Week 7: Opening a New Area

Hello family!!
I am soo excited to tell you all of the things that happened in detail but I don't have much time.

Dinner in Amsterdam

My group at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam

So yes, I am in Antwerp and I love it. Zuster Rigdon is the bomb. She is from Kaysville and I think we are almost identical. Haha We are opening this city so it has been kind of difficult ..I don't know the language..and it is hard but I do my best. Flemish is a lot harder to understand because they slur the words together without articulating so it's harder to identify words. Uhh what else? We do a lot of door to door contacting and street contacting. It was hard at first but I feel more comfortable..I kinda have a set script for now..I know I shouldn't do that but I have to or else I get nervous and screw up.

And......here's where I'll be serving!

We walk everywhere or take the tram. We hope to get a bike fore me soon. We were walking down the street one day and this guy was trying to light his cigarette while riding his bike..haha and he totally face planted it. Haha Lauren, I just thought of that show Ridiculousness because it would have been perfect for that show. We tried not to laugh too much.

We knocked on a door and a girl name Kasey answered. She seemed soo interested in the church so we left her with our number and she gave us her address (because she was at a friends house..I think..I couldn't understand very much). Wow it's hard to add details in emails. Anyways. We were super excited to talk to her later..but haven't been able to get a hold of her..it was sad because I was sooo excited. I needed a little buster and wanted to help someone out but I don't know..we went by many times but no answer. Haha I am so sorry my emails are just jumbled...it's hard to get my thoughts together so don't judge me.

Haha Another time a younger guy without a shirt on answered a door..haha Both sister Rigdon and I are just making sure we only look at his eyes the whole time we were talking. He said that he was trying to find God in his "own" way and that he believed in karma and stuff..to make the long story short. I just pretty much said if you believe in karma and that things are not a coincidence then wouldn't you think it was not a coincidence for us to knock on his door. He had nothing to say back to that so he gave us his number and hopefully we will meet with him this week.

This cute lady was sitting on a bench by us and we just got started on talking about life...She tried sooo many religions out. She was saying that Muslim wasn't for her because she tried to do their long fast thing and after one day she was like "I NEED FOOD" so she moved on. Haha she was just soo funny and cute. We are meeting with her next week. Our ward is totally awesome!!!!!! AHHH I just love them to death and it has only been 1 sunday. During sacrament, we introduced ourselves..Haha that was great. I pretty much just got up and said, "I am sister Kohlert. I have been on my mission (in the field) for 4 days. I am excited...I am scared but I love this gospel. I am from Utah and I play lacrosse." and sat down..it was kinda bad dutch because I was sooo nervous. It was kinda funny. Our ward mission leader is HILARIOUS!!!! Ahhh His name is Broeder Nuyons (I hope I am spelling his name right) but he just gets right down to business and it is great. He told us at the beginning of our meeting that he is a hugger and no matter what you say, he will give you a hug. haha so at the end of our meeting he gave us hugs haha that was different...haha love him though.

Our apt. is soo hot so we sleep in the living room and open the windows..so now I have bug bites everyyyyyywwhhhherreess it's hard but worth it!!!

Can't wait to tell you more! Sorry I'm out of time!! I love you guys soo much and miss you!

My address is:
Alfons Schneiderlaan
172 b.2.
2300 Deurne
Antwerpen
Belgium

Zuster Kohlert!!