Just had an incredibly crazy week. To start things off Elder Bollard and I
are staying together in Toulouse, very exciting we're both stoked to be together
and want to make this transfer golden.
So this week there have been riots in Toulouse off and on. This weekend was
also Stake Conference. So we had all of the missionaries in our zone and the
Montpellier zone (45 missionaries) come in while these riots were peaking Saturday evening. Haha it was pretty crazy. As we walked through the ville
earlier in the day we saw armored police everywhere. We had a very difficult
time getting everyone to their apts because all of the metros and busses were
down. We saw several miracles happen that evening, including a missionary senior
couple that was in town from Beziers appeared out of nowhere and offered to
drive all the sisters home. And then the metros came back on just at the end of
the night as we had finished sending everyone their way. It was a lot.
Because the Stakes are so big and they don't neccessarily have big stake
centers nor do they broadcast out the conference, here in France for Stake
conference they usually rent out a conference center. It was huge, really cool
and we had around 500 people there. President Roney was there and spoke. During
his talk he called Elder Bollard and I up to share a 3 minute thought about the
Savior. It was awesome! We got to teach this huge crowd about the Atonement and
the Restoration of the Gospel! How cool! It was such a fun experience. And the
Spirit was so strong.
We had our staple amis there. Margot who is so excited to be baptized and
absolutely loved general conference, is still struggling to stop drinking
coffee. We are really praying that she will stop before her interview. Her
baptism is scheduled for the 22nd. Marie Antoinette is completely ready and
already living the gospel but is just struggling to be excited for her baptism.
She's had problems in the past with commitment and she keeps telling us that she
is willing to be baptized in Decemeber (6th) but would prefer it in the summer.
Roxanna, our romanian miracle from a couple weeks ago came and has become best
friends with the young adults and now lives with one.
We returned home after Stake Conference and attempted to feed all the
missionaries we had only to find that our refrigerator had stopped working and
all of our food was going to waste. Haha it was funny and sad at the same
time.
We were walking home last night after sending in our zone's numbers and
were just exhausted. I was reflecting over the past week and notably the past 2
days and crazy they were. I never thought I'd be capable of handling so many
things at one time. The Lord has blessed us immensely, but its been hard and we
still have such a long way to go before we attain our potential. But during this
moment of reflection I just had the most profound impression spread in my spirit
and this sentence came into my head. "And the Gospel is true". THis thought was
followed by some incredible joy and energy that I can't really explain. I simply
picked my head up and said to Elder Bollard, The gospel is true. It was a
beautiful thing to have a spiritual confirmation of what we are doing, and
knowing that it really is the Lord's work, for the happiness and salvation of
everyone on the earth. And recognizing that by small and simple means He will
accomplish this work.
I love you so very much,
Elder Montgomery
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