Missionary Life

Jonah in the Grand Place.

This is Jonah's new companion, Elder Olsen. They were getting things ready for a baptism and ended up teaching a lesson in the font. 

This is Alain, he was baptized last Saturday.  They started working with Alain a few weeks before Jonah got to the area. 

Jonah said it was a great day for Alain.

Elder Lewis was sad to leave before the baptism.  Jonah sent him a video of Alain that day.

The other Elders had two baptisms that day too, Daniel and Karim. 

Jonah loves getting together with his district on P-day.  They had fun playing spike ball.  Jonah was made district leader at the last transfer.  He said he's excited for the responsibility and his first district counsel went well. 

They got matching ties for zone conference and Elder Olsen tied his really long and Elder Loosli tied his really short. 

That is a short tie!

Jonah said they had a really good zone conference last week. He was able to meet with President Munns and he really enjoyed that.  It might be the last time he seems him on the mission. President Munns told Jonah that calling him as district leader was the clearest revelation he has ever had.  He also told Jonah that he is going to be an integral part of the mission split and the success of the mission. Jonah left feeling excited and ready to serve in whatever mission he is called to. He is anxiously awaiting to hear if he will go to the North or South mission.

They all bought Mannequin Piss socks for zone conference.  They matched colors with their companions. 

Everything looks so pretty in Belgium. 

 This is at a train stop.

He spends a lot of time on trains. 

This is such a Jonah face!

Today their district went to Old Master Museum.

Jonah wasn't looking forward to an art museum, but he was looking forward to hanging out with his district.

He loves having Elder Zollinger in his district. 

Elder Olsen. Jonah said he loves Elder Olsen and they are getting along really well. 

Elder Slade

Elder Borneman

Jonah said the museum was boring, but they made it fun. 

Missionary Life

The missionaries host sports days on Saturday. 

They invite as many people as they can to the church to play volleyball or basketball.

They give a short message at the end of it.

Jonah loves sports days!

One of the sisters took pictures during their volleyball game last week.

She got some great shots. 

Elder Loosli and Elder Rodrigues did splits last week.

They decided to visit all of the pis statues. 

They did some finding in the Grand Place.

They taught a few lessons.

Jonah said this view was really cool.

Jonah has loved that they have been playing basketball more. 

Elder Lewis had his last p-day. They visited Mont des Arts, which means Hill/Mount of the arts. It's an urban complex and historical site in central Brussels.  It includes: The Royal Library of Belgium, the National Archives of Belgium, Square-Brussels Convention Center, and a public garden designed by the architect, Rene Pechere.

Jonah is really sad to see him go. They spent the day exploring.

Elder Goyes in front of the statue of Albert I.

This is the Carillon du Mont Des Arts. It is a 24 bell tower with twelve bronze figurines that rotate each hour. The figurines represent important historical and folkloric figures of Brussels.

Jonah said these guys saw him taking pictures with his camera and thought they were making videos for YouTube so Jonah asked them if they wanted to be in the video.

Herman Tolbert and Hermana Hernandez.

Jonah said they ate at, "a fire fry restaurant."

Elder Lewis with  Alain.

I asked Jonah if there was anything he wanted to remember about this transfer or Elder Lewis and he said, "I've learned the most this transfer than I ever have and shifted my priorities.  Thanks to Elder Lewis I've made kind of a gameplan for how I want to attack this back half of my mission. We have also had a lot of fun."  I asked him more clarifying questions and he said, "I've had some huge 'why I'm here' moments. I've realized I haven't understood my true purpose for being here until now."  I asked him what his why was and he said, "My why is because I get to share SIMPLE truths with everyone that will help them understand and make connections concerning the importance of a relationship with Jesus Christ, and exercising faith in Him that will lead to a life filled with joy and direction."  He said he feels like he has been more teachable with Elder Lewis and realized that there is so much power in asking questions and opening up. 

Elder Rodrigues, DG, went home the same time as Elder Lewis.