It's been an excellent week here in Paris! Hermana Starling and I said
our goodbyes on Tuesday. I only cried twice (in public)! Meeting my
new companion was so great! Hermana Rodriguez is from Tucson, AZ.
She's been out almost eight months. She is one of the sweetest people
I know. We've seen a lot of success together in only six days. We now
have five new investigators! FIVE! We have some really great
investigators right now. Juan R., Juan M., and Efrain are our most
promising. They all have amazing stories and are so prepared! Efrain
was taught by missionaries here in Paris 10 years ago. All of his
family are Mormon! What the?! The Spanish Elders who were teaching him
were whitewashed, and a set of English Elders came in. Efrain couldn't
understand them, so they lost contact. He has been attending another
denomination because the service is in Spanish, but he doesn't like
it. We had a really cool lesson with him. He shared a lot of things
and kept saying that he usually doesn't share this much about his
life, but he felt peace with sharing it with us. We're really excited
to bring the gospel to him again!
On Wednesday, we were able to help our Bishop's wife weed her yard and
put down mulch. We worked from 11-6:15. It was great! We had heard all
day that there was some very severe weather coming our way in the
evening. While we were out proselyting, we found a woman named Bertha
(She happens to be Efrain's daughter!). We started sharing a message
with her when we received a message from our district leader to get
inside and take cover--President's orders! We hurried to our apartment
and ten minutes later we heard the tornado siren blaring. It was
thundering and lightning and pelting rain! It was so awesome! Luckily
no tornados hit Paris, but it was a thrilling night!
Thursday was spent working in Winchester where we found our new
investigators, Juan M. and his son, Inmer. Juan is awesome. When we
told him we live in Paris, it reminded him of a movie he saw about a
criminal who fled to Paris, France. I didn't understand that it was a
movie, so I was freaked out as to why he was talking about guns and
drugs and taking a woman with him out of the country. He acted out the
entire movie and did so for 30 minutes. It was pretty entertaining
when I realized that it was only a movie! After that, we had intended
to have a drop lesson with Teresa. After talking with her she said
that she's been waiting for us to read the beginning of the Book of
Mormon with her and to share more about baptism. Hna. Rodriguez asked
me about it, and all I could say was "I had no idea!" Man, having a
language barrier is a killer! Haha! She still isn't able to go to
church. She babysits her niece and nephew on Sundays, and their dad
won't let them go to church. We're trying to think outside of the box
to get her to church so that she can progress.
We had the opportunity to help clean up the Rose Hill Church cemetery
on Saturday in Carlisle which is about 30 minutes away. It was great
to help out, and we got it cleaned up and looking nice in two hours.
We went looking for potential investigators and less-active members in
Carlisle while in the area. We pulled up to a member's home, but we
didn't get out. He had a no trespassing sign in his yard...
...Fast forward to Sunday at church. We were in the library before
sacrament meeting, and a gentleman walked in asking for a Book of
Mormon. We introduced ourselves, and he told us his name. He was the
member from Carlisle who had the no trespassing sign in his yard! We
looked at each other and both of our jaws dropped. We explained that
we tried visiting him, and he told us we could come another day! Fue
loco!
I have been using all of my personal study to read the Book of Mormon.
I love this book. It is the most correct book because it contains the
fullness of the gospel. It tells us exactly what we need to do in
order to have lasting happiness and to live a purposeful life. Over
and over it tells us to repent, and I know that through repentance we
can become Christlike. We can let go of the things that are keeping us
from having the Spirit in more abundance in our lives. We will be
given the strength to withstand the temptations that are put in our
paths. As we live the gospel of Jesus Christ, we are anchored so that
we won't be led astray.
Mormon 3:2 "2 And it came to pass that the Lord did say unto me: Cry
unto this people--Repent ye, and come unto me, and be ye baptized, and
build up again my church, and ye shall be spared."
💕 and 🐴
Hermana Boyson
So sad to see her go. She is beautiful inside and out. ❤️
Reppin' O-town! Gotta love my hometown! #ogdenmade
My new companion, Hermana Rodriguez! She's great! 😀
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