So I had a very interesting week...
The terrorist attack in Paris has caught France by surprise and people are
appalled... It is very sad... It has made people very weary to talk to us
also... If we start talking about religion, they start talking politics and
about how the world is a horrible place and it's this government's fault and
that ambassador’s fault and we try to teach them of the goodness of God and it
is very hard for anyone to see that after the attack... Even the Ward in
Cannes added more security during church... Please pray for us. Pray for the
missionaries. Please pray for the people of France. Please pray for those
affected by this attack... It is so sad and the only way we can get through
this is uniting together and coming unto Christ. He is our shepherd and will protect
us from the wolf. He has, in fact, laid down his life to protect us from the
wolf. Nobody else has the power to redeem our souls and save our lives except
Jesus Christ.
The rest of the week has been rather
quiet. Not many people out, school has started up again so the kids aren't out
shopping and the streets are almost deserted. I guess when Christ said
"seek and ye shall find" there was an unsaid understanding that
sometimes you have to seek a little harder than just stepping out the door.
Life takes action and I am excited to move! I have never walked so much in my
life! Haha but nothing worth having was ever easy.
I am excited that President
Roney supports my relationship with Julia! He said that he was impressed! Haha
that made me smile ;)
The Zone Conference was really good
this week, too! We were taught about self-examination and looking inward to
better ourselves and become more like Christ, more perfected in Christ. There
is something that I really love about the Atonement that many people over look.
It is explained well in the talk entitled "The Meaning of the
Atonement" by a general authority. It talks about why the Atonement had to
happen and it talks a lot about the enabling power of the Atonement. So, when
we look inwards and try to become more like Christ, we can get on our knees and
plead unto Christ, repent, change, and Christ can provide us with the power to
become stronger than we are. We can have power beyond our own. That is what I
love about the Atonement. If you have not, I challenge you to read the Book of
St Luke and St John. That will show you how much Christ really loves us.
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This is what my scriptures look like
when I go through them. I have never studied them like this before. I thought a
good time would be now. Haha Thanks for the coloring book ;)
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Yeah I am staying warm. It is very warm where I am compared to the rest of
France!
Tell Patsy I say hi :)
Yes! Antoine is the brother of the
boy you saw on Skype! He is really cool! Into the same games, he makes music
and is actually really popular in France and has people from Hollywood calling
him to make music for their artists! Big name artists!
I will try to take as many
pics as I can! And videos! You will enjoy going through them with me! I will
tell you the stories behind every picture. I try to meet new people, but I am
still very quiet because I am out of my comfort zone. I know that in order to
get better, I need to break out of my comfort zone, and I will do that!
Well that’s all that I have to say
for now :) I will talk to you next week! I think I am going to Grasse to a
perfumery store! A world renowned one apparently, so I will see what is there to
get you :) oh and our new mission president is a Scott Brown from Salt Lake City.
He is a lawyer. See what you can find out about him! (haha I liked that part, I get to be a private investigator)
Love you so much!!
Elder Nick Benjamin Martin :)
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So this is a view from the chapel in
Antibes :)
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Here is a panoramic. It does very
little justice of how beautiful this actually is. There is a man in our ward
that has been all around Europe and says this is the most beautiful view from any
chapel in Europe.
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A cool statue of dolphins!
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