Getting Outttyy

General Conference was great! And I still felt the Spirit even though I smuggled in Coke.  My bum is still numb from the awful seats but my brain is still buzzing from the Spirit so I guess it’s all good! My favorite talk was given by Elder Holland (I try to be stubborn against clichés, but it was too good to not be my favorite) I went into Conference with some questions in mind because that was what we were instructed to do, so I brainstormed a whole bunch and then none of them were answered ha-ha. But then Elder Holland got up and I got hit with the Spirit. Heavenly Father knew my real concerns, he was answering the question I didn't want to write down on paper. I’ll just summarize a little of what he said. “You may have to stay silent for a while, observe and listen to others, and listen to the music. Stand as close as possible to Jesus Christ and continue in hope.” That's exactly what I’m going to be doing in France. I'm gonna be a HOT MESS my first month or two but I just need to remember to "listen to the music" or just enjoy all the experiences I have.  I understand that I’ll be taking the lead A LOT being new (baptism by fire) but it’s gonna be okay to just stay silent when words can’t come and learn from my trainer.

Coolest thing, we don’t usually teach on P-days but last week we did. We had no notes. We were teaching about following the prophet and he said I don’t know if I can believe there is an actual prophet and then in all French, NO NOTES, I said, “Do you believe we can receive personal revelation?”  He said Yeah, through prayer. I said, “it’s the same for our prophet. He receives revelation to keep our church organized and give us direction.”  He said, D’Accord D’Accord and I invited him to watch conference to know if we have true prophets. He smiled and said he would. :)

Also, this week Vocal Point sang at our devotional. I lost my eyes in the back of my head when I heard our devotional was an acapella group BUT they were actually so good. I had the Elders send me all their songs.  Then yesterday we had our infield orientation and I’m just wondering why we had to wait till now to learn all the things we learned. It was a super long day but I learned a lot. Wow!

Monday morning we have to go to class, Soeur Spotts and the rest of our district will leave at 9:50 a.m. :( and so hopefully I can leave class and say goodbye then I will be back in class until 11:30 a.m. when I go and get my bags and head to the bus. Soeur McDonald is my travel companion (yay) and we will head out at Noon and wait in the airport till 5 pm!!

I can't explain how glad I am to be serving a mission. The MTC alone has been the best 6 weeks of my life and I have grown so much. Since I've been teaching in French, I have been learning about the gospel in a much more simple way which has been the best thing for my testimony. My understanding of the Atonement and Restoration has deepened entirely. Everyone that knows me knows I’m grumpy and hard to please but I’m giving this place two thumbs up so there you go.

Je sais que en suivant Jesus-Christ nous pouvons ressentir l'espoir at le bonheur. Je sais Père Céleste nous aime et nous connait. J'aime l'evangile. Ma temoignage es tres simple mais, alors es l'evangile.

(English Translation)
I know that by following Jesus Christ we can feel hope and happiness. I know Heavenly Father loves us and knows us. I love the gospel. My testimony is very simple, but so is the gospel.

Catch ya in like a week and a half if I survive my first week. I’M COMIN PARIS!

Soeur Nay