Tongeren

Howdy! 

Old Wall in Tongeren

Another great week has passed here in beautiful Liege.

Unfortunately our only solid investigator (A) has become not sosolid. He hasn't shown up to the past 2 appointments we were suppose
to have, and he lied did not come to church. The goodnews is we have 3 appointments set up for this next week with newinvestigators. So hopefully we can get some more solid people fromthat group.

Other than that the week was fairly uneventful. We did a lot ofcontacting. We had lunch with some members on Friday that live out in the country side. It was really beautiful and she cooked some bomb food. Additionally, she gave us 1.5 kilos of hand made cheese she made herself. It is so good. Elder Kendrick and I have been putting it on  everything. Haha.

My apartment

On Saturday, we went to Brussels for Elder Kendrick's District Leader
Training Meeting. It was really fun to be back in my home town. The result of the meeting is basically President Babin is becoming a lot stricter. Haha. It's kind of scary.  Zeros are no longer allowed for stats we send in and he introduced a district finding day. Once a week, the whole district goes to a companionship's sector and contacts all day in that sector. We can't schedule any appointments that day.  Just 7 hours of straight contacting. It doesn't sound like the most fun but with the Lord's help I know we can see miracles and have a fun time.

My apartment

On Monday, the new missionary couple took us to Ikea for lunch. That place is so good. You get an amazing meal and then have the fun of
walking through the maze. Food and entertainment. There is nothing better. Haha. We then went to a city called Tongeren. Apparently, it is the oldest city in Belgium. It was fun to walk around and learn
more about Elder and Sister Slaughter. They are really cool people.

Have a great week. 

God Bless

Elder Hein

Liege sunset

Passed out on a train to Brussels

Transfers - Staying in Liege

Beautiful Sunset in Liege

Bonjour! Well we got transfer news this past week and it looks like I am staying in Liege with Elder Kendrick. I am excited to stay another transfer with him and hopefully we can get a baptism. Other than that news this week was fairly average.

We have learned that Elder D. Todd Christofferson will be coming to Paris to speak with all the Stake Presidents, Bishoprics and hopefully us missionaries.  We have heard the theme will be missionary work which will be exciting.  As of late, we have really been taught to teach repentance and baptize converts.  I am sure his message will be exactly the same.

On Friday the other missionaries were threw a branch party. (The branch only consists of about 35 members).  Elder Kaonohi was in charge so he made the theme Hawaiian. We ate coconuts, pineapples, rice, and pork. We also sang songs with the ukulele and performed a Haka dance that Elder Kaonohi had been teaching us. It was a really fun night.

We got a new senior couple here in Liege! Elder and Sister Slaughter! They are from Sandy Utah and seem to be really nice. I have been so blessed to be in cities with a senior couple. They make everything so much more fun.

Elder Kendrick and I found a less active family this week that are so cool! They have two sons on missions and three other sons still at home. They like all the same things as Elder Kendrick and I (i.e. sports, music) so we are planning to play basketball with them soon. I haven't played ball in a long time and I am so excited to dominate the paint once more. Haha.

That's pretty much it for this week. Sorry that not much exciting happened. Love y'all. God Bless

Elder Hein

Bastogne

Bonjour! 

Another great week passes by in Liege. All the school kids here are on break this week but us missionaries are still on the grind haha. 

The week started off with exchanges. Elder Kaonohi and I had a fantastic time together contacting less actives. He played football for The University of Hawaii before the mission as an O lineman so, needless to say, we talked about sports all day. Haha.

Later in the week, we were able to do some service for someone Elder Kendrick knew. He was the Ward Mission Leader in Kendrick's last area, Mulhouse, and he had been working on restoring a home in Liege, that his aunt lived in. So we went by on Friday and spent the day cleaning and moving rocks. It is an amazingly big and beautiful home. The Aunt

isn't a member of the church.  It was fun to all work together.

Passed out in the back of a member's car.  Long day!!

On Sunday our investigator Aimé showed up and it seemed like he had a good time. We are going to have to move his baptismal date back a couple of weeks. We just haven't had enough time to teach him everything. Our less active friend, Abraham, also showed up for the second week in a row.

On p-day we went down 1.5 hours south to a city called Bastogne. That is where the famous Battle of the Bulge occurred. It is commemorated with a huge monument in the shape of a star, and museum. To sum up the whole month of war in a quick sentence, the Americans saved the Belgians from the Nazis during the cold of winter by holding the city of Bastogne. It was fun, humbling and inspiring. They were also having an expo about some Texas A&M Aggies who fought in the battle. We wanted to go but we didn't have enough time because the museum itself took 2.5 hours. It was super cool though seeing Aggie stuff everywhere. Haha.

Hope everyone has a fantastic week. 

God Bless.

Elder Hein

The Memorial at Bastogne

Chipotle - 20 year success

Hello everyone!

Liege by night

So Tuesday we went to District meeting and then out to a city called Verviers to do some service. We helped this man move a really heavy book shelf, up some tight stairs.  Needless to say it was very difficult and took us about an hour but eventually found a way to get the job done. The rest of the day was contacting and pass backs. 

On Wednesday we had a lesson with Aime. He is doing really well and loved the lesson we taught. We are trying to get him baptized on the 13th but if not hopefully it will happen soon afterwards. After lunch we visited a less active named Abraham. He is this old man who was Mormon, then turned Muslim, but now wants to be Mormon again.  He is great. We see him about twice a week. The good news is he came to church for the first time in 20 years on Sunday. He seemed to have a great time so things are definitely progressing. 

On Thursday, we went to Brussels (Waterloo to be more exact) and did Belgium legality for Elder Kendrick. Afterwards the Norbys made us a nice welcome home lunch. It was soon good. That evening we took a train to Paris for Elder Kendricks second year France legality the next day. We slept at the APs apartment and in the morning Elder Martin (an AP who is in the Naval Academy) took us out to exercise with a huge log. It was the length of a car and weighed somewhere around 150-200 lbs. I have never worked out so hard in my life. Haha. I am still sore. We then did Kendrick's legality, and we had some extra time so we chilled at a mall in Paris. The important part is we had CHIPOTLE. It is the only
chipotle in the mission and it was so good. Haha. We got home that evening to Liege late at night. 

Landmark near the mall in Paris "La Defense"

Chipotle in France

On Saturday we did some weekly planning and contacting. Sunday was similar, we went to church and then had an appointment with a member followed by some pass backs.
Hope everyone has a great week. God Bless

Elder Hein