The next day involved a lot of finding and then dinner at a member's house. Her name is Yolaine and she's amazing-- she's the woman that used to bring us homemade groceries every Monday. It was a great time spent with her, her husband, and one of their daughters. I love this branch!
On Wednesday we finally made the Valentine's cupcake mix my mom sent me back in February to give to investigators and members. Bless Betty Crocker for using lots of preservatives, therefore allowing her cake mix to be left unused for months without going bad. We then gave them to Hilda and then afterwards Emmanuel and Stella. After that we knocked on the doors of the apartment complex that Alexander (the Russian) stayed at when he was here, because he had sent us the door codes to get in haha. Surprisingly so, the lady who owned the room Alexander stayed in, Emma, was the meanest of them all. Anyway, we came out of there with a few potentials and we're now hoping that something comes from them.
The next day we met with Anna and Steve at the church for a lesson. We gave them some cupcakes and they gave us some fish that they had recently caught in the ocean. After we exchanged gifts, we taught them about the Addiction Recovery process and showed them a video from it. They are both having troubles giving up smoking and Anna has a huge desire to stop it. Steve on the other hand is addicted to a lot of things and Anna is trying to enlist our help to "save" him. It was a good lesson, but Steve is in denial about a lot of things, so we're currently trying to figure out the best way to go about things.
On Friday we did service at the Banks and were served a vegan meal afterwards, as per usual. I love them! Later, a member, Jean-Cristophe, picked us up with his car to help us deliver the remainder of the cupcakes. It was a good day!
The next day we woke up early to help the Branch President move. He's moving to Saint-Brieuc which is a HUGE blessing for us. Once ready, we stopped by Emmanuel's house to pick him up, as he agreed to come help. Little did we know that he'd need 45 minutes to get ready lol. Our ride was outside the whole time and was going to leave us behind if we didn't hurry up. Anyway, the wait was worth it, as Emmanuel helped out a ton! He's an investigator and only speaks English, but the Branch made him feel super comfortable and he had a fun time. Afterwards we saw the Branch President's new house. It's so cool. Right by the port of the ocean, where all of the boats are docked. It's a house that's a few hundred years old, but very cool. Apparently it's going to take them nearly a year to renovate it, so we're all very excited to see how it will turn out. After that we had a few rendez-vous. Our last rendez-vous was with a new investigator, Daniel, and his friend, Noel. They're both about 50 years old and very interesting. Apparently they only live "at night" and sleep during the day. So the earliest they can do a rendez-vous is 8 PM, and that's exactly what we did. They were strange, but very nice. Daniel wrote us each a personal card and gave us each a box of biscuits. We discussed many things and it was very well passed. Somehow with this guy we got into very deep doctrine on his first lesson, but hey, if it works it works.
Sunday was Branch Conference and I translated the whole two-hour meeting for the English speakers without any breaks. Talk about a headache. But the talks were good and it was a good time. Afterwards we visited a very old in-active woman in the Branch, Sister Champion, and she showed us a letter she got in the mail from Alexander (the Russian guy). He had mailed her printed out pics from his trip here and a little note. It was very special to her and she was very happy talking about it. Later we got to call our moms for Mother's Day. I sure do love mine!
For my spiritual thought today, I would just like to leave you all with a message of gratitude. We have all been blessed with so much (i.e., families, jobs, etc.) and I think sometimes it's hard to realize all of the blessings we have. I know each of us have been blessed through our mothers and I'd encourage all of you to reach out to your moms wherever they are and tell them how much you appreciate them. With Mother's Day having been yesterday, it really got me to think about just how important mothers are. It's thanks to them that we are all here on this Earth today and it's through their support that we have made it this far. To my mom, I'm grateful for you and I love you.
I hope you all have a wonderful week.
Elder Connor Anderson
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