Daniel's Missionary Adventure: Week 39: Old/New Roomie

Well, transfers came and went. Elder Meyers is gone, and he got replaced by the second companion I had on the mission, Elder Fuller! It's pretty crazy that that worked out, because we both came to Charleroi from Poitiers. So, now we live in the same apartment again! Small world...especially when it comes to missionaries in France and Belgium haha.

We've gotten a couple new amis lately, which has really been a blessing! One of them is named John. He had a really bad accident a couple months ago and life has been hard for him. He lost one of his hands and his back is not the same either. When we went to see him for the first time, he told us how he knows that he needs to change his life and that he really wants to. He already belongs to another church, but he is interested to see what our church teaches. We explained the Restoration to him and also the Book of Mormon, and he said he would read it! Before the lesson was over he started asking if he could read it from the start, so that was awesome! Hopefully things will go well for him!

Our Ward Mission Leader also introduced us to one of his neighbors. He was a super nice Muslim guy, and super open to discussing the Gospel. We have different beliefs, but he is a very open guy and he is willing to read and pray about the Book of Mormon!

Our other ami, Jean-Pierre, is doing a lot better! We went to teach him and check up on his progress, and we could feel the difference! He is doing a lot better and I think he is really starting to apply the Gospel in his life. It's amazing to see the change that the Gospel brings!

This week we also watched the Church Broadcast of "The Work of Salvation", and it was INCREDIBLE. You should ALL watch it! And also, there were a few people in it that I know! haha that was cool to see too. The broadcast is amazing, and it really shows how amazing of an impact members of the church can have on missionary work!

This weekend the sister missionaries here had a baptism. It was great! It's awesome to see the increase of baptisms in the area, I'm lucky to be here and get to be a part of it!

This week we also visited an inactive member of the ward here. He is a very scientific guy and had a lot of questions and doubts about doctrine. I shared with him Jacob 4:8-10, and he understood the scripture right away. We discussed it a bit, and we both admitted that sometimes we look a little too far for the answers to questions, when sometimes we just need to "walk by faith." (2 Corinthians 5:7) Not everything is explanable right now, and we have to just work with what we have, and do the best we can! Trust in the Lord!

I hope you all have an awesome week! Here are some pictures from this last week haha

oh, bt dubs, it's cold again here in Belgium. When we dropped Elder Meyers off at the train station last Wednesday, it was 44°. Whyyyyyy haha it warms up during the day though.