The weeks are flying by faster and faster--it's already time for
President's P-day which means transfers are coming up! I hope I'll be
staying in Ecully. I realized I would legitimately cry if I had to
leave, and you know that's a big deal for me.
We found out about the terrorist attacks early Saturday morning. All
the missionaries here and in Paris are fine, thanks to protective
missionary rules. Thank you for all of the love and prayers for the
people of France and for the missionaries. It is even touching to see
the efforts made on social media to express love and support (The
President's wife showed me yesterday at church, no worries).
During my studies that morning of, I read chapter 9 of Moroni in the
Book of Mormon. It's an epistle that Mormon wrote to his son as he's
witnessing all the wars and destruction of his people. I couldn't help
but think of the direct application to our day.
5 For so exceedingly do they anger that it seemeth me that they have
no fear of death; and they have lost their love, one towards another;
and they thirst after blood and revenge continually.
6 And now, my beloved son, notwithstanding their hardness, let us
labor diligently; for if we should cease to labor, we should be
brought under condemnation; for we have a labor to perform whilst in
this tabernacle of clay, that we may conquer the enemy of all
righteousness, and rest our souls in the kingdom of God.
And later...
25 My son, be faithful in Christ; and may not the things which I have
written grieve thee, to weigh thee down unto death; but may Christ
lift thee up, and may his sufferings and death, and the showing his
body unto our fathers, and his mercy and long-suffering, and the hope
of his glory and of eternal life, rest in your mind forever.
We can't give up! Now, more than ever, people need to hear the message
of Jesus Christ and eternal life. Because of Christ, every person will
be resurrected to live again. Through his atonement, we can receive
peace and joy in our souls today and be counted worthy to live with
him and our families forever. Although this tragic event has weighed
this nation with unspeakable sorrow, we know that Christ and his love
will prevail. We hope and pray that as we carry this message to the
people of France, this time will be a turning point in many lives
toward the light, and in turn be lifted up in Christ. Let us labor
diligently!
This week our president set a mission goal to have 200 amis at church
collectively. That's means every equipe had to bring at least 2. Not
easy! I remember before I came to Lyon, getting amis to come to church
was one of the hardest things. Well, we labored diligently to invite
everyone! We ended up getting 218 as a mission. Power comes from
perfect goal setting and acting :)
Saturday after our lockdown was lifted we went to the baptism for two
adorable children in our ward. We did our musical number that we've
done like 6 times, and Allison had to take Soeur Zenger's part because
she was sick. It sounded beautiful still, don't let her fool you. The
baptism was really great and there were a lot of their friends who
weren't members of the church. We hope they were able to be touched by
the Spirit.
Last night we had our missionary coordination meeting with our new
ward mission leader who is American! The Zinn family just moved here
from somewhere in the northwest US and they're so awesome. They
invited us to their home to have our meeting and then we had dinner.
It was sun fun being in an American household again--just felt so
familiar! Even the little brothers playing with/pushing each other
reminded me of home haha. After dinner Brother Zinn told us a couple
stories from his exciting career and we were having so much fun. I'm
so excited to have them in the ward!
I was able to write my testimony in French as I had planned this week,
so here it is to share.
Je sais que Jésus-Christ est mon Sauveur, mon Rédempteur, mon tendre
Ami, et mon Frère. Son sacrifice expiatoire est infini et éternel. Le
pouvoir purificateur est réel, et il me rend pure de mes péchés. Il
change même mon cœur pour qu'il n'ait plus le désire de faire du mal.
Il est constamment patient avec mes erreurs et mes faiblesses. Même si
je fais le même faute jour après jour, Jésus me pardonne. Avec lui, il
n'est jamais trop tard.
Je sais que grâce au pouvoir habilitant de son Expiation, je peux
changer mes faiblesses en forces. Jésus-Christ me donne la capacité de
surmonter mes difficultés et mes épreuves. Je suis sûrement incapable
de tout faire moi-même. Il me soutient. Il m'accorde la patience pour
supporter. Il fait léger mes fardeaux.
Je vois sa main dans ma vie chaque jour. Il a un plan spécifique pour
moi, et il m'aide à réaliser ce plan. Il me dirige à travers son
Esprit-Saint. Je me trouve toujours que quand je mets toute ma
confiance en le Seigneur, rien n'est impossible. Je sais que ce n'est
que l'Evangile de Jésus-Christ qui me donne la paix et la joie durable
dans cette vie.
Il a accompli son expiation par son amour infini pour chacun de ses
frères et sœurs, nous tous qui sommes sur la terre. Il est mort pour
nous, mais aussi il a vécu une vie parfaite afin d'être notre avocat
auprès du Père. Bien qu'il était toujours innocent, bien qu'il ne le
méritait pas, il a pris notre punition sur lui-même. C'est sûr que son
joug est doux et son fardeau léger. Je sais qu'il va venir encore et
qu'il va régner sur la terre comme Roi des Rois. Je sais que grâce à
lui, je peux ressusciter après cette vie pour vivre avec lui et ma
famille à tout jamais.
Challenge: bear testimony to someone this week who is in need of the
message of peace, joy, and eternal life made possible through the
Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Je vous aime!
Sœur Melissa Hurd
District! Holding up our transfer numbers
Had this yesterday for dessert! Thanks to a sister RM who served a mission in Salt Lake City :)
District reunion (with some extras)
Family day <3
President's P-day!
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