So, vacation times hasn't been super kind to us over here
haha I know "Vacation" is usually a time for celebration, but not
when all of your amis leave town for 2-4 weeks haha but it's okay, that has
given us some time to find new ones! So hopefully we'll find some pretty soon!
One experience that we had this last week was that we had
been out all day long contacting people in the road and knocking doors, without
much success. Then a super nice car pulls over in a neighborhood and a 30
something year old guy is leaning over wanting to talk to us. I wasn't too
surprised, because people ask us for directions all the time, but this guy
asked "Do you know Elder _____ (I don't remember the name). I want to know
if he's still in Belgium or went back to Italy." I replied that I didnt,
but asked how long ago he had met him, and he said that it had been 10 years.
So, I told him that he was most likely in Italy. He was a little bummed but
still talked to us for a minute. Turns out he wants to get in contact with this
missionary because this guy used to be homeless, and the missionary would give
him some food to eat every once in a while. They had talked about religion and
the importance of changing ourselves in order to change our lives, and he
wanted to thank this missionary. He assured us that he was able to change his
life and make money legally, but that he really appreciated what that
missionary had done for him. Now this guy has a family, good job, and a super
nice car haha. He said he was interested in doing geneology, so we'll see how
it goes!
Like I've mentioned before, we've been doing a lot of work
with less-active members, and it's been working pretty well! One man we had
gone to teach, and he told us about how his life was in shambles. We shared a
message about prayer and how we can get responses to prayers at church. Well,
we saw him in the road a week or so later, and he appraoched us, all excited to
tell us how he has been praying a lot more lately and how his life is all in
order now! It was awesome! And the icing on the cake? He was at church
yesterday!
So, last week our ward mission leader took us to see another
sight! It was an American Military Cemetery from World War II. The stories that
they shared with us were incredible, and it made me realize just how brave and
heroic those soldiers were.
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| The cemetery |
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| A great quote in the memorial |
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| An unknown soldier |
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| All of us at the cemetery |
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| My feet on American soil! |
It was a great trip, and a very memorable one!
This week our ward mission leader also taught us some french
proverbs haha one is "Les chiens aboient et la caravane passe", and
the meaning behind it is basically "Haters gon' hate" haha people are
gonna say stuff, but we gotta keep on rolling! Life goes on! So no matter what,
do what you know is right, and don't worry about what people say! Choose the
Right!
One more cool pic I took this week in a members backyard
haha
I hope you all have an awesome week!
Elder Daniel Anderson
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