Hoi Familie Riley!
Remember A who I've mentioned a lot because
he's so smart and has progressed so much and who is working towards a baptismal
date and who we've had really spiritual lessons with (but who is also crazy)?
Well, turns out cigarettes aren't the only thing he'll have to stop smoking...
he broke our hearts Sunday by coming to church so HIGH. I'm sure it sounds
funny now, but when he was yelling out during President Peeter's talk and
dancing during the intermediate hymn and fidgeting and mumbling and poking the
kid is front of him it was pretty disappointing, not to mention embarrassing
and disrespectful.
Zuster H is still on fire and I love that she
loves contacting because it makes it so fun, and she cracks people up by how
well she's mastered neder-engels already.. the other day, she told members that
"ik eet iedereen!" (“I eat everyone!”) when she meant
"ik eet alles!" (“I eat everything!”) haha the people love
her, I love her! Op Vrijdag (on Friday) a 91 year old lady named
Julia let us in, and turns out she used to be a Catholic nun! She was so sweet
and so Christian (and so old and alone! She told us we were the first people
she'd seen all day)..
Zuster H and I are old lady magnets; that same
night a cute older couple let us in and showed us pictures for an hour of their
family on a road trip throughout the U.S.
We also went over to Familie Vansteenbergen, the cute elderly members who I raved about a few emails ago, and I always feel the spirit so strongly in their house- they have so many cool stories and life experiences about the war/ being in a band/ running for the Belgian national team/ raising 6 kids/ having 9 siblings/ converting to the church/ Belgian traditions and holidays/ etc. and I could just talk to them all day! When Zuster Vansteenbergen talks about her hardworking, humble parents, she always says "als je goeie ouders hebt, ben je de rijkste persoon in de wereld," (“if you have good parents, you are the richest person in the world”) which is so true.
We had another lesson with Attila, the German
Javo (they call young adults Javos instead of Jovos in BE?) who is really open
and cool, and we taught him the Plan of Salvation. We talked to Larissa about
the abuse of faith/ religion, and Zuster H and I had a 2 hour companionship
study (sorry taal (language)) exploring D&C
76, and talked with Tommy about questions and continuous learning.
We dropped R because after asking R what he's
learned from meeting with the Sisters for a year, he told us that he believes
that Joseph Smith's experience and the Book of Mormon is true, but our church
has become corrupted with homosexuality and witchcraft and no longer has the
priesthood.. honestly, they were some of the least convincing arguments I've
come across, but it was still a little sad.. but if he comes to Church for the
first time, we'd love to talk to him there- he really is a nice guy. But, we
had a really cool lesson with Loris, a sweet new investigator from the Dom. Republic
Happy Thanksgiving! Love you!
Veel liefs,
Zuster Riley
Protest in Turnhout
Lights in Turnhout!
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