11/17/2015 0 Comments A Doer Doesnt Just Do.Bonjour Ma Famille!!! Comment Allez Vous? I am going to start out by apologizing for the shorter email today; I have three p-days this week so I can pack all my stuff up and get ready to go so you will be hearing from me a lot this week! I will be emailing on Saturday as well as Monday morning right before I leave! Woot woot! I am sure many of you have heard about the terrible things that have been happening in Paris and I have received emails of concern from many of you. Thank you for your concern and love! It was a quiet couple of days among our districts as we mourned for our dear brothers and sisters in France. I know that we all feel very broken hearted not only because it is a tragic event, but also because ever since we received our mission calls, we have felt that the French people are our people and our families as well. We love them so dearly and we are praying for their safety and peace. We feel so grateful that the Lord is allowing us to serve the people of France during this time of great tragedy. I know that we have been saved for this time so that we would be able to share the great joy of the gospel of Jesus Christ into their lives. As far as our safety, I know that the Lord takes care of his missionaries and that as long as we are obedient, we will be protected and blessed with opportunities to serve the people who have been affected in any way by this tragic event. We are preparing to leave to Paris Monday morning at 11:30 and we will be on a direct flight to Paris, we are very excited! We are so glad that the airways into France were opened back up so that our flight didn't need to be delayed and we can get out there and help as soon as possible! :) The other night, some sisters in my zone from Madagascar and Vanuatu braided my hair hahha, tiniest, tiniest corn rows ever!!! It was soooo cool! I am going to send a ton of pictures that I took of it, I wish I could do it every day! There was a branch president in the Lunch room that saw my hair and told me that the church needed to get me on their website because he thought it was so sweet haha. That was pretty funny. It felt a little weird having my hair like that though because it kind of felt like I was bald! I felt all the wind and everything on my head, BURR! It was totally worth it though. The elders in my zone started calling me "Ronda Rousey", after a famous woman fighter, like "MMA" or something like that haha! Oh dear...! It was pretty sweet, I did look pretty scary though, I don't think anyone dared to disagree with anything I said while my hair was like that! I left the braids in for a few days and then took them out and I had a HUGE AFRO!! I put on my companions glasses and I looked just like the girl from princess diaries before she was transformed into the princess...or Belatrix from Harry Potter if I took my makeup off. HA! It was the coolest thing ever, I have always wanted an afro! One of the elders said, "Woah! I thought you looked black before but WOAH! Now I am not sure if you're even Caucasian!" hahaha. Don't worry, I took lots and lots of pictures! I was so proud of it. I have never gotten more compliments on my hair in my life! The other day was a bit rough because there is a district in our zone that is really struggling. That night, a sister in my zone came into my room right before lights out and I could tell she was about to break down. So, I took her into the hall in a private area to find our what was going on and what I could to to help her. Well, basically, without sharing anything too confidential...her companion has been a big trouble maker ever since they got here; she seems to think that none of the rules here apply to her, I mean none of them! Then I find out that she has been hitting her companion and she is terrified of her now! Well, you can imagine that I was pretty upset...but, it was too late at night to deal with things then and I wanted to make sure that I addressed the situation in the most Christ-like manner possible. So, the next morning I went with the other sister training leaders and called branch president to talk about the things that had been going on. Then, after discussing everything, the branch president looked at me and said... "Sister Wyson, we were talking about you in the presidency meeting this morning and we decided that we need to keep you here, serving in the MTC, for the full 18 months." (with a completely serious face)...I got a little nervous for a second and then he continued with, "Because, whenever something needs to be taken care of then we always say 'call Sister Wyson, she'll get it done! or 'call Sister Wyson, she's not afraid to say something!" hahaha I just said..."Thank you President, but you can thank my dad for that!!!" But then he looked at me and said, "Well, Sister Wyson, I trust that you would know exactly what to do with this sister missionary. I want you to tell me what you want me to do. Whether you think we should send her home or do something else, you tell me and I will do it."...Well, you can imagine the anxiety I was feeling at this moment... I think my mind was full of things like...*Why on Earth would he trust me to make a decision that would determine this sister’s future?! Is he crazy?! What do I say?!* and then a peaceful feeling came over me and the spirits words entered into my mind...."What would the Savior do?"...I looked up at the president and then at my companion, and the only word that I could think to say was, "Love". Whatever the Savior would do or has done, is always done in love for us. So I asked the branch president if we could pray and in the prayer I asked Heavenly Father to bless us with Christ-like love, and the ability to address this situation as our Savior would. This story could go on forever, but the most important thing, is that what we did, we did with love, as the savior would. Because of this, attitudes, lives, and the entire situation was changed for the better. We have been able to witness miracles in this companionship and district as they have come to realize what it means to be a representative of Jesus Christ. I am so grateful that I have the opportunity to learn and grow so much from serving in this calling. I am overwhelmed with love for each and every missionary in my zone as we have the opportunity to serve them. It can be very difficult at times, but I am so grateful for those challenges. Without them, I wouldn't be able to grow to be the kind of representative that I want to be for my savior. My dad wrote me a letter and he mentioned something along the lines of, we need to spend less time talking, and more time doing... I absolutely love this. I was reading from the bible yesterday and I read a passage in the Epistle of James that said, "be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only..." The Savior taught many lessons during his Earthly Ministry but how many of those lessons where taught only through words? The Savior was a "Doer", he taught by his example. He didn't just teach his Father's words, he lived them! I came up with this little jingle that I wrote on a sticky note in this chapter that goes, "A 'doer' doesn't just 'do', he 'does'!"...endure to the end! I have set this as a new goal for myself, to be a DOER! :) I love you so much and I look forward to emailing you again on Saturday! Thank you for all of the letters and emails, they are such a blessing!! I appreciate them so so much. You are all so wonderful and I miss you all so much! Love you! Avec BEAUCOUP de Amour, Tracie! (I miss using my name.. haha)
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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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