Bonjour family and friends!!
We started off the week by heading to Liège, Belgium for Pday! I spent Monday and Tuesday saying goodbye to the members and amis in Brussels. It is always hard saying goodbye. There are a lot of people I am going to really miss! Change is always good though because it provides good experiences to learn and grow... so on Wednesday, I headed off to Luxembourg!
The first word that comes to my mind when I think of Luxembourg is.. BEAUTIFUL! There is a "special air" that Luxembourg has that is nothing like Belgium or France. There are actually a lot of similarities that Brussels and Luxembourg have. They both have a lot of diversity. Everyday we meet people who are from all over the world! Our ward is also very diverse. All the members are wonderful!! They are very willing to help us with missionary work. Our ward boundaries actually go into Belgium and France. That's going to be quite the adventure! We could be in all three countries in one day. It gets even more interesting.. They don't actually have a church building here so on Sundays we hold our church services in conferences rooms at a hotel. They have been working on getting an actual building but it has been really hard. It is wonderful that the spirit is still there even though it is not in a typical church building.
There is a lot of work to do here and the people are ready! Even in our short couple days together, we have seen so many miracles!! We were out knocking on doors and after about 2 hours it was almost time to go home. The night overall was just really kinda weird and nobody was interested. We were walking down the street to go to the bus stop and we had about 6 minutes until it came. We saw a house with the lights on so we decided to knock on one more door! This cute little American family opened up and they knew exactly who we were. The father told us that his boss in Texas was LDS and that he had quite a few friends that were as well. He said that he has actually met with the missionaries multiple times but there are things that he disagrees with so he stopped. He was super nice to us and even offered to let us in just so we could get out of the cold. We had to go, so we didn't take him up on his offer but we prayed with his family and they seemed to be touched! They were really respectful and super sweet. As a missionary, you learn to appreciate the little things. What a tender mercy!
Another miracle happened this week that made me appreciate having Soeur Brown even a little more.. We were out contacting and we walked past a bus stop. As soon as we walked past it, I looked over and saw a lady sitting down on the bench. We kept walking but I kept looking back because I had this feeling we should talk to her. We walked about 15 ft past the bus stop and Sœur Brown basically just read my mind because she turned to me and said, "I think we should talk to that lady." Without hesitation, we made a 360 degree turn and went directly up to her and started talking. We talked with her for about 10 minutes but then she had to catch her bus so we got her number and set up a rendezvous for next week. I am grateful that Heavenly Father sends us "two by two" so that the holy ghost can speak to both of us and hopefully at least one of us will act on the prompting that he gives us! "6 And ye shall go forth in the power of my Spirit, preaching my gospel, two by two, in my name, lifting up your voices as with the sound of a trump, declaring my word like unto angels of God." All is well in Luxembourg!! Life is good. L'église est vrai. Have a wonderful week!
Love, Sœur Johnson
We started off the week by heading to Liège, Belgium for Pday! I spent Monday and Tuesday saying goodbye to the members and amis in Brussels. It is always hard saying goodbye. There are a lot of people I am going to really miss! Change is always good though because it provides good experiences to learn and grow... so on Wednesday, I headed off to Luxembourg!
The first word that comes to my mind when I think of Luxembourg is.. BEAUTIFUL! There is a "special air" that Luxembourg has that is nothing like Belgium or France. There are actually a lot of similarities that Brussels and Luxembourg have. They both have a lot of diversity. Everyday we meet people who are from all over the world! Our ward is also very diverse. All the members are wonderful!! They are very willing to help us with missionary work. Our ward boundaries actually go into Belgium and France. That's going to be quite the adventure! We could be in all three countries in one day. It gets even more interesting.. They don't actually have a church building here so on Sundays we hold our church services in conferences rooms at a hotel. They have been working on getting an actual building but it has been really hard. It is wonderful that the spirit is still there even though it is not in a typical church building.
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| Liège Stairs! |
There is a lot of work to do here and the people are ready! Even in our short couple days together, we have seen so many miracles!! We were out knocking on doors and after about 2 hours it was almost time to go home. The night overall was just really kinda weird and nobody was interested. We were walking down the street to go to the bus stop and we had about 6 minutes until it came. We saw a house with the lights on so we decided to knock on one more door! This cute little American family opened up and they knew exactly who we were. The father told us that his boss in Texas was LDS and that he had quite a few friends that were as well. He said that he has actually met with the missionaries multiple times but there are things that he disagrees with so he stopped. He was super nice to us and even offered to let us in just so we could get out of the cold. We had to go, so we didn't take him up on his offer but we prayed with his family and they seemed to be touched! They were really respectful and super sweet. As a missionary, you learn to appreciate the little things. What a tender mercy!
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| First Sunday at Church in Luxembourg! |
Another miracle happened this week that made me appreciate having Soeur Brown even a little more.. We were out contacting and we walked past a bus stop. As soon as we walked past it, I looked over and saw a lady sitting down on the bench. We kept walking but I kept looking back because I had this feeling we should talk to her. We walked about 15 ft past the bus stop and Sœur Brown basically just read my mind because she turned to me and said, "I think we should talk to that lady." Without hesitation, we made a 360 degree turn and went directly up to her and started talking. We talked with her for about 10 minutes but then she had to catch her bus so we got her number and set up a rendezvous for next week. I am grateful that Heavenly Father sends us "two by two" so that the holy ghost can speak to both of us and hopefully at least one of us will act on the prompting that he gives us! "6 And ye shall go forth in the power of my Spirit, preaching my gospel, two by two, in my name, lifting up your voices as with the sound of a trump, declaring my word like unto angels of God." All is well in Luxembourg!! Life is good. L'église est vrai. Have a wonderful week!
Love, Sœur Johnson
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