March 24, 2026

Hello everyone I hope you had a good week! Low key this week for me was pretty standard. Didn't have a ton of crazy things happen, but we saw a couple of miracles. Starting with, I got my Belgian legality card, which was really cool. So now I have a residency card in both Belgium and France. 

Right after that we went to my favorite spot to find people to talk to and it was super fun. One cool thing that happened was that I saw four military uniformed individuals coming towards me with a man in a suit coat in the middle of them. They were wearing the flag for Congo Kinshasa, and to us missionaries, the people from Congo Kinshasa are the best!  Being prompted by the spirit, I asked them if they wanted to come to church. All of the Army guys knew us and 3 of them gave me their phone number, which was really funny. We also went down to Liege and helped them set up an apartment for sister missionaries coming in this next transfer. So everybody's excited about that, and I know the members are happy to be getting more cookies in their ward. 

This last Sunday, we had 4 of our friends come to church. I'm probably leaving Brussels this week so next Sunday will most likely be my last Sunday in the ward and two of our friends that mean a lot to me aren't going to be able to make it because of work. So I had to say goodbye early to them. This Saturday we get our transfer news and this will determine my last area before I go home. I can honestly say that I don't think anybody has been more affected by a mission than I have. So this is going to be a tough one. 

Tomorrow we're going down to Charleroi to do exchanges with the Elders there. That might be my last time visiting the city. So I'm going to go and see a bunch of old members and friends. We had a really cool teaching miracle. We went to one of our friends' houses. His name is Jackson and her name is Olga, and they definitely are still searching to establish a life here in Brussels, but their faith is incredible. They are both super humble. You can definitely tell that our Heavenly Father has a profound love for them.

Spiritual thought: I had a really cool opportunity to study the story of Capt. Moroni this week in my studies. One thing that really struck me was his title of liberty, and it kind of got me thinking about my own title of liberty, like, what are the things the most important in my life? So I went and ripped one of my old white shirts and I wrote down the title of liberty on it. I also wrote the top 10 most important things in my life.

See you next week 
      -Elder Smith






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