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1st big news... im off to Haarlem on wednesday!  ok maybe i dont feel like that exclamation point at the end of the sentence right now but i know i will when i get there. and ive gone on exchanges with my new comp and i LOVE her so i know this will be a fun new adventure.  shes on her 3rd transfer so shell still have the greenie energy that i love :) im definitely leaving a huge chunk of my heart here in antwerpen though. thankfully i got to say goodbye to a lot of my fav people yesterday and i still have some appts tonight and tomorrow to get closure ;) serisously if you have low self esteem just go on a mission! these people just shower me with love and compliments, and gifts! haha this morning our ward mission leader called and was so sad that i was leaving that he showed up at our grocery store while we were shopping to buy me a box of truffles.  i love these people. 

well onto our week! it was a long one but definitely a good one!  we taught 3 new amazing people this week that i am soo sad that i will not be here to teach!  we have been teaching this older woman for a few weeks now that i had been trying to teach since my first transfer here that i absolutely love!  her husband died about 2 months ago, (we came to the door moments after he died in their house, i think i told you this before) so now shes a little stronger and loving the company that we bring as well.  she wanted to join the church before but her husband was stopping her and now shes starting to really understand the book of mormon and really wants to believe that she can be sealed to her family forever.  the miracle this week was that she told us to go visit her daughter (ive met her twice before) so we went by her house and had an amazing evening with her and her husband getting to know each other and discussing the gospel. they told us that they are looking for a church and want us to keep coming back to teach more.  oh im so sad i cant teach them, but i know i will be in contact with them after my mission, i have a really strong bond with this family. 

hmmm. i also got proposed to twice this week by african men and followed for a good 20 mins until we went and hid at a members house till they went away.  goodness sometimes i dont love living in a city and having blonde hair. 

i love my life :)

tot volgende week van nederland! ik hou van jullie!

zuster j