Bonjour...eh! (Belgium accent;)
Hey there to everybody!!! So....yeah, I'm sitting here in the Liège,
Belgium apartment typing my email on my iPad and watching 'The
Testaments' and eating crêpes while me and the three other soeurs
celebrate our glorious Pday eve! HOLLA!!! It has been quite an
eventful week to say the least.
So, like I said alarms day was my last in St. Ouen. It was SUPER HARD
to leave! I love that ward soooooo much!! Soeur Ellis and I had
mangez-vous on Sunday night with la famille Futuka (they spent half the
night trying to set me up with their good friend in the Versailles
ward for after the mission...haha!), and then Monday we went to Sacré
Coeur and had another mangez-vous with la famille Borderie (who invited
me to hide out in their house instead of going to Belgium...haha!),
and Tuesday was jammed with saying goodbyes and later that night we
had another mangez-vous with la famille Lubanzadio. I have ever cried so
much leaving a ville! It was seriously the hardest thing of my life! I
am going to miss em SO much!! St. Ouen is da BEST! Soeur Ellis and I
had a hard time parting too. We spent a good amount of time packing
together while watching Ephraim's Rescue (I now have the entire film
memorized...#score!:). She is seriously an amazing missionary and I am
going to miss spending the day with her.
Well, Wednesday was transfer day. And it was by far one of the
craziest on the mish. So, the thing with Belgium is the train tickets
are really expensive-donc, usually they have the missionaries waiting
for a new companion stay in Brussels. So, I figured out once I got
dropped off in the gare full of elders that I was going to be the
single Soeur on the train. There was about 12 elders in all....two
other soeurs came later but we weren't on the same train. So, I ended
up riding the hour and a half train with my elder babysitters Elder
Kaohoni (He's my Hawaiian DL:) and Elder Ashcraft (from Idaho). We
spent at least half the ride explaining different ways to prepare
potatoes and what funeral potatoes and shepherd pie are. It was
memorable.
So, then after the ride, I got into Brussels and about 6 more elders
picked us up and they told me that Soeur Hansen my new comp was really
sick and ended up goin into the hospital. So, we ended up staying the
night in Brussels with the new senior couple the Norbys. But Soeur
Hansen and I were able to get to know each other a bit so that was
fun! Then Thursday we went to Liège! And man oh man is it cold here!
It feels like Halloweentown!! There is constant fog and it smells like
soup! But I love it! The accent is a little silly but he people are
really nice. The branch was kind and I like them. It's definitely an
adjustment from France! We did an open house for the 50th year
anniversary of the chapel on Saturday so I got to meet all the people
who have lived here for awhile. Super cool! Elder Kaohoni brought his
ukulele and was walking around he open house playing it. I asked him
if he liked IZ and the rest of the night he followed me around playing
"Somewhere over the rainbow":) haha! He is my new favorite elder! We
have an awesome district, so I am excited! I also got to eat frites
for the first time...super good!
Funny how things can change every transfer. It's cool to see how the
Lord helps us adapt out of our comfort zones. I like the saying, "I'm
a piece of work, but a work in progress." It's good to have change. I
keep reminding myself that everyday.
Well, I love you all and I hope you have a great week!!! Thank you for
the emails:)
Bisous,
Soeur Nelson
Hey there to everybody!!! So....yeah, I'm sitting here in the Liège,
Belgium apartment typing my email on my iPad and watching 'The
Testaments' and eating crêpes while me and the three other soeurs
celebrate our glorious Pday eve! HOLLA!!! It has been quite an
eventful week to say the least.
So, like I said alarms day was my last in St. Ouen. It was SUPER HARD
to leave! I love that ward soooooo much!! Soeur Ellis and I had
mangez-vous on Sunday night with la famille Futuka (they spent half the
night trying to set me up with their good friend in the Versailles
ward for after the mission...haha!), and then Monday we went to Sacré
Coeur and had another mangez-vous with la famille Borderie (who invited
me to hide out in their house instead of going to Belgium...haha!),
and Tuesday was jammed with saying goodbyes and later that night we
had another mangez-vous with la famille Lubanzadio. I have ever cried so
much leaving a ville! It was seriously the hardest thing of my life! I
am going to miss em SO much!! St. Ouen is da BEST! Soeur Ellis and I
had a hard time parting too. We spent a good amount of time packing
together while watching Ephraim's Rescue (I now have the entire film
memorized...#score!:). She is seriously an amazing missionary and I am
going to miss spending the day with her.
Well, Wednesday was transfer day. And it was by far one of the
craziest on the mish. So, the thing with Belgium is the train tickets
are really expensive-donc, usually they have the missionaries waiting
for a new companion stay in Brussels. So, I figured out once I got
dropped off in the gare full of elders that I was going to be the
single Soeur on the train. There was about 12 elders in all....two
other soeurs came later but we weren't on the same train. So, I ended
up riding the hour and a half train with my elder babysitters Elder
Kaohoni (He's my Hawaiian DL:) and Elder Ashcraft (from Idaho). We
spent at least half the ride explaining different ways to prepare
potatoes and what funeral potatoes and shepherd pie are. It was
memorable.
So, then after the ride, I got into Brussels and about 6 more elders
picked us up and they told me that Soeur Hansen my new comp was really
sick and ended up goin into the hospital. So, we ended up staying the
night in Brussels with the new senior couple the Norbys. But Soeur
Hansen and I were able to get to know each other a bit so that was
fun! Then Thursday we went to Liège! And man oh man is it cold here!
It feels like Halloweentown!! There is constant fog and it smells like
soup! But I love it! The accent is a little silly but he people are
really nice. The branch was kind and I like them. It's definitely an
adjustment from France! We did an open house for the 50th year
anniversary of the chapel on Saturday so I got to meet all the people
who have lived here for awhile. Super cool! Elder Kaohoni brought his
ukulele and was walking around he open house playing it. I asked him
if he liked IZ and the rest of the night he followed me around playing
"Somewhere over the rainbow":) haha! He is my new favorite elder! We
have an awesome district, so I am excited! I also got to eat frites
for the first time...super good!
Funny how things can change every transfer. It's cool to see how the
Lord helps us adapt out of our comfort zones. I like the saying, "I'm
a piece of work, but a work in progress." It's good to have change. I
keep reminding myself that everyday.
Well, I love you all and I hope you have a great week!!! Thank you for
the emails:)
Bisous,
Soeur Nelson