Week 21 (21 t/m 27 mei)

We had a very unusual sunny week, this hole week was like a dream coming true: sun all the time, IN ENGLAND! It feld like I'm serving in France! Our investigator Steven is amazing! He told us yesterday that he feels like the church has already improved his life a lot. Although things don’t always get in immediately, he is very determined to be baptised and loves to learn from us. He is doing is best to stop smoking and has already quit drinking. He said that Saturday evening, some of his friends came to ask him if he would come out to drink a few beers with him and he refused. He is unwavering and already came three times to church now! Oh and he got really sunburned :p

week 20 (14 t/m 20 mei)

Jheeeeej! We hebben een hele goede onderzoeker genaamd Steven Smith. Hij is nu twee keer naar de kerk gekomen en wilt graag gedoopt worden. Hij genoot erg veel van de kerkdiensten en probeert nu om te stoppen met smoken en drinken wat erg moeilijk voor hem is. het leven is goed!

Week 19 (7 t/m 13 mei)

I enjoy my mission so much with Elder Stubbs. I learn much from him about the scriptures. Yesterday I learned from him where you can find in the bible that we should pray to God the Father in the name of Christ (Colossians 3:17). And this morning a learned about why the bible doesn’t clearly mentions the people in the America’s (3 Nephi 15:15).

Last week we found Steven Smith. After that we were not able to teach him more but he came with us to church last Sunday. He really enjoyed the lessons and the members were very kind to him. He is also struggling to stop smoking but when he got to church his desire to smoke was vanished and he had no problems for a time. In the time that he normally smokes 10 he only smoked 2 cigarettes. He is very open minded and I just have this feeling that Steven will be baptised for sure.

Groetjes!

Elder Methorst

Week 13 (26 maart t/m 1 april)

Deze week vroeg de zendingspresident om mijn conversionstory te schrijven en de rede waarom ik op een zending wilde. Omdat veel mensen dat niet weten (waaronder mijn familie:S), hier dus de rede waarom ik in God geloof en lid ben van deze kerk en de rede waarom ik op een zending ben:

When I was seventeen I went to a birthdayparty of a friend of mine. When we were talking, religion came up at some of his friends asked me why I believe in God. They said that they think that no one can know but also that no one can say that he does not exists. I had no idea how to respond on his question.

When I came home I pondered about what had happened and came to the conclusion that I did not know if God was truly there, but, I did want to know. I decided to pray every night to ask God that I might know. The first night, nothing happened, I felt totally nothing. The second night, the exact same happened and so the third but the forth night I prayed to know if God was there and if the Book of Mormon was true. When I said “amen” to that pray this amazing feeling came over me! I felt so close to him, so warm inside and so peaceful that I felt the tears rolling over my cheeks.

I did not change much, unfortunately, but after a few years I had other questions about if Thomas S. Monson was the prophet, the apostles, the Pearl of Great Price, the Bible and if these things were of God. Every question was answered the same way, by this amazing warm feeling inside.

The reason why I wanted to go on a mission, well, I always wanted to go on a mission, even when I was around 9 years, I took the missionaries once to my primary school to tell them about it! (als ik het me goed herriner? is dat waar mam/ pap?) But when I was fellowshipping the missionaries while I was studying I had an amazing experience with one of the investigators. The missionaries always took me to the same lady, I’ve seen her progress from the beginning until the time that she was baptised. I saw the great change that the gospel brought her and the increased happiness that came into her life. That made me want to go on my mission so that I could do the same to others around the world.

Groetjes!

Week 12 (19 t/m 25 maart)

A great miracle that we have seen this last week was with Roxanne. She is 23 years old. We met her on the street, she said she was busy and needed to get her kids from school but she gave us her address. No phone number, and no time. When we were in the area, we knocked by last Friday, she said she was busy but would have time the next day. The following day we knocked by again and she was glad to see us. We taught her the Restoration and she was very receptive and wanted to change. She said she would read and pray about the Book of Mormon and she invited herself to come to church. She wasn’t there unfortunately but we will keep the faith!

