July 13, 2009
Hey Everyone,
Well this week has been full of sickness for us here in Belgium. On Tuesday, my companion was having really horrible stomach problems, it was actually the 3rd day in a row that it had been that way, except that it kept getting worse. Now he could barely walk anymore, so we took him to the hospital. We ended up staying there all day and got back late at night. They gave him some pills and told him to rest. That night the recently baptized member, Aurelie brought us over some really good French food to make us feel better. She made the BEST ratatouille that I have had me whole mission and some good bread, with some super good garlic Humus. And also some Belge zucchinI soup. It was really good. Well the next day my other companion the new guy, started pooping out straight blood, so of course we had to take him to the hospital too. Continue reading ‘Week of Sickness’
March 16, 2009
Hey everyone!
So, what a crazy long week. I had two exchange days this week and they were in a row. These are days where you go and work with other missionaries for a day. You switch companionships pretty much. I really don’t like them. I don’t get much from them and you just have to learn to adjust to a new companion for another day, and you don’t get to sleep in your own bed either, which is the worst. But I had someone come down Wednesday night and then we worked on Thursday night, while my companion went up to Charleroi, Belgium. Well, the day was just crazy, we taught a ton of lessons, and met back up with this old investigator. Well, I didn’t understand anything he said, but that is because my companion said that he was speaking just really deep slang and swearing. We were only there for about 20 minutes, but he sucked down 4 cigarettes. Anyway, he got dropped as an investigator. Then we taught Alexis, and it went good, and we promised to come hang out with him today, but its not going to happen because P-Day is almost over, and we are still in Mons.
Continue reading ‘Long Disappointing Week’
January 26, 2009
Hey everyone!
So this week was the week of what we called mons madness or mons massacre, or mons melee. The name got changed a lot between people, but the important thing is that we had about 10 missionaries that came from the surrounding area to spend time here in Mons. They came in on Thursday and spent the night, then we switched companions for the day and went out for a whole day of contacting. It was pretty successful and we really enjoyed it. The weather was horrible, it was pouring down rain and it was super windy, almost blowing us over at times. But we met a lot of people, and we got about 40 phone numbers to call back people with. Then everyone left on Saturday morning.
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January 19, 2009
Hello
It has been a fast but rough week this week. My legs are about ready to fall off. It has been a week full of lots of travel, the only problem is that it has all been on foot. The buses have been crazy the past week or so and so we have had to walk to some far off places this week. It has been good I guess, but it is frustrating that we never know what is going on. Last friday we got pretty much nothing done because the bus drivers finally went on strike, so there were NO buses that day. That was a long day that sadly got pretty much wasted. We had to go to Charleroi, Belgium in the morning, so we got a ride from our landlady, Sister Egbert to the gare at 7:00 am and then took a train to Charleroi, it is about 30 minutes away. Then we were there for a while, and got a train back at about 1:00. We waited until about 2:30 and then assumed that the buses were never coming since about 6 or 7 buses should have come in that time, so we walked home from the Mons Gare to our apartment which is a half hour walk. Then we ate and unpacked our bags, but then had to go back into Mons, which takes another 30 minutes on foot, then to our next rendezvous which was another 15. By then it was time to go back to the gare to get a ride with a member to thier house. As you can see the time started to really add up and we didnt have much time for anything, so that was annoying. But it looks like everything is working all right now.
Continue reading ‘Mons, We walked and walked…’
January 5, 2009
Hello again,
So It is transfers this week and I just got the news that I am staying. So nothing is changing for me right now which is nice. I like it here in Mons and with my companion. The other Elders are changing though. Elder Kent (whom it sounds like you talk with his mom on missionary moms) is staying and getting a new companion. His companion right now, Elder Peterson is leaving to France. So it wont be changing a lot but a little bit, and we will have a new person too that will come on Wednesday.
Our land-lady sister Egbert got back on Saturday. So today she is at work and will hopefully get the mail today and bring home my Christmas package, plus any other mail that I had. We actually had quite an experience this morning with her house flooding. There was water everywhere! It was crazy, I guess the toilet flooded and when we went down there, there was water everywhere. We stopped the flooding and got the water soaked up but it took forever.
Continue reading ‘Staying in Mons…’
