Marriage is what brings us together!!

So for all of you who are wondering if anyone got baptized this weekend.. the answer unfortunately is no.  But the wife of the guy who got baptized like 2 weeks ago is getting baptized this saturday! keep in mind, she didn't want to get baptized until next year. After the baptism of her husband, she is like OK my turn! So that is really cool! The only problem was Jean's baptism, or not getting baptised! Jean is our African ami who is a referral from someone in the ward.  So here's the bad news: he didn't come to church yesterday and he cancelled 2 times last week at the last minute! So we did everything we could to see him yesterday. After church we met him out side this small train station at 7:30 at night so it was COLD! We met him and started talking about his baptism and after about 30 minutes he asked me to marry him after my mission... he is like 40 years old keep in mind.  I was pretty bummed and completely weirded out last night. We have been working with him for months and now I am sitting there thinking "what have been your intentions this whole time?' So.. we are passing him to the elders.  I wish African men didn't keep letting me down.  I thought a 20 year age gap would be sufficient but for the Africans it doesn't matter apparently.:(  So we refixed his date for the 2 of november which means unless a miracle happens (which it totally could) I will see no one be baptized this transfer again. BUT... if I stay here next transfer I will get to ee 4:) As long as they are baptized is what I have to remind myself:) So there you go... 

This week was kind of weird because Francois Holland came to St. Etienne... yes, President of France came to our medium sized little ville and no one even cared except public transportation! i was  freaking out... not because i am a fan of him... he is not my party (according to the members of the ward:) but i was like still... he is your president, this is sooo cool! Anyway, so tuesday was just hard to do anything because everyone was on strike! We went to Lyon on Wednesday for zone training which was INCREDIBLE! as always! President Roney is sooo inspiring and I am going to work 10 times harder this week! we labled this week "monster week" so i am excited for the miracles that will come! Then the assistants were kind of joking (but we're not really sure) that everyone next transfer would be white washing... which means you and your comp are brand new to the ville. I literally started crying thinking of leaving St. Etienne and starting fresh somewhere else! The assistants were like ok... that wasn't a funny joke... I said no it wasn't! Not when you're already in zion! hahah but anyway the strike moved from sainte to Lyon soooo we were stuck in Lyon for the day but it was fun because i got to be with Sister Stevens, always a treat! We spent the night there and it was fun! The rest of the week was really good! 

We taught Chrystel the word of wisdom on Saturday and the first thing she said when we walked in because it had literally been raining ALL week, was "do you want a coffee" haha we said no. Then she said "do you want some tea" haha no. so i just started praying... please don't make YOURSELF a cup of coffee before our lesson! And..she didn't but right after that when we told her about coffee i was sooo scared and she just started laughing! haha she said really? and we said.. uhhh ya really.  Then she said "Ca sera duuuuuurrrrrrrrr" (that will be haaaaaarrrd) but she sang the last word and it was SOOO FUNNY! we were all laughing and by the end she said "ya of course i will keep it!" perfect!

Then yesterday was the primary program.... fun fact... primary programs are universal and french children are maybe a little funnier than american children.  seriouly i had tears streaming down my face! We have a really big primary too and each family has like 5 kids, all of whom are in primary.  They would sing a song and bare their testimonies by families, if that makes sense.  I can't even describe to you how funny it was but then being in french was just that much funnier! ah man! i wish you all would have been there! 

Then a big group of us all went to our DMP's house and ate raclette! Its a really french thing... go look it up!! Family we ate it one time when I was dating Will... do you remember? With the potatoes and the cheese? and the meat? Anyway it was sooo fun! With full bellies we went out and worked:) so kind of an uneventful week because we lost a lot of days but this next week is monster week:) be prepared for miracles next week!

Thought from zone conference: (This is my new theme for contacting and for working)  If you put your line in the water to catch some fish for only a couple of hours, how many fish will you catch? If you put your line in for most of the day, how many will you catch? If you leave your line in the water all day, all week... how many fish will you catch? My line will always be in the water.  When contacting on the tram seems SOOOO awkward... line in the water.  When calling a member last minute for a lesson seems soooo impolite.. which it is but we do it anyway... LINE in the water... when contacting and porting in the rain seems like that last thing i want to do... LINE IN THE WATER! Here is my covenant to you for the week! love you all! hope you all have a good week! 

Sister Mod

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