Something I begin to understand more and more is the purpose of God: “to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.” Elder Cofone was wondering how God could not be prideful with all his glory, when he said that, my understanding got enlightened. I realized the God is constantly focusing on others, to help them progress and fulfill their potential. Then, this morning I read in 2 Nephi 2:30 about Lehi’s object: “ And I have no other object then the eternal welfare of your souls.” Lehi understood that, in order to become like God, we need to have the same goal, and that is to help others. Also a thought that came up to me is the verse “as we are in the service of our fellow beings, we are only in the service of our God.” As we help others, we help God fulfill his goal.   

Groetjes,

Elder Methorst

Week 11 (12 t/m 18 maart)

Vorige week ontmoette we een man die eerder zendelingen had ontmoet. Hij was toen dronken en schreeuwde naar de zendelingen. Baz, de man, bood nu zijn excuses aan en wilde meer weten over waar we in geloven. Hij zei ook dat hij een vriend had genaamd Martin, die bij hem in woont die ook hulp kan gebruiken. Juist nadat hij dat gezegd had kwam die vriend dezelfde straat op lopen! Martin had veel vragen voor ons. We maakten een afspraak om zijn vragen te beantwoorden. Toen we bij hun langs kwamen vertelde Baz dat hij een alcoholic is en Martin dat hij verslaafd is aan heroïne. We probeerde hun vragen te beantwoorden en vertelde hun hoe we aan het Boek van Mormon kwamen en legde uit wie Joseph Smith was. Toen we spraken over dat Joseph God en Christus zag zeiden ze dat ze iets heel goeds voelde en Baz kwam zelfs dichterbij zitten zodat hij het beter kon horen. Toen we de volgende dag langs kwamen hadden ze veel vragen over Joseph Smith en zei Baz dat hij niet kon geloven dat er een "tweede bijbel" kon zijn en dat hij, wat hij hem hadden verteld, niet kon geloven. Hij had duidelijk veel anti-mormon verhalen gelezen op het internet en was ook dronken... maar, hij zou van het boek van Mormon lezen om te zien wat er in staat.

Verder zijn we twee keer uiteten geweest met de leden van de kerk hier. Voordat ik in Wigan was ben ik nooit met leden uiteten geweest dus dat was erg leuk, en vooral lekker.

Dat was het wel weer,

Cheers!

Elder Methorst

Week 10 (5 t/m 11 maart)

A great event this week was Gerald McMahom a less active. He recently moved into the Wigan area from somewhere around Oldham to live closer to one of his daughters. That daughter had a look on the church website and  asked him if he would like to get in touch with the church again which he explained, he really wanted. Through the office we got his details and gave him a call, saw him last week and he said we would come back to church. Unfortunately, when we gave him a call Sunday morning he said he was not feeling well but that he will come the following week. I am confident that he will come next week! His desire to come back is enormous but he might feel a bit uncomfortable to be in a new ward.

Niet zoveel bijzonders deze week maar komende week zien we zeker meer wonderen.

Groetjes!

Elder Methorst

Week 9 (27 feb t/m 4 maart),

I had an invigorated week! Our greatest miracle was with Bethany Swarbrick, she is the youngest daughter of the Swarbrick family. Most of the Swarbrick family got baptised just before I came to Wigan, only Bethany (9), her little brother and the father did not join when the rest was taught.  At the end of a normal lesson for the converted family, Bethany came to see us (she normally waits until we are gone before she goes back into the living room) and told us she read a bit of the Book of Mormon. Elder Cofone then asked her if she wanted to be taught as well, she replied “Yes”, then Elder Cofone asked her if she wants to be baptised, she replied “Yes!”. The room was silent for a second and then Lucy, one of her sisters said “Oh, Bethany wants to be baptised!” in her wigan accent. I feld chuffed to bits! I never experienced the happiness I feld for someone else like that, I was smiling and jumping and I was the happiest person on the planet! My heart was filled with joy and consolation! =D

We taught her the restoration the following day and explained the confusion of the many churches with different chocolates and her sisters were all saying that their particular chocolate was the best chocolate there is. We explained that Joseph Smith wanted to know which chocolate was actually the best chocolate there was and asked God. Then he had to restore the best chocolate: Lidt. She understood it perfectly and I’m sure the rest of the family also enjoyed the lesson.

