Faites-le

Hey hey!

The weather this week was crazy. Rain and then sun and then hail and then clouds. It seems to describe our week perfectly as well. Ups and downs and I am tired this week. So today I am just going to share a lovely story about a woman we met. Her name is Amelia and she is our new Italian grandma. 

The Elders ported into Amelia and they said she just lit up when they saw her, and told them to come back. So they sent us Soeurs back, and it was the loveliest hour, spent with the most classically Italian Catholic woman I have ever met. She exudes goodness and love, and we sat around her table and she told us about her relationship with God. How it have evolved, how she was angry at him for a long time after she lost her son and her husband. And then how it changed, and how he gave her a "new head." I love how within the past week we have talked to two different people, one who said God gave them a new heart, and the other said He gave them a new head. Maybe I am biased because one of my favorite bands is "The Head and the Heart," but I have been thinking about the combination of the two. And how God can help heal our hearts, and our minds. So she told us all of these beautiful stories, and then proceded to seal the deal and officially become our Italian grandma, by telling us we needed to marry nice boys, telling us how good looking the Elders were, and asking us if we are eating enough. She is baking a cake for our next rdv. And the best part? She met the sister missionaries five years ago, but then they got moved out of her city. She said that her heart broke the day they left. How sad is that? We told her that God sent us back to her, and her eyes filled with tears, and I love her. And throughout the whole rdv she would keep on encouraging us and saying "faites-le!" (do it!) and told us to smile and talk to people, because everyone needs God even when they are angry or sad. Or I guess especially when they are angry or sad. 

Donc voila quoi. Everything is going well in Melun. Our investigators continue to do well, there is a family of baby swans right by our house (my love for baby animals lives on), and France is a beautiful place, full of wonderful people. 

I love you!

Liv