Week 14 (Charleroi)

"What happened this week?"
"That's a question you'll ask yourself way more throughout the rest of your mission!"
-Elder Ritchie, District Leader

This was a great week! We met a lot of cool people who are interested in the gospel. On Tuesday actually, we got a call from a random number. The man asked if we were the Mormons, and if the elders could meet with him because he had some questions about the Book of Mormon. We were in shock. A self-referral?! They're real? We hurried over there as fast as possible. His name was Ezio, he really wants to learn more and get baptized. He's our miracle boy!

We also met up with Samuel, a Romanian man with 10 kids. He told us how he traveled across the US for free, asking people for change to pay for gas. He's tired with religion though, he says people are always looking to climb the hierarchy. It's not about religion to them, it's about status. He doesn't like it. We gave him a Book of Mormon in Romanian and told him about it. "It doesn't contradict the Bible? It supports it? Ah, that's great!" It went something like that. He seemed really interested at the very least.

We also gave a blessing to one of our amis. He didn't want to meet with us because he was sick, but we told him we could give him a blessing and he was all for it. Elder Mendoza told me I should give it, so that was my first blessing in French. It was pretty simple, but I think he's feeling better now!

We taught this family we found the other week. The wife is from Mexico and the husband has Spanish origins, so Elder Mendoza was super excited when we found them. We taught them the Restoration, and it went amazingly. The wife told us how she's Catholic, but she's looking for more than what she gets at church. So have we got something for her or what! Elder Mendoza is always happy to be able to teach in Spanish, since he was actually called Spanish-speaking. So he's grateful for every opportunity he gets to do so. The Lord truly provides for us when we follow Him.

Salut!
Elder Wood

Finally got his phone from the mission office. Too bad it doesn't work.

Food of the week, deluxe gaufre with Nutella and whipped cream!

We found a 5-leaf cover so Elder Mendoza wanted to preserve them in the BoM and mark certain pages.