Today started out as usual with me getting choked up while attending the broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word. A group named Gentri sang with the choir and orchestra. I really liked their rendition of Guide Me to Thee, and an original number called Home really fit my situation quite a lot. Once the broadcast is over the choir and orchestra and crew all sing God Be With You Till We Meet Again acapella. What a powerful moment that is!
My Cuban sister suggested we have supper together, and before choir practice I used some of the cinnamon and apples I bought yesterday to make an apple crisp to contribute along with some cheese. Choir practice was different because we had a substitute director. It was fun because she was always smiling, even when we had trouble with the parts. Next Sunday we will sing If the Savior Stood Beside Me, a lovely song usually sung by the Primary children.
I was glad we did not sing as a choir today, because I had a great experience friendshipping a young woman from France who happened to sit at the end of the pew my fellow missionaries and I were sitting in. I apologized to her for having to go in and out so much before the service, and I thought I detected a hint of an accent, but I did not follow up on that until after our sweet branch President had come over to talk with her. Then I followed a nudge from the Spirit and had a conversation with her. She had been a nanny in Salt Lake City a couple of years ago, and had come back to visit. After sacrament meeting I asked if she would stay for Sunday School and for Relief Society, the meeting just for the women. She said she would! Then some French-speaking sisters found us and they shepherded her to Sunday School and then to Relief Society.
I asked my Cuban sister if she would be okay with inviting the young woman to eat with us, and she readily agreed. We had a delightful visit with our supper of yummy sauted zucchini,onions and tomato, some other steamed veggies, a little cheese, homemade bread from our visiting teacher, mock hummus [no sesame], and some crisp tortillas. Of course we encouraged our French friend to read the Book of Mormon, and she plans to do so. She is excited about the Paris France temple which will have an open house before too long. It is actually being built quite close to her home! She plans to take her mother with her to see it! I am glad I got the chance to meet her and have such a nice time with her.
Tomorrow I begin another week of training, this time in the Family History Library! I am looking forward to that, and hope that I learn well how to meet the needs of the patrons.
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