Believe in Him

Bonjour à tous ! 

What a week it has been! This has probably been one of my favorite weeks as a missionary so far! If you have seen my Facebook story recently you have probably noticed that I have been posting about an event happening in Paris! Anyone familiar with Tom Holdman or Holdman Studios??? Well to give you a hint, he and his team created the stained glass artwork of Christ's parables from the New Testament  hanging in the Visitor's Center of the Rome Italy Temple. 

Well...what if I told you there is another piece of that exact same stained glass depiction of Christ, but with more scenes representing more parables?? That's right! 

Holdman Studios présents: Believe in Him! A 10 meter long stained glass artwork depicting all 160 parables of the New Testament, with actual artifacts from that time period embedded into the piece! This stained glass is exactly the same as the piece in Rome but with four added panels along each side. 

Beginning last week, and all through this next week, all the missionaries in the Paris area have been "enlisted" to do tours, present, and pass out flyers for this exposition. So, almost every other night I have been passing out flyers in different places in Paris including Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower, the Champs Elysee, and more! Along with flyers duty, we all have one day during the week when we are at the exposition all day giving présentations and inviting people to come inside to see it. It has been so so cool and the stained glass is absolutely touching. 

My first all day shift was Saturday and we were able to get a little over 500 people to come into the exposition! Incredible! I even ran into the artist, Tom Holdam! This will be the only time this stained glass will ever be in Paris and then it is off to complete its tour in other surrounding European countries. No one knows where it will finally end up, but we all have some good guesses. I am so excited to be a part of this once in a lifetime experience for another week! I marvel every time I look at this beautiful stained glass. Many of the people who took the time to come see it have thanked us for the experience and have been really touched by it, some have even shed a few tears.

This week has been so good! Tuesday was our P-day instead of Monday and Soeur Thurgood and I were able to do a session at the Paris Temple, then after we visited the Castle of Versailles! I got to walk through à castle! How cool is that! And the temple was an amazing experience! I did the whole session in French too and even better, was able to understand it! Gift of tongues! 

Paris is good, life is good, and the mission is incredible! I am so eternally grateful for my mission and the experiences I am having. 

"This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you"  (John 15:12)

This week I have felt so much love from my Savior. I felt it grow simply from viewing the stained glass, as each moment, each section, and every small detail of the exhibit points towards Christ. Through each scene depicted, I was able to see more closely the personality of Christ more intimately. Everything He did was out of love. His ministry was a ministry of love. He loves you as you are, so as He did for us, look at those around you and love them just as they are. 

I love you all! À Bientôt!

    - Soeur Hansen 🥰