SOLDES! So every
July and January France goes on Sale! Literally! ALL the shops and stores and everything is on sale. It’s like a
month long thing and the first week everything is like 30 percent off and the
amount off gets bigger and bigger until the end when there aren’t as many
things left but it is cheap! So that is how we are going to be spending our
next few PDays! We will be getting even more tired of wearing the same clothes
all the time soon so why not enjoy the perks of France and shopping! I have always HATED shopping with a passion and don’t
know how I will do without having my mom and sisters forcing me to do it but I
will be more open this time! I hope to get more skirts and stuff! We will see!
I figure I will get a good amount right now and then again
in the winter and a final one next summer before I come home! I feel so girly
doing spa days and shopping sprees on Pdays! Missions change people!
So when my cousin David was on his mission in Germany he may
have pimped me out to a lot of elders and I wrote lots of elders and some I am
now good friends with. Well this week I got a letter from an Elder serving in
Ohio that I do not know. This one elder who is serving in S. Melville’s
homeward saw her picture and wrote her and her last comp made him fill out a
writing application so when I got here I wrote him the acceptance letter of his
application to write my comp. Turns out I wrote a pretty good application
because the companion of the guy who is writing S Melville wrote me this past
weekend. A bit strange but oh well! He has NO
idea anything about me or what I look like and so we had some fun and on
Saturday night we found these old ugly clothes that have been left in our
apartment, did bad makeup and hair and took photos to send this elder who wrote
me! So enjoy the photos! We will see if the elder writes me back with the
photos I sent...
Our apartment is still pretty broken! On Tuesday we had to
spend the day at the new apartment for the Elders coming to Versailles. It is
brand new. Sisters usually have the best apartments and elders get what is left
over but not in our case. It was so clean and new and made us jealous. But I
love our apartment in Versailles when everything is at its best! So before they
arrived on Wednesday we did our laundry at their place to test out their
machines and because we can’t do anything at our place. It has been interesting
to be doing dishes in the bathroom but not as bad as I thought. We try not to
cook with as many things anymore because it just builds up and isn’t fun. But today
we had the senior couples come over because we really need to do our laundry
and get things fixed. So they made a list of everything we need and we will be
having an apartment like the Château in no time! We thought our kitchen sink
was fixed so we finally were able to wash the towels we used when it broke and
left to do our grocery shopping… When we returned home it was quite the sight! Our
washing machine runs through our sink and during the cycle the water from the
machine goes through the sink and so it flooded. We aren’t quite sure what we
are going to do but hopefully we figure it out soon! Being a missionary is so exciting!
Friday night for non-missionaries is a pretty cool night right?
We try to make it cool but usually it just the same as any other night. This
past Friday is an exception! So we were at a train stop in Paris around 8 to
get back to Versailles. I tend to be in my own world and only really pay
attention to things when I have to. Our train comes and I hear my companion
answering some guys question about where she is from. No big deal. We get asked
where we are from all the time but he was a guy so it was a bit different. She
answered and we took our seats. End of story… or so we thought! He sits down
kiddy corner to her and for the whole train ride it was just like no big deal.
She kind of felt a bit iffy-ish but not too concerned and I was still just in
my own world playing snake on our phone. So we get to the stop before our stop
and he takes out something to read so we realized okay he isn’t going to follow
us we just happen to be in the same train. We get to our stop and leave and
then he leaves and we were like what? He was getting comfortable.. Not leaving.
We start our walk from our gare (station) to our place when we hear someone say
‘’excuse me’’ and turn back and it is him. I momentarily get out of my own
world and get a bit nervous and so does my comp. We realized okay he is
following us kind of. He asked a few questions about who we were and my
companion was answering them in a very missionary way but being nice but not
too friendly to a man. So we all head in the direction and I go back to being
in my own world and kind of know what is going on but not caring too much. We
get to the awkward place where we have to turn to get home and so she was like
okay well nice meeting you and he was like oh I actually live a few stops back
but I can walk with you also my comp tries to get out of it awkwardly but not
rudely so we all head toward our place ISH. I get out the phone and text the
elders saying this might be our last text because who really knows what is
going to happen and I needed some excitement so getting them involved made it
more entertaining for me to watch! He asked her if she could marry someone who isn’t
American and someone pretty much just like him and so she went to the best
backup plan and said she was engaged. He then asked to take her to coffee but
she declined. I would have totally been happy to be third wheeling it to see
that happen! So we were all heading right to where we live but we couldn’t get
too close to our complex because people shouldn’t know where we live especially
men. His name is Hani and he was a sharp man about 27 and really nice. Not
creepy at all. So we needed to leave and get home on time but weren’t quite
sure how to get out of it. He was definitely interested in my companion but a
little of the gospel too. So we couldn’t be too rude because he might be ready.
So I tell the elders to call us and act like we need to leave so we did that
and were able to leave but before leaving us obviously invited him to church! All
weekend I was soooo excited to see how this story would end with Hani being in
love with my comp and meeting her at church with flowers but he didn’t come to
church so now I am just hoping that we run into him again! It sounds a bit lame
telling it but it really was super exciting and the high light!
We now have three companionships of elders and us in our district!
It is so fun! There is one new blue in our district and so I am not the
youngest and worst at French anymore! He is awesome and will probably pass me
up in no time! But I will keep trying to not be the worst and be my best! On
Saturday we were able to watch the conference on missionary work that was held
a few weeks ago! It was so great and really emphasized the member’s role in
missionary work! I hope that members here get to see it and be more on board
with us and together we can all help people become closer to Christ! I
encourage all of you to watch it and to try to work better with missionaries
and help them!
This week has been a good week! We had some solid lessons
but now that July is here it will be different. Literally everyone in Paris and
surrounding areas including Versailles leave for July and August on Vaccance.
We will find people though and the work will continue. The people we have met
will just have to pick up after they get back. I love being a missionary and
really have learned so much. My French is coming and now that I am in my second
transfer I can really see the improvement I have made and hopefully continue to
make. I really want to speak this language and to be able to part of this
culture and the people. I love the people here and know that when I can
understand the people better and they can understand me that the Love will just
explode! I love the gospel and the Book of Mormon. My testimony gets stronger
each day and sometimes when we are talking to people and testifying I know that
they probably aren’t learning too much but I am! Each time I try to share the
gospel my love for the gospel increases! Helping others with their testimony
and relationship with Christ really helps yours as well!
I love you all!! Please remember me and all the missionaries
in the world! Thank you so much for your love and support!
Love,
Sœur Emily Johns
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