aujourd’hui est:
lundi, Janvier 14, 2019.
Bonjour tout le monde,
Our French is coming!! Actually Richard’s French is really coming and he is already jabbering away like a native Frenchman… his two tutoring lessons along with lots of online practising has him progressing so well!!! In fact I think he will probably graduate in a month or so!!
My French on the other hand is very slow…Brooke Smith my MTC tutor returned from her mission to Paris last year and is a motivating teacher who makes me think I really can do it, in fact on Friday she was already helping me learn to pray. My main goals are to be able to pray, to bear my testimony, and to have simple conversations with the people we meet. Also, Theresa who is going to try and replace our Joanne (my cleaning and cooking helper, and dear friend here)only speaks French and Spanish, so I need to learn some basic cleaning and cooking words!!
French ‘r’s’ are so tricky, and after about the 50th practise, on my second tutoring session, my tongue was literally tied in knots…Brooke had me set another goal to learn five new words each day; so I have cute star ‘post-it’ word cards stuck on items around our home, and, I have a little black notebook that I write my new French words in. I’m giving it my best!!
Highlights this week in The Canada Halifax Mission included our first three Baptisms of 2019:
Ramon in Fredericton, and Megan, and Promise in Halifax
One of our Miracles this week ( recorded by Elder Pierson)
We had a French miracle today 😊 we were focusing on trying to find our 3 new people by making sure to talk with everyone. There was the guy standing at someone's door as if he was waiting for someone. So from the street we started talking to him and he didn't seem to want to have a conversation. I noticed he had an accent and asked where he was from, turns out he is from Montréal! We began speaking in French and he totally opened up! He invited us to warm up in his car (cause it was FREEZING!) as he was just trying to visit a friend while on vacation. He wanted to know about the Book of Mormon and to go to church when he gets back home. He wanted to meet the missionaries there so we got his info and referred him! He also made it very clear that he felt we should come back and visit the woman he was trying to visit there so we got a referral. It is crazy how God knows his kids needs exactly and fulfills them ☝️ little French miracle for the day!
Skaters of all ages..little kids, families, and even older folks on our Lake Banook have made it look so fun that we are heading to our favourite thrift store to buy some new to us skates…we can’t leave here without going on that inviting ice…never thought I’d say that!!! I am also looking for a giant pylon, or I might just use Richard!! Countdown is on for cramming in as many Nova Scotia/Atlantic Canada activities on our Pdays!! In the spring we will be renting kayaks or canoes to paddle around in!
One BIG suggestion for the week:
Teach your children to be emotionally and spiritually self reliant. Read on: provident living.org ways to help prepare your children. These are absolutely the most important keys in helping our pre-missionaries prepare!! Oh how we wish all our young missionaries had learned how to be emotionally and spiritually self-reliant..
And now it is time to say good night…or I mean bonne nuit!!!
amour: Dad and Mom, Grandpa and Grandma, and Richard and Gayle
Oh by the way…we didn’t see anything in the Church News about our mission merger so we still don’t know the name?…maybe it will be announced this weekend!!
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