So, last Tuesday we had a lot of appointments with
investigators, and that was awesome! It made it a little stressful to get to
the train station in time though! Turns out, they wanted to make sure
everything for the Belgium trip this time went smoothly, so they had the people
who lived far away just go to Paris for the night, so no biggie, I spent the
night in Paris haha. It was in a missionary apartment though, so it wasn't
anything fancy haha. I was with another missionary from La Rochelle, Elder
Schultz, and we had to navigate Paris on our own to find the apartment, but we
did it just fine! I know a little french!
Wednesday morning we headed off to Belgium! We met the other
missionaries at the train station and then were on our way! (Hopefully with no
mishaps!)
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| Elder Mataele and I enjoyed the refreshments haha |
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| Just can't relax for a picture haha this is what the train looked like. |
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| Other missionaries that were sitting with us, they're all cool! |
I got to spend some quality time with my buddies from the
MTC, so that was awesome! When we got to Belgium, things went pretty smoothly!
Except for we got on a tram and a few stops later the senior couple that was
leading us said "Everyone get off! We are LOST" haha but it was an
easy fix. Then we went and got lunch in Brussels!
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| This is a mitraillette, and it's amazing. Meat, frites, sawce (it isnt spelled like that, but I pronounce it like that haha), and bread. |
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| Delicious. And nutritious! haha |
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| Belgian Waffles! Or, "gaufres" haha |
After eating we went to do our legality and stuff, and that
was a pretty fast process haha so then we sat around and got to talk to some
missionary friends who serve in Belgium, so that was nice! Then we headed back
to the train station on the tram (I've never been so squished in public
transportation before haha) and then headed back to France. It was an awesome
day!
Friday we watched The Testaments with one of our amis, and I forgot how great of a movie it is! You should all watch it again this week!
Saturday. Dun dun dun DUN! Transfer email! Well...here it
goes! BELGIUM. Yeah, you read it right! I'm going to Charleroi, Belgium! They
just can't keep me away from that country! haha I'm super excited about it!
It's going to be such an awesome experience, and I've heard lots of great
things about it! And don't worry, I'll try not to make it a habit of eating the
sandwich pictured above too often haha.
On Sunday, they announced at church that I'm leaving and it
was a pretty sad meeting. I bore my testimony and then some other people did
too. It made me feel pretty special
though, like all the work I've done has actually been appreciated. Not that I
felt like I needed someone to say it, but I was surprised at how much it
affected people. I'm going to miss it here in Poitiers a lot, and I hope to
come back some day!
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| This is me and 2 of the branch president's kids, Christian and Ismael |
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| President Traoré and his wife, awesome people! |
I'm ready for an exciting new adventure!
My Dad gave me some scriptures to read last week, and I want
to share one that I liked a lot. It is Ecclesiastes 3:1 and 4
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every
purpose under the heaven."
"A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn,
and a time to dance."
Don't you love that?! I feel like crying and dancing at the
same time, so how do you explain that?! haha I'm teasing, I really like this
scripture a lot, and I think it gives a lot of comfort.
I hope you're all doing awesome! Until next week! From
Belgium!
Elder Daniel Anderson
NEW ADDRESS:
Les Missionnaires
Elder Daniel Anderson
rue de la Marine, 1A n°22
6040 JUMET
Belgium
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