Sœur McKenna Soffe: Mountains, transfer calls, and a baptism!! Week 12

Bonjour ma famille et mes Amis!
   It has seriously been such a great and crazy week! Since it was the
last week of the transfer we have literally gone to a families house
every night and some days for lunch! We seriously have such amazing
wards, I love the families! We have been seeing them so much because
on Friday we got our transfer calls and we weren't sure if we would be
staying... BUT me and Sœur smith are both staying together!! We are
seriously so so stoked and their has also been a lot of changes! So
instead of being over Annemasse and Saléve we are just over Annemasse
and they are opening another equipe of sisters in Saléve. They are
taking out the elders and we are moving into their apartment and the
other sisters will live with us. This morning we actually helped the
elders move their suitcases and then moved all of our stuff into their
apartment. We are stoked because the apartment is actually in Centre
Ville so we don't have to take a bus to get everywhere! I learned this
morning however how gross elders are! We deep cleaned the apartment
all morning and know I am happy to say that after lots of cleaner and
bleach, we can actually live in our new apartment;) I really am so
excited for this next transfer and that I get to stay with Sr. Smith
(and celebrate her birthday today!) I adore her and I am learning so
much from her! I also know how much work we can do in Annemasse and we
are thrilled!
   On Saturday we actually got to take the Saléve teliferique and go
up Mt. Saléve. In our last conference President Brown challenged all
of us to find our own mountains as an equipe and find a special place
where we could pray. He challenged us to pray to Heavenly Father about
where we need to go in our sectors to find our Forever Families. It
was a really awesome experience, the spirit was very strong and I felt
how much Heavenly Father loves each of us. After praying we now have
an area where we feel that our family is waiting. I promise you that
if you ask in Faith, Heavenly Father is waiting to give you blessings
and revelations. I could never find do missionary work alone, it is
essential that I follow the spirit because he knows who is prepared
for this gospel. President promised both of us that a family is
waiting and we are so excited to go and find them!
   That night was Severine's BAPTISM!! It has been incredible to watch
her change and she has come unto Christ and make her first covenant
with him! The baptism was definitely different, ha because Severine is
definitely different:) She didn't want very many people there so there
was only four couples from the ward and the four missionaries! She was
nervous before the baptism, but when we talked to her about it after
she said it was so good for her and she knows that she is starting a
new life! Her husband actually came, and it was the first time that we
have meet him. It was really cool because he had a lot of questions
about the church. As Severine was changing after her baptism they
whole group actually had a question and answer session with her
husband! Ha in the stake president's closing talk her husband actually
asked him questions, which then turned into a group discussion because
both him and Severine love to talk:) It was so awesome though and her
husband is interested in starting to come to church and learn more!!
It's been a fantastic week full of miracles! My frenchie challenge for
you is to take some time to sincerely pray to Heavenly Father! Prayer
is such a gift, and I promise you that you will feel his love so
strongly and miracles WILL happen!!
I love you all you wonderful people so much!!
J'taime
Sœur Soffe