Week of November 23rd
We have been teaching some different people on and off
right now. A couple of guys, one has a Baptismal date for December 20th and a woman from Ethiopia. They are
all super awesome. We have been working with the ward mission leader to set a date and
figured out all the logistics of the baptism. He has 4 kids and 3 of them want to be baptized so that will be happening in the future too. He wants to be able to
baptize them so that will be really cool. They all come to church every week. The other guy is 40 and lives on his own and drives big
ships in the ocean. He has lost faith in the world. This
week we dropped by because we hadn't heard from him in a while. He ended up
being really sick. We taught him a little lesson then gave him a blessing, it
was super awesome. We are going to meet with him again soon.
Then there is the woman from Ethiopia who is a refugee. The lesson we had planned to teach
her was the Plan of Salvation. As the lesson progressed it we ended up teaching about faith, repentance
and baptism. I was questioning the whole time where this was going. Then all of a sudden she commented that this was what she wanted to learn about. I knew that's where the spirit guided the lesson. I
realized that's the only way the lesson could of gone to connect with her. We offered a blessing to give her added comfort. I gave her a blessing and it was amazing the
spirit was so strong. That was probably the moment that I have felt the power of the
priesthood the most. She said she felt better and
that she felt stronger after. She has had an amazingly hard life and I can't
explain how much I've been humbled teaching her, pretty cool experience.
This week we had our Thanksgiving district meeting
with the whole zone. We had a massive lunch in
Brussels as always.
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We got yelled at knocking doors this week which was funny.
An old lady yelled something I couldn't really understand. We just stand in the
lobby's of the big apartment buildings and buzz every sonar.
I Had a cool
experience on the train one day. We talk to a ton of people and contact on
trains but this time I was sitting across from a lady, it was a short ride. We were getting off at the same place and I could see that she was looking at me so I smiled. All of a sudden she said "do you have a book for me?" I didn't say a
word just smiled, pretty cool how the spirit works. We gave her a Book of
Mormon and our card. We also met this old guy contacting and we asked him
if he had a relationship with God. He was convinced that God is the sun? He
kept on going on about how he sees God (the sun) everyday haha. He even yelled it, So funny.
We also had a couple service projects on Saturday. First we cut
down a giant tree in an old lady's back yard. I don't think that using a chainsaw is allowed but it
was super fun. The group of members said "Give it to the Canadian he knows what he is doing." Then we got to go work with horses and scoop poop. That was
awesome. The family that owns the horses are really cool. hen to top off the week we had to teach the 5th
Sunday lesson at church with the mission leader about effective ways to work with less actives and invite them back to church that went well. Over all is was a really good
week.
Last thing. We are doing a little bit of a Christmas study
challenge thing that i think would be good for everybody:
1. What can you do this month to come closer to Jesus
Christ?
2. What can you offer him?
3. How can you help other come closer to him?
4. How can you become more like him?
Week of November 17th
So this week we had a meeting with this guy that has been in contact with the missionaries for about a year. He is going to get
baptized. It should be in the next two weeks. We are so happy for him. He really
want's to get the priesthood and baptize his son in January which is awesome. Our last meeting he said some things that were
amazing to hear.
We got a referral from a lady in the ward who is a refugee from Africa. She moved to Italy and then moved to Belgium. She knew the church was true
right away and got baptized here. The referral is a woman about 25 and has a cute little daughter and are from Ethiopia. She has a huge family back in Africa. We went over to the members to teach her in English. She has had a lot of trials but during the lesson she commented that she
is just looking for the right church. She expressed that she
needs the love and comfort of our Savior Jesus Christ in her life. She loved everything that we shared and we are so happy we get to help her. She felt the spirit of what we taught. She is a super strong women and a amazing example. I really hope
everything works out with her.
This Tuesday I got to go
check out the Atomium. Its the famous huge sculpture with a ton of balls in
Brussels.
On Wednesday we moved into our new apartment! Its so cool and we
have so much space. This whole week we have been putting Ikea furniture and we moved
all our stuff to the new apartment in our tin can hybrid Yaris.
On Thursday we went to Paris. We Caught a train leaving
Brussels at 6am and got to Paris around 8am. From there we took the metros
to Versailles where the chapel is located that the conference with Elder Cook was taking place. It was an amazing conference, Elder Cooks witness and testimony of
Jesus Christ was powerful.
A member of the church here owns a horse farm and we went and did some service there on
Saturday. Cleaning and restocking and it was sweet to hangout
with horses. Over all it was a packed amazing week.
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