Belgian keyboards make me cry

This is gonna be short, probably, because I have a pretty decent amount of time, but this keyboard is AZERTY. Hereùs q sentence typed zithout fixing things. Really annoying, right? Ah well. I'll deal with it!

Belgium is pretty cool! I do have to say that it kinda stinks here (in some places more than kinda), but so far my least favorite thing is that the keyboards are different, so I'm fine. :) Vlaams is pretty much ridiculous though. Haha. Think... Irish people in English. It's still Dutch, but barely, and so accented! I'm getting used to it slowly. :) I'm excited to see Oma and Opa on Wednesday[they are still in Deventer], and to go to the temple! It's been SOOOO LONG.

We have a baptism on Saturday! His name is I and he is marvelous. He is from Kyrgmenistan... Did I spell that right? He's super neat and I'm so excited for him :) We saw some super cool miracles this week,

Hey! Gruppman! I still have not met them but hope to. I'm glad the concert zas good! [Parents went to a concert conducted by Igor Gruppman who also lives in Rotterdam part of the time.]

Sister Clement is fantastic! 

Thank you for all of your support and prayers - I have been feeling them lately. Especially with this transfer... I didn't really feel ready to leave Deventer, but there's a reason I need to be here, I know!

I love you so much!

Zuster Anjewierden

T-t-t-t-transfers!

Last P-day in Deventer - 

I'm sure going to miss this place. I love these members and the missionaries who serve here (like my grandparents!). I've made some incredible friends here (like my JoVos... :( ) and my goodness, I've learned so much. I'm excited for the change, but it may not be an easy transition.

Wish I could write more, but I've got no time...

Turnhout, Belgium... Sister Clement... Here I come!

Miracles and Confereeeence!

Oh my goodness I hope you all loved conference as much as I did. I still haven't been able to hear the last session. Bah! It's driving me nuts. I may be able to in just a little bit here... We'll see.

As I've been out on my mission, I've realized that phrases like "That was lucky" and "how ironic" and "what a coincidence" are just a lie! Nothing is chance; nothing is coincidence. The Lord is so aware of all of his children, and he has a plan for EACH of us, not just everyone as a general whole!

Sister Townsend always told me that General Conference was a time of miracles, and I was able to see that these past few days! On Saturday we visited a referral - a man named L , who is a refugee from Afghanistan. He converted to Christianity about a year and a half ago here in the Netherlands! We invited him to come to General Conference that night. He loved it and asked to come the next day. He spent the entire day with us yesterday at the church! We haven't even had an official lesson with him yet and he's already said he'd like to prepare to be baptized. Very neat, very faithful man. We have an appointment with him tomorrow - I'll let you know what happens!

We also found J! Turns out she was here the whole time! There was some weird thing that happened where she was sent to Amsterdam because they wanted to deport her, but then, after being kept there for 3 days, she was sent back. The government said there was no reason for her to be deported... Go figure. We just happened to see her as we went to visit L on Saturday - she lives in the same camp that he does. It was absolutely not any coincidence. We have a lesson with her tomorrow as well!

Another neat thing about this week is that we have 3 dinner appointments that are with inactive members of our ward! We've really started to see the fruits of our efforts with the inactive and less-active members of this ward. Super cool! We're looking forward to keeping that up.

I was so inspired by conference. I am so excited to apply it in my work! This week I'm studying diligence, but I am also taking a leaf out of Elder Soares' book and studying the Christlike attribute of meekness along with that. I had a great study today and am excited to continue it this week. :) STUDY WITH MEEEE :)

We have temple conf in two weeks and I'm PSYCHED but I don't get to see the new movie because it won't be translated for like a year. :(

Amersfoort for church starts next week! (Moms side note: She will be traveling there to church, an hour away, while current building is being worked on.) Transfers are also next week so we'll see... Most trainers and trainees only stay together for two transfers...

Love you all -

Zuster Kira Anjewierden