RASTAAA MAN!!

Hi everyone!! Quoi de neuf 

        

       This week is hands-down one of the best weeks of my mission.

       For starters, Jonathan and Deborah got baptized! It was a bit stressful preparing because we got there about an hour before and when we turned on the spout it came out boiling. It was steaming so much the windows started dripping. So Sœur Madsen and I were just frantically filling tiny pitchers with slightly cold sink water and dumping it into the font for like 40 minutes but it turned out okay. Leo, the one who baptized them, stepped in and was like "Woah that's hot" he like jumped. But we asked Jonathan and Deborah if it was okay after, and Jonathan said it was great...he wanted to take a nap in the water. Lol.

       It was really great to see how happy they were too. After his confirmation Sunday, Jonathan said, "These days were the bomb. I'm so happy." And Deborah doesn't talk much but she was smiling throughout the whole two days. 

       To be honest, watching them get baptized and how happy they were made me realize how much more we need to appreciate the sacrament. We are so blessed to have the gift of the sacrament to purify us every week. It's a little baptism each Sunday! We can continue to start fresh. Through Christ, we have the opportunity every week to become new and align our lives more with the Savior. I invite you all to remember how awesome the sacrament is this week.

Hope you all have a fantastic week!! 

Ciao! 

Sœur McOmber

The beautiful country of Luxembourg...modernized and less populated Paris but way more green. 

This was a mini goodbye party for Sœur Madsen. She thought she'd for sure leave (she's been here my whole mission) but she's actually staying HA so we're going to go hard this transfer because THIS is probably her last one in Metz. 

Leo Dinge always says "sorry guys I didn't brush my hair today. I'm a RASTA MANNNNN" which are those cool guys with dreads from Jamaica and Bob Marley vibes (Leo literally has centimeter long hair lol). Anyway, so when we were contacting this week we tried to find a rasta man so we could tell Leo. We practically ran to catch this man and when we talked to him he's actually from Surinam which is where Leo is from!! And better he wants to take the lessons!! And when we were walking to Leo's house we saw him again!! They live in the same building!! They're gonna be best friends!! Anyway, we contacted one more rasta man after that but he said he worshipped Bob Marley and Bob Marley only. An exact quote

S. Ilizarbe sent me this picture this week and I was so so happy. Those of you who read all my emails might remember that lil flower crown from a few weeks ago. Anyway, I'm so happy for Christine's decision to be baptized. She was a great missionary even before she was a member and has such a strong love for Jesus Christ.

Croque Monsieur - a fried egg on a ham and cheese sandwich 

How most French people see Americans HA! Most French people love Americans though- despite what I was told before my mission. Even if they're not interested in the gospel, a lot of them love talking to us about America and sometimes invite us over simply because we're American.

Our ward has been so so supportive of Jonathan and Deborah, I'm so proud of all the members that have reached out to them and showed up to their baptism. Metz is amazing! 

Pepper soup!!! So I keep tellin ya'll about pigeon english and how all the Nigerians say "Everywhere Pepa Soup"...and they actually brought some to the baptism!!! Emeka brought it for our amis and they were so happy I thought they were gonna cry. And yes I tried it, I was peer pressured by my Nigerian homies. It's not as scary as it looks HA 

Jonathan and Deborah!! Yes the water is brown, we tried to clean it I promise. It's okay, the ordinance is what is important lol