Iaorana ma famille!
Haha, I feel like a Tahitian hello is appropriate because I’m
currently with my deux soeurs Tahitiennes de Motorpool! Since Soeur Caress left
on Monday afternoon, until Thursday I’ll be with them.
So Soeur Caress left on Monday! We were totally chill right up
until the moment she had to get into the van to go to the airport. We hugged
and I cried, but y’all know how I am, ha ha. It’s sad to see her go and I’ll
miss her, but we’ll see each other again for sure. I’m happy for her to see her
family again and to spend le Noel avec eux!
Donc, cette semaine! HENRIETTE GOT BAPTIZED!!! The baptism was so
great! A lot of people came, including Helene, our inactive sister who’s good
friends with Henriette and a lot of members! For the program, we got members to
do all the prayers and talks, so Henriette has a lot of support and connections
with the ward members now. (BTW, she even already has home and visiting
teachers! Big thanks goes out to our new DMP [ward mission leader] Frere
Pecqueux for all he’s done so far. The ward is really starting to pick up!)
Henriette’s baptism was so wonderful and she definitely has a new
light and happiness about her that is the Spirit! And one of my favorite things
is seeing new converts take the sacrament for the first time. It’s exciting to
see their progression and their comprehension of the covenant they just made.
Henriette was so excited and happy to take it for the first time. She really
understands the importance of the baptismal covenant and of enduring to the
end. She’ll keep learning and her testimony will grow. She’s definitely one of
the elect, and she’ll stay strong in the gospel and will be a light and example
to her family and friends. She’s already a great example for Helene, who came
to the baptism and to church on Sunday, and she’s going to keep coming!
This week Soeur Caress and I got to see the fruits of our labors and it feels
really good.
This week was also Soeur Caress’ last, so there were lots of
goodbyes and “last times.” One perk of having a companion who’s leaving is that
the Glades, the senior couple [in the office] took us out to dinner
to a fancy French restaurant. The con of having a companion leaving is the
stress of weighing the luggage, haha! Sunday night, we spent about 2 hours in
the office trying to get the weight of her suitcases under 23 kg. But we did it
and as far as I know, she didn’t have any problems.
Today, we had a zone meeting, and I gave a training all by myself
because Soeur Caress is gone. But it went really well and I wasn’t even that
stressed about it. I guess it’s because it wasn’t my first rodeo, but I’m still
really proud of myself for successfully giving a training by myself in French.
In other news, we got transfers and I’m going back to Koutio! I’ll
be with Soeur Davis and we’re the STLs for all of the sisters in New
Cal! That’s a lot more responsibility because we’ll be over 6 sets of sisters.
That’s a lot of exchanges! It’s a little overwhelming because there’s zone
conference, Christmas plans, and now responsibility for all the sisters, but I
know we can do it! I’m excited to be with Soeur Davis, and I think we’ll make a
good team! And it’ll be fun to go back to Koutio because I love it there, but
it’ll still be a little different with the ward boundary changes.
So the next couple of days will be busy with the transfer (lots of
changes!) and prep for zone conference, and then zone conference itself! So I’ll
be staying busy, but I’m loving my mission and learning a lot. I’m falling more
in love with New Cal and it’ll be so hard to leave! (Soeur Caress leaving makes
me think about it.) But I still have time here, and I’m gonna make the most of
it!
Je vous aime!
TA TA NA NA BISOUX!
Love,
Soeur Matheson
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