I also had a splendid exchange with Elder Marjanen. He is a great missionary, he talks to everyone and I could really see that he has a sincere love for the people he serves. I also got to see Avril again, an investigator of Southport that Elder Delaibatiki and I found during our exchange in Southport! It was wonderful to see that she is doing well and is trying to learn from us. When Elder Marjanen and I were talking about asking God to know that what we share is true, she replied: “I know that what you say is true, why else would you come all the way to me to tell me something that is not true?”. She an lovely woman but unfortunately she finds it hard to remember things because she had an accident.

Another great blessing from heaven is Imant. We met him on the street where he showed where he lives and asked us to come by another time. We now already saw him three times. Imant is from Latvian but speaks Russian. He actually got kicked out of his parents’ house because he is catholic and firmly believes in God. He is a very strong believer and such a good person, there is just no evil in that man. He moved to England because of the economic circumstances in Latvian but his English is not the best. His wife and his daughter are still living in Latvian but will visit him in a few weeks. He has a different point of view on the Godhead but has a very good knowledge of what Mormons believe in. We are learning him English which we partially do by reading the book of Mormon in english.

With other words, life is good in Wigan!

Grtz,

Elder Methorst

Week 8 (20 t/m 26 februari)

We were finding in the area where bishop wanted us to find when we saw two chavs walking (chavs are young men with hoods and sometimes smoking weed). We spoke to them and they, Kurt and Mike, seemed really interested. We were next to the McDonalds and offered to share more with them outside the Mac. We taught them the restoration, gave them a Book of Mormon and made another appointment with them. They said that the McDonalds would be the best place to meet so our next appointment was at the McDonalds. Later that week we confirmed the appointment and they were, exactly on the minute, on time at the Mac! But that's not the only thing, they brought a friend with them! The third person, Callum, said he believes in the evolution theory but that he was interested to learn more. During the Plan of Happiness lesson, Callum and Kurt were really into the lessons and gave good answers to the questions and seemed to understand everything we taught them. Unfortunately they were not at church but we will bring them to an activity this Tuesday.

I love the Wigan members here. Some members really do their best to make us feel welcome in their ward, they give us cereals, fruits and we were even invited to a Italian restaurant. We were also able to celebrate the 89th birthday of sister Porter with Finish (Elder Marjanen) and Dutch birthday songs. We asked her if she had any requests and asked us if each of us could say a prayer before we leave. After the four prayers we were all quiet for a few moments and we all felled this wonderful warm feeling coming over us. I'm sure that this visit made her birthday a special day for her, especially because she barely had any visits.

groetjes!

Elder Methorst

Week 7 (13t/m 19 februari)

We had a vivaciously superlative week full of miracles! Last Thursday we had three new investigators. We first contacted a referral from Southport. His name is Ethan and when we knocked by he had a few moments for us. He was really into the lessen and wants to read the Book of Mormon. He is a very busy student though so it's hard to see him frequently but he has a good hard and I'm sure that he'll progress.

Right after Ethan, when we were walking back to the flat for lunch, there were two, fifteen years old, chavs standing at a house and yelled to us that God doesn’t exists on which we asked them how they knew and we bore our testimony on how we came to know that God actually does exists. We then asked them, Nathan and Josh, if we could come in to share how they could know it for themselves and asked if their parent would be okay with that. They responded that they were living in a care house and that it was okay for us to come in. We taught them how Christs church came to be and about the Book of Mormon and they both wanted to be baptised on the 10th of march. One of them even said a prayer which was the first prayer that person ever uttered.

