Oct 10, 2018 Miracles and a New Senior Couple (her Dad's cousin!!)

Bonjour! This week has been one of mircales and amazingly powerful spiritual experiences! Our new senior couple this week just happened to be my dad's cousin and her husband! It was incredible to meet them and even more incredible that we both happened to be placed in the same exact area! They are wonderful and are such powerful teachers. They will do many amazing things here in Quebec. Soeur Lawrence and I found this family from the Congo with 10 kids and one on the way! Only the dad really speaks French, but he was super interested and he watched general conference! We were so excited! He really loved it and and is very open to the gospel! Another family we have been working with also watched! They have a sweet 10 year old girl who we really think will be baptized. They love the Lord and love everything we teach them, now we are just trying to get them to act on what they are feeling. We have a lot of really high hopes for so many people, I don't even have time to talk about each one! But I truly do love these people and I feel that with everyone I meet and it grows the more I connect with people. It comes from the calling. I love being a missionary and I love how it is helping me to love poeple and grow in ways I didn't even know I could. It is so hard some days, but the good trumps the bad always. Conference was one of the highlights of my week! I am so excited for this home based church approach! This work is rolling forward in more ways than we think. I know that as we implement these things into our homes and into our lilves, we will grow in ways we have never before seen as a church and as individuals and families. I am so grateful that we have living prophets on the earth today. Do we really comprehend how great a blessing that is? As members, we never have to worry, because the information we receive to guide this church is straight from the source. We are in the hands of He who created all of this. We don't ever have to fear. I love that. I also saw a small miracle the other day about the power even the name of Christ has. We went to visit a family that had been dropped a while ago. They were just about to leave, but we had decided as a companionship before that we were going to show the video "He Lives" (you should all go watch it right now beacuse it is amazing!) to at least 10 people that day. The dad agreed to watch it and loved it so much, that he asked us to send it to him and agreed to let us come back next week. The spirit was so strong. I know that there is a reason that we have been commanded to call the church by it's true name. It is Christ's church. There is so much power in that. And I know that as we try to use it properly, the way He always intended it to be, ther will be tremendous blessings on this church and its faithful members. It's kind of an impossible feat, but God wants it done so it WILL happen. I also had my first zone conference yesterday. It was miraculous. The spirit was strong. And truly amazing things happened. I will implement what I learned about being a better teacher, in my mission and life. It was amazing. There have been so many miracles. I love that I can be a part of Christ's work. I love serving and loving in His name. Nothing brings me more joy. I wouldn't be here is it werent real and true. I love this gospel and I je t'aime mon sauveur, Jesus Christ avec tout mon coeur! I know that God truly is in the details of our lives. I have seen it. Thank you all for your love and support. You are all wonderful! love, soeur Bates