June 23, 2025

Hot!!!  It was so hot here in Saint-Quentin this week. I've never eaten more popsicles than in the last week. We only had one fan that worked and it is a mini fan, so yeah. But the Lord's work didn't stop. 

We did a ton of finding like normal, we also had an exchange which was awesome. We went to Lille and  did an exchange with our ZLs. I learned a ton up there to bring to Saint-Quentin. Also I don't know why but I seem to find and be companions with people from French Polynesia.  On Friday we crossed this family from new Caledonia and they are so cool. It was Elder Tuua and Tupana who initially talked to them. And then we were near the river when I saw them and we started talking about church and all it was a super awesome experience. 

Sunday came around and one of our amazing members brought her friend with her to church! She is soo cool and we're excited to teach her it truly was a fun week. 

We just went grocery shopping and bought so much protein it's not even funny. We also bought a vegetable, so mom don't worry.

Pense spiritual:
We just had a lesson with one of our friends which was super awesome and one of the questions was about the Holy Ghost. It reminded me of this quote from PMG: 

Having the guidance of the Holy Ghost in your life requires spiritual work. This work includes fervent prayer and consistent scripture study. It also includes keeping your covenants and God’s commandments.

For us to have the holy ghost as a companion it takes work and I can testify of this as a missionary and seeing it in the life of our friends.

A la semaine prochaine,
Elder Smith 







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