We had the COOLEST miracle on new year's eve ! We wanted to visit an inactive family and give them zucchini bread, but we only had their street, not their address. And despite all our searching, we could not find their address. We had just decided to give up and go knock doors somewhere else, when we heard someone say, "hé, les Sœurs !" It was our ami Stephane, that we haven't seen for about a month because he's been in the hospital ! He was given a few hours to go get fresh air, and he happened to be in a café right by where we were wandering around. And he happened to get a call, which he took outside, so he was there to meet us ! So cool that God lined up all those details ! And then another ami on his way home, that we also hadn't seen for a while, stopped to say hi for a minute ! And then Stephane told us that yet another ami was in the café right nearby, so we saw 3 amis that we don't see very often within 2 minutes. So insane !!! God really does have a plan for us to be in specific places at specific times, and He has miracles prepared if we follow the promptings He gives us !
We had some really fun visits with members this week. One of my favorites was with a family whose dad is a professional musical performer, so we all nerded out about musicals together. And their cute little 9 year old girl grilled me for details about being a missionary- everything from how you become one and how you find out where you're going to what we do on an average day to how many areas we serve in. She's so cute ! They also had a Guinea pig, which was adorable. We also had a really cute older woman who made us homemade lasagna (she's Spanish and Italian), that was utterly divine. And she's lived here for a long time, so she told us lots of fun stories about the history of the branch here and past missionaries, they were so funny and inspiring ! There was also a family with a bunch of teenage boys, and we talked everything from French history (thank goodness I took all those french classes in college) to becoming like Jesus. Seriously, members are the best !
We had two first lessons with new people this week, which was incredible ! Their names are Sylvain and Beda. They both asked a lot of great questions, and Beda came to church yesterday ! They're both willing to put in some effort to learn for themselves, which is so cool for us to see, because that's literally all we want from people.
Today for p day, we met up with a man we met on the streets and talked for a bit in a boulangerie. I had a hot chocolate and 2 croissants, basically the food of the gods. And then we were looking for books, so he showed us where the nearest bookstore was. My companion has been looking for the hobbit in French since the beginning of her mission, and we found it today, which was a very happy moment. I saw dozens of books I recognized, either because they were English books translated into French, or because I recognize them from my French courses in university. Either way, I had a lot of fun. I love bookstores !
Okay, I'll end with a funny story. We go and sing every week for a member who lives in a retirement home. So to start this joke, 2 nuns and a Cape Verdian portuguese lady walk into a nursing home. The member we visit recently changed rooms, and we accidentally went to her old room first. On the way there, we ran into a mostly naked little old lady pushing a cart with a computer on it. But it was plugged in, and she was too weak to unplug it, so we were like, sure, we'll help. But then she couldn't really push it anywhere, and she was like, "j'ai plus de force !" (I have no more strength). So when we ran into some nurses, we told them there was someone with a computer, and she seemed lost. They were like, "a lady... with a computer ?" And we're like, "look, we don't know, but yes" and then we followed the nurse back that way (because we were going back to the right floor), and we just heard "oh là là, qu'est-ce que vous faites là ?" Which roughly translates to what are you doing ??? And she was like, you need to go back to your room, leave the computer. "Nooooo." It was so funny, we nearly died laughing in the elevator on the way down.
So yeah, I feel like that sums up a mission ! The miracles, the amazing members, the random hilarity... all that's missing is the hours of talking to strangers about Jesus, and you've got a pretty good picture of my life. What a weird existence 😂
Love y'all !
Soeur Cate
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