so funny crazy stories from this week, because yes missionary life is
sometimes just nuts and this week was definitely no exception.
saturday night we had an appt with a woman that i had met at a bus
stop about a month earlier.  i had just started a small conversation
with her but she spoke very broken dutch and french so the
communication was very difficult. but we exchanged information and she
said that she wanted to make us couscous (shes from morrocco, which
also means shes muslim). she called us but it wasnt on our priority
list to visit her because we knew it wouldnt lead to much. so after
she called a few times we decided it would be good to make an appt.
we show up at her house that is on the crazy graffitied side alley
with a member of the ward that speaks french and after about 45 mins
of awkward not really understanding each other conversation we say ok
well we have to get going b (sorry i just got interrupted by an elder
calling with a skin question haha) ok so we told her we had to get
going but then shes like no, i made you dinner and my friends are
coming over.  it was 8pm at this time and we are supposed to be home
at 9.. we just looked at each other with wide eyes because when a
morrocan person makes you dinner it is a feest and you have to eat
everything.  sure enough she brings out a feest and her 2 african
friends join us and keep enforcing the fact that we need to eat more.
the coolest part was that she had specifically told these two men to
come over because they were christian and wanted to know more about
mormons! so even though we were sitting in the tiny apartment getting
forced to finish every thing on the table when we werent hungry to
begin with and even though we were super late getting home, we got a
man to read the book of mormon so it was worth it :)  then we leave
the apartment to try to quickly get home and there was a huge fight
that broke out in front of us in the tram station. so im on the phone
with our district leader to tell him we will be late and then he hears
yelling and screaming and i have to explain to him that we were caught
up between a bunch of muslim teenagers going at it.  we ran out to the
far back of the station to get away from it and got home saftely but
it was a pretty funny crazy night.  the best part was seeing my
companion witness her first crazy appt haha i loved it.
merry christmas!! love you all
zuster j