Glad you had a great birthday, Cole. I still can't believe that you're so tall though...
Mom! We had a great week here, including a Zone Training Meeting, where
they actually showed us the Ma Famille pamphlet, and we got to start
sharing it with members. It's great, because one of President Fourtina's
goals he gave to the branch was to get 10 new names for which we can go
to the temple and do the work for them. And no one's really been moving
ever since he gave us that, so we're now going to help the members do
the work! (Also, because our Genealogist specialist has gotten offended,
and won't come to church anymore, or help anyone with genealogy. So we
are now the new genealogists hah). It's absolutely wonderful though. I
regret never doing too much before my mission, because now we are
supposed to know how to do everything, but we're getting by.
We had English Class this week! And for right now,
we're only teaching one college student n from China, who's name is Tan.
He's great! He wants to work on conversation skills and pronunciation,
so we do just that. He's also midly interested in the Church (even
though he knows next to nothing about Christianity), but I've been able
to talk a little bit about it with him. We're going to see if we can
invite him to take the lessons this week!
Hey guess what! We passed by Jean-Guy and
Christiane's house, and they were there!! They let us in to talk just
for a couple minutes, and they are doing well and happy. They decided to
move (I think the day after we say them last ...) out to a village 20
minutes away from Rimouski, so they've been occupied with the moving. So
they said to call later. So that's goodish news! I was at least very
happy to see them and know that we still can teach them later.
Attendance at church yesterday was 15, which was
great, with a little addition from the Levesques son and his two sons
who came down from Chicoutimi. We had some great meetings, and are happy
to work again this week. President Fourtina is coming up this week, so
we're excited for him! The Branch misses him and Sister Fourtina a lot.
We're having a 'special' stake conference on the 23rd of March,
where a member of the quorum of the Twelve is coming! It's super
exciting. But, I'm worried they're going to split the Stake. No one has
said anything, but if they happen to do it (there are currently 15 units
in the stake) we're hoping President Fourtina won't leave us. But I
should stop speculating.
I love you all! I love covenants. Divine covenants make strong Christians.
Quick story: I thought about this last night, I don't think I told
anyone before, because I don't know if I realized the importance of it
in the moment. Senior year in high school, I was having a bad week,
let's say, and I guess it was apparent when I came into and attended
Seminary with Brother Bollard as my teacher. When it was finished, I got
up to leave as usual, but Brother Bollard stopped me, and asked me to
stay to talk. When everyone was gone, he asked what was the matter, and
wanted to help. I explained a little bit, and he listened, and told me
he was confident in me to do the right thing. It was really just a
simple gesture, that helped me when I needed it. I'm grateful for that
moment, along with others that have helped me out in times of need. So
thanks Brother Bollard! You're the best.
It's an honor to be here, on the Lord's errand, to try to lift
up the hands that hang down here in Rimouski. And thanks to examples
that I have from friends and family, I can serve in order to lift others
around me.
I love you all! Have a great week.
Elder Murphy
1. Elder Smith is great hah. Here we are!
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