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Bonjour!

Well it has been a week! The weather has been beautifully warm during the day, then has rained a couple times at night. 

Hair trim

Glasses Day 

Wednesday we had some cool experiences! I had mentioned the name of this one street that was standing out to me while we planned the activities of our day. My companions liked it so later in the day we went and knocked at the doors of the houses there. Every one we talked to was pleasant, but what was really cool was that we met 3 young adults. Although the first appreciated what we do, he was not interested. We met Xiang next, and he is very interested in doing some volunteer/service work. His neighbour was named Lucy, she is from China and let us in to talk more about how to find happiness from God's plan for us. We quickly learned that she does not know who God and Jesus Christ are, so explained that to her instead. 

Thursday was a very busy day! It started at 6:30, like every day, however unlike every day, I spent time making crêpes until about 9:30 (I had already spent 1 hour the night before), doing my studies as I cooked–it is awesome to have technology and great apps that will read things to you, particularly the Book of Mormon en Français! So why did I spend 4 hours making crêpes? Well they were for our District meeting lunch. I had assigned everyone to bring toppings and we all enjoyed the meal! 

Crêpe Party for District lunch! 

Authentic Italian Pizza!

After a yummy lunch, we had a lesson to get to with a young adult named Livia. She had great questions such as: Why did Joseph Smith organize Mormonism?, and Why is the Book of Mormon called the Book of Mormon, and not the Book of Joseph? So we shared with her the message of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

Following, we did some service at the Ronald MacDonald house, and did some LRT contacting for the rest of the night. 

Due to the nice weather we have been able to meet with Brittany at a park near her house both last Tuesday and yesterday. We have been helping her read the Book of Mormon so she can gain a testimony of its truth. It's been great! We've been lucky to have Andrada, one of the young adults from the YSA ward come with us to the past two lessons. She is a returned missionary and is awesome!

Art in the Park

More Art in the Park

Campus singing

The theme of the week seems to have been that you need to ask a question in order to receive an answer. We read that in the Bible, and in the Book of Mormon many times (James 1:5 and Moroni 10:3-5 as examples). In answer to Livia's questions:

Due to a simple question Joseph Smith asked ("what church should I join?"), the answer he received directly from God and Jesus Christ was that Christ's original church (the Church that Christ had established while He was on the Earth with Priesthood authority, Prophets and Apostles) was no longer found on the face of the Earth. Joseph Smith was then instructed to organize the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints once more. Many people know the Church by the nickname it has been given: Mormon. Well I'd like to say that I'm not Mormon because he died many years ago, back in some time after 421 A.D.! That can be confusing, why are we called Mormon if we are not Mormon?  The answer is simple. In the Americas 400 years after Christ's death, the people were at war with one another. They turned their hearts away from the Lord. Mormon was a prophet at the time and had been commanded by the Lord to gather the entire history of the people, from Lehi's family journey about 600 years before Christ's birth to the current time, 400 years after His death and resurrection. Mormon spent most of his life compiling this record, and his son Moroni finished his father's work after his death, and hid it in the ground. In honour of his life's work this record of ancient scripture is called the Book of Mormon. 

I am so grateful for the scriptures. I know that the Bible and Book of Mormon go hand-in- hand to testify that Jesus is the Christ. I know that they can answer the questions that we have if only we will ask them as we read.

Lots of love!

Sister Tatjana Zumbach