this morning i had my first belgian snow fall! it was so beautiful and
i was really hoping to have snow to play in to take christmas pictures
but by 12 it started raining and now the snow is all gone :( maybe
tomorrow.  but that is not my exciting news! i will be staying here in
antwerpen and becoming a trainer!  its going to be a crazy transfer
but im excited :)  i was actually surprised i was staying but im
excited to really impliment the ideas i have now and see what can
really be accomplished here.
theyre trying really hard to find us a new appt right now because no,
we still have no hot water and our sinks are still clogged.. oh the
joys :) they are hoping to get us out of here by the 15th but its
really hard to find places to rent here. so still have all mail sent
to the mission office for now!  we did get to take 2 hot showers last
week though! we went to the mission home for a girls day of service
decorating the mission home and getting the christmas bags and cookies
ready for our christmas zone conference and we called president before
to ask if we could come early to shower.  they of course were happy to
help and let us stay the night in the mission home because they were
driving out to belgium the next day. it was so wonderful to be able to
spend some extra time with president and sister robinson and enjoying
their amazing hot rain showers :)
other than that there is not too much to report from last week.. it
was a difficult one missionary work wise and we lost a couple of my
favorite investigators so that was not fun for me but it just means
that the greenie and i will have a fresh start and lots of work to do!
im excited to get the chance to get to know the ward even better and
im especially excited to be here the next 2 weekends for the ward
christmas party and the young adult christmas missionary day (were
going to sing carols and have an ask a mormon booth with wrapped joy
to the world dvds and other missionary cards in the university part of
town).
love you all and happy holidays!
zuster j