Question of the week? How much did Mom freak out when I didnt write on monday?! It would have been the first time in my whole mission that I didnt write but here is the email for the week.
Okay so explination of why we didnt write yesterday. Its actually quite simple. Yesterday EVERYTHING was closed, for easter weekend, so we were allowed to switch our preparation day to today so that we could buy groceries and write emails and things like that. So yes easter weekend is pretty big here. Not to celebrate the ressurection of our Lord and Savior but instead to have a reason to go on holiday. I am super distracted today so this wont be a very long email. To answer Mom's question. We are not teaching anyone that is actually french. All of our amis are originally from somewhere else. And our ward is somewhat of the same. I think maybe half of the people in our ward are actually french or swiss. The other half are from spanish speaking countries. At least thats how it seems.
Mom's other question. I will be able to skype on mothers day. I dont know where exactly I will be but when it comes time I will tell you when I will be getting on and from where and all those details. Its still another five weeks or something.
So anyway life is good. The work is good. Not much has changed. We will be having zone conference, interviews, on friday. Since there isnt much else to report I will tell you a little about my personal study lately. I just finished reading in Mosiah, in the Book of Mormon. It has never been so real to me and so interesting. I did something different this time as I was studying. I kept a little family tree about everyone that was mentioned from the beginning of Enos through the end of Mosiah. It was so cool. I gained such a greater understanding of how the Book of Mormon was kept and who was related and why things are written the way they are. I love the story of Alma the younger and the sons of Mosiah. They are such wonderful examples of repentance and that no one has ever sinned too much to be forgiven by the Lord. It says that they were the most viliest of sinners. Yet after they had repented and were converted unto the lord they really had such a great change of heart that they wanted to teach their enemies. As a missionary I can say that I would not like to go teach someone that I knew hated me and wanted to kill me. In fact I had an experience this past week with an enemy.
We were street boarding with Elders Q.( CA) and L' (Nancy, France), they are the other elders in our ward with us. Street boarding is when you have a board up that says something about the gospel and you contact people and start talking to them about the board and teach them principles to try to interest them. Okay so this is something that you do individual contacting and I am very comfortable with it. Sometimes I cant understand what someone says to me but for the most part I can carry my own. Well during this time there was an old man walking towards me with a very large frown on his face. I decided that he needed the gospel of Jesus Christ in his life and approached him. I told him that we were here to share a message about families and asked him how God has blessed his family. Immediately he began yelling at me, saying not nice things. I thought that he would just walk away after saying a sentence or two but he stayed and just kept yelling. He was getting so frustrated that he even took off his hat and started waving it around. Needless to say I was somewhat shocked and didnt know how to end the conversation and walk away. Elder L' then came over and started talking to him. He asked him what the problem was and then the guy flipped out again. The man told Elder L' that he could destroy him with words, Elder L then asked what he knew about the church and he walked away. Haha it was one of the funniest experiences. I was very grateful to have someone looking out for me that day. Funny side note. Elder L' saw him again a couple days later on the tram and he started freaking out again. I think that poor man may have some mental problems.
I have to get going but I hope you all have a wonderful week. I love you all very much. Be good and work hard to share the gospel with those you come incontact with. If I, Kimberly Clarkson Addis, can talk to people in FRENCH about this gospel, every day for 18 months, than you, yes I mean you, can share your testimony with someone in english.
Gros bisous.
Soeur Addis
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