Eighty-one

This is such a spectacular season to be a full-time missionary in

France. The temple dedication takes place May 21 and the open house

commences in just under one month. It is a tremendous time to be on

French soil!

This week has been a good amount of service. Saturday we helped move a

lady, and Tuesday we did some carpentry and helped Frere Vierat cut

out of wood forms of sheeps for the youth temple spectacle. They were

both good service opportunites and let me tell you, moving that ladies

affaires was quite eventful. She lived on the top floor (it was the

4th floor) and we had to descend all her belongings down this really

sketchy wooden ancient stair case :) But it built character and she

was extremely appreciative.

As well this week we have been continuing to hand out temple

invitations to all the less active members of the Ward. We have meet a

lot of cool people along the way and it has been a pleasure to discuss

and to listen to these people's stories and the things that challenges

them or what gives them happiness. I have come to realize even though

we are all quite different, we all are quite similar. The basic wants

and needs are quite universal. As well we have been meeting with a lot

of active members and we are continuing to receive referrals. We have

gotten several investigators out of these efforts, which is super

awesome!

Other then that this week has been superb. I feel overwhelmingly

blessed to be in this region of the world and it is honestly the

dream! It is funny how the good times and lessons learned during the

mission are all I remember. There have definitely been difficult times

but Christ's Atonement and its purifying power delights my soul. Love

is truly the key and it unlocks the door to Godliness, power,

confidence, and caring.

Something else that I have done this week has been reading through my

previous Mission journals and permission journal. It is funny how

everything has played out but I can testify that God has a plan for me

and He has one for you. Let us render our will to His and we will see

He will form us and give us joy.

Love y'all and last thing of advice. Use a cooking book to make a

cake, use an asserted divine origine book (Book of Mormon) to reach

the divine and see if it guides you to a "cake" Hopefully that made

sense ;)

À la prochain

Elder Duffy