Hello one and all,
So, Soeur Mataalii and I had a crazy week, that's for sure! We took a forever long train down to Mulhouse, so that Soeur Mataalii could remain legal in France until the end of her mission. It was fun to be in France again. We managed to contact one of the girls working at the post office. :) Then, we came up to Lille, where I stayed whilst I did an exchange/ relived my entire Nogent experience, that is to say, I did exchanges with Soeur Thibault and Soeur Wynn! Haha, how great is that! I absolutely loved it. Soeur Thibault and I laughed at how easy it was for us to teach together again, even after 6 months. Wow, can you believe it, it's been 6 months since I was with Soeur Thibault! One of my other favorite moments was when I commented about how obsessed she is with teeth, and she was like, "How do you know that?" And I replied, "I lived with you for THREE MONTHS!!!" Soeur Wynn is still on fire! She loves life, and we fixed a baptismal date for their equipe! I told them that our goal is to match their date, Oct 19th. But I'm not going to lie, I was super happy to come back to Louise (Brussels). While on exchanges, Soeur Mataalii and Soeur Francis had a great rdv with Karolina, an amie from Poland. Oh, I'm so excited!!! I already love her. Also, we visited an amie, Maria, who wants to get baptized, but just needs to understand what it actually means to be baptized. Maria also came to church! Haha, also, speaking of church, I got to give a talk yesterday during Sacrament Meeting. I talked on prophets, hoping to get people psyched for Conference (We're SO stoked!), then, in our class for our amies, it was an interesting situation. We didn't know beforehand, but the teacher had to hold a meeting with the missionaries during that time, so he took one member from each equipe and left the other 4 to teach the lesson for the class. Haha, I was totally oblivious to the entire situation until I saw the very worried look on Elder Platt's face in the class, and I was like, "Is there something I can do for you?" His reply, "Yes, you can help us!" So then he, Elder Christensen, and I taught an impromtu lesson on Eternal families. Then, moving on to the third hour, it was a combined lesson on missionary work! So of course, Soeur Mataalii and I had a small portion to contribute also. I felt that by the end of the day, I was very known throughout the ward. Tomorrow is combined zone conference, and Soeur Mataalii and I have been asked to give a small presentation on How to 'Spiritually create our day'. Wish us luck! Well, life is good. We continue to see miracles everyday, and we love life! I love you all, and hope life is going well. I've decided that I have to change my attitude about going home in December. It used to make me sad, but I've decided to best way will be to just live it up, accept the fact, and work as hard as I can until the very end. That's what the Lord expects from me, afterall!
Avec tout mon coeur,
Soeur Bracken
PS- Studied obedience this morning. Isn't crazy how being obedient really does make us happy, AND it allows us to have the spirit? Why WOULDN'T we want to be obedient to the commandements from a loving Heavenly Father?
PPS - My address
Soeur Lexi Bracken
118 Avenue Henri Jaspar
1060 Saint-Gilles
Belgium
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