Hallo! From Heerlen

Greetings to my very favoritest family in the whole world, plus other faithful supporters,

Life is good in Heerlen! Despite the fact that we are not in Heerlen all that much (we've been doing lots of traveling), the work is picking up and doing just fabulously. We had two planned lessons last week and one impromptu lesson as well. One was with an investigator who is just golden. He has a super sincere heart and has been going to institute. Another was a referral from another city, and he was absolutely stoked when we contacted him. He is SUPER ready for the gospel. He has been through a lot, but has a ton of faith in Jesus Christ. He's also super smart and was taking notes during our lesson. Neither of them speak Dutch, which is actually rather nice for me. It probably delays much Dutch learning, but helps me get really good practice teaching.

We've got several lessons lined up for this week that we're pretty excited about. It'll be a little crazy because we've got Zone Training in Antwerpen on Thursday, and Sister N. has to be there the night before, but we've got an appointment that night. That'll be fine though, because we're going to exchange with the Antwerpen sisters Wednesday. So lots more traveling, but that's sort of normal here now. It is nice that it's possible to travel that much, because of the public transportation.

If you're wondering about what my area consists of, basically it's the whole province/area of Limburg. So that includes Roermond, Maastricht, Kerkrade, Heerlen, etc.

Map of the province of Limburg

Now, here are some of this week's miracles: We absolutely could not find a joint teach for one of our lessons, which we were really concerned about because then we would have had to find somewhere outside to meet and sometimes that doesn't go over so well. [Note: there must be 3 women to meet with a single man]. But then about 2-3 hours before our appointment, we called up this JoVo (young single adult) from our ward who just dropped everything for us and came, driving her own car. It's about a 30 minute drive too for her. Also, the lessons were pretty miraculous, with how excited they both were.

Scripture thought for the week: 3 Nephi 27:27 (what manner of men ought ye to be? Verily I say unto you, even as I am). And just remember that this commandment IS possible, with the help of the Atonement. But ONLY with the help of the Atonement is it possible.

Love,
Zuster Stevens