March 24, 2014
Geliefde Familie:
Well,
another week has CRAZILY come and gone. I cannot believe how fast time goes.
This is the last full week of this transfer. I'm on my sixth transfer, and
sisters have 12 in the land. YIKES.
Ha, I just opened a
new tab on this public computer in the library and half of the "most
used" links are from mormonchannel.org or lds.org
since I've used so many sites today haha. Missionary work. Speaking of, if you
guys ever need to write a talk, use scriptures.byu.edu. It's
great.
We thought it was
turning to springtime. We were wrong. We walked out of someone's house the
other day, into the SUNSHINE, and it began to HAIL. WHAT?! And it got cold
again! Oh well. It's getting better at least. It won't be like it was in
February again.
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It started hailing in the
sunshine..
So I went to Den Haag
this week! We slept there so that we would be closer to Leiden for Mission
Leader Council. We got really lost. Zr WB served there for two weeks, so she
got us pretty close to the apartment, but actually getting there was a little
difficult. But its okay, Zr GW came and saved us. It was fun getting to see her
again. She's there in a tri-panionship. Those three have the worst luck with
bikes, ever. And you guys thought I had it bad.
Well...my bike
situation update. So last Monday, I got a flat tire. But we had an appointment
with the ward mission leader that night, so I asked if he'd be able to come
help me fix it that night. He did, but then he realized that it wasn't a
problem with the tire, but with the actual wheel. It's the back wheel, which is
usually more expensive to buy new than a good bike...so he told me he would
look this week for an extra wheel. So nice of him.
I went on an exchange
with Zr Juchau (the end-all-be-all of a sister missionary. And it's her last
week before she goes. It was really sad. She gave me a lot of really good
advice though.) in Breda. I had a great time with her. She's a phenomenal
teacher and so selfless. Anyway, when I got back to Maastricht, I was really
confused why Zr WB was walking towards the bike stalls. I knew they had to have
taken the bus because the ward mission leader told me to just wait for a week
until he could find a replacement wheel. So I asked what she was doing and she
told me she and Zr S had achter opted from the apartment. I felt so bad
that she would have to carry me on the back of her bike back up to the
apartment. But she insisted. So we got to the bikes and she unlocked a green
bike that I had never seen before and claimed that she just had a random key.
But then I found out that while I was gone, Broeder van der Pluijm came to
Maastricht and dropped this bike off for me! And he wouldn't let me pay for it.
It's a lot different than my old bike, not quite as nice, but it was SO nice of
him to give me! I couldn't believe it. It would have been SUCH a pain to have
to use the bus the whole week, that was such a miracle.
So church was great.
We had Diana and Federica there. Since this ward is like little America, we
have potlucks every fourth Sunday. During the potluck, Diana went up and
asked a member if he would baptize her. When she came up and told Zr WB this,
we were so surprised. He of course said that it would be his honor. Anyway, Zr
WB asked Diana when she would like to do that, and she supposedly told Zr WB to
stop asking when haha. But that's AWESOME!
Federica is doing
well. We couldn't get in contact with her for a while, but we stopped by one
night and she let us in. She basically told us how she'd messed up and she
didn't want to come to church or institute to be around all the people at
church. We talked a lot about how church is not for perfect people and how when
we try to make changes in our lives, we usually fall. I'm so thankful that
Heavenly Father is longsuffering. What that means is that no matter how many
times we mess up, no matter how many times we say we're never going to sin
again, sometimes we fall, but Christ will never tire of helping us back up. We
wouldn't learn without the falls.
Well, exciting things
are happening here. I love getting to see the Lord's hand so often. I want
everyone to serve a mission. I learn so much every day about how Heavenly
Father looks out for us.
IK HOU VAN JULLIE. I
hope you have a great week.
Love,
Zr Heilner
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At the mission home--Zr Wood and Elder Lewis
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At the mission home--Elder Muse
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