Happy Mom's Day

This weekend I got to Skype with my beautimous family for a little bit and eventually end up on the phone because a snow storm didn't want the house to have any power. Snow in May? God bless France. Even though it's been more than a year since I've seen any of them, it felt like I had never left.

We had the lovely opportunity of going to Lyon for Zone conference and learn about all the new changes the First Presidency is deciding to make in our teaching manual. Lots of big things are going to be happening this summer!! Hopefully there will be more happy people drowning in blessings because of it, woot woot!!

Our little investigators are moving along in the lessons. Our ten year old, Ryan, who is in a wheelchair and has never walked in his life because of a nerve disorder, loved learning about the resurrection of Christ and what that meant for him some day. Can't even think about it or I'm going to cry!! Please pray that he will be able to come to church with his family. He is a very special boy.

FACTS I LEARNED:

• Germany is the America of Europe. This is serious. After being surrounded by French people and serving with a Finnish person for three months, Sœur Grunke might as well be from the States. Hooray for thinner culture barriers and people who actually laugh at my jokes!!! 

• Renewing legality in France is the most painful process a human can endure.

• When a man that you are talking to about Jesus on the street stops you in mid-sentence and holds up a "rock on sign," that means he's a Satanist who is not actually agreeing with you and telling your that your message is rocking. I will not detail the experience...

I just want to wish all you moms, soon-to-be moms, grandmas, great grandmas, guardians, etc. a wonderful Mother's Day a day late. You are very special people and I actually found a quote on the wall the other day in someone's home that said:

"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take."-Cardinal Mermillod

Though I've never been a mother and probably won't be for a little while, I just want to express the love and appreciation I have for you all. Your families want you to know that as well, even if they drive you crazy sometimes. The longer I'm in France and the more lessons I teach, the more I realize that I brag about my mom an awful lot. She's pretty cool, not going to lie. And now there are probably about five-hundred Europeans that could agree with me too :) Thank you so much for all that you do, mom. I love you more than German chocolate, and judging from how many pounds I gained after Easter, that's quite a bit.

Have a wonderful week, mes chers amis. A la prochaine.

Sœur Green

This one's for Trevor:
Does this remind you of the Legend of Zelda just a lot?

Celebrating our beloved Yan Ming's new life in China as
a certified French business woman. She will be missed.

I just had the best P-day ever. Not really, but this a pretty cool photo :)

Here a beautiful picture of my companion.
And yes... her face is always like that.