Do you all remember
when I first got to Toul I had NO
idea how I was going to make it through the last four months of my mission???
Well now I don’t know how I would have made it through if I was anywhere but
here! I am convinced that I have been blessed waaay waaay waaay too much here!
And it is mostly all in this transfer and it isn’t even half over yet!!
On Monday our
amis cancelled our FHE but it wasn’t a problem because we just got to have a
fun dinner with our favorite family Benoits and explore their village for old
amis and less actives!!
Tuesday we were
off to Nancy where I did an exchange with Soeur Lefrandt! She is in my group
that came in with me and we were able to go to San Francisco together but haven’t
really known each other too well! We have both served with Soeur Melville AND Soeur Horn so we have lots of
similar stories with them! Also we realized how our moms are the EXACT same person. A beautiful blonde
single strong woman and we are lucky to have moms like that! We are determined
to set up mommy daughter dates with them when we get home! I realized how
pretty Nancy is and it made me miss my pretty villes like Rennes and Versailles
but missed public transportation but then remembering the little perks of
having a car and a tiny ville. I had to search hard for them but found them! We
had a lot of fun together! Stayed up waaay to late laughing and talking and
then ate waaaay too much ice cream!
Then Back to Toul the
next day where we went straight to Mouna and Moons and got them all prepped and
excited for their baptism! Moon REEEEALLY
wants to live with the prophet and be his friend and it is sooo cute! Mouna was
just reminding us how many days left she had until her baptism and their
excitement was so fun for us!!
Sorry this email is
getting to be boring! I am in a huge hurry and I don’t know whether the photos
or the words are more important! On Thursday we did a porting session
in the HEAT and boy was it hot! I
have been doing this mission thing for a while now and porting in the heat is
nothing new! But I had an experience on Thursday that I have never
had before! We knocked on a door and met TOUN...
the first person in my WHOLE mission
to ask us if we were hot or thirsty and wanted some water! OF COURSE we said yes and we drank some nice fresh water while
have a great funny conversation with her! Our little angel on this day! It made
porting in a town called Franchville all the better! We will definitely go see
her again on a hot day! That night we had a FHE with the young Benoit family!
We had some extra time and tried to contact their neighbors but even the
donkeys weren’t interested! But we did have a FUN FUN FUN night and got bracelets in return! The whole family was
there and we just laughed and I told more lame jokes!!
Mouna and Moon were set
with their baptism on Friday and passed their interview with flying
colors! We were overly stressed with getting everything set for the baptism but
then we were able to come home and do S’mores!! It doesn’t quite work with French
stuff and without any form of fire but we tried! I will definitely be doing
that when I get home!
On Saturday we
taught a bunch of Slauco’s friends and family and it went great! I was asked to
speak in church so we used that to try to get EVERYONE we knew to come to church and the baptism of course but
then we found out that I wouldn’t be speaking and so I was like crap these
people are coming and I won’t be speaking so then I was just going to like bare
my testimony and I was good with that! Nothing to prepare but had a bunch of
friends coming. A few that can’t understand French so that takes some of the
pressure off!
Also me and Soeur Nielson
both received packages on Friday! She got a birthday one and I got one
from my sister in Spain!! A new planner, book mark and more!! A good day! So if
anyone wants to know how to make a missionary happy... send us anything!!
SUNDAY!! We get to church and find out that actually I will be speaking...
FOR 12 minutes!! So let’s just say
during that first talk I was brain storming of what the crap I would say! The
last time I gave a talk in French I had Soeur Hill write it with me and we
spent HOURS on it and it was soo
short and simple. This time it had to be long and I had no time. So I went up
there and just talked. Good thing I was raised NOT to read a talk because I had nothing to read. I spoke on
personal revelation and prayer and it went great!! I took up the full time and I
don’t think anyone fell asleep! And it made all 7 Romanians happy to see me
speak!!
After was the baptism
and it was beautiful! Mouna has a bad back so we had to have two men help her
in the font but it was greeeat!! They were both just glowing! Slauco has been
teaching with us and he is a pro already! Sunday was just a magical
day!! We also received EVERYTHING in
Romanian so we went and taught Slauco’s people last night and they UNDERSTOOD!!
It was a grrrrreat
week!
I am sooo blessed and
sooo happy! Thank you all for your love and support!!
Love
Soeur Emily Johns
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