I'm a Bleu

[So, as stated before, my sister begins her mission in Belgium. I wanted to make sure her address was the first thing we all see so she gets as many letters as possible.

Soeur Chisholm

23 blvd. d'avory #71

4000 Liège

Belgium

So let’s all make a goal to write Caytee every now and then. Good plan. Now to her letter.]

Holy Cow, I'm in Belgium!! Our flight to Paris was nice and uneventful. I got a whole lot of writing in my journal done. Also, I was sitting in the middle of the plane so I had no windows. Apparently, people got a glimpse of the Eiffel Tower when we were flying in, but I didn't see anything. We landed and found the Babins. They took our luggage; then left us with the APs to take a train to St. Marie. On the train was our first contacting experience. I was super nervous and kind of waited until the last minute. The man I talked to was a contact out the MTC textbooks! It was so awesome. It started out in French and then slipped into English. I don't think he could understand me. Oops, anyways, I asked him if he believed in God and Jésus-Christ. He said he believed in Jésus but not in God (odd right). Well time went on and I talked a little about the Plan du Salut. He said that he could tell that I knew what I was talking about, and he asked how I knew. PERFECT!! So, I started to talk about prayer and the importance of knowing things for yourself and thennnnnn...I had to get off the train. So I threw a pass along carte at him and left. It was so awesome!

That night we went to the mission home, jet-lag hit us all and our whole group fell asleep on the couches while waiting for dinner. Soeur Babin made some awesome lasagne! Then, the sisters slept in a hotel. I promise I had no problems sleeping that first night. I was out!

The next day, we went to Consecration Hill and Notre Dame! I went inside Notre Dame! Holy cow it was so cool! I will try to send pictures.

View from Consecration Hill

Then, I met my trainer, Soeur Clawson and found out I was going to Liège! I love it here already. Seriously, this town looks like it came right out of a movie. I love it. The buses here are crazy! It reminds me of the night bus from Harry Potter. And most of the time, we don’t sit. So, my balance is going to improve while I'm here.

View from the apartment

The first couple days, I was scared to say anything! I didn't say a word in our first couple lessons. Then I decided it was time to buck-up! So now, I can at least rendre my testimony. I am understanding pretty well, except for the Relief Society sisters. I think I caught three words yesterday. Also, I had to rendre my testimony in Sacrament meeting, so that was fun. I also got thrown into a special musical number.

Soeur Clawson and I will be spending Christmas at an amis house. She speaks English, yayyy! She is Romanian so I'm super excited to eat the Romanian dinner she is going to make us.

THE CHEESE HERE IS SO GOOD! AND THE CHOCOLATE! AND THE GAUFES! (waffles: that website totally lied. They have gaufes here. and they are fabulous.) I have never eaten so much cheese in my life. At the moment, gouda is my favorite, but it might change.

We are doing the integration lessons with a new member right now. Last week, we taught her about family history and temple work. She got so excited to get on Family Search. It was awesome! She is excited about getting baptized for her mom.

We also have been working hard doing Christmas porting (tracting). We get to go caroling (which isn't a thing in France or Belgium). I actually haven't had someone let us in to sing, but we keep trying.

I'm working hard with the language and trying to be a good missionary. I love everything I have been able to do already, and I can't wait for the next 17 months or however long I have.

[And that’s pretty much everything. We are super jealous of Soeur Chisholm’s time in Belgium… *cough* Okay, maybe I’m super jealous. Especially of the gaufes. Either way, I bid you all a lovely week.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact any of the Chisholms. You can also turn to any Mormon in your area, especially those Mormon missionaries. If Caytee is any indication, they are all too happy to help.]