1/23/2017 1 Comment A Record of our Dealings...Prepare yourselves for greatest and most accurate account of missionary life ever recorded.
Stephan, round THREE!!! Next prophet maybe? Okay, you'll never believe it... only minutes after sending out my group email, we ran into Stephan... AGAIN!!! This seriously never happens in Paris. We couldn't even believe our eyes. We decided that either he is supposed to have a very very important calling in the church and needs to be baptized right now, OR, he is stalking us... hahaha. Both very possible... Companionship Ring = Companionship Unity. It's true. Ever since we bought our companionship rings, we seem to be significantly more unified. Monday we started our new transfer, thus motivating us to "Start Fresh". Part of that starting fresh was setting out on a quest to find our "Companionship Truc (thing)". We chose a giant gold thumb ring with a blue stone in the middle. Because it reminded us of one of our favorite mission movies (The Prince of Egypt) as well as one of our favorite before mission Series (Merlin). If you knew how much we quoted those movies... So, every time we do something awesome, we throw our thumbs in the air with our cute little Merlin rings on and yell something witty. Well, I guess it's not really that witty... we usually just yell, "YEAH!"... Hahahaha. Saved by the Ring. This week while making loads of treats, to take to members houses, my finger was sucked into the mixer (on the Turbo setting), twisted it all the way around, and then caught my new ring. The moment it hit my ring, it stopped. My ring had blocked the blades from chopping off my poor little finger! Oh my goodness. It was probably one of the biggest miracles of my mission. I seriously sat on the ground in the kitchen holding my swollen purple finger, that was somehow miraculously still attached to my hand, and just prayed!!! THANK YOU!!!!!... The Lord is looking after us. #YEAH Emelie's First Blessing. Emelie received her first priesthood blessing this week after an awesome lesson with the bishop and his family. We were all a little nervous when in the blessing he said... "I bless you to find work in the coming week". Hahaha. He was probably just as nervous when the Lord told him to say it!! Which is probably why he then sent out a job search email to the entire ward the very next morning. But hey!!! I'm looking forward to emailing home next week and telling you all about Emelie's new job!!! :D #YEAH Ephraims Rescue. My companion and I have realized that one of our favorite bonding activities is watching movies during our dinner hour... the only problem is, you can imagine how slim your selection becomes when your options are limited to appropriate church made films. So, after having watched all of them, we came to the conclusion that Ephraim's Rescue is definitely the favorite. Therefore, we have watched Ephraim's Rescue almost every single dinner hour for the past 6 weeks, hahaha. Yes, we have it completely memorized... it's become a great joy to us. #YEAH The Crazy Head-Petting Lady...that smelled like Flatbread. We contacted a super crazy old woman who started crying and wouldn't stop petting our heads, necks, and chests, while calling us her "petit chouchous"... which is basically just a super weird pet name in French... Hahahaha. We were just a little freaked out... As for the flatbread, that is another story in itself Hahaha. So we made a batch of buckwheat flatbread dough, and then left it on the counter over night (without thinking). I didn't like the taste and I could not handle the smell, so I didn't eat it. But my companion LOVED it. It didn't matter how many times I told her it smelt awful and "just like wine"... she has never smelt wine so it didn't make a difference to her hahaha. Well... as the days went on the awful smell got stronger and stronger, I felt sicker and sicker, and my companion ate more and more of that awful bread! Until finally, I stood up, walked into the kitchen, grabbed all the leftover dough, and chucked it in the trash Hahahaha. My companion was like, "What the!? why!?!" Then I showed her a verse I had just happened to read in the Bible that talked about fermenting yeast to make wine Hahahaha. I KNEW IT. So, coming back to the old lady... my companion turns to me after she walks away and says, "Oh my goodness, was she drunk??....You were right!!! SHE TOTALLY SMELLED LIKE FLATBREAD!!!" #YEAH Cookies for strangers - the accidental perfect recipe- We tried to make cookies this week but used an awful recipe. They were SO salty!!! But we couldn't bring ourselves to throw it all out. So, we tried adding some water to re-soften the dough before adding more flour and butter to counterbalance the salt. They ending up being probably the best, fluffiest cookies I have ever accidentally made Hahahaha. So we loaded up our bags with them and gave them to everyone we met on the trains and on the road! #YEAH Pioneer Women!...Speaking of Ephraim's Rescue... We are currently having our entire bathroom redone. Meaning... no showers. Yes, this week we went a whole 6 days and 7 nights without showering Hahahaha. Oh my goodness, it was so dang funny. Luckily, Saturday afternoon, we were able to find a member who let us come over and take a shower at her house Lol. It was the teeniest tiniest shower I have ever seen in my life, but oh my goodness, it was the greatest shower of my entire life. I told my companion that I am going to start showering once every six days just so I will start enjoying every single shower as much as I enjoyed that one, Hahahaha. The best part was when we were on our way to the church after our showers and my companion says, "Oh my goodness! You smell amazing!!".... I was dying. Of course I smelt amazing, I just showered for the first time in a week!! Hahahaha. We now schedule shower rendezvous along with our teaching rendezvous 😂 #YEAH A 3-Euro Pack of Tissues. There was a Deaf man on the train who was trying to sell little packs of 5 tissues for 3 