Week 2 in Liege

[I’m not even going to explain that I’m two weeks late. I think you people all know. I’ll just give you the letter from Caytee. Enjoy peeps. It’s a week off Christmas and yet still fun.]

Holy cow, I'm pooped! This has been a crazy and an interesting week. So, Tuesday was the Christmas conference. They split the mission in half and had two. We were the Wednesday conference, but we spent the night in Lille Tuesday. We got to the Lille apartment around 8:30ish Tuesday night and realized we didn't have our tickets for the train to Paris the next morning. We knew the train left at 6:40 so we woke up super early Wednesday morning, found the station, printed our tickets and boarded the train just in time!

Soeur Clawson and Chisholm waiting for the train.

We then rode that train for an hour and a half and then took an RER and a Metro to Versailles. Then we walked to the church building where the meeting was...in the rain. YAY!

The meeting was really good. I learned a lot when they spoke English and caught the gist of things when it was in French. SOEUR HIGGINS WAS THERE:) It was so awesome! We got to catch up on our lives because she is in the ghettos of Paris, and I'm in college town Belgium. Everything is different.

After the conference we took our metro, RER, and two trains home. Then, we taught a couple lessons with less actives on Thursday. Saturday we moved in our new senior couple! YAYYYY!!! They are awesome. We also had our ward Christmas party, our fete de Noel :) It was awesome. We had an ami and a less active attend. They did a couple little skits and songs. The spirit was so special. Then on Sunday we went to church and all that jazz. Sunday night we did a lot of contacting and gave a bunch of Il est le don cards (pass-along cards). Only one couple let us sing for them though. Everyone here always has somewhere to be.

Here is something funny from this week. I totally face planted in the middle of a busy sidewalk. They have this line of little Christmas shops all down the main sidewalk. They are always busy and full of people. So, I think it was Saturday night, Soeur Clawson and I were hurrying home because it was like two minutes to nine and our bus stop is a 15 minute walk from home. We get off the bus, and we are hurrying through the marché dodging people left and right, and Soeur Clawson gets a little ways ahead of me. I kind of start doing a little half walk/half jog to catch up, and my toe catches a cobblestone. I WENT DOOOOWWWNNN. I somehow bruised my knees, hands, and left shoulder, but I ended up sitting on my butt. I really don't know how I did that, but it hurt. It still hurts to kneel.

A street in Liege where Caytee would have faceplanted.

The work here is slow right now; it's kind of frustrating because it's Christmas! The best time of the year to talk about Christ and his life, but nobody will listen! We keep trying though, there is someone out there waiting, and we'll find them.

Also, another fun thing from this week. I got yelled at for the first time. I was wondering when that would happen. We got let into a batiment, and so we decided to knock the doors...an old man answered and told us that we weren't allowed to do that and all that jazz. So we left haha

[And that’s all. Caytee sends her love. Like always I’m going to be posting a second post today and the newest email on its proper Sunday. It’s good times.

I hope everyone had a lovely, Christ centered Christmas (with a few gifts and parties on the side), and an even lovelier new year

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. They’re always willing and happy to help.]