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Cadeaux de Dieu

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First Story A short young man with curly red hair walked into the Family Search Center. He spoke to me, but I couldn’t understand his French (my problem not his), so I grabbed Phil. He told Phil that he wanted to learn more about the gospel.  Would that be possible?  His girlfriend in Bolivia is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they both wanted to get married, but she would only marry him in the temple.  He wasn’t a member.  Could he learn about the Church? The answer was yes. We grabbed two sister missionaries standing a few feet away and asked them to teach him.  They taught him for about 20 minutes, and he left with his face actually glowing.  I really mean glowing.  Because of where he lives, they introduced him to the missionaries in Nogent (a Paris suburb). I spoke to the Nogent missionaries on Thursday, and they have been teaching him. He is going back to Bolivia soon where he will continue to learn. Second Story ...