February 24, 2025

Bonjour a tous j'espère que vous allez bien !!

We had a good week of missionary work and I'll take you through the highlights real quick. 

Monday night we were running through our area book calling less active members then all the sudden this man rings the bell for our church. We open the door then in a very thick Australian accent he says do ya need a walker? We were like what? Then he explains that his mom just died and he's cleaning out his mom's house and there was a brand new Zimmer walker that we could have so the next day he dropped it off and we now have a Zimmer Machine. 

I had an exchange in Aunlay with Elder Sharp which was hype. We did some street contacting and we stopped a man who spoke English. He was Chinese, French and Italian. He apparently served in the French military in a special operation unit. He said that any enemy that came within 5 football fields was as good as dead. But he was also a little crazy, but it was fun to talk with him. Paris is just full of crazy experiences. 

On a more serious note we have 2 super awesome progressive Amis (Friends) who have come to church every week for the last couple weeks. It has been super cool to see their progress and understanding grow and the light of Christ touch their lives. 

I've been really loving reading the bible recently and a couple weeks ago PMG (preach my gospel) had us read John 15 and had us think about grafting ourselves with the Savior. The first couple verses talks alot about the vine of the Lord and how we can be better entwined with him and his work. And being an instrument in the Lord's hands I would invite you all to read John 15 and think about becoming one with the Savior.

That's all, have a great week!! 

Elder Smith 

p.s. I also had one of the greatest experiences of my life! I solved a rubix cube on the top of the Eiffel Tower!