Chére famille!
This week seemed so long, mostly because we were not able to work for 3
days. We spent a day in Lyon (I drove the entire way there and back #giddyup)
for Elder A's legality. That was fun and odd, I felt like such an old missionary
(my 7 month mark is arriving quickly). Then we had our zone conference and
interviews which I already told you about. But in the 4 days we did have we got
a lot done, or rather we were really effective in our time.
Two weeks ago we knocked on the door of an American woman from New Jersey,. And she told us to come back this past week
on Saturday morning. Well missionaries never miss an opportunity like that even
if the invite seemed rather half hearted. We knocked on her door at 10, nobody answered, so we went and passed
another potential ami, then returned 10 minutes later, and she let us
right in apologizing that she had forgotten that she had invited us, she was
still in her morning robe and her husband was upstairs. It was rather
uncomfortable at first haha, but hey thats how it is sometimes. Anyways she
changed and we talked at first and eventually teach her the entire restoration,
left her with our only English Book of Mormon, and she accepted the challenge to
read and pray about it. It all seemed to mostly be out of curiosity, until the
end when we had already said a pray and we got up to leave. We asked her if we
could do anything else for her, and she joked at first, then got serious and sat
us back down and told us how guilty she feels for something she did to a
coworker that is also a friend and that she didnt know how to deal with it. We
did our best to direct to the Book of Mormon and prayer, and then we said a
prayer with her specifically for this friend. Spiritual Smash! She started
crying and was so touched by it! it was awesome!!!! And she felt rather
embarrassed that she was crying in front of us two complete strangers and
thanked us and rushed us out the door after that. But we set up time to come
back and to teach the entire family (husband and 3 yr. old son) more about the
restored Gospel of Jesus Christ next week. It was really cool.
We had a few miracle lessons like that this week. We had a couple large
letdowns as well, which also seems to be the case #oppostioninallthings But what
I appreciate most of all is that we are seeing progress here. We are seeing the
Good News be spread to more and more people and more and more people accepting
it and benefiting from it. That might be the greatest blessing of all. To see
the happiness that EVERYONE recieves from the Gospel of Jesus Christ. IT is
literally a custom fit, but one size fit all solution to real problems. I just
love it. And its so interesting that no matter what your problem or worry or
mistake or who you are there is a way out. Its so...beautiful. It was
specifically designed for every person on the Earth. And we (as people who
already have this knowledge) have the blessing of sharing it with others.
How grateful I am for that blessing.
Beaucoup d'amour,
Elder William Montgomery
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While we were in Lyon I got to see Elder Call. I was so very happy to see
him. He is the best. My mission hero.
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| My classic Ham and cheese/ranch and mustard with the 3 cookies from Subway. Got it while in Lyon. It was really good. |
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We drove from Gex to Lyon and we drove through this valley (I stopped and
took a picture)
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| Here's my desk set up |
