"la porte" à la vie éternelle

 Bonjour à tous! Bonjour à tout le monde! (Hello everyone! Hello everyone!)  I hope you all had a good week this week! I hope you each are healthy, happy, and at peace. 

This week was honestly quite enjoyable! Again like every week the Lord carried His work! Our friends are doing great and we have found some new friends who we think will progress towards baptism! 

We had zone conference this week, which was awesome! Learned a lot and got to see a lot of other missionaries which was fun!

This Saturday we had quite the miraculous experience of having a service de baptême! We had the pleasure to welcome a few of our friends through "la porte" à la vie éternelle ("the door" to eternal life)! There were families there, food, and most importantly the spirit of God. The Christ in all His glory still acts among us. He truly leads His work. Literally one of the most special experiences we can experience during this life is striving to help others receive the greatest life to come.

I love each of you and God loves you more.

I pray you each find happiness, joy, and peace in this life. 

Love, Elder Habel

 

 

  

 

 

 

"Cette Barber"

Bonjour à tous, soyez le bienvenue et soyez à l'aise (Hello everyone, welcome and be comfortable)! I hope you all had a week as fantastic as you all are!

 

This week in Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo:

Apparently Elder Habel a une barbe (has a beard). Cette barber (This beard) was very noticeable to a certain little Sœur Luna. One day we were teaching Sœur Luna and every time I spoke she just couldn't stop laughing! I would take a breath and her smile would burst like a dam into laughter. Was it my french? Was it my accent? Did I say something wrong? Je me suis demandé tout ces choses jusqu'au je me suis regardé dans le mirroir. Et puis, je l'ai vu. (I wondered all these things until I looked at myself in the mirror. And then I saw him.) The saddest looking beard in all of Africa. Et puis mon collègue me l'a dit:  elle riait à votre barbe haha (And then my companion told me, "she was laughing at your beard" haha)! Let's just say I quickly shaved that horrendous thing off, haha.

My french has been tested this week. Explaining the law of chastity, in-depth, to 10-year-olds pushed my french to its limit. Glad there were other french speakers there haha. Then trying to explain in french why not to say certain swearwords was another hard-fought but well-earned victory!

We did a lot of contacting, a lot of teaching, and a lot of service this week. Pushing wheelbarrows full of sand, cutting wood (I'm sad to say that a grandma can cut wood better than me.), and washing dishes was a pleasure to do for the people here! 

 

 

All in all the Lord used us as His instruments to bring joy, happiness, peace, and healing to His children. Quelle vie! Quelle bénédiction! Quel miracle (What a life! What a blessing! What a miracle)! 

I would exhort you all to be happy and at ultimate peace by following the perfect example of Christ in loving God and His children, and by keeping His commandments. 

I love you. Each of you. Know He loves you more. Always more.

Have a good week and go kill it! (Just please don't literally kill it whatever it is...don't want to inspire any crimes like that haha)!

Hope you're smiling now after all that, love, Elder Habel

        

                                                              

Dutch Oven Cakes

Salut, bonjour, et soyez le bienvenue tout le monde (Hi, hello, and welcome everyone)! I hope you all had a good week: full of success, happiness et growth!

 

We had a good week here! We did some service and teaching with Sœur Claude, Sœur Croyance, Frère Dieuviele, Frère Rohdy, et Frère Dieudolph! Frère Steve got baptized this week which was absolutely wonderful! I had the blessing to baptize him which was really cool! Quelle joie (What joy)! The funny thing was I really wasn't expecting to baptize him so I didn't bring an extra shirt or anything. Luckily my companion had a shirt for me to wear but let's just say that was a little...tight, haha. 

 

  

 

Also, I finally made some fufu so that was fun! In the dark. With no power or water. Let's just say I'm grateful for the experience and I will be thrilled every time I can cook with the power on, dorévenant.

  

But can I just say the people here are dope! La mama de Sœur Croyance was making a cake dutch oven style! How awesome is that! No power, no water, no gas, and this angel of a person made a cake! 

These people are brilliant!

Just like you! 

 

If there is anything I can keep in my prayers just tell me. I love you all and I appreciate the support you give me greatly! 

Avec sincérité et amour (With sincerity and love), Elder Habel