This week has been soooo solid! We
just got miracle after miracle, it's a nice feeling after all of this
work we've been putting in. Monday
night we visited Yesmina and Rashid, and we ended up talking about the
Word of Wisdom, since Muslim's have a similar health code. We explained
that to them, and they thought it was super cool. Then they invited us
over for a party on Sunday (I'll explain that one later!)
Tuesday
we were running from lesson to lesson like crazy, which was a lot of
fun. we taught a guy named Jean-Pierre that we contacted in the rue a
few weeks ago, who seemed pretty interested in our church. He's been
unsatisfied with other churches his whole life, and when we taught about
Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon, he said, (in my rough English/19
year old Missionary translation) "Well duh, of course the Restoration
was necessary! The world was crazy! And of course the Book of Mormon was
given to him by God, a 14 year old kid didn't just make it all up or
trip over it in a field!" I may have taken a few liberties, but that's
mostly correct ;) Sidenote: We saw him again today, and he is totally
down with everything we teach. He's finding answers he's looked for his
whole life and he agreed to be baptized when he's gotten his answer
about if it's true. Yes!
That night we also did something called the Mardi Fou (Crazy Tuesday) Challenge. On Tuesdays, Dominos sells any size pizza for 8 euros, so we bought large pizzas and a large Yop, which is a Yoplait drink that's basically just thin yogurt. The challenge is to finish it all in under and hour. Let me tell you, that was a real struggle haha. But we did it!
That night we also did something called the Mardi Fou (Crazy Tuesday) Challenge. On Tuesdays, Dominos sells any size pizza for 8 euros, so we bought large pizzas and a large Yop, which is a Yoplait drink that's basically just thin yogurt. The challenge is to finish it all in under and hour. Let me tell you, that was a real struggle haha. But we did it!
Thursday
we had a conference in Angers, where Logan (Miller) is at as a Zone Leader. So
we got to hang out and get some more training from Président Poznanski.
Then Friday
us and the Sisters here in Le Mans had to take a train back to Angers
for our interviews with Président and Soeur Poznanski. It's our last one
before the end of their Mission! It was really sad but it went really
well.
Also, that day we taught Ciddy! We found him when I first got here, taught him once, then lost contact for almost 2 months. Then a week ago we were walking through the park and saw him smoking and crying on a bench. He told us that he just got a bunch of terrible news about his health, that he was worried and homesick (he's from the U.K.) and that he wonders if God is there. We taught him there in the park and set up a rendezvous for last Friday. At that rendezvous, he asked about our views on what happens after death. He's studied with the Jehovah's Witnesses, and his mom was Catholic, but he didn't really like either one of those options haha. We taught him about the Plan of Salvation, and he said that this was the most hopeful, happy belief that he's ever heard! We invited him to be baptized and he said yes, he would love to be!
Also, that day we taught Ciddy! We found him when I first got here, taught him once, then lost contact for almost 2 months. Then a week ago we were walking through the park and saw him smoking and crying on a bench. He told us that he just got a bunch of terrible news about his health, that he was worried and homesick (he's from the U.K.) and that he wonders if God is there. We taught him there in the park and set up a rendezvous for last Friday. At that rendezvous, he asked about our views on what happens after death. He's studied with the Jehovah's Witnesses, and his mom was Catholic, but he didn't really like either one of those options haha. We taught him about the Plan of Salvation, and he said that this was the most hopeful, happy belief that he's ever heard! We invited him to be baptized and he said yes, he would love to be!
Yesterday was our party with our Algerian family!
When we got there, they said they had a surprise for us... Frog legs and
escargot! Elder Mattson and I had mentioned that neither of us have had
it yet, and we've both been in France about a year. They realized that
they had never had it either, so they made it for us! It was actually
all really good, and after the super French appetizer they gave us an
authentic Algerian dish, couscous with lamb! Couscous is a type of hard
grain flower that you cook kind of like rice that is so good! It was an
awesome meal overall, and they love us to death. We promised that when
we come back to visit France we would both visit them!
This week I learned a lot about the importance of
inviting people. I told Soeur Poznanski, during our interview, how much
of a change it is making in my Mission right now. I used to think that
we would terrify people if we didn't wait long enough to invite them to
baptism. But now, we've been challenged to invite people by the end of
the first time we teach them, even if it's in the middle of the street.
And that has turned around everything! So many people are accepting this
invitation that may never have continued seeing us if we didn't invite
them. There you go, my lesson of the week!
For Skype next week I'm going to have to call around
10h your time, sorry it's so late. I'm not sure if I'm calling from the
church or a member's home yet, but either way it will be around that
time. Tell Gabe and Catherine (Diaz - Friends who just had a baby) and Ty (Poston - who got married on Saturday) and Cami (Birch-Kunz - a friend who is expecting) congrats from me! That is
awesome. It feels really weird that people I know are getting married
and having kids. That isn't gonna be me for a very long time haha.
I love you guys, have a great week! Talk to you Sunday!
Love,
Elder Tyler Martin
We made Chicken Pot Pie!
Awesome rage dancing guy we saw while waiting for the tram
Party with our Algerian family!
Mardi Fou challenge!
Porting!
Weekly Planning... With a mustache!
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