Journal March 20-22, 1962
March 21—The first day of Spring, and also the beginning of Sister Salomon’s life as a Latter-day Saint. The statistics:

SALOMON, Mary-Yvonne Lehinaff, born 28 August 1918 at Callac, Côte du Nord, Arrondissement Guingamp, France; daughter of Jules Claude Marie LEHINAFF and of Suzanne Marie Catherine Perrine LE GOURRIER DE KERGRAS, widow of François Rémy SALOMON. Baptized this day by Elder Robins; confirmed by yours truly.

We had only barely enough water to immerse Sister Salomon. It took us three tries before we succeeded. It was very hard for her: she was nervous, saying that she hadn’t slept in three weeks; and it upset her to see the mess our preparations had made in her kitchen. Once she was baptized, though, she was radiant and joyful.

Sister Salomon is surely the wealthiest member of the Rennes branch, and perhaps of the Church in France. For all that, she lives in four ground-floor rooms in a dilapidated old building, and her life-style is just as simple and without pretense as her personality. She doesn’t keep any money at home, and hardly any valuables, since she’s already been robbed several times this year. But she has a priceless porcelain coffee-service from Indochina, and she nearly always uses it to serve us hot milk when we visit.

Humble self, with blossoms
March 22—We were in front of 3, rue Gurvand, speaking with Mlle Zanus, when Sister Salomon appeared out of nowhere. She shook our hands vigorously and assured us that she’d had the best night’s sleep of her life. Her spirit is really amazing. Whenever we need to have our missionary spirit restored, we have only to visit with her. Or when we wish to remind ourselves how beautiful and simple the human spirit can be.





At left: visually-interesting dwellings, near Thabor
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