A Solid Missionary Week

Bonjour! I had another solid week as a missionary. 

It Snowed!

On Tuesday we went out to a city called Huy (about an hour away) for an appointment with an investigator, Bernard. When we got to his apartment we were so shocked. This guy is the most American Belgium man I have ever met. His entire apartment was nothing but model American military aircrafts, American flags, and other American things. Haha. It was a little weird but the good news is he said he believes that our church contains the truth. Unfortunately he doesn't like having commitments so he won't get baptized. Maybe one day we can change his mind. 

Later on that day we got to meet one of the investigators with a baptismal date. His name is Francois. He is approximately 55 years old and loves the missionaries. He is just your typical Belgian man. He is progressing really well but on Tuesday he expressed some of his concerns to us. He is having a hard time with tithing and the word of wisdom. So unfortunately we had to put his baptismal date back up in the air. The rest of the week Elder Kendrick and I focused really hard on tithing and how we could help him with that. We studied and prayed a lot on how we could get him to accept the law of tithing. When we showed up for our next appointment on Saturday, before we began teaching, he said "I no longer have a problem with tithing. I understand it". We were really surprised. God really did answer prayers.

On Wednesday it was just an average day. We had an investigator flake out on us and then had a meeting with the Branch Mission Leader. He is super cool and he set some goals for the Liege Branch this upcoming year.

Thursday we went to Paris for a conference given by a member of the Seventy, Elder Kearon. It was really good. He stressed the importance of obedience and hard work. It was also fun to catch up with mission friends. I got to see Elder Nagloo (my MTC companion) for the first time since the start of my mission.

Friday another person flaked out on us so we planned for the week ahead and called people all night long. I can't even imagine going on a mission 20 years ago when missionaries didn't have cell phones. Haha. That must have been tough.

On Saturday, we visited with Francois and then went contacting less active members all night long. Unfortunately we didn't have a lot of success.

On Sunday we went to church and then went to find less actives all evening long. We met some interesting people. One older gentleman had a ton of old radios. He has been a member for more than 50 years but doesn't go anymore because he thinks the children get too loud.

As stated earlier, this week my testimony about prayer grew immensely.
We asked God to help us out with Francois and He did. He loves us more than we can imagine.

I hope everyone has a great week. God Bless

Elder Hein