11/7/2016 3 Comments Missionaries Are Always PreparedHello hello Family!
"I can't believe it's already...[insert date]!!!" Has become my second most commonly used phrase on the mission. The First being, "Bonjour! Je suis une missionnaire pour l'Église de Jesus Christ des Saints des Derniers Jours!" That one never gets old. With that being said, I can't believe it is already November 7th!!! The 3 Musketeers are No More... Yup... we are getting split up today...Soeur Méjean is leaving us to head to her assigned mission--Phoenix, Arizona! Nice-Cat (Neistadt) and I feel like such moms, preparing to send off our little girl to her mission in the United States hahaha. Perks of trios that we will miss: being able to teach/contact men alone, riding in cars with members, riding in cars with elders, getting triple the work, going on Member splits, only having to hold the phone and keys every third day (personal favorite), three times the humor, AND three times the ideas!! hahahah (hard sometimes). Nevertheless, it was a great couple weeks :) (I very much enjoyed writing last week's email as a series of mini stories so I decided I was going to continue it this week. Here is my personal favorite...) Genealogy, you mean Gynecology?... We were sitting in a lesson with Salah and Ynesse when my companion began to explain a bit about why we do Genealogy and how it's important for the work that is done in the temple. They seemed like they were really getting it! Until she asked if they understood the word "Genealogy" and Salah responds confidently with..."Yeah! Gynecology!" Hahahahaha. The best part is that my companion is new in the mission and so she responded with, "Exactly!" I was dying hahahaha. But hey, Mormons can't get any weirder than that. So if that didn't scare them away, I don't know what will! 😂 hahaha. Once we cleared it all up, they were very excited to start on their genealogy ;). "Dare me. Okay I dare you."... *Guy with guitar gets on Metro* Wyson-"Hey. Neistadt. Dare me to go sing with that guy." Neistadt-"ok. I dare you." Wyson-"Okay fine I will." *walks over, sits next to guitar guy* Wyson-"How good are you at sight reading?" Yes, I sang a song about temples to the entire Metro while this guy played the guitar. Hahahaha. I couldn't pass it up, it was a once in a lifetime experience! Plus, she dared me ;) Adrian, and a New Contacting Technique... As a missionary, you can only stay silent for so long when you're sitting across from a college student about your age in the metro. So, in a spontaneous attempt to strike up a conversation, I smile big and say, "Are you on your way to church right now!? :D"... (Face palm)... I definitely meant to say "school". I guess I was just a little too excited to talk to him about church, it just slipped right out! He laughed at me for a good minute or two, as did I. Then he politely replied with, "No, but I probably should be! haha :)" I wasn't going to disagree, so I gave him the address and told him to come ;). Missionaries are ALWAYS prepared (cough cough)... Soeur Neistadt (my incredibly gifted companion) was asked to sing at the church activity on Saturday. But when her pianist didn't follow through, her only option was to sit down and learn the entire arrangement perfectly in 3 hours so that she could accompany herself. She #NAILEDIT. When we thought things couldn't get any more stressful, our phone rang... "Soeur Wyson! Paris Temple President and his wife are speaking in church tomorrow and our musical number canceled last minute! Can you be ready to sing tomorrow!?"... so, I used some nightly language study time to translate a song about Temples and sang it the next morning. Oh boy! Missionaries are always prepared... right? Feeding My Obsession: We were enjoying some yummy healthy food at a members house when I made a comment about my cook book collection. Next thing I knew, the member was pulling cookbook after cookbook out of her storage and giving them to me hahaha. I went home with 25 new cookbooks that day to add to my collection! Not sure how I am going to get those home...but I am sure my future husband will appreciate it ;)! 50 Anniversaire de Versailles!... We had our big historical party on Saturday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the chapel here in Versailles. Our companionship was in charge of doing tours and presenting the history of the church and the chapel in each room. It made me feel like I was working in the Visitors center, it was a blast! My favorite miracle of the night was a woman named Carmen. She had so many questions about the temple, what we do in it, and why. I explained it about 20 different ways before finally just giving up, smiling, and saying, "You know, good question! I don't know. I guess just because God commanded us and I know he is much smarter than me!" Then, Carmen looks at me and for the first time that entire night, she didn't try to argue! She just says... "That makes SO much sense! You're right!"... I wish I could have caught my face on camera at this moment hahaha. I had just spent 30 minutes trying to explain this to her and all I had to say was a simple "Just Because" Hahahaha. The Lord has a good sense of humor. I bet he was enjoying watching that one from up above ;). 2 Nephi 2:24 "But behold, all things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things." So, if you see Soeur Neistadt and I on TV... We got a call from some journalists this week asking us when we were free so that they could come follow us around a bit. We told them no. Then we got a call from a church representative. Apparently they had already gotten permission, haha, oops. I don't know why they find us contacting people on the street so interesting haha, but I'm not sure how many people are going to want to talk to Mormon missionaries with a camera crew hahaha. They will also be interviewing us after... fingers crossed they don't ask me how many siblings I have... luckily, 12 and 2 sounds about the same in French when said with an American accent, Hahahaha. Well, that's all I've got for ya' this week folks! Je vous souhaite une bonne semaine ! À la prochaine ! Je vous aime tous, Soeur Wyson
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Laurie bowes
11/7/2016 03:19:17 pm
You are a beautiful young woman and a truly gifted missionary. Such enthusiasm! Definately your mother's daughter :) France is typically a discouraging and low baptizing country, but you make it look so easy to get the contacts. Keep on keep on....
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11/8/2016 04:24:04 pm
Soeur pardonner moi, si je manque un peut de respect envers vous. Je voudrais que vous sachiez que vous êtes une jeune femme missionnaires vraiment exceptionnelle, humble plein d'amours, de sagesses, de compassions avec pour un seul but précise, c'est d'accomplir les commandement et les principes de notre Sauveur Jésus Christ par sont exemple afin de parvenir à l'exaltation qui est le plus haut degrés. Soeur vous avez beaucoup de talents et d'ambitions à réussir dans votre mission et dans votre vie. Vous avez vraiment l'esprit de notre Père céleste avec vous. Et je vous encourage vraiment du fond de mon coeur. Moi aussi je vous aimes Soeur wyson Tracie même si cela vous intrigues. Frère Tino Paroisse d'Angers. NANA.
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