We had 3 exchanges where I got to work with 4 awesome missionaries! The first one was with Elder Johnson who is serving in Versailles right now as an assistant. We had an awesome exchange. We saw a couple of our recent converts and one miracle we had was while trying to get into a building to visit a recent convert we couldn't get in because he wasn't responding to our call at the door to open the main door. A person came up and let us go in with them and so we were able to go to his door and knock but nobody answered. We waited about two minutes and his neighbor, who was leaving, said, "You're the Mormons aren't you?" We said, "Yes, people often call us that!" We asked how he knew us and he started talking about Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. To say the least, we were pretty surprised. and then came the real doozy. He brought up the miracle of the seagulls eating the grasshoppers and how that was so amazing. He said he didn't have much time but when we asked if we could come back and talk with him he said he'd love that. The Lord always seems to put us somewhere that he has already prepared someone even if it wasn't what we thought it would be!
The next exchange was with Elder Hansen who is serving in Epinal right now but we worked here in Nancy. That night we planned to go and contact a referral that we had received but the phone number wasn't valid. We decided to take the bus, an hour away, to a tiny village named Vic sur Seille. When we thought it was about time to be at our stop we asked a man if this was the stop Rue de Metz. He replied yes and so we got off but quickly saw signs that indicated it wasn't our stop. We were about 10 minutes, by freeway, from Vic Sur Seille and the next bus was an hour and a half out. We started to ask how we could walk to Vic Sur Seille and the first two people looked at us like we were crazy. The third person we asked said he didn't know but he was going there and we could hitch a ride with him. So we accepted a ride and made it there at about the same time as the bus. We started looking for the referral with the address we had but sadly he didn't live in either place that matched our address. We decided to do some porting while we waited for a member to give us a ride home. (Buses don't run after 6 p.m. going to Nancy) We ported for about 30 minutes and decided we had time for one more home. We knocked on the door and an 11 year old boy came down and started talking to us. We asked if his parents were home and he said, "My mom is in the restaurant/kebap shop in front. Do you want to talk to her?" Of course we said yes. He then led us into the kebap shop and his mom was wearing a Muslim burka and was preparing food for a customer. We waited and talked to her son. We were able to talk to her and she was in shock that Americans had knocked on their door in this small ville. We talked about prayer and it was an awesome short lesson. We were able to pray with them all huddled around in the kebap shop. It was a sight to see. It was an awesome way to end the night and a great exchange.
The third exchange was with two Elders here in Nancy. Elder Pumford and Elder Ursua. Elder Gram was off to Paris for the day and night to take the ACT for his application to BYU. It was weird being a trio but a good experience. We had some awesome lessons, one which was with their ami who is very French and a practicing catholic named Pierre. We were able to talk about coming to church and the D&C. And guess what? A miracle happened and he came to church yesterday. They are excited to be teaching him again this week.
That finished up the exchanges but there was still one more miracle. Willy, who we thought was single, is a father of 10 and his sister was also there. We started with prayer and then his friend and a few of his children came over. We were able to teach 9 adults the restoration and it went so well. They all loved the message and said they'd pray to know about Joseph Smith and tomorrow we are going back to continue teaching them. We can't wait!
This coming week we have Zone Conference in Nancy and interviews with President and Soeur Babin and another exchange in St. Die. Tonight we get to go to the L'Homels home for FHE and have a raclette. (They are so delicious) Looking forward to another great week. Have a Happy Halloween wherever you are and know that I love and miss you all. Till next week...
Love,
Elder Player
The third exchange was with two Elders here in Nancy. Elder Pumford and Elder Ursua. Elder Gram was off to Paris for the day and night to take the ACT for his application to BYU. It was weird being a trio but a good experience. We had some awesome lessons, one which was with their ami who is very French and a practicing catholic named Pierre. We were able to talk about coming to church and the D&C. And guess what? A miracle happened and he came to church yesterday. They are excited to be teaching him again this week.
That finished up the exchanges but there was still one more miracle. Willy, who we thought was single, is a father of 10 and his sister was also there. We started with prayer and then his friend and a few of his children came over. We were able to teach 9 adults the restoration and it went so well. They all loved the message and said they'd pray to know about Joseph Smith and tomorrow we are going back to continue teaching them. We can't wait!
This coming week we have Zone Conference in Nancy and interviews with President and Soeur Babin and another exchange in St. Die. Tonight we get to go to the L'Homels home for FHE and have a raclette. (They are so delicious) Looking forward to another great week. Have a Happy Halloween wherever you are and know that I love and miss you all. Till next week...
Love,
Elder Player
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| This is our chapel. We are carrying in potatoes for the meeting! |
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| Vic Sur Seille with Elder Hansen |
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| Cathedral St. Epvre in Nancy |
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