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Oh goodness gracious, how does time go by so fast!  Where to begin. Dont worry about me being too hot or needing too much sunscreen here because the beautiful weather doesnt last long.  Its been raining for the past 2 days so were back to thermals and tights :( but it is definitely warmer and i think well see sunshine more often.  We got to garden twice this week for members and it was soo nice! they thought we were crazy when we offered (or insisted because thats what you have to do here) to help, but i love gardening! the spiders here are a little bigger than home but i got good at killing them quickly.

a funny moment this week.. we had a woman who is originally from russia come on joint teach with us this week because the guy spoke one of her 5 languages.  She was soo excited and then he ended up not being home.  but she wouldnt stop there.  she rang his doorbell 6 times, yelled out his name, we to his backyard, wrote him a note and then we sat in her car in front of his house for 20 mins just in case he came home.  we were professional stockers.  hahah she just wanted to teach him so bad.  We did make an appointment with a lady who was walking behind his house though and she has a young family so we know why we were there!

This week I fell in love with the work even more as we saw miracles and even when we had days that didnt feel so successful.  The biggest miracle of all.. Hossein! When he found out we had approval to move along with his baptism he cried and said 'dank u well, dank u well' 5 times. (hes from Iran and doesnt speak dutch) and then his life changed even more.  A member this week offered him a room in his house and food if he worked at his store during the week! and he received a bike! So now he has housing, a sort of job, and transportation! He fasted with us this weekend for all to go well with living with the member and learning the language (a member is giving him free language lessons).  This man is a walking miracle and is so grateful!
love you all. have a good week!

Zuster Jones