Plus Près de Toi, Seigneur

Bonjour!

Sister Y and I are learning to sing Nearer My God To Me in French (Mon Dieu Plus Près de Toi). So that has been fun! We celebrated her 1-Year mark! I was able to surprise her at our dinner appointment by putting a candle in her ice cream. We also did a cute picture of her holding a 1 (for her 1 year), and me holding up a 2 (for my 2 months), but together they make 12 (12 months in a year!) I thought it was cute! We did a spa night to continue celebrating. We also went out to get Turkish food last Tuesday as a late (2 months) and early (1 year) celebratory meal.

In my studies this week, I have focused on learning different Gifts of the Spirit. I am so grateful for the gift of the Holy Ghost that allows me to have Gifts of the Spirit. One of the gifts the Lord gives us is the gift to be calm. I have noticed, as has Sister Y, that I have the gift to be calm, in conversations that could result to be contentious. I  believe that Sister Y has the gift of bearing mighty testimony, especially in those situations.

We have done lots of tracting this week, and a little bit of teaching. Last Tuesday, the second door that we walked up to, I noticed a handicap sign in the the car. I mentioned it to Sister Y and she said I should offer them service. So when a man opened the door, I said we were offering service to people. He asked what kind, and we replied we help with everything, even washing dishes. He said he had a pile of dishes and could use some help because his wife wasn't able to help him much. We said we could but he then asked how much. When we told him we were doing this for free, his eyes bulged out of his head! He swung the door wide open and let us in to a counter full of dishes. We spent some time helping out with those dishes, talking to his wife, who came and asked us the same questions as her husband. Towards the end, she tried giving us money, but we gave it back to her husband before leaving. This experience makes me ponder on the kind of world we live in. Everyone thinks you want something from them. Even just smiling at people on the street sometimes turns them the other way. Everyone could use more of Christ in their life, and you can be that Christ-like example by reaching out more, serving more, loving more.

Like we told someone yesterday, you don't have to have a name tag to be a missionary for Christ. We all need to have His name painted on our hearts and we would all live in a slightly better world. We will all become nearer to our Saviour.

Lots of love!

Sister Tatjana Zumbach