going to find out. By the end of it, it was cool to see his point of view because he told us that he needs to look at how he prays differently. Sadly he isn't free this week but we will see him next week.

Other than that we were able to teach Lin (The guy that we found a couple of weeks ago.) He is a super cool guy. He doesn't really know God but he really wants to get to know him so it should be fun! He even came to church this week. :) The only problem  we have is the language barrier because he is from China and he doesn't always understand French, but we manage to get by.

Speaking about language barriers...we have another ami who is from Iraq. His name is Arad and he hardly speaks French or English...haha, but the coolest thing happened to him this week. Apparently he was found by some missionaries awhile back and they gave him a Book of Mormon. Elder Bailey and I have been having a hard time trying to reach him because he has a lot of appointments for his papers and health stuff (He had a really hard life in Iraq). We were finally able to teach him. During the rendez-vous he told us that he and his wife have been reading the Book of Mormon and that it has brought them a lot of peace and that they want to join the church! Just imagine all of this going on while both of us are speaking in "caveman"language to each other....haha. The most spiritual yet funny lesson that I have had on my mission. :)

And yet while everything is going really well, Satan has to attack me and make me sick. The past couple of days I have been really sick but I am getting better. Elder Bailey and I are going to go hard this week that's for sure. #TEAMJESUS

Have a great week guys! Love ya!!! :)

Elder Evan Peterson