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I am totally picking up spanish by the way.  Elder Gubbay grew up in Spain so we speak a lot of spanish around here and i am picking it up really well.  Cool Huh?  Well it is really sad to hear that Brother Yates passed away this morning.  I send my condolences to their family and hope they feel my love even though i amm pretty far away.  I am so thankful to have brothers that go out and help those in need.  Also ryan continues to stay in our prayers out here in Brussels and i hope that he makes some more progress soon.  This has got to be so hard for Rick and Christine but thankyou for showing them the love that i can't give from over here.  They are in our prayers for sure though.  So yeah on a brighter note that is so cool that Connor tried out for the National youth volley ball team.  Good Luck Brother.  

Bon donc pour le travail missionaire.  Missionary work this week was good.  We have a lot of ups and downs.  This week me and Elder Gubbay noticed that we needed to change the way that we did things in order to be more humble and to see more success.  The truth is is that we have a gold mine of things to do and a ton of people lined up to hear the gospel but some are better at showing up to rendez-vous than others.  We keep working hard though.  We know that the Lord is willing to bless our efforts just as long as we stay humble and work as hard as we can.  Honestly i feel like me and Elder Gubbay are the dream team because working with him is simple and effective.  He is smart and just works his tail off and sets a great example.  So yeah honestly there isn't a ton of things to tell about.  Not a ton of things really happened that were super interesting.  Andrew continues to progress well after his baptism and we plan on baptizing two more of his friends in three weeks or so.  That will be excellent!  Our zone is doing super good as well.  There is a ton of efforts being shown through out the entire zone and we couldn't be happier.  I am so proud of their work ethic.  So yeah that is about it.  This week we will be going to Liège for a training which should be really fun.  Alrighty well i think that is it.

Thank you for all the love that all of you show me and know how much i think and pray about you.  You all are so special to me.  A bientôt,

Love,  Elder Hoopes