Last week I didn't
give any stories so I will dedicate this email to a few:
This last week we had
exchanges with the Assistants in Amsterdam where it starting SNOWING. But just
like any Dutch weather pattern it lasts a few minutes then scoots along. I
got to work with Hirsch and we taught a guy that spoke no English or Dutch. So
we had to pull at strings to communicate. Talk about MTC flashback. Then he
left to buy us soda and water and milk and juice because his smartphone
translated or into and HAHAHA so when he read what Hirsch wrote he grabbed his
coat and left... So we were alone for 10 minutes in his house with cigarette
smoke and Arabic TV but didn't want to make him buy us that stuff. And earlier
that day Hirsch got 5 euro stuffed into his pocket for giving away a Book of
Mormon (another story, another time haha) and so we decided to make a Mormon
message come to life and put the 5 euro in the investigator's shoe. So there we
are in his house alone, breathing intense amounts of nicotine, 5 euro in the
man's shoe, John Kerry on Arabic television and he walks in with assorted
beverages speaking a language we don't understand. It would only happen to us.
Loved every second haha
Glorious moment #2:
Yesterday morning we
arrived at church, nothing out of the ordinary, I casually waltz into the
chapel and see 4 Dutch faces turnaround from their seats, point to me and
laugh. Suddenly I was thrown into a world of laughs and warmth from Vlissingen
last summer and ran over to bear hug Familie Van Eijzeren. !!!!! They came to
visit since they are the Stake YM and YW presidents and also just to make my
week. So after bear hugging and reverently attending sacrament meeting we got
to chat and laugh and love one another again. Bjorn is getting his mission
papers sent in soon and the branch in Vlissingen is getting a new building.
After we calmed down and laughed more and probably made all the other ward
members wonder what the heck was going on, we took this gem of a picture below.
They are simply the greatest. And I was only with them for 6 weeks.
#3: We went to
district meeting in Leuven this last week and got to go sing to an old folk’s
home afterward with the senior couple Caldwell’s. Turns out that Sister
Caldwell plays the ukulele, has one, and it is super nice. Then I made the
mistake of saying that I play the uke and got myself into the hole of playing
and singing 4 Disney songs for the old Belgian generations. Classic. And it
happened. So my ukulele career travelling Europe and singing has taken off. My
signature is being sold for $20 a pop. You're welcome.
We are working hard
through things, I got my bag back from Eindhoven after going to Amsterdam then
having the Den Bosch elders meet us in Breda and yeah.... loong story but I
have it so life is good. I saw Cook for a second at the mission office in
Leiden too which was niiice.
Well I won't make it
long this week.
Loves
Elder Reese
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