Happy Easter from Antwerpen!

Dearest of families, 4/5/2010

Well, this week has been good- a little bit difficult at times as we prepare Zr. Bennett to go home. It has been really weird preparing her to go, and not go myself. I have had to check myself a few times when I seem to fall into the same mindset she is in, which is kind of a "I´m going home anyways..." mindset. I really don’t like it, and I have avoided it pretty good, but it will be much easier with my new comp to avoid those distracting feelings. Mom, you are the best- the classes you signed me up for are great- I’ll work with the scheduling and everything when I get back, but I think that should be sufficient for now as far as preparing for school before I get home. With the way my life is looking, I have no idea how things will play out this summer, but I feel better knowing that BYU is somewhat taken care of.

As for what will happen this week, Zr. Bennett is being picked up on Wednesday, and will take me up to Rotterdam, and since my new comp still hasn´t gotten her visa, I will be working in the blessed city of Rotterdam for another whole week waiting for transfers a week from Wednesday, when 2 new greenies will come in, and hopefully mine as well- then we´ll be able to come back to Antwerpen to work full-time. There is no guarantee that I will keep my calling as a trainer next transfer- the Lord might have other ideas, and there are so many wonderful sisters in the mission who are completely qualified to train the new ones. We´ll see what the Lord has in mind- as for me, I´m excited to see what the next transfer brings, and excited to help Heidi and her mother move toward baptism next transfer. They are so wonderfully integrated into the ward and Heidi has just come alive as she has learned about the gospel and associated with the young adults here. As we say in the mission "her light has turned on". The Light that the Spirit brings has just taken over her countenance, and has brought a ton of confidence and happiness to her. I love the gospel!!!!

Conference was just wonderful wasn´t it? It was wonderful to sit at the feet of living prophets and listen to the words the Lord has to tell us today, in our time. I was especially touched with the focus on the role of women in the family and society. It made me realize and appreciate so much more what mom, and all mothers for that matter, do to raise their kids right. i am so grateful that I get to be a missionary before taking on that responsibility. I definitely needed this time to learn to teach the gospel before I teach my kids the gospel.

I love you all so much. Thank you for your loving notes and support. I couldn´t ask for better family! My next e-mail will come from Rotterdam- I´m so excited to get to serve there again, even if its just for a week. We´re going to go look up a lot of my old investigators and see how they´re doing. It´ll be great.

Ik hou van jullie!

Liefs,
Zuster Gulliver