Thirty-nine

Hello everyone!

So right now I am riding on a train reflecting on what has happened this week :) The reason I am writing this email so late is because we were all told to attend a stake picnic in Lausanne so I didn't have any time to write during that and the zone leaders gave us permission to write later donc voila. Normally in my emails a write a little bit of what happened each day, but for this email I would like just to share two memorable experiences.

So this week Elder Brill and I were going to pass an Internet referral that we had received some days before. We had already called him 4 times and passed by his house one time. So we were passing by his house because this was kind of his last chance of us contacting him. So we went to his house in a little nice city just out of Besancon and we knocked and he didn't answer. We were a little disappointed but we dropped a Book of Mormon and wrote him a note and then we were off. After doing this we thought it would be a really good idea to go porting (tracting) in his city. 

The very first family tat we ported was a miracle. It is a husband and wife, and they are about 50 years old. The husband answered. We did the family question and it went really well. He told us he has had a daughter that has gone through a lot of hard things.  We just talked with him and got to know him. After that we asked if we could share an essays on the family, a message that we know is true and can really help them.  He said yes. He invited us in and then got his wife and daughter that were home with them. We sat down with all of them and it was awesome. The first rendezvous we just made commonality and did a little introduction of what we do as missionaires and gave them our card, and fixed a return date. 

At the second appointment, the wife had looked up who we are on the Internet and printed some stuff off the church website to read while she worked that following day. It was to cool and they already knew a lot before we had the second meeting. We talked about the Plan of Salvation because that is what we felt they need most in their lives. They said that they were really closed before this trial but after it they know there is a God but can't really explain or define him or what their thoughts are yet. We did a little intro to the Book of Mormon and gave it to them and that afternoon when we called them to thank them for a French dessert they gave us and she said she had just sat down and started reading the Book of Mormon so it is to cool! And I know Heavenly Father blessed us for this really huge miracle and I know they are ready. She said she knows it isn't coincidence that we have meet so it is awesome and really a cool spiritual experience. We fixed a third lesson with a member so we will see how it goes.

Second story is we ported a really nice Catholic family.  We gave them a Book of Mormon and they promised us they will read it. Something that was really funny is the second time we met them they gave us some really good pizza flour that you only need to add water to make it into dough and I made the wrong choice to ask if it was Italian :) You should of seen them! The French are really proud of their food so I think I hit a trigger point. He got mad but in like a nice funny way (You would just have to have been there).

So those are the two experiences from this week. One more thing… we ate with President and Soeur Brown in an Italian restaurant in Lausanne.  It was really nice because it was my first time I have really had just talking with them for a while. 

Something that Elder Christofferson said while he was at he conference is one of the big reasons you are called in a certain mission is because of the Mission President and Mission Mom and I have really seen that that is true. The France Lyon mission such an amazing mission and I am so glad I have been called here. I know every missionary is called to a specific mission for a specific reason.

I love you all and I know I wouldn't want to be anywhere else then where I am right now. I know it is definitely a challenging experience to go on a mission but it is one of the best things you will every do.

Love you all and sorry for the one email :)

Till next week,

Elder Duffy