Gold Turtle

Not to many pictures because we have been locked in all week but here is the man riding the turtle. Haha

Hello everybody! 

This week was fairly unproductive due to the terrorism, but it was fun nonetheless. 

Monday through Wednesday we stayed in the apartment and only got to leave 3 times. We went to the Norby home, a dinner appointment, and the train station. The metro system was down until thursday so we had to hitch rides from Elder Norby. 

On Thursday we were suppose to go to the Norby's home for Thanksgiving, but unfortunately the Zone Leaders thought it would be a good idea to send us to Namur until Brussels was safe. So we got cheated of a scrumptious Thanksgiving meal and instead we ate a mitraillette. Which brings me to an embarrassing story about my competence. Me and everyone in our apartment had been calling these sandwiches "meat triads" because that is what every missionary has called it and it is kind of an secret item that everyone serves. It is never on the menu. In reality it is called a mitraillette which means machine gun in french, and it is famous here in Brussels. Please excuse my idiocy. Thursday and Friday we spent in Namur. It is a really small town with an awesome castle on a hill. There is this huge gold turtle too. I will attach pictures. It is really bizarre. 

Saturday we got back to Brussels late, and made calls to set up appointments this upcoming week. On Sunday we had an awesome experience at church. A random man walked in and stayed all three hours. His name is Simon and he is a diplomat for Central Africa. Recently he was drinking alcohol on a plane and someone showed him a scripture in the bible that talks about how God judges people by there actions. So he decided to change his life and stop drinking. For the past week he kept passing by our church feeling like he should go inside. On Sunday he finally got the courage and he absolutely loved it. We get to go teach him on Wednesday. 

The Lord definitely prepares people for the gospel. It is amazing. 

Sorry I didnt have much this week. I hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving. Time to put up those christmas trees!

God bless

Elder Hein