Good week, we saw lots of good things happen
We
figured out that the biggest problem with our super old ami named
Jackie is that 1-he's old and 2-he'd like to see a baptism before he
actually is baptized. The only problem is that it's a little while until
the next baptism (about a month), but it's not a huge deal! we're going
to probably stop by once a week with a little spiritual thought, get
him to church every Sunday, and get him baptized after he sees a
baptism!
Our super evangalical ami named Emmanuel was super cool too,
he came to church and he sat in on a blessing. He's doing his legality
to stay in France, so he asked for a blessing too. We gave him one and
he was super excited about it. I will say that the man might possibly be
a little crazy, but he's super nice and I really hope that he can
understand eventually that he needs to get baptized by THE PROPER
AUTHORITY. Yeah...
I gave a talk about
where we're going after this life. It was good. I only had to give a 5
minute talk, so it wasn't too bad. It's hard talking to a room full of
people in French though.
We also taught a man
named Akay this week. He's from Nigeria and he speaks English (which is
actually suprisingly hard to teach in when you've taught everyone in
French up until this point). It was a really awesome lesson, the only
problem is that he wasn't wearing pants. We taught the man whilst he was
wearing his underwear and a t-shirt. It was a little weird...
ALSO, members working with missionaries EXPLODED this week.
There were a ton of members who invited us over, asked to teach with us,
and were just overall super friendly. The only problem is that when we
eat with members they always shove us full of so much food I think I'm
going to explode. It's not good. 26 pounds and still gaining weight.
Yup, it was a good week
Spiritual thought of the
week- Always put God over everything else. I was talking to a really
cool kid who's part of a less active family. He's 14 and I sat next to
him in sacrament. I looked at him and I just remembered all the times
where I wished I was doing anything other than sitting in sacrament
meeting on a nice sunday afternoon. I talked to him a little and he said
that his friends had invited him to play basketball, but in the end he
had decided to come to chuch and his friend made fun of him for it. I
told him that there was no better place for him to be than there. There
are always times when we want to do something more than we want to go to
church, or we feel like we're too busy to do something to help someone
else (especially the missionaries!!!), but the work of God is more
important than ourselves. We as missionaries invite other people to come
closer to God and we invite members to open their mouths and do the
same thing. When me and Angel finished talking I invited him to invite
his friend to church. He said he would. Work with the missionaries,
wherever you are, invite your friends to come to church, to read the
book of mormon, MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS! Talk about the gospel with
everyone, and always put God above everything else.
Love,
Elder Michael Beneamato Bruno
