June 1, 2025 

Bonjour a tous!

Fun fun week, We started off with Zone Conference in Lille. We were there a day early to do our interviews with President, after our interview was over we did some contacting with another Elder named Elder Gardner from St Omer. Then we then slept in the Lille apartment with 12 other elders in the same apartment! 

The next day was ZC where we learned all about contacting grey dots and how awesome our mission as a whole is doing. We had to say goodbye to some awesome missionaries going home this transfer Murdock, Henrickson see ya on the other side.

Later that next day we had a surprise exchange with the Charleville Elders. I said surprise exchange because I told them we would do an exchange after District council and they bought tickets for after Zone Conference. Then after that we had an exchange with the Zone Leaders. So we had a crazy week. This transfer flew by! We find out the transfer board this Saturday. So it was an insanely fast transfer.

Saint-Quentin was blessed this last week. I don't know what happened but we found people to teach this week, that was awesome. Probably because we had 4 missionaries here the last 4 weeks. Lol

Spiritual thought 

One thing I've got accustomed to here in Saint-Quentin is patience. Here is what pmg has to say about having Patience: Patience is the capacity to trust God as you face delay, opposition, or suffering. Through your faith, you trust God’s timing for His promised blessings to be fulfilled.

And here's a scripture I found that I love in 

2 Nephi 28 30

 For behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more; and from them that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be taken away even that which they have.

Trust in the Lord's timing. sometimes things don't happen immediately and how you want them too. 

Also I found a quote by Elder Holland that I love!

When you study study 

When you work work 

When you pray pray 

Let's take things up a notch 

Let's be bigger better faster than we were before

Elder Smith