Bonjour family and friends!
We had transfers this past week and I found out that I will be staying in Brussels for another transfer. I couldn't be happier!!
This week we met a really cool lady from Columbia. At the beginning of the contact she was really reserved and her responses were really short. We decided to ask if we could say a prayer with her. We asked if there was anything she needed us to pray for.. She is actually going through a divorce and so we said a prayer to help her get through this difficult time. After the prayer she was SO much more opened and we were able to have more of a conversation. Her house in Columbia is actually right down the street from a LDS church so she has talked with missionaries before. At the end of the conversation she asked us, "How do I get in contact with you again?" It's always a good sign when they ask to see us again before we even propose the idea. The sad part is that she lives in the Netherlands so she isn't even in our area. We are going to give her contact information to the missionaries there! I love how much prayer brings the spirit and makes people so much more opened to hear the gospel.
While we were on the bus this week we past by a bus stop and I had a feeling that I should just write down the name of one of the stops we passed so that we could come back later. The next day we were going out contacting and were thinking about where we should go. I remembered that I had written down the name of that bus stop. We decided that we would try it out! We got off the bus and started walking. Before we could even start contacting to anyone, this girl came up and started talking to us! She was actually an exchange student in Pocatello, Idaho and went to church every Sunday with the family she was staying with. She said she goes back and visits every summer and she was actually just there. In fact, she was at church for the farewell for Elder & Sister Christensen (the senior couple who just came to Brussels) Then she told us that she is planning to come to church here in Brussels in two weeks! We talked to Christensens and they said that they have been having difficulties getting her contact information. We were able to exchange numbers so it worked out perfectly. It was definitely not just a "coincidence" that we just happened to go to that bus stop at that time!
On Wednesday, we got together all the missionaries in our ward and decided to visit less active members. We made a bunch of cookies and printed out a picture of all of us with a funny quote on it. We made a list of the members we wanted to see and we started visiting them. When they were there, we shared a video called "Daily Bread." It talks about how we need to feed our bodies everyday physically. However, sometimes we forget that we also need to feed our bodies "spiritually" everyday too. Just like we need to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. We also need to pray, read our scriptures, and mediate. Everyday we should be doing the things that allow us to "come unto Christ." (John 6:35) "And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst." As we "come unto Christ" we will be spiritually filled and have the energy, and faith to face what the future hold for us. We often think the solution to our problems come in the form of physical substance. However, most of the time there is a spiritual remedy because most of us are actually spiritually malnourished. As we "feed ourselves spiritually" everyday we will notice a difference in the way we feel. We will be spiritually nourished and ready take on whatever comes our way. It's the little things that we do everyday that will make a big difference! Have a great week.
Love, Soeur Johnson
We had transfers this past week and I found out that I will be staying in Brussels for another transfer. I couldn't be happier!!
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| Officially done with transfer 6! |
This week we met a really cool lady from Columbia. At the beginning of the contact she was really reserved and her responses were really short. We decided to ask if we could say a prayer with her. We asked if there was anything she needed us to pray for.. She is actually going through a divorce and so we said a prayer to help her get through this difficult time. After the prayer she was SO much more opened and we were able to have more of a conversation. Her house in Columbia is actually right down the street from a LDS church so she has talked with missionaries before. At the end of the conversation she asked us, "How do I get in contact with you again?" It's always a good sign when they ask to see us again before we even propose the idea. The sad part is that she lives in the Netherlands so she isn't even in our area. We are going to give her contact information to the missionaries there! I love how much prayer brings the spirit and makes people so much more opened to hear the gospel.
While we were on the bus this week we past by a bus stop and I had a feeling that I should just write down the name of one of the stops we passed so that we could come back later. The next day we were going out contacting and were thinking about where we should go. I remembered that I had written down the name of that bus stop. We decided that we would try it out! We got off the bus and started walking. Before we could even start contacting to anyone, this girl came up and started talking to us! She was actually an exchange student in Pocatello, Idaho and went to church every Sunday with the family she was staying with. She said she goes back and visits every summer and she was actually just there. In fact, she was at church for the farewell for Elder & Sister Christensen (the senior couple who just came to Brussels) Then she told us that she is planning to come to church here in Brussels in two weeks! We talked to Christensens and they said that they have been having difficulties getting her contact information. We were able to exchange numbers so it worked out perfectly. It was definitely not just a "coincidence" that we just happened to go to that bus stop at that time!
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| Always finding cool things here in Bruxelles!! |
On Wednesday, we got together all the missionaries in our ward and decided to visit less active members. We made a bunch of cookies and printed out a picture of all of us with a funny quote on it. We made a list of the members we wanted to see and we started visiting them. When they were there, we shared a video called "Daily Bread." It talks about how we need to feed our bodies everyday physically. However, sometimes we forget that we also need to feed our bodies "spiritually" everyday too. Just like we need to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. We also need to pray, read our scriptures, and mediate. Everyday we should be doing the things that allow us to "come unto Christ." (John 6:35) "And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst." As we "come unto Christ" we will be spiritually filled and have the energy, and faith to face what the future hold for us. We often think the solution to our problems come in the form of physical substance. However, most of the time there is a spiritual remedy because most of us are actually spiritually malnourished. As we "feed ourselves spiritually" everyday we will notice a difference in the way we feel. We will be spiritually nourished and ready take on whatever comes our way. It's the little things that we do everyday that will make a big difference! Have a great week.
Love, Soeur Johnson
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