Well, this is the last week of the transfer. It's always sad
to see the end of a transfer come around. C'est triste! I've been in Charleroi
for about 6 months now, and sadly, I'm probably going to be leaving next week.
It'll be an awesome new adventure! But I'll still miss it here.
So, a miracle that happened last week that I forgot to
share. We were street contacting here in town, and we decided to walk down this
street, that really didnt have many people on it, but we decided to go down it
anyways. Halfways down the road, someone comes running up to us and asked if we
were Mormon, and it turns out that he was a Bulgarian member who was in town
for 2 months for work, but had no idea where the church was and can't speak
french (he speaks english though haha). So we were able to help him out and it
was a nice little miracle :)
I went to Mons this last week for exchanges! It was awesome,
and it's been along time since I've been there. It's a beautiful city! A lot of
cool stuff happened during the exchange too! We met an american guy who plays
basketball for the team in Mons, and he played college ball for Xavier. His
name is Justin Cage haha he immediately offered us free tickets to come to some
games because we're american haha. Just after that we were talking to an older
lady and in the middle of the conversation she turned to me and said "I
bet you go out dancing with girls a lot huh? You look like you would have a lot
of girls to go out dancing with. Is that true?" hahaha it made me laugh
and then got to explain that we don't do that kind of stuff as missionaries
haha. Later that night we were knocking doors and an Italian guy let us in and
fed us pasta! He had known a member of the church when he was young and so he
wanted to treat us a little bit haha.
We also met an awesome guy street contacting that was super
interested and only spoke english. He already had a Book of Mormon and wanted
to learn more, but he just didnt know where to go! Good thing there are
missionaries!
Back in Charleroi, we had another miracle! We had received a
referral from the chruch headquarters (from the website) of someone who wanted
to meet with us. Awesome right?! Well, his phone number didnt work and we got his
address, but not his house number. So what did we do? We went and knocked all
the doors on his road! And guess what happened! We didnt find him. Instead, we
found a family. AWESOME. They had a lot of questions about religion, and they
are really believing, but they didnt understand why there were so many
interpretations of the Bible. They also wanted clarification on a few things,
and it was just a perfect rendez-vous! And they loved talking with us and they
really want to meet with us again! We're still going to try to find the other
guy that we got the info for, but we know that one way or another, the Lord
wanted us on that street for a reason!
Oh wait, another miracle. Dogan has a baptismal date! The
19th of October! He's so excited about it and so are we! We had to put it a
little later because he doesnt have a lot of time to meet with us, but he is
really pumped and can't wait to get baptized!
This next Sunday we have a Conference in Brussels with the
Second Counselor of the Presiding Bishropric which should be awesome! It's for
the whole stake so I'll get to see lots of people that I know from all over
Belgium! Plus, listen to a general authority haha not too shabby!
I gotta hit the road, but I'll leave you with some lyrics
from a hymn:
Be Still, My Soul verse 2:
"Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake to guide the
future as he has the past. Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake; All now
mysterious shall be bright at last. Be still, my soul: The waves and wind still
know, His voice who ruled them while he dwelt below."
We are always being looked after, don't you worry! Pray to
your Father in heaven when you need comfort, and you will be comorted. That's a
promise!
Have an awesome week! And keep it real!
Oh, and I'll send a bunch of pictures next week!
Elder Daniel Anderson
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