We visited Samuel again, our Romanian friend. We talked about the restoration and had a really good lesson. We showed the video of Joseph Smith, at least the part with the first vision. That video is so powerful. When we were wrapping up, his friends or family or whoever showed up. One of them was super anti-mormon. He came in saying, "No, they're a cult!" It was hilarious actually, since we already had a good relationship with Samuel. He asked us about a few things things his friend/father/whoever was saying about us, and we cleared up some of the lies he'd found on the internet, etc. He also wouldn't listen to us at all, which just made it easier for everyone to not really take him seriously. It was easy to tell it was him against the world, trying to get us to abandon our "cult." We had a good laugh about it after we left.
On Saturday we had a service project, les Mains Serviables. The ward had collected a bunch of winter clothes, and everyone showed up to organize and bag them. We finished really quickly, and afterwards they made spaghetti for everyone! But there was a lot of leftovers, so they gave them all to us. It lasted us a good few days, we finally finished it for lunch today with the help of the Namur elders.
We also had a bit of a scare this week. Our ami Ezio texted us, saying he wanted to cancel his baptismal date. Uh oh. We had mentioned that doubt isn't good, that it's the opposite to faith, and he took it the wrong way. In his mind, doubting is good, it leads us to ask questions and find answers. We called him and were able to fix things. We reassured him that questions are good and tried explaining a bit of what we meant by doubt. It turns out that we have slightly different definitions of doubt. So we're all good for now. But it's always good to remember that doubt and fear are bad for our spiritual health. They separate us from God. We need to have faith and trust in Him so He can help us through our trials. They're often the moments where it's easiest to be doubtful, but they're the most important time to be able to rely on His help. And He can only help us according to our faith, so we must "doubt not, fear not."
En avant!
Elder Wood
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| "The weekly food photo! It's a gaufre I bought
in a vending machine at the Gare there" |
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| His district looking tough after a hockey game. |
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| Brussels Zone Conference |
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| Lunch at the Zone Conference |
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| "A really cool picture someone had in their house. It's aluminum scratched to make the picture." |
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