September 23, 2024

Today was a great day! So far I'm currently standing outside a bowling alley lol. It's district p-day which is so fun. 

We had a week full of miracles, we have a new potential member named Stacy. She came to church this last week- absolutely amazing! We set up a time to meet with her this Wednesday. She is absolutely awesome and super prepared to hear the gospel. 

We went to Bourges this last week for exchanges. Bourges has the 5th biggest cathedral in France and Charters has the 4th. All these cathedrals are amazing here, massive and beautiful. Orleans which is the other city in our district that has the sisters has so much history here and is a beautiful city. All in all the week was absolutely amazing and I'm loving France. 

In honor of General conference we have been listening to alot of general conference talks wherever we go. One that I listened to recently is by Ulysses S Soares in April 2024. Loved this talk here is an excerpt:

"The Savior desires that we become prepared to understand, with great clarity, exactly how to act as we make covenants with our Heavenly Father in His name. He wants us to be prepared to experience our privileges, promises, and responsibilities; to be prepared to have the spiritual insights and awakenings that we need in this life. I know that when the Lord sees even a spark of desire or a flicker of righteous effort in our willingness to center our lives on Him and on the ordinances and covenants we make in His house, He will bless us, in His perfect way, with the miracles and tender mercies we need."

The Lord is preparing us for something that we're supposed to do in this life. We may not see it yet but he is preparing you! The most important thing is to listen to the spirit in every thing you do.

love yall peace out Elder Smith 





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