Salut!

Congratulations to Sadie! (Bethany’s cousin who also applied to be a missionary) Wow, Brazil! I did not see that coming. Central or South America, yes, but I thought for sure it would be Spanish speaking. I don't know if I said this, but a few times I taught Portuguese speaking families with Sr. Soares. Although I didn't understand the details, I was almost always able to understand the subject because French and Portuguese are similar enough. It was pretty cool. It's snowing like crazy today! It was so warm earlier this week so it's even harder to handle the cold now. I'm wearing so many layers. Earlier this week we went to Belgium for Sr. Lai's legality. It was so warm and beautiful that we took off our coats!! I enjoyed eating and talking with the missionaries that were there. However, over 20 missionaries that were supposed to come couldn't because their train broke down. I had been so excited to see some of those missionaries. We had to go on without them.  Later, after we had done everything, we were getting ready to go home and we missed our train because they announced the wrong place for the train. By the time everyone realized it, the train had already left. Luckily the station let us get more tickets for free, but it wasn't for another 2 1/2 hours! But we were glad because we got to see those 20 missionaries when their train finally came in....6 hours later than it was supposed to! Apparently they were dying of the heat for the first three hours because they refused to open the doors. And they had no food and were starving!  The next day we went to Paris to make the switch for our exchange with the Soeurs at Rouen. I stayed in Arras with Sr. Huntsman. We had a great lesson with the Lenfant family about the Restoration. Wesley, age 8, agreed to be baptized if he received an answer that the 1st Vision was true. Lesley, age 10, was a little more hesitant. All in all a great lesson though. We were supposed to see them again yesterday, but they were still visiting their mom. We couldn't set up another appointment until Saturday, which makes us a little nervous, but maybe they need that time to pray and get their answers. Sr. Huntsman and I also found a woman named Cecil who said we could come back to pray the next day. When I went back with Sr. Lai the next day it went perfectly! Her 13 year old daughter even prayed with us. We set up another appointment which we had yesterday. We got to meet her 19 year old daughter who is also very nice. She didn't want to join us, but she was in the room the whole time. We talked about the Book of Mormon and Cecil was very open about it. Cecil agreed to read and pray about it. But once again we couldn't get another appointment until next Saturday. However, we just have to have faith that the Lord won't let her forget about her commitment. On Saturday Sr. Lai and I had a lesson with a woman the Elders in Lille referred to us, Antoinette. She is so great! She is the mother of two boys, 9 and 7. The 7 year old is autistic, which is difficult for her. However, she loves him so much and we can see his life is happy with her. During our lesson she kept asking great questions like "How can I use the Atonement in my life to overcome my sins?" "How can it help me with my son?" "Do you believe in infant baptisms?” (she doesn't either),"Do you pray to saints?” (neither does she), "Do you have crosses at you're church?” (I don't remember her opinion on them) and so many other great questions. She also agreed to read and pray about the Book of Mormon. We're seeing her again tomorrow!!! We had so many other miracles this week that I can't possibly tell them all to you. Just be assured that the work is going well here in Arras! This week Elder Richards in coming to talk to us. We're excited to hear words from a General Authority! Love, Bethany