Hello family,
I feel like weeks are just flying by. And I don't really like it. I just love it here so much. Everything is just dandy.
I would like the birthdays to everyone in the family and extended family (gpa's and gma's) I don't really need cousin birthdays...sorry guys, love you. haha
Random side note- I HAVE THE BEST COMPANION EVER. THE END.
This week was pretty crazy. Tuesday, District meeting, contacting and an awesome dinner appointment. Wednesday I was in Brussels all day (good news, they have my stuff so I can become legal) and then dinner with my favorite family, the Schiltz family.
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Then Thursday we had lunch with this guy in our ward, Bwatu. Haha nuts. We waited for him for like an hour. We talked to this lady who was really cool for a while, which was nice. When he finally showed up he was like "I was in Amsterdam, sorry" haha He traveled all the way from Amsterdam to have lunch with us. So nice of him. He then took us through these weird back ways and shops to get to this Indian food place. Turned out to be really good and fun. We then took a train to the Netherlands to do an exchange because Zuster Rigdon had a meeting in Leiden on Friday. We traveled through Eindhoven. One of the previous Elders in Antwerpen is there now so we did something really funny....Hehe He loves steak so we bought the cheapest steak (4 euros) that we could find. Put it in a bag and hid it in the station. Then we texted the elders and just said "Spoor 1, vak i. You have 3 hours and 45 min until it goes bad. Time is ticking." Haha they found it later that night. It was really funny. You guys probably think we are so weird but hey, we have to do stuff to keep us sane.
So I went back to Heerlen. Really fun and cool. They are doing good work there and actually had a baptism Saturday! Friday we switched back and got back home right at 9 o'clock. We were tired.
Saturday we had sooo many things to do because we were out of our city for a day. You know how we put letter in peoples mailboxes as an intro and then go back letter in the week and knock on their doors? Well we when back to visit and talked to a lot of people. A lot of them are not interested but they are still really nice. One guy, Gert, was soo cool. He was talking to us a lot about the church and actually seemed really interested. When we showed him the pamphlet for the Restoration, he goes " Wow, this is old. Something my Grandparents would probably use in their time." Haha so funny. We told him to go look at our websites and everything. He said he'd call us but we will probably end up stopping by again. He had a really cute family and would totally be an adorable Mormon family.
Do you remember Ann, the lady we contacted last Sunday 5 minutes before we were supposed to go inside? Well, we went to her house and she was about to go to the store so we walked with her. She told us that she has Dimentia (do not know how to spell that) and that her mom died from it. Sorry it was hard to understand since it was in Dutch but I am pretty sure this is the story. She had to make the decision to pull the plug for her mom and that has been haunting her her whole life. She feels like God is punishing her. When we got to the corner of the store and a cafe she looks at us and says, "Do you want to get some coffee because I want to talk with you." So we talked with her while drinking some Fanta and she wants to change her life. She is poor so she would always ask how much it would pay for us to teach her lessons and how much it is to be a member of the church. it was really cute actually. She asked so many questions that we pretty much gave an unplanned Plan of Salvation lesson to her. It was good. We will be meeting with her on Tuesday. I feel like she is my friend. It's cool. When we were leaving she said "I will get you some Fanta for you to drink and I will have some champagne." Then she paused for a second and said "Grapje" (Which means Joke).
I love this work and this gospel. I know that it changes lives and has made me the happiest person in this world. She was soo surprised that we would give up a year and a half of our lives to serve other people. She said that she is just amazed that we do that. For me, it is not something that is hard. It is something that is totally worth it and I wouldn't change where I am today for any other place. I miss you guys like crazy but this is where I am supposed to be. Thank you so much for all of your support and your love. I really pray so hard for you alllll day evveerryyy day.
Love you guys, Be safe PLEASEEEEEEE. Pretty please.
Z. Kohlert
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