ALRIGHT, the best news this week is....(well actually the baptism coming up is
the best news) I'M LEGAL in Belgium again!!!! and I am ....almost legal in
France!!!! We spent 3 days getting it all figured out but it looks like it is
finally almost over! This means we can work more effectively and not be
distracted AND EXHAUSTED from all of the travelling!!
This week was awesome!! Last P-Day we had a rendezvous
with Phillipe and he is pretty much awesome. He is truly searching for truth and
has been to tons of other religions searching for it. He liked the application
of Joseph Smiths story to him, and how Joseph had searched a lot of
religions also. Ultimately Joseph found his answer through sincere prayer!! We
committed him to finding out for himself if our message was true. We should see
him again sometime this week.
We saw Francoise again, and holy cow it was intense. At
first we thought we were going to lose her because she sent us a letter last
week that basically said that she was touched by what we have shared with her
but that it wasn't for her and she wanted to return the Book of Mormon to us. Me
and Elder Reed felt like we needed to randomly stop by her place last Thursday,
even though she normally should of been busy. We had NO idea what we were going
to say....all we knew was that we needed to go see her. So we headed up to her
house and she was surprised to see us. She asked us if we got her letter...we
said.., "yeah, that's why were are here!" She let us in and we just discussed
what she had been feeling and listened really carefully to everything she said.
She had been on vacation and she met a nice catholic priest who had really
touched her and she felt like she needed to return to her catholic roots and she
would find the answers she needed. I still don't even remember all of what we
said and everything we asked. Basically, we found out that she still did not
find what she wanted with the priest and that the biggest question she has is,
"what happens after this life, is death the end?" We felt very strongly to
testify that there is a life after this life, that God has prepared a special
place for all of us. This life is for us to prepare to merit this place.
Through the Book of Mormon we can find the answers to such questions, and by the
example of Joseph Smiths story... we know that if the Book of Mormon is true,
that God called him as a prophet, but more importantly he really did see our
Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. MEANING... they do truly live!!!! MEANING...
there is a life after death!!! She was touched, you could tell, and she really
likes us. We left her with a chapter to read and pray about in the BOM and she
said she'd like to see us next week!
Then the most awesome of the awesomeness that went down
this week is: that Sandrine had a very spiritual experience at church and
Coralie LOVES primary! They are very integrated already in the ward and we
fixed a baptismal date for the 22nd of October!! WOO!! This week was kinda full
of stuff and next week is going to be even better!! ((PS I sent a letter on
Friday to home and today I will send one to Aunt Lili with a letter for (her of
course) as well as Chris and Grandma!! No I did not get any packages
yet.....sorry))
So you wanted to know what our mission goals are....well
they go like this:
1. find three new amies every
week
2. teach twenty lessons
a week
3. have one baptism a
month
My favorite thing about Belgium is most definitely the
people. I have been so blessed to be able to love and serve them. They have an
interesting culture and they care a lot about their families.......they also
make amazing food!!! Such as waffles and chocolate!
I don't know if I can really pick a favorite
companion........they have all touched me in different ways. I think that Elder
Wood is by far the most loving and charitable man I have ever met.... Elder
Crump was a fantastic leader and very very smart.....Elder Clawson and Elder
Fortuna are very very hard workers and also were perfectly obedient.....Elder
Kirkland was just awesome and I am still mad that I only got to serve with him
for 4 weeks. He was just an all around good person in every way and we taught
very well together.....Elder Porter has a big heart and he is a fighter. It's
hard to get him down and he helps you become a better person, GREAT
leader.......Elder Reed is another all around good guy and it is hard to
pick one thing he is good at because he has got a bit of
everything!!
SO ..I hope that answers some questions and I hope
y'all get my letters soon!!! Love you lots
Elder Lyons
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