Yesterday evening we met another boy on the street, he said he believes in science but was willing to hear us out. We taught him the message of the restoration and gave him a Book of Mormon which he is willing to read and pay about.

I also saw a great miracle on an exchange in Southport with Elder Delaibatiki. There we met a woman in a wheelchair who has a strong believe. When we asked her what brought her the most happiness in her life she responded: "The Bible." She told us how the scriptures brought her comfort in her life and that she reads from the bible every evening. We taught her about the restoration of the church and about the Book of Mormon which she really wants to read, if she has a bigger copy. She wants to be baptised and to come to church with us. She already said that she would take another wheelchair with her which is lighter so that it would be easier to get her to church!

I loooove my mission!

Groetjes!

Week 6 (6 t/m 12 februari)

Mijn nieuwe collega van Trinidad, Elder Cofone, is GEWELDIG! Hij lacht de hele dag en praat met iedereen. Ook leerde hij me om een goeie spaghetti te maken (hij was een chefkok in een Italiaans restaurant!) De leden hier in Wigan zijn ook erg aardig en sociaal. Wat erg grappig was dat een lid van Birkenhead waar ik net vandaan kwam, in Wigan was voor de zondag omdat hij hier familie heeft! Was erg grappig om hem hier te zien. Mocht Ezra Steinvoorte dit ooit lezen (wat waarschijnlijk niet gebeurd): Ben Monks, van jouw zending, is hier in Wigan en herinnert jouw nog goed.

Verder gaat er iemand van deze wijk de komende woensdag op zending naar Zuid-Afrika en hadden we een lekker feestje hier in Wigan met de leden.

Er zijn hier niet veel mensen die we onderwijzen maar de afgelopen week vonden we iemand die erg geïnteresseerd is. Haar naam is Lianne, ze heeft ook een zoon van 9 die ook betrokken was met de les. Lianne heeft veel, heel veel vragen. Telkens als ik een vraag beantwoord heeft ze alweer een andere vraag voordat ik het antwoord gegeven heb... Maar vragen zijn erg goed en we zijn erg blij dat we haar gevonden hebben.

Groetjes!

Week 5 (30 jan. t/m 5 feb.)

Vandaag ben ik overgeplaatst van Birkenhead naar Wigan! Ik was maar een kleine 6 weekjes in Birkenhead! D:< Ik had het daar erg naar m'n zin maar President Preston heeft besloten dat Birkenhead zusters nodig heeft... Ik snap alleen niet waarom ze niet ons in Birkenhead lieten en ons hielpen met 2 extra zendelingen want Birkenhead heeft 395.000 inwoners (hoorden we van onze nieuwe bisschop). Verder hadden we daar geweldige onderzoekers maar het is niet anders.

Maar ja, ik zit ik dus in Wigan wat niet ver weg is van mijn oude plaats, ipv het zuiden zit ik nu in het noorden van Liverpool, en mijn oude collega Elder Raybould zit in dezelfde district als mij, hij is een beetje meer zuidelijk dan mij dus ik zie hem gelukkig nog een paar keer voordat hij naar huis gaat. (hij is in St Helens)

De afgelopen dagen gingen we langs de leden die we erg mochten en die in de buurt wonen want we hadden niet veel tijd omdat we onze appartement moesten diep reinigen voor de nieuwe zuster zendelingen. Van een lid dat niet al te lang geleden gedoopt is kreeg ik een Album dat zijzelf gemaakt had, was erg grappig, ze kan aardig zingen maar de liedjes en die manier waarop ze het gezongen heeft is best grappig. Ja we hadden geweldige leden en onderzoekers waar de nieuwe zusterzendelingen erg blij mee gaan zijn.

Mijn nieuwe collega is Elder Cofone, hij komt uit Trinidad en is nu juist een jaar op zending. Hij was vroeger een chefkok en kan geweldig koken, deze komende tijd ga ik dus enorm veel leren van hem. Hij is erg makkelijk in omgang dus dat gaat zeker een geweldige tijd met hem worden. Hij spreekt een paar woordjes kriool maar niet zoveel. Ik had van iemand in Birkenhead geleerd dat "wag wan" hoe gaat het betekent dus toen ik hem voor het eerst zag zei ik Wag wan man? waarom hij erg moest lachen.

