September 8, 2014
Geliefde Familie:
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| Woo a'dam! |
Oh my, oh my goodness. This week was fun. We left Lelystad a lot, actually. We went to Amsterdam last Monday and toured around a bit, which was lovely (I'll send pictures in a sec), and we went to Enkhuizen (across the dijk in Noord Holland), which is a super old and beautiful little town to look up a bunch of inactives, and I went to Zoetermeer on an exchange with Zr Watkins and GW! It was a blast and we talked a lot about squares and how we never want to marry one or become one.
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| Enkhuizen is so cute and it's only like 30 km away from this hideous place, I don't get it. |
Marit. We had a great lesson with her too. She
broke up with her boyfriend, who was not good for her at all. We went in and
read 2 Nephi 2 with her because she hadn't read it. She was asking amazing
questions throughout and at the end of the lesson, she told us that she
was planning on dropping us, but that chapter made her curious and want to
learn more. We then were able to testify about how the Spirit works when we
actually read the Book of Mormon. She promised to come to church, and was even
on board when we texted her Saturday night, but didn't show up. Jammer genoeg.Back to the subject line. CHARLIE. She is
amazing. I love teaching young people! They're so smart and so teachable at the
same time. I love it. We were talking to her this week about the Word of Wisdom
and the Law of Chastity. The first lesson was awesome. She totally got it. Some
people don't get why tea is bad, but we explained to her that it is addictive
and she got it really fast. My favorite quote of hers during that lesson was
after Zr AA said "Studies have shown that members of the LDS Church are
some of the healthiest people in the world." She goes, "I'm becoming
a part of the healthiest clan in the world?" So yeah, from there it was
pretty easy to set a baptismal date. We have to wait until she's 18, so I'll
already be home, but that's actually not that far away and hopefully I can Skype
in. We are praying that she'll be able to find strength in this time that Satan
will definitely be trying her faith.
I need to explain something about Harry
Potter. In your last few years at Hogwarts, you basically start thinking about
what you want to become, and Harry decides in book 6 that he wants to become an
Auror. An Auror is someone who is trained to fight Dark Magic. Basically, you
have to pass some tests and prove yourself--much like getting a real degree in
our Muggle world. So, as I sort of start to think about what I'm going to do
with my life, I feel a lot like Harry. He wants to be an Auror so that he can
best prepare for fighting Voldemort. Now, listen, I am sure most of you know
how much I love HP, but this is serious! Satan is just as real for us as
Voldemort was for Harry. Harry knew that he'd come in contact with some scary
things in his life. We are just the same. The adversary is out there and he
wants to destroy us, so we have to make sure that we are becoming Aurors too.
Whatever I study, whatever I DO really, it's either preparing me for the
challenges ahead or not. That said, I still don't know what I'm going to do
with my life. But for now, I guess I'm building up my Spiritual protection
pretty well, so I'll just keep finding, teaching, and baptizing.
MISSION CONFERENCE WITH ELDER BALLARD THIS
WEEK IM STOKED OMG
Grammy, thank you, thank you, thank you for
that package! I love it! The necklace is so pretty and of course, a girl can
never get too many Reese's. Bless your soul. And ironically, the morning before
I got it, I was thinking about how I wanted more notebooks, and then BOOM, two
super cute ones just showed up at my apartment. I can always count on you to
read my mind.
Adventure of the week: burned a tortilla in
the oven, so we opened the back door to let it air out. The smoke alarm went
off and everything haha. Anyway, later that night as we were shutting the door
(yes, it is a two person job...) my companion screamed "SISTER SISTER OH
NO OH NO OH NO" So I'm like "WHAT DID WE SMASH YOUR FINGER" but
she then whispered that the neighbor was naked on the balcony smoking. I was
like "OH NO, did you see...?" She goes, "YES I SAW HIS HAIRY
NAKED BUTT" in a whisper scream hahahahahah Poor thing. She was pretty
affected by that trauma.
I've been thinking a lot about what President
Uchtdorf said about gratitude being the catalyst for all Christ like
attributes. When we think about Spiritual Gifts and how we need to first
develop Christ like attributes before we can have them, it makes me realize how
necessary it is to be grateful. It just took me like 30 seconds to think of the
word 'necessary' in English. Oh no.
Mom, do we know when we're going to be in Utah
over the break yet?
Well, IK HOU VAN JULLIE! Have a great week!
Liefs,
Zr Heilner
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| Rijks Museum in A'dam |
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| Familie Lub that took us to Enkhuizen. It takes 20 minutes to drive across the dijk. |
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