Hello
all!!
Thank
you so much for all the love and support! I have gotten some packages and dear
elders this last week that have been awesome! So much love coming from home I
love it thank you!!!
So to
start off the week we got a new teacher! It wasn't my teacher from last week
which I was bummed about because she was awesome but it was a brand new teacher
her name is Soeur Judd and she is pretty cool. A little odd but such a
fun investigator to teach! Her French is really good and it makes me pay really
close attention in our lessons with her! We had an awesome experience this week
when we were teaching her. So we have been trying to use our study times
more effectively and not waste them and the weather has been BEAUTIFUL so we go
outside to study! It’s been great! So we went outside and we prayed to see what
we should teach her. After the prayer, as usual things came flowing into
our brains and we set up this awesome lesson about the importance of the Book
of Mormon and about feeling and recognizing the Holy Ghost. So then
Sister Richardson was like let's pray about it and see if its right... we have
never done that before... I know bad missionaries we are. So I was like
cool lets do it! So we prayed and everything felt right and good so were
like ok sweet. During language study we decided to practice the vocab for this
lesson and we would have it all done. We had the perfect scriptures and
everything! Then when we gave the lesson she didn't keep her commitment and in
Preach My Gospel there is a quote by Elder Holland that says if someone doesn't
keep their commitment to read the BOM be devastated! Don't take no for an
answer! So we did just that! We were like “ohhh you didn't keep your
commitment? Shoot, this book is so so important!” and we just started baring
personal testimony about it and showing her scriptures and testifying that it
will change her life! By the end of the meeting, she was like I don't know if I
can but I want faith like yours and we were like you totally can… start
reading:) then we committed her to come to church and then as we were leaving
she was like so what have you seen here in France we were like nothing
really... she is like but your in France? We were like were not here to sitesee
and she was like you talk about that book everyday and we were like yup its
that important read it! hahaha this is all fake because she is our teacher but
it feels so real when the spirit is there and real testimonies are being
shared! It was awesome! I loved it so much! We are going to plan each lesson
like that from now on!
We got new missionaries this week
as well! One of them was on study abroad with me, Sister Bradshaw! She is going
to Tahiti! We get all the missionaries going there! They are here for 12
weeks.... kill me! But we got to show them the MTC and introduce them to the
rules and what is to be expected as far as our zone goes. It was fun to
take them around and have them be like “Where do I eat again? Where can I work
out?” I am like “oh let me tell you I am a seasoned veteran of this place:)
haha PS beach volleyball rules:)” haha they are like huh? But yeah on Thursday
we went to their “Meet the Branch Presidency” meeting and that is where our
branch presidency gets to know them and give them the rules again and basically
just give a firehouse of information. Then he has them go around and
introduce themselves and bare their testimony. They were the SWEETEST
testimonies! My heart was like beating out of my chest! It has been awhile
since I heard testimonies in English! I miss my native tongue sometimes:) So
then the branch president looks over at my companion and I and was like “why
don't you two share your testimonies too.?”.. I was like I can barely breath
right now I can't speak! So when I stood up I was like guys... I mean missionaries
you all are amazing and I can't even speak right now! I know I am supposed to
be here too... blah blah my testimony that was sooo shaky because I was feeling
the Spirit:) oh ya! The spirit is the best thing ever!
Then you will never guess what
happened... At church on Sunday, I accompanied my companion and Elder Angel in
my district to the song Lead Kindly Light... I was shaking soooo bad when I got
up there. They asked me to do it and I agreed when we didn't know if we
would actually get a chance to play. Then Friday, Elder Angel was like
its happening get ready, I was like WHAT??? In two days are you crazy? I have to mentally prepare myself for like
weeks for something like this! So I told my companion... I know people
could accompany you two much better than me but don't let me back
out, make me do it. She is like same for me, I NEVER sing in front
of people I am like well.... if we crash and burn at least we will do it as a
companionship:) she is like yeah for sure except you could be the reason I mess
up if you mess up the notes for the Alto... hahaha I am like thank you now I
won't sleep tonight! haha it was funny! But it all went well! My hands shaking
the whole way through it! I have seriously got to get over that fear! It was
just in my branch of like 40 people.... not that big of a deal! haha oh well it
was cool! Then we had Mission Conference, which is like zone conference and it
was good but a tad boring and we got chastised for the temple walk and other
rules we were breaking. It was fast Sunday too and I miss the days of
sleeping your fast Sunday away so you don't remember how hungry you are! By 4 I
thought I was going to die! Then after our temple walk we had district meeting
which is like Sunday school. Our district leader forgot to ask someone to
teach so he was like can you two teach... we were like right now? And he was
like ummm yeah. We are like uhhh sure what's the topic... Enduring to the
end! Ok yeah let me just whip something up for you! haha but it went actually
REALLY well! She and I have so much chemistry when we teach! I will miss her so
much in the field! I even got choked up again in my testimony at the end! What
is happening to me! haha still haven't cried baring my testimony but I am sure
it is coming:) haha The whole district after was like wow if you two teach like
that in France, I am really impressed! We were like oh no its much rockier
trust us! haha we got a lot of compliments which was comforting since we just
made it up on the spot!
Then that night Chad Lewis came to
the fireside! oh my gosh he was incredible! He played for BYU and for the
Eagles I think? Ya his whole talk was like a pep up talk and it got me SOOOO
pumped to get out there! He is such an awesome guy! He and his wife were so
great and I just ate every word up that he said! He started off and was just
like "who are you? Who are you?" he just raved about how many people
there were here! He had a whole slideshow with pictures pertaining to what he
was talking about so it was so entertaining! We had a really boring speaker
last Tuesday so it was soooo nice to get a fun one last night! One of my
favorite things that he said was that "Your mission starts here and it
never ends.” He also said "When things get hard don't you dare come down
off the hill, don't come down off the wall" I was like sooo fired up! haha
I am totally that missionary now that is like front lines ready for the field!
haha so dumb but whatever its my life now! I wish you all could have been there
it was amazing! Then we watched legacy right after which is SO GOOD! Oh my gosh
I do not remember that movie! But it’s about the pioneers and I was like crying
through the whole thing like how the heck did they do that? How did they have
that much faith to endure all they did for the testimony of one man and his
ability to translate one book? The Lord knew I wasn't tough enough that's why I
was born now and not then, but I have SOOOO much respect for those people oh my
gosh. They are my heros! Anyway This week was a GOOD week if you can't
tell already:) loving my last couple of days here just trying to soak them all
up! Pray for me that I stay focused! I am pumped to get out there! Can't wait
to meet my trainer ahhh so excited! I ran out of time today so this is kind of
short... comparatively to my others:) haha but just know I am doing well! Love
you all and miss you!
Soeur Modersitzk
1st Picture: McCall and the girls in her district.
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