21 October 2008

There is something in a Sunday...

Bonjour tout le monde?
Comment ça va? I'm doing wonderful. This last Sunday was a bit hectic but it was magnificent in the end. So in the morning I received an early phone call from the assistants telling me that they had crashed the car in the middle of the Alps and were in a bit of a pickle. So that was a lovely start, but nobody was hurt so no real worries. We then proceeded to church in the afternoon which was fantastic. So it started with Philip. He's an ami from Ghana that speaks English and not French, he's been an ami for quite some time and even had a baptismal date. But he doesn't have much money so we can't see him as often as planned because he's obligated to work anytime somebody calls him and offers him money. This was also a problem because he has promised to come to church almost every week since early August and has never come. Saturday night we went over there with Julie Sordes and taught the Sabbath Day. He agreed to live it and said that he'd come to church. As we got to church we called him and he said he was at the metro, so Elder Gysler and another Elder went to find him while I waited for frère Bandieri. When I saw Philip walk in the door I threw my arms in the air and stated, "YES!" He came for all three hours and loved it. He also told us that that morning he had had a dream telling him to go to church. That morning he also received a call from his buddy offering him 50 euros to work that afternoon, but he replied, "No. Today is Sunday and I have to go to church."
Frère Bandieri came to church as usual and had his baptismal interview with Elder Nolan. It went well but he has some personal worries that we discussed. We then took him to the bishop so they could more formally meet one another and also get the bishop's help with these worries. It was a great little chat, the bishop spoke some rather inspiring words and really helped out.
Then we headed to Sacrament meeting, and in walked a young man in his mid-twenties. He sat by Elder Nolan for it was he that first contacted him on the street a few weeks ago. Elder Gysler and I had called him earlier in the week to invite him to church. Chris is sweet! We had the opportunity to teach him the Plan of Salvation afterward which really answered a lot of his questions about resurrection. He was very interested and sincere.
In the end we ended-up with three amis at church, I can only remember maybe one other time during my mission having at least three amis there. It was such a blessing! We were smiling ear-to-ear all day.
Well everyone, I love you all and I thank you for your love and support.
Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Marsala