It is true! I love French food!

this week has definitely been eventful. tuesday we had a rendezvous with ludovic and it went about as well as it possibly could have. by that i mean we engaged him to be baptised on the 25th of november!!! it was so cool the feeling in the room when we asked him. his friend, samuel, helps us teach him and when we asked the question and he accepted you could just feel love in the room. love that you just dont feel anywhere. ah i wish i could re create that feeling and like keep it in a stinking bottle so whenever im depressed, and im definitely depressed from time to time, and just have it. ludovic is such a cool guy. he already has a strong tesimony and knows what he has read about the book of mormon very well. he is smart enough to point out the holes in the catholic religion, thank heavens, and sees how our church truly is the church of christ. its a good feeling to have someone like him this early in the mission... who says european missionaries dont baptise? that isn't true at all!!

i love french food so much. i love being a little frenchman with my pointy shoes walking with a baggette for lunch. although the city is filthy its cool to know that we have something that definitely changes the lives of people. theres a lot of dutch people here in brussels but its mostly french for any of you who were wondering. and for all you byu fans out there reading... noah hartsock is in my ward!!! so tell rick to contact him and tell him to feed us. ha ha. the ward is split half english and french because of all the americans that live in brussels. overall its a really cool ward.

now for the stuff i find funny but my mom might find scary. so there are a lot of muslum people in my area. and by a lot i mean that you can walk for an hour and a half and only see muslums. by a lot i mean that you can look in the shops and some of the mannikans are wearing those muslum head dresses. goodness you'd think i could spell mannikan it's a stinking french word. anyways. ya there are tons of muslums. and for the longest time there was a wall spray painted by our apartment that said vive israel. if i can get my camera to work i will put up a picture of it. basically i have no fear out here. i dont know why because my french isnt quite fluent yet, but one night i just decided i wanted to take every single door we were knocking on. and i did. lots of people are lazy here in europe and like to have cameras and little speakers so they don't have to answer the door but can still speak and see the person they are talking to. i like to carry around a book of mormon now. it attracts attention on the metro and is a good follow in if we ever stop a non muslum person. which is hardly ever. so when the person turns their camera on and the light is shining in my face i usually use the bom to "block"the light. ha its really funny my trainer always tell me to stop.

ive also started speaking with young women more. i am trying very hard to not lose my ability to communicate with members of the opposite sex. usually the girls seem excited to talk to me till i tell that i have a message for them about jesus christ. then their faces fall and they just say maybe next time. ha its funny because my trainer think im bold for doing that.

nothing extremely crazy has happened. we've been working hard and having some good success. i hope to hear from everyone who reads this at one point of another.

oh wait i have one story that was pretty funny. so after the awesome baptismal date with ludovic we had this lasagna which might have been the better thing i have ever had. i was eating away and then samuel asked if i cooked well. although i though that he asked if the food was good. with a half full mouth a said loud and proud, oh oui oui tres bien. he asked oh what do you cook. at that point a realized that id make a mistake. everyone laughed at me and i just sat there and giggled along as well. ive learned that laughing at myself is the best way to go. nobody cares. everyone knows ive been in europe for 2 weeks. we also eat each with this one armed guy who looks just like perry chirstensen. minus the gold chain. he is really funny. there is a lady in the ward named souer grandfils who fed us this week. she forget the pizza was in the oven and burnt it to a crisp. she is pretty old and helps with the missionaries a lot. i love most the ward and everyone seems to love us. well have a good week i love you all and oh ya..... GO GIANTS and sv girls v-ball as well! woot woot