9th letter from Leuven, Belgium - Week 20

Hey everyone! Elder Walker here!! 

Just another beautiful week in Belgium! uhm lets see I guess the first thing I must report on is the weather it has been chilly and super rainy like rain here is crazy!  Just a straight up wall of cold water you get soaked in seconds but it's super awesome.  So yeah I'm thinking winter is here soooo gray skies forever hahaha but it's fun.  

Lets see miracle for the week, well we had 3 investigator's at church which was super awesome! And we also set up a Baptismal date with one of our investigators which was super super cool!...like bam life is good! It's really awesome when you see your investigator's taking those steps to come closer to Christ and is a huge motivator for me to be the best that I can be. 

haha it's always great being around families here.  Honestly it reminds me of my family back home and the ultimate goal we have as missionaries and that is to get families to the Temple to be sealed for time and all eternity, which to me is one of the most amazing gifts we have on the earth, which actually goes along great with my "food for thought this week".

Which is, we all really know what we need to do in order to accomplish those things we want in life, whatever they may be, but what it really comes down to is how much work we are willing to put in to do it and what we are willing to sacrifice to get it.  Which really is summed up nicely by the mission standard in this mission of 100% accountability for everything, which is awesome! 

haha it has made me realize that if I want to accomplish something it's up to me to do it and at the same time other people helping you out is definitely a blessing because I still believe that we all need help sometimes, whether that is from a friend, spouse, a loving parent, or most definitely from our Savior, because none of us are close to being perfect, but through him we can become perfect. :) 

So I know this is a jumbled mess but I want to relate this to one more story and that is of the Anti-Nephi Lehi's and how they buried there weapons of war, they sacrificed that thing to become better and show that they were willing to follow our Savior, which I think is something that we all must do to become better.  

So I would like to challenge you all to find something you would like to improve on this week, no matter what it is, it can be anything and then find something that you are willing to sacrifice in order to improve in that area.  I can promise that as you do, you will be blessed for it and will be able to accomplish what you would like to. 

Anyways I love you all and I am sooo grateful for your love and example.  I will always keep you in my prayers.

- Blisters bring blessings

- Enjoy the little things

With lots of love,

Elder Walker

(I found these on the Belgium/Netherlands Facebook page of the missionaries trip a couple weeks ago to Belgium.  Had to share!)

Jerrick is hiding somewhere back there!