Bonjour Family & Friends!
This week started off with an awesome miracle.. We were standing by an elevator waiting to go up and we looked over and this lady was just staring at our plaques. We turned to hear and asked, "Have you seen plaques like this before?" She looked a little closer and said, "Oh yes, oh yes, you are the Mormons!" We started talking with her and she explained that she was Christian too. She has actually met with the missionaries before in Paris. Then she starts talking about how much she absolutely loves the Book of Mormon! She starts telling us how important the book is and how it really helps bring people to Christ. She started talking about how it teaches people to have good values. I felt like we were the ami and she was the missionary! Come to find out, she actually is a "preacher" and she recommends to her congregation and her friends to read the Book of Mormon because it will help them understand the life of Christ better. She told us that she uses it to help her teach and preach. (We are hoping that she isn't preaching too much false doctrine with the Book of Mormon.) She is from Congo and she said that when people had questions about things in the Bible she would tell them to go read the Book of Mormon. She seems like a really sweet lady, with a lot of faith in God. She told us that she recently moved from Paris and her Book of Mormon got left there so she doesn't have one anymore. We told her we could bring one by for her! She was really excited. She obviously doesn't really understand the restoration of the gospel (we are going to work on that) but it's a good start that she has a testimony of the Book of Mormon!
We had another great lesson with our ami Chantel. She is progressing so well! We taught her the Plan of Salvation and she understood way more than we thought she would. The Holy Ghost has no doubt been the "teacher" because it would be hard to understand some of these concepts when you hear them for the first time. She started asking about what she needed to do to be baptized. We asked her if she wanted to set a date but she said "not yet." This next week we asked her to pray to know what date would be best. She is such a miracle. She showed up to church literally one week after missionaries were put back into Brussels. If she showed up a couple weeks early she would have probably come to church once and never had the chance to met with the missionaries. I am grateful the Lord put her in our path, at the perfect time. The people here are so prepared!
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir came to Brussels this past week and we were able to go watch them perform!! It was such an amazing night. They ended by singing "Come, Come ye Saints" and "How firm a foundation." Needless to say, there were lots of tears... (Well, I didn't cry but my companion cried enough for the both of us) They really did such a wonderful job. It reminded me of home a little bit so I think that's one of the reasons I liked it so much. There were a quite a few people from Utah because they were the family members of the people singing in the choir. While we were walking there people from the other side of the street would look at us and yell, "Sisters!" and starting waving! It was fun because usually when people yell at us here from across the street it's not usually a good thing.. I also was able to see members from my old ward in Lille because some of them came up for the concert. I am really glad that we had the chance to go. It was such a fun night!!
My favorite part of the week was of course "hanging out with my peeps!" My Uncle Randy and Aunt Tricia made the trip up to Brussels to take us out to dinner. It was fun to see them and chat for a bit! The next day they picked us up and went with us to church. I couldn't think of a better way to end the week!!
Scripture of the week: Alma 44:3-4
"But now, ye behold that the Lord is with us..Now ye see that this is the true faith of God; yea, ye see that God will support, and keep, and preserve us, so long as we are faithful unto him, and unto our faith, and our religion; and never will the Lord suffer that we shall be destroyed except we should fall into transgression and deny our faith."
Life is great here in Belgium. I hope everyone has a wonderful week!
Love, Soeur Johnson
This week started off with an awesome miracle.. We were standing by an elevator waiting to go up and we looked over and this lady was just staring at our plaques. We turned to hear and asked, "Have you seen plaques like this before?" She looked a little closer and said, "Oh yes, oh yes, you are the Mormons!" We started talking with her and she explained that she was Christian too. She has actually met with the missionaries before in Paris. Then she starts talking about how much she absolutely loves the Book of Mormon! She starts telling us how important the book is and how it really helps bring people to Christ. She started talking about how it teaches people to have good values. I felt like we were the ami and she was the missionary! Come to find out, she actually is a "preacher" and she recommends to her congregation and her friends to read the Book of Mormon because it will help them understand the life of Christ better. She told us that she uses it to help her teach and preach. (We are hoping that she isn't preaching too much false doctrine with the Book of Mormon.) She is from Congo and she said that when people had questions about things in the Bible she would tell them to go read the Book of Mormon. She seems like a really sweet lady, with a lot of faith in God. She told us that she recently moved from Paris and her Book of Mormon got left there so she doesn't have one anymore. We told her we could bring one by for her! She was really excited. She obviously doesn't really understand the restoration of the gospel (we are going to work on that) but it's a good start that she has a testimony of the Book of Mormon!
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| Contacting around Castles |
We had another great lesson with our ami Chantel. She is progressing so well! We taught her the Plan of Salvation and she understood way more than we thought she would. The Holy Ghost has no doubt been the "teacher" because it would be hard to understand some of these concepts when you hear them for the first time. She started asking about what she needed to do to be baptized. We asked her if she wanted to set a date but she said "not yet." This next week we asked her to pray to know what date would be best. She is such a miracle. She showed up to church literally one week after missionaries were put back into Brussels. If she showed up a couple weeks early she would have probably come to church once and never had the chance to met with the missionaries. I am grateful the Lord put her in our path, at the perfect time. The people here are so prepared!
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir came to Brussels this past week and we were able to go watch them perform!! It was such an amazing night. They ended by singing "Come, Come ye Saints" and "How firm a foundation." Needless to say, there were lots of tears... (Well, I didn't cry but my companion cried enough for the both of us) They really did such a wonderful job. It reminded me of home a little bit so I think that's one of the reasons I liked it so much. There were a quite a few people from Utah because they were the family members of the people singing in the choir. While we were walking there people from the other side of the street would look at us and yell, "Sisters!" and starting waving! It was fun because usually when people yell at us here from across the street it's not usually a good thing.. I also was able to see members from my old ward in Lille because some of them came up for the concert. I am really glad that we had the chance to go. It was such a fun night!!
My favorite part of the week was of course "hanging out with my peeps!" My Uncle Randy and Aunt Tricia made the trip up to Brussels to take us out to dinner. It was fun to see them and chat for a bit! The next day they picked us up and went with us to church. I couldn't think of a better way to end the week!!
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| Church with my peeps! |
Scripture of the week: Alma 44:3-4
"But now, ye behold that the Lord is with us..Now ye see that this is the true faith of God; yea, ye see that God will support, and keep, and preserve us, so long as we are faithful unto him, and unto our faith, and our religion; and never will the Lord suffer that we shall be destroyed except we should fall into transgression and deny our faith."
Life is great here in Belgium. I hope everyone has a wonderful week!
Love, Soeur Johnson
THE PEEPS!
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