everything but I will try.
First of all can we talk about conference?? Amazing! I felt like I
might have had too many questions at the start of it, but then every
single one was answered in the end. And I haven't yet been able to
watch the Sunday afternoon session because they don't broadcast that
here. We'll have to watch it later sometime this week. My favorite
talks so far though have been from Elder Oaks, Elder Holland, and
President Nelson. I loved several others but those are the ones coming
into my mind right now.
Other conference highlights in no particular order:
--Powerful testimonies of the three new apostles. It seems clear as
day that President Monson was inspired to call these men to be
witnesses of Jesus Christ.
--"We'll Bring the World His Truth" sung by the father/son choir in
the priesthood session (yes, I watched the priesthood session).
--"The Spirit of God" and "How Firm a Foundation" sung in the Sunday
morning session. Chills!
--President Uchtdorf's parable of the Summer with Great Aunt Rose.
--Elder Nelson's tribute to women and touching story of heart surgery
and his wife's influence.
--The children's choir in the Saturday afternoon session (never
thought the musical numbers could be so entertaining! Restless kids
😊)
--Sister Marriott's deep southern accent that reminded me of the
people in our home stake.
How incredibly blessed are we to live in a time when we can hear the
words of living prophets? Each session my testimony was strengthened
and I know that the Lord calls his leaders. I know that He inspires
their words and that He is very close. As the new apostles were
speaking, the image of a very low ceiling came into my head. Here we
are on this earth in this little room with the Lord and all heaven
just in the room above, but the ceiling is low. He is not so far from
us. I know that He speaks with our prophet. President Monson! Isn't he
incredible? I hope I can be that determined, strong, and unfailing in
bearing my testimony as he was when he fought to stay standing at the
pulpit. Imagine how proud the Lord is of him. I hope he is ok and that
he has been able to rest a bit after the conference.
Our amie Nelly is getting stronger and stronger each day! We almost
lost her this week--Tuesday we wanted to set up a rdv with her but she
said no because she was angry and said that there's no use and she's
getting a therapist and she was angry at God for not helping the
righteous people in the world. That day we did an exchange with the
sisters of St. Etienne and I was with Soeur Verrieras. We went to go
see nelly anyway and it was the GREATEST rdv. Sister Verrieras is a
powerful missionary and she totally saved her. She bore testimony and
shared experiences and helped nelly understand things about the
atonement that sister Wallace and I would have been incapable of doing
ourselves. I am SURE that Heavenly Father sent this sister to our
sector that day specifically so that she could save our amie from free
falling into Satan's pit. She was hanging by her fingers. Nelly ended
up coming to EVERY SESSION of conference and after the first day she
approached us all smiles and bisous and said "I've got it! I got all
my answers!" Sister Wallace and I died. These emojis described our
emotions. 😮😱😄😄😄😄👏🏼🎉🎉🎉🎆🎆🎆❤️
her.
Wednesday we went to president's home for dinner because they wanted
to record the musical number we did the week before. It was sooo fun!
We had a great American meal prepared by Sister Brown. Our friend
Mariana that we met up with a few weeks ago came too! It was great
because she is our age and speaks English and it was the perfect way
for her to feel the spirit. She said she felt really good and happy
when she was in their home. Today we're at president's home again
because it's the last Monday of the transfer and we hang at
president's that day. It's been really fun. We've played games and
just had a great time. Perks of being in Lyon.
We get transfer calls this weekend but I have no idea what will
happen! My guess is that we'll both just stay together. Sister Wallace
will finish her mission in a transfer and a half so there's a good
chance she'll just stay in Lyon.
Challenge this week is to rewatch or read a conference talk and make
specific goals about what you're going to do to apply what the spirit
taught you. I'll be doing the same thing all throughout this week.
Heard there was crazy flooding in Cannes and Antibes, but apparently
the missionaries are all ok. We had just been talking to the sisters
there last night but they didn't even mention anything! I hope all the
members' homes are ok.
Je vous aime beaucoup!
Sœur Melissa Hurd
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