Week 12 in Yaoundé: "Time well spent might not pay the bills..."

 Bonjour amis et familles!


I've officially spent 2 whole transfers here in Yaoundé! By the time of writing this, I have no idea what the next transfer is going to look like, as I have received no news about any changes. But according to the calendar, today is transfer day. We'll see what happens with that next week. 
As far as what happened this week, let me give you the details:

MISSIONARY MOMENTS OF THE WEEK 
 
We didn't do a ton of active proselyting this week, as this was the week that all of our electricity bills for all of our appartements are due, which means, as financial secretary, I had to take multiple trips to the agence to go pay them all (^subject line shoutout^). But we carved out some time to have a few good lessons.

On Tuesday, we were invited to dinner at the District President's home, who lives in our branch boundaries. We had a wonderful chat, and we were also able to set up a lesson with their friend across the street! So we went back over there on Thursday to have that lesson. The friend had investigated the church a few years back, and her interest had been rekindled when she saw us. We had a great lesson about the Restoration, to which she said  it made her feel closer to God. That's exactly what we're trying to do!

We also had another lesson with Zazie on Saturday. She had come prepared with a lot of questions. Some were about the Book of Mormon and the Gospel of Christ, which we were more than happy to answer! Others were more out there. We lovingly explained that some of these questions she had are not necessary for our salvation. The only thing we need to do is follow the Gospel of Christ. She accepted that and was satisfied. 

FUNNY QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"Did the Holy Ghost eat the meat?"

Elder Dion had made a stew with 10 pieces of beef in it. 2 per person. But by the time Elder Dion was serving himself, there was only 1 piece left. He asked who took an extra piece. No one wanted to fess up. (I just know it wasn't me) So he asked the above question.

SCRIPTURE/SPIRITUAL THOUGHT OF THE WEEK

Isaiah 53:3-5:

"He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."

This is THE BEST Atonement scripture of at least the Old Testament, if not the entire standard works. Christ was and is despised and rejected by those who don't believe. He lived a sinless life, a life which should yield ultimate happiness, yet through all this rejection, He felt grief and sorrow. After all He went through, what did He do? He bore our grief. He carried our sorrows. He accomplished His Atonement for all of us so that we could be healed from sin and become like Him and His Father. And He did that because He loves us.

Je vous aime tous,
Elder May





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