So, we had an awesome week this week!
This past week, Soeur Gordon came up from Charleroi and spent the day with me. Soeur Holmes, the lucky duck, got to have dinner with the Ypersiers. This past week was also everyone's birthdays- and by 'everyone's' , I mean both Marie-Pierre and Maria. So happy birthday to our recent converts! Marie-Pierre is doing awesome, and we FINALLY saw Maria and Filipe yesterday. Of course, Thanksgiving was a party. Soeur Wright went all out, with decorative turkey cupcakes and everything. Can't beat her. I managed to 'whip' together a pomegranate salad, which included actual whipped cream. Later, all the 'kids' (aka the sisters and elders) watched '17 miracles', which was awesome. Haha, I admit, it was a little weird watching a movie with a large group of people- not usually the norm. Then, towards the weekend, it was Stake Conference! Whoo! Another party! We had lunch with Joanna, a recent convert from Brazil, taught us how to make some wicked blackbeans and rice. Man, I'm not going to lie, my cooking skills have become much better developed since starting my mission. Then, all of us went to the adult session of Stake Conference, which all the missionaries were invited to attend (seeing as the entire session was about missionary work). Then, the Liège sisters slept over. Haha, and luckily for us, Soeur Holmes had prepared THE MOST AMAZING PEANUT BUTTER PIE EVER!!! Here's a teaser for you- it contains peanut butter, powdered sugar, sweetened condensed milk, cream cheese, an oreo crust, bananas, and nutella. So, the answer is yes, you'll die of a heart attack, but yes, you'll also die happy. Seriously, it's incredible. Then, Sunday, oh blessed day of the week, it was a day full of miracles! So, it started out with us all heading to Stake conference in Strombeek. First, we picked up Suzette, our amie, and walked to our church, there, we met Marie-Pierre, and all jumped in the car with Joanna. Elder Teixeira spoke and Stake Conference, and they also reorganized the Stake Presidency, so that was cool. Then, that night, we had 3 rdvs fixed at the homes of members, and they all happened! First we went to the Perez family, but unfortunately, that went longer than intended, and we were unsure how late we were going to be to the Kabongo's, our next appointment. We ran out of the Perez's house at 5:55, our next rdv being at 6:00. I did the math in my head. There was no way we were going to be there before 6:30, and Marie-Pierre was meeting us at the Kabongo's with her non-member sister. The only information I knew- We needed the Tram 81 in the direction of Marius Renard. The Tram had a stop at Gare du Midi, which was a 15 minute walk on foot. I had no idea how long it would take us once we got to the gare, maybe another 20 minutes. We get outside the Perez's, decided to run to a random metro stop and look and see what we need to do to get to the nearest 81 stop, and we see a Tram coming towards us. Wonder of wonders, it's the 81! Heading in the wrong direction. We run across the street to the other side. Miracle of miracles! We see the 81 in the right direction coming right to our stop! We jump on, say a prayer of thanks, and we're off! We got the Kabongo's at 6:15, just 5 minutes after Marie-P showed up. Then, back on the metro, and Maria answers her phone and says we can come over! So we're back on the 81 for a wonderful lesson with Maria and Filipe! It was incredible, and we felt immensely blessed. So, life is going well. Winter is coming on, but so is Christmas! I feel so blessed to be able to serve the Lord again this Christmas, and help those in this place that I love so much.
Passez une bonne semaine!
Soeur Bracken
PS-I totally burned my hand on the coil on the top of the microwave. Dang thing hurts like the dickens.
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