Week 4 (23 t/m 29 januari)

This week went, fast. It seemed we didn't got outside that much this week, monday P-day, Wednesday training, Thursday weekly planning, from Friday to Saterday Elder Raybould was not well and Sunday church. But nethertheless, we had a great week!

We were able to teach Steve this week about the Word of Wisdom. It was a great lesson. I could feel the Spirit during that lesson. He was so willing to follow it. He said he tried to stop smoking before but through this he now has more motivation to stop and he already gave his tea to his neighbour.

Unfortunately Steve wasn't at church on Sunday but Bill and Leslie came. It was the first time for Leslie to come to church and this was quite an unusual sunday: we got a new Bishop! Old bishop Dore and the new Bishop Doughty both got emotional during the sacrament meeting, the Spirit was there and although is was a bit unusual for our investigators, they both feld really good during the meeting and are persistent to come again.

Wat leuke feitjes van de zending:

We hebben hier een een lid die pro-Nederlands is. Hij houd meer van Nederland dan de Nederlanders zelf en hij zingt liedjes van Ajax en Feijenoord.

(Als er leden van Den Haag dit lezen, vraag Onne de Jonge naar Andrew Pickering!)

Ook onderwijzen we nu iemand met een Bently, Ben with the Bently. (Hij is wel erg druk dus het is vrij moeilijk om een afspraak met hem te maken)

Cheers,

Elder Methorst

Week 3 (16 t/m 22 januari),

Our Investigator Bill is really enjoying our lessons. He also came to church with us and feld really good. Unfortunately he told us that his wife was not very happy that he is doing something religious but I'm sure that he will be determined to investigate the church. He's already feeling much more peaceful because of it and really enjoys the gospel principles class. I hope that is wife can see the positive change that he is making.

An other amazing investigator is Leslie Santo. She asks a lot of good questions and with the help of brother Doughty we were able to answer them. Brother Dougthy even offered her a lift to church. Unfortunately she was not feeling well on sunday but she will come next week to church.

Our other amazing investigator is Steve Swanick. He was also not feeling well on sunday but will come next week. This week we were able to teach him to his needs. I can really see him grow in faith, happiness and testimony. He relies on God now and sees the fruits from it.

I also had a great exchange with Elder Jackson. He's a superlative district leader. Runcorn is doing so well now! During our exchange we were teaching people all the time. They really have been working hard there.

Geniet van de week!

Elder Methorst

Week 2 (9 t/m 15 januari)

This week we went to see our golden potential investigator Bill and June. When we came in their house it felt like we had a tea appointment with a regular member family. Bill is so prepared! They told us that they have been taught 10 years ago and he was reading a chapter a day from the book of mormon for the last three weeks (three weeks before we met them!). Bill has polio and said it would be hard for him to come, also because his grandson would be there on sunday, but if it would be possible for him to come he would be there. His wife had to work on sunday so she was not able to come. On sunday, Bill was there! The speakers were talking about being and doing, and that we have to strive to be like Christ (the same theme as the assistance gave during the multi conference). Bill loved it and felt amazing. The gospel principles class by sister Roberts was also a great lesson for him. We did the first lesson about our Heavenly Father. She gave him his own principles book and he said he really did enjoy it and would certainly come next week. He is also looking forward for our next appointment this coming week.

Another prepared person we taught this week for the first time is Leslie. Met met her on the street 2 weeks ago, she's a lovely person and we tried to call her ever since but she didn't answer. When we knocked on her door on saterday she was so happy to see us and was disappointed we couldn't come in right away. She happily had time the next evening (on sunday) and she was looking forward for our visit. When we came the following day with a fellowshipper, Brother Leslie Roberts, she opened the door and looked very ill. Her eyes were almost fully closed and she told as she had a bad migraine. Nevertheless she let us come in. Brother Roberts immediately asked if she would want a blessing and she agreed. Elder Raybould did the anointing and brother Roberts gave her a blessing that she would be fully healed so that she would be able to hear the missionaries. When we said "amen", she opened her eyes and her migraine was totally gone! We had an amazing lesson and she would read from the book of Mormon and agreed to be baptised if she would receive an answer.