Euros. Hahaha, that's almost a euro per tissue!! But, for those of you who know me... I have a soft spot for the Deaf community, as I have many dear friends who are Deaf. So yes, I bought a 3 Euro pack of tissues. But it was so worth it. I was able to sign with him and find out that he was Ukrainian! He was so excited when I began to sign to him, there are very few people here who are familiar with sign language. So even though it was American Sign Language and not Ukrainian sign language, he was thrilled to have someone to talk to :). When he got off the train, all the people who were not interested in talking to us before, suddenly had looaads of questions, hahaha. #YEAH Our Husband Patrick. We make jokes about our painter being like our husband because he has a key to our apartment and every time we leave, he is there, and when we return, he is there, when we sleep, he is often still there, Lol. Then, when he isn't there, he leaves little notes on our refrigerator to let us know he will be back soon, hahaha. It's been kind of funny. My companion and I were all ready for bed the other night but he wasn't gone yet, so we turned on a little Ephraim's Rescue. 10:15 rolls around and we looked at each other wide-eyed... "This is the latest we have had a man over since before the mission..." We have been having a lot of fun "teaching" Patrick. And when I say "teaching" I mean... downloading all of the general conference sessions in French and playing them full volume all day while he works in the apartment. Hahaha. We are pretty sneaky. #YEAH American burgers and fries! I ate my very first burger the other day in at least 16 months! Although it was a chicken burger, not an all American beef burger 🍔. It was sooo good. The best part was when the waiter asked us how many we were and we said two... then he escorted us to a booth full of men, with two empty spots left open Hahahaha. #FrenchLogic #ItwasntadateIpromise Yusong ... the lesson and the bust... We taught a lesson to this incredible young Chinese girl we met on the RER. The lesson went so well, she even invited us to this big "Christian Party" with all of her Christian friends to share the spiritual message of the night. Needless to say, we were stoked out of our minds. Until she called us the next day to tell us we were a cult... brain washed... not even Christian... and devil worshippers... #yeah.... The Dead Alarm... My Alarm clock died in the middle of the night. Next thing we knew, it was almost 8:00 am. We accidentally slept in. I don't know if I have ever felt so guilty for anything in my entire life. I spent at least 20 Minutes that morning on my knees, asking the Lord to forgive me for my stupidity in not checking to make sure it was plugged in before going to bed. We even made ourselves wake up 30 minutes earlier the next day and grounded ourselves from watching Ephraim for an entire 24 hours. I can assure you, we have never worked harder in our entire missions than we did during the rest of that day, Hahahaha. NO ONE was getting past us without hearing the message of the Restored gospel!!! #YEAH Repentance Miracles... That same crazy day, we met an incredible new ami named Joachine. After we taught the restoration she looked at us and said, "I am here to do the will of God. I will read this book and ask him if it is his will that I leave my church and come to yours. And if he says yes, I will drop everything and come without delay. I want to do his will." After our lesson, we only had 3 minutes to sprint 800 meters to our departing train. In pencil skirts and heels, with our bags. Somehow, in praying the entire way there, we were able to jump on the train right as the doors closed behind us. The last train of the night. It was seriously a miracle. I also have asthma here because the pollution is so bad...I coughed up a storm and almost threw up on the RER. Of course it was the one day I left my inhaler in the apartment. Haha. Luckily, miracle number two, I managed to get my breathing under control without it. Emelie Quitting Tea! Emelie came to church yesterday, not having drank her morning tea for the first time!!!It was amazing! She turned to me during the meeting and said she was going to have to drink it because her headache was so bad. I told her that she couldn't because she had already made it so far. Hahaha. What did she do? She, in return, made the deal with me that she wouldn't drink Tea if I didn't eat sugar...so I accepted... let me tell you, holy smokies. It's hard. Sugar is in EVERYTHING. Seriously, the things we do for our investigators. Hahaha. #YEAH High Standards. Emelie approached me after church yesterday to ask if I could schedule a family night with a few of the member families in the ward that she felt something special around. "Of course!! Who with!? :)" I responded... She continued to point them out to me in the congregation.... of course she points to The family Babin, My mission President, the Family Benezar, member of the quorum of the seventy, and the Family Caussé, presiding bishop of the entire Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Hmm, I understand why you feel something special around those guys! I'll get on that!...(insert sweating emoji). Hahaha. #YEAH And thus ended the first week of my eleventh transfer. #MissionLyf Xoxo- Soeur Wyson Blog- tracieinpari.weebly.com Instagram-tracielaina
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Laurie bowes
1/24/2017 08:29:25 pm
Sis Wyson, thanks for the message. As per usual, you had me concerned, in stitches, and inspired. Seriously worrisome experience with the mixer!!! Be careful cooking! Anyway. We're happy things are going so well for you and you are bringing such a wonderful spirit to the people of France.
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Tracie WysonI feel very honored to have had the opportunity to serve as a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the France, Paris Mission. Archives
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