Yep, Got Spit At!

Hello!

This week was nothing but less active work. I don't know if I have
explained this yet but there use to be a church building in downtown
Brussels in addition to the one we go to now(Strombeek). Earlier this
year, the building downtown was closed so a lot of the members just
decided to stop going instead of coming to the church in Strombeek. So
Elder Madsen and I have been trying to get these people to start
coming to church again. 

We have the ward Christmas party this weekend, so we have also been extending invitations to that as well.  As far as our investigator Gaspard goes, he has been doing well. We were able to meet with him on Wednesday. He read the chapter in the
Book of Mormon we told him to read and he really liked it. We discussed the importance of the sacrament in an attempt to get him to
church. He says he will come to the Christmas Party. He doesn't want to get baptized because he thinks he doesn't have enough faith. Something I have learned through life is that faith comes through
action. The more we act on our belief in God, the more our faith grows. We have been trying to help him understand that.


On Friday we went to Paris for a special 3 zone Christmas conference. It was really fun to meet up with missionaries we haven't seen for a while. I met the new AP, Elder McBride. He is from Canada but his family moved to Frisco a month before he left. He is super awesome,
and he loves hockey so it was fun to talk about how good the Stars are
doing.


We got greeted in Brussels by the flem of a drunk Muslim man. We
walked out of the Metro train and got on an escalator heading down.
Another man walked out of the metro and started to yell at us for no
apparent reason. We kept heading down the escalator and then I see him
leaning over the ledge of the escalator ready to spit. Well I
skillfully dodged the flem as it zoomed past my face but Madsen was
not so lucky. It hit him in the back of the arm. The man repeated this
act but this time we were ready and it didn't hit any of us. There is
nothing quite like missionary work. It's truly a once in a lifetime
experience. His friend then followed us and apologized. We had a good
conversation about how people should respect other religions.


Today we went to the Christmas Market in the center of town. It is so
amazing! I'll attach some pictures.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week. Please try to keep in mind why
we celebrate Christmas.
God Bless

Elder Hein