January 26, 2014

guess who's coming to New Cal?!

Ma chere famille,

This week was another good week full of miracles. I really gotta work on the journal writing... There's so little time, but it's super important. So I'm gonna try and get caught up on that today.

Anyways, President Guidi announced it to the public hier, so I'm allowed to say that Elder Neil A. Andersen is coming to NEW CAL February the 18th!! And I'm STOKED. He's gonna talk to us the missionaries in the morning, and then he's gonna give a fireside at night for all the people of New Caledonia!! So that'll be our job, to invite everyone and their dog to come. I'm sooo excited! And the best part is that he's gonna speak in French! Which is super exciting. I'm reading every Elder Andersen talk that I can get my hands on in preparation. But if you want a super fantastic discours to read, October General Conference, his second discours that he gave as a 12. It's about Repentance, and it's incredible!

This week, the miracle that I wanted to share happened this Tuesday. It was a lesson that we had with a woman named Patricia. We actaully heard about her from one of the amis of another secteur. So that was awesome. Anyways, it was a testimony of what Elder Andersen said in the general conference of April 2013 (I've found someone to replace Dale Clevenger... you should see my desk. All the ensigns and liahona's are opened to the page with his discours stacked on my desk. Yikes.) As the Lord as called several more missionaries in the world to do this work, He has also prepared the hearts of many more people to recieve this grand message! And It's true! Anyways, we had our first lesson with her, and she said the prayer at the end. She was talking about how she wanted peace in her life during the lesson. And we got to testify that this gospel is the way to find this peace that she is looking for. And after she said the closing prayer, she cried and cried. It was incredible! The spirit melted her heart, and I felt so happy and blessed to be there and to know that the Lord used Soeur Tupai and I as instruments in His hands to help the spirit talk to Patricia, spirit to spirit.

I'm out of time. But I testify of the joy and the peace that doing this work brings! Badge or no badge, we are all missionaries, and we can all receive the blessings of doing this work of salvation! I love this work. I am so happy! And I LOVE being a missionary, a servant and a representative of the Lord. Keep opening your mouths, and keep praying to have these occasions! They will come! I promise.

I love you all! You are in my prayers, always, and thank you for your love and support!

L'evangile est vraie!

Love, Soeur Santos