Here, There, "Évry"where

One thing I love about being in Évry is the small puns I can make using its name. What can I say about the last two weeks? Let's just say that just about "Évry"day we were "Évry"where in Évry (all puns intended). I think this is the sector that has me running around everywhere because it's been a hectic two weeks.

To keep things short and not go into a novel I'll just say that I got to meet a lot of the ward members and know them better. We were also fed so much food as well, these members are so generous! We did some passbys to drop off some cookies and for one of the members we ended up actually hiking through a forest to get to their house. Also add three trips to Paris in a row because the power of being in the Navigo zone (or seeing the Sacré Cœur, having zone conference, and interviews with the mission president).

Another topic to add is that our apartment had no hot water for about 3-4 days. I have no idea how people are able to bathe in cold water, so during those 3-4 days without hot water it felt like I was taking a swim in the waters of Antarctica. I could have done what the other soeurs in the apartment were doing to make my life a little bit nicer and boil pots of water to use but I wasn't patient enough to wait and just dove straight into Antarctica. One morning, we even woke up to our kitchen floor flooded with water because our kitchen sink has plumbing problems. Gotta love spontaneous moments like that.

Speaking of spontaneous moments, we have plenty of those in this apartment of 5 sister missionaries. Sometimes during the da,y we will get a spontaneous text from the other soeurs in the apartment explaining to us that there will be a spontaneous event at the apartment at 9:30 in the evening and attendance is obligatory. One day, we get that text and that night we played an interesting game. Sœur Maeser fills a glass cup with flour as Sœur Hawks gets some butter knives. The cup of flour is then turned over on to a plate as if we were making a sand castle on the beach. Afterwards they place an M&M on the top on the pile of flour. The goal of the game was to slice sections of the flour without making the pile fall. Whoever destroyed the pile had to use their face to search for the candy in the pile of flour. 15 minutes of careful slicing and guess who had to search for the candy in the flour...I got my face prepared as one of the sœurs hid the candy further into the flour. It took me about 5 minutes to find the darn piece of candy because I couldn't see or breathe with flour on my face and up my nose...not my most glorious moment on the mission. I love the sœurs in the apartment. They all know how to brighten my day and I'm blessed to have met them on the mission!

In one of my brother's weeklys, he mentioned how he had been reading the book Jesus the Christ in his personal study so I decided to follow his example and give that book a try. It is an amazing book! I love going more in depth about our Savior and His perfect life. The beginning is one of my favorite parts because it explains how Jesus was no ordinary being and that He was the one chosen from the beginning. I'm thankful to have a Savior who knows and loves me personally. He will always be there to help you back up on our feet whenever we have fallen. I love sharing this gospel in France and I love being a missionary.

I love and miss you all! Keep continuing to have a fantastic summer!

Love,

Sœur Hopkinson

samantha.hopkinson@myldsmail.net