Our other investigator Steve wouldn't answer his phone the hole week and wasn't there during the time we would've had an appointment. We knocked on his door yesterday and he explained he had no credit for his phone and that he was very busy the last couple of days but would have more time this coming period. We said he would have time the next evening and also told us that unless he was busy he did read the chapter we gave him to read last time and that he really enjoyed it. So, we'll see him today.

Grtz!

Elder Methorst

Week 1 (2 t/m 8 januari)

This week, Elder Raybould got a dream in which he heard "westminster". When we looked on the map where there is a Westminster road and it appeared that there is a Westminster drive in the area where our bishop wanted us to focus on. When we went tracting on that road a lady opened the door, when see saw who we are see went back to get her husband. He told us that they've been taught before by a american Elder from California and a German elder on which we responded that Elder Raybould is origanally from California and that my parents live in Germany. Full of suprisement he then explained that three weeks ago he feld inspired to read the book of mormon. He found it on the internet and has been reading a chapter every day for three weeks! He didn't know why he had to read it but he just did it. He also said that he wanted to get in contact with the church but that he did not know how to do that. We then explained the reason why we were on this road and we were all standing amazed and astonished. We all felt and knew that this was not an accident that we met. We made an appointment for this thursday, I cant wait to see them!

This weekly focus was to read chapters about Christ and the atonement and I read some of the talks in the blue binder about Christ and the atonement which made my appreciation for the atonement increase and I got a better understanding about it. Later on, we taught Steve, our progressing investigator again. We taught him about faith and repentance. During that lesson I was able to explain repentance much better because I studied the atonement so much. The Spirit filled us all during the lesson and I could feel that Steve in reality did understand what repentance is all about.

After a lesson with Louise, a recent convert, we we're just talking with our fellowshipper about how the lesson went when suddenly we saw a lady screaming with a man in black who was trying to get away with something. When we got nearer we saw that the man was stealing the dog of Louise who we just taught! The man, who is her ex, claimed that the dog was his and Louise said it was hers while they were struggling the dog! Their screams got the attention from some neighbours who called the police for the dogs sake who was getting struggled. After less than two minutes there were four cops! Eventually the dog went to Louise because she had prove that the dog was living on her adress and one of the neighbours gave her witness about what just happened.

Ik had het het liefst in het nederlands willen sturen maar heb er gewoon geen tijd voor.

Veel succes met het zoeken van een nieuwe auto. Hopelijk geniet pap van de hapjes.

Elder Methorst

Week 52

It has been a great week! I got to meet a lot of members here in the Moreton ward, they are amazing. We've had a tea appointment every day except for yesterday, all the members here are very welcoming. At one of the tea appointments one of the members asked us both to give a talk, that was a great privilege. The first sunday in the ward and I had the opportunity to give a talk. That was a great way for me to get closer to the members here.

I would also like to share a great blessing through one of those tea appointments with a couple called the Murphy's. Brother Murphy is not a member, yet, and I've heard from Elder Raybould that a lot of missionaries tried to teach him but that that had the opposite effect but the last few missionaries were able to start to build up a relationship with him. During are time with Murphy's we had a great conversation about happiness and we could see that he really did enjoy it. The next day we received a text from sister Murphy in which she thanked us for the great conversation and that it did do really well on brother Murphy and about his view towards the church. This is a great testimony to me that sharing our happiness as a honest friend can do miracles.

