Because of leap year, we have been here 367 days. We arrived in Brussels on the 10th of March 2011, on a Thursday. It has been one of the best years of our life.
We have met more people than we ever imagined and they have all been nice and very interesting. We have met people from all over the world. We have taught English to people from Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. Elizabeth and I have gone to church in French at least forty times and I know what was taught maybe twenty-seven times. (Elizabeth knew thirty nine times). I have studied French with four different teachers and I am hoping that eventually I will get past the first level. I am getting really good at learning humility and patience for people that don’t speak my language. I thought I had learned those lessons long ago.
Our team has seen the dream of starting a Church become a reality. We have had four Sunday morning services and six Sunday evening services that included people other than our three families. Our goal is to present the Gospel through personal relationship so people will be interested in learning about our Savior. They can find out about Jesus on the internet, media etc., but they need a live person to show them that Christianity isn’t about dogma, doctrine and “don’ts”. They need to discover that it is about a real God who loves and cares about them.
As we start the second year we are looking forward to making even more friends and seeing more of Europe’s splendors.
