Bonjour à Tous !
What an interesting start to my 20th year of living!! I got to celebrate my birthday in the hospital getting an MRI, so that was pretty exiting ;) I would leave it at that to keep things simple, but I don't think that would make my mom very happy haha :) So yes, I spent my birthday in the hospital! Tuesday I was talking on the phone when I felt something in my lower back shoot to the side, leaving me sprawled out on the floor unable to move. After my companion called the mission nurse, the elders came over, gave me a priesthood blessing, and helped support me the entire way to the hospital where I was fitted for a back brace and rescheduled to come back and get an MRI the next day. We went back in for my MRI Wednesday morning. It was quick and mostly painless :). We didn't get very detailed results back because we haven't seen the specialist yet. But what they did give us is that I have a slipped disc and that the discs in general in my lower back, connecting to my tailbone, are inflamed and a little "wacky." No surgery needed, we just need to meet with a specialist to determine what kind of treatment I need in order to get my back nice and aligned again :). Until then, I guess my "6 months to sexy" workout plan is going to have to be put on hold hahaha. The good news is, I now have a very fashionable black and red back brace to sport during Paris Fashion Week!! Speaking of Fashion week...This week is fashion week in Paris... So all of the top designers and models from all over the world are here to come and show off their stuff on runways down the streets of Paris. Super cool right? Well, Gilbs and I met and made friends with a designer and she called us up the other night to tell us that she got us back stage tickets to the Paris fashion week Kickoff party with all the top designers. WHAT!?! NO WAY!!?! .... Sadly... We can't go... Because we're missionaries.... But we definitely walked a little taller after receiving that call ;) ... (I mean, with the help of my back brace hahahaha). The other day my companion and I did split contacting to try and catch up on work from all of the hospital day trips. She went down one side of the road with a member while I hit up the other side by myself. Split contacting works really nicely here because being approached by one person is a lot less scary than two or three in a big city like Paris. Usually, a contact in Paris goes something like this, "Bonjour!" *rejection* "Ok, Merci!"... But if you're really lucky, you might even make it to "Church" or "Jesus Christ" before getting blown off. We consider these types of contacts miracles around here ;). Sometimes the only solution seems to be: avoid telling them that you are here to talk about Christ until AFTER the conversation is flowing...ESPECIALLY if they are Muslim. Well, there I was just strolling along, when I saw a man and immediately felt prompted to go up to him and tell him that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the World. So I did! In fact, the First thing that came out of my mouth was exactly that! Haha. Of course he was Muslim. The next thing that came into my head was "well...this is awkward..." For those of you who may not be familiar with the Muslim religion, they don't believe that Jesus Christ was anything more than a prophet, and most certainly not the Savior of the world. I quickly began asking the Lord to fill my open mouth with the right words before I just started drooling the wrong ones out. I then found myself reciting a scripture from the Book of Mormon and asking him, despite what I already knew about his beliefs, if he believed that Jesus Christ was his Savior. I was extremely surprised as he sat in silence for a good moment before responding with..."Though I am Muslim... I guess I can't say for certain, that he wasn't." We ended up talking of Christ and his Atonement for the next 45 minutes before scheduling another rendezvous for later in the week. It was an incredible miracle and a wonderful testimony of how important it is to rely on the Lord. He knows his children. As well as he knows what they need to hear. Even though our human logic would have been something along the lines of *when contacting a Muslim, avoid speaking of Jesus Christ*. Instead, the Lord had me say exactly what I would have thought to avoid, and his heart was touched as the spirit testified of its' truth. More good news of the week! Lou accepted a baptismal date! It is quite a funny story actually! She was struggling to understand why we can't drink coffee but we can eat McDonalds...not sure how that is the same thing, but I mean, she's right... McDonalds isn't the best for your body. Anyways, it has been a serious road block for her. Until, the other day she was hanging out with our mission president’s son and she texts us to say..."Yeah, I had lots of questions, but then David's dad explained it and now I understand!".... *Gilbs and I look at each other*, "Wait...David’s dad?...PRES!?!" Hahahaha. Well, thanks Pres! :D Weirdo moment of the week... we were standing by the road waiting for the light to change when a hooded man snuck up behind me and put something metal to my head, followed by a loud shrieking noise. My heart dropped probably just as far as my mom's just did reading that, as my mind immediately drew the conclusion of... GUN!... No... no gun...it was just a small metal radio box... weirdo... We have no idea why he did that, but we very quickly made distance between us and him as he stared at us with crazy eyes. Everyone around us was super weirded out too (as you can imagine). Literally have no idea what his intentions were in doing that but he sure got us good... I about wet my pants. Paris is so much fun. You never know what you're in for hahaha. So many surprises all the time! Gilbs and I are absolutely loving serving together in what we like to call "The Promised Land". We refuse to believe that it is already week 5 of the transfer. Especially since Gilbert goes home in 7 weeks. #LongLiveGIBSON!!!... (Wyson and Gilbert) I love you all! Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes, prayers, and emails!! Love, Sœur Wyson
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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
April 2017
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