This week we also had the change to teach Steve. Steve is an investigator. Elder Raybould and I taught him in a different way as I normally did a lesson, we asked a lot of inspired questions and he was really open towards us. The things which happend to him in the past made him very open to receive the restored gospel in his life. Although we didn't got to teach him a lot of doctrines, the Spirit was very strong in the room. An miracle that happend during that lesson was that Elder Raybould asked him at the end of our conversation if he wanted to be baptised in which he responded: "I wanted to ask about that before you would leave." He wanted to be baptised and he made the goal to be baptised at the 28th of Januari. He would also come with us to church but unfortunately he was not there last sunday but hopefully he will be there this sunday.

It is wonderful to serve with Elder Raybould, he is a very uplifting missionary and I really enjoy every minute with him. I can already see that there will be no single second that we will have any contentions between each other.

I am also very happing with the new weekly focus which is to read every day a chapter about Jesus Christ and the atonement. I hope to keep the habbit for the rest of my life, understanding the atonement more fully will certainly increase my desire to share the gospel even more. Our zoneleaders Elders Rapata and Ashcraft were truly inspired with the weekly focus!

Bedankt voor de mail en tot volgende week! hopelijk heb ik dan meer tijd om te schrijven.

Groetjes!

Week 51

Kerst was echt fantastisch! na het skypen was er een groot, groot kerstmaaltijd voorbereid met kalkoen en alles. Ik denk dat er zo'n 14 mensen aan tafel waren en we hadden een erg gezellige tijd. Hopelijk was het ook erg leuk bij jullie met de familie en later de zendelingen.

Op dit moment mail ik vanuit Bickenhead, onder Liverpool. We hebben hier een erg groot zendingsgebied waarvan grotendeels rijken mensen wonen. Vanuit onze flat is een schitterend zicht op Liverpool. De beste flat om oud en nieuw in te vieren want wij hebben hier een perfect zicht op het vuurwerk waarschijnlijk.

Mijn nieuwe collega is Elder Raybould uit Amerika, Calafornie die later verhuisde naar Utah. Hij is een erg ervaren zendeling en houd veel van muziek en was een drummer in een pop/rock band:D Een goede match hier dus, ik geniet erg van de tijd hier met hem.

Toen we hier aankwamen reed een echtpaar naar onze flat om een eten af te geven, de leden zijn hier echt enorm aardig voor wat ik gehoord en gezien heb zover.

Alvast een gelukkig en gezond 2012!

Elder Methorst

Week 50

Het was een geweldige week vol met kerst sfeer alhoewel veel huizen wel wat extra verlichting kunnen gebruiken. Deze week hebben we Ryan een paar keer lesgegeven. Hij is erg positief en leest uit het Boek van Mormon en wil graag gedoopt worden. Hij was de afgelopen week naar gezindsavond voor jongere geweest wat erg gezellig was. Dr was een spel waarbij, als de muziek stopt, je een opdracht moet doen. Om een voorbeeld te geven, toen ik aan de beurt was moest degene tegenover mij een aanzoek voor mij doen... we hebben erg gelachen. Later kwam naar een christmas party waar ook weer spellen en een quiz was. Hij (en vooral ook ik) had het erg naar zijn zin en voelt zich volgens mij al erg thuis. Morgen gaan we het huis van zijn oma verven, hopelijk gaat dat goed met 4 linker handen.

Voor de rest begint het hier steeds kouder te worden, de afgelopen dagen heeft het 's nachts gevroren waardoor het erg glad is op de voetpaden (vooral omdat het overdags wilt regenen en dan 's nachts vriest). Voor mij is dat erg normaal voor in de winter en ik geniet er erg van om over de straten te schaatsen (met schoenen) maar mijn AUSTRALISCHE collega die vorige jaar kerst doorbracht een in auto komt maar nauwelijks vooruit...

Komende week mag ik ook mijn familie skypen waar ik erg naar uit kijk. Kerst is zo slecht nog niet (afgezien van de kou, ongelukken, tenen die niet meer voelbaar zijn en mensen die het al laat vinden als je om 5 uur 's middags aanbelt en de studenten die niet meer hier in Lancaster zijn vanwege de vakantie...)