Have I mentioned that Soeur Wade and I have been having the FUNNEST time together?? It still hasn’t
even been two weeks but boy oh boy are we using the time we have to the
fullest!
On Monday night we ran into one of our amis who invited us
over to teach her and her family... turns out that her uncle was unexpectantly
there and he is A PRIEST!!! I have
taught die hard Catholics and I have been in some really interesting lessons
but I have never actually taught a professional... It was a pretty good time
though. We taught about the resurrection of Christ because of Easter and he was
just like this is EXACTLY what we
believe and wanted to know the difference between our church and his because
the base and bible are the same teachings and so finally we had to get a bit
bold and bring up authority which was rough because he is a PRIEST! But we did it really nice and
there was no offense and he is even going to meet with the missionaries in
Vannes to learn more! I LOVE when we
can just have friendly exchanges with people because we really aren’t here to
convince people or to offend them but to share what we believe and know and
invite them to know for themselves and I am amazed at how much I have learned
about others and their beliefs from just doing that! It isn’t us that can
change the hearts or minds of people but the Spirit and when the Spirit is
there that is how it is done! Boy do I love being a missionary!
I have been called a lot of things on my mission and it has
never phased me and most things are just funny but this week we were called schizophrenic
by someone. She was a young girl and was nice at first but then whatever
changed her mind was a big deal. She became really concerned about our mental well-being
and thought that we were from the mental hospital that we live next to. It was
really interesting but she did it in such a rude way! Usually people say mean
things in a nice voice but she was just not liking us!
On Wednesday we visited Mami Renaud! She is 93 years old and
dances around her apartment and has such a hop in her step! She made us Madeline’s
and wants us to come learn how to make them which isn’t going to be a good idea
for our 6 months to sexy but oh well! She was in the first group of people to
be baptized in Rennes! She is wonderful and every time we see her we end up
getting waaay more out of the lesson than she ever does!
This week I saw THITHANH!!
WOO HOO!! We had exchanges in Nantes and I paired up with Soeur Bingham
from Nebraska so shout out to Melissa, my sister born there! It was so fun! We
did LOTS of contacting but saw lots
of miracles too! We met up with ThiThanh for lunch and because she knows me
sooo well we went to Kebabs but everyone knows that I will only go to a kebab
place that is run and owned by Turkish people and so you better bet that we
found one! It was great to be back with her and I love that lady so much! It is
hard because we didn’t have much time and so having to say goodbye after a
short visit was hard! But worth every minute! We found a beautiful parc in Nantes
that even had a goat farm place thingy! I am definitely going to try to
implement that in the parcs in Utah! So when we finally returned to Rennes we
decided to go on a hunt for our own beautiful parc and we found one! It didn’t
have any farm animals but we have found a nice peaceful place!
On Friday there was a little cultural activity at the
church! This man who isn’t a member of the church came and did a little
fireside thingy! He is a world famous reptile expert and the uncle of a member
here in Rennes! He was pretty cool but we had one of our friends come to it! Dominic
is from India and is here studying and he brought his friend Christina from
Romania and wow we were just like four little kids in the back of the class
talking like old friends! I love when we get to be around young people and get
to become friends! I am still so determined to become friends with the world
and so far it is working out!
My companion sure has taught me sooo much! I should probably
be a little bit ashamed for this but I have never really known how to tie my
shoes... I am not sure how I survived elementary school or made it the past 21
years but tying shoes is just not my thing. I do it reeeally slow and never the
right way and people, including my mom, tend to laugh at me! Well problem
solved! Soeur Wade taught me and now I can do it! It only took a whole bus ride
but I did it successfully two times! Now the problem is that I don’t have any
shoes with laces... but the day that I do I know I will be able to do it on my
own! Also she taught me the right words to a song that I have been singing
wrong my whole life! I am becoming a whole better person thanks to her!
I am white! I don’t know if any of you have noticed but I
have pretty light skin and it tends to just be either white or a darker shade
of white and after months and months of wearing tights... my legs are even
whiter! So I decided to try to buy tanning lotion but I bought the wrong thing
and the Tahitians tell me that I am going to burn but it is okay because THERE IS NO SUN in Bretagne! Not
kidding! I wish I was but it just rains every single day but one day there is
going to be sun and I will become less white! Wish me luck!
I am so happy! I love my life and really am so blessed to be
here at this time with these people!
Thank you allllll for the love and support! I love and miss
you all!
Love,
Soeur Emily Johns
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