this week was amazing! zuster hinchcliff and i felt like we reached
our goals for this transfer and it felt so good this week to really
feel like we have helped make a difference in peoples days/lives. we
had stake conference sat night in antwerpen and sunday in brussels
that was just amazing. i love these people and love being able to
serve with them.  president robinson spoke at both sessions of
conference and everyone told us that we are so lucky to have a mission
president and wife like them. we are very well aware :)  we went to
the temple on wed with 2 zones and it was another experience that i
will always cherish. at one point i got to sit in one of the front
chairs (small temple and probably 50 elders, 2 sisters and 6 couples
makes a very packed session) and see the faces of everyone of my
favorite missionaries. the temple worker next to me leaned over and
said, "isnt it beautiful?". it was a great moment.  so many times this
week i have fallen in love with this mission all over again. i wish i
could describe it to you better.
we found 2 wonderful new investigators this week that we are really
excited to teach! and one of them was a referral from sara, our new
member. she is loving doing missionary work and were loving seeing the
miracles that come from her faith.  the referral is a man from india
that has lived here for 17 years and his life has been quite the
roller coaster.  saras car broke down last week and this man "just
happen" to be in the right place at the right time and was able to
help her. she had her bible and book of mormon in the car and he
started asking questions and she told him how "her sisters" helped her
change her life around with the gospel of jesus christ. sara said he
was in tears and said he wanted to meet with us and hear more about
this gospel.  she called soo excited, it was great! and now this man
has a baptismal date and it ready to change his life!  ill keep you
updated on how things go with him.
funny story from last monday.. we were in brugge and were in line to
get fresh wafels when i hear some guy yell "hey mormon girl!". little
back story, i met a 23 year old guy from england on the train from the
netherlands to belgium about a week before and we talked for the whole
ride.  so i see this kid running up to me arms open...he says "so
crazy to see you give me a hug!".... did i mention that im a sister
missionary standing with 6 elders and a senior couple... i pulled my
arms in and said "ah i cant hug you!" he was so surprised and i said
"remember im a sister missionary!".. this was all said while i was
awkwardly standing there with my arms pulled in and he was half
hugging me. the elders were all freaking out/laughing at this
extremely awkward exchange.  the guy said a few choice words and then
pulled away and we continued with a normal conversation but i dont
think hell ever forget that moment. he said he'll be posting pictures
of the "mormon girl" on facebook for all his mormon friends to see
that he meets us everyone. no coincidence right? :)


did i already mention that this week is transfers and that we are both
staying in antwerpen? we were so scared this week that one of us would
be leaving and so was our ward haha some of the members pleaded with
the president after conference to keep us here.. that is always
awkward but we got early confirmation from president that we werent
going anywhere. we love this city and are so excited for our plans for
this coming transfer.  this week one of the members came up to us and
another member and said to the member, "because of these two girls our
ward has so much more love for one another" and a few other nice
things. that was exactly what we had planned as a goal for last
transfer (spreading the love) and it felt good to know that our goal
was being accomplished and recognized :)

some of our favorite elders leave to go home this week so were off to
spend some last quality time with them!  i am grateful for so much
this week but most of all that i have the knowledge of the restored
gospel in my life and that i can live peacefully knowing that i am in
good hands :)
love you all!
Zuster Jones