jordan 8.10.09

ok wow im in some rondom library in breda typing an email. hi i made it! ok after the phone call in the airport. that was weird. Ive never gone through so many draumatic changes in my life. ok on the plane i sat by myself behind my group. i sat next to this rad belgian family that speaks french. the dad spoke a tiny bit of english. started to talk to him about the church and he was really interested. i ended up becoming really good friends w the family. there was a mom dad and two dauters. 15, 12, and the parents were 42 they just got done with a trip to california vegas and zion. i played sudoku on the plain with the mom for 2 hours. we couldnt talk to each other but we could play with numbers together. it was kindof like cowboys and indians. we exchanged food and stuff it was rad. i think one of the little girls had a little missionary crush on me ha ha. i talked to them about skiing and things. then we showed each other all our pictures. the 15 year old had a crush on chandler. chan she wanted your e mail address. sorry i didnt know it. but he gave me his nunber and email,and i gave him mine. and told me if i am ever in belgium i have to go visit him. he then asked me if i wanted to go skiing with his family in march. i was like ummmm i cant, DANGIT! but in two years i can. so told me we would do it. then they asked me if they could get a picture of me. so then i got one with them. it was rad. they were ready to be baptized.
so i get off the plane and the weather is perfect i didn sleep the whole plane ride and the night before. i was in europe! we got on a little bus that took us to the baggage claim. them i met my mission prez then we went to the mission office in brussels. it was so beautiful. all the buildings and everything.after the mission office we went to the mission home. took a quick nap. ive never been so tired in my life. then we went to the dedication site. it was this metior in the forest. then we went to the grand plaza. it was rad there is so many cool buildings and architecture. there are so many people. i love brussels. we then had to do our first contact. man that was weird. i felt like we were a circus act. then we ate in this little cute restarunt on this litte street ringht in the grand plaza. it was rad!cameron you probably wouldnt like any of the food out here. It is soo good. so after we got the tour of brussels. we went back to the mission home and we opened our calls, i got called to Breda, and my comps name is elder de bruijn. he is a native from amserdam . so the next morning stiill soo tired. we went to the train station. hoped on a train and we were off. then i got to see the ghetto side of belium or brussels. on the outskirts it was super ghetto. mom close your ears. we went passed a red light district and some really trashy areas. the netherlands is supposed to be a lot cleaner and nicer.
so i met my comp got off the bus in breda. and took a bus ito this cool little neighborhood and we were home our apartment is pretty nice. its not bad. one whole wall is pretty much windows. the outside has kindof got a modern look to it. anyway we had a dinner apointment that night and went over to a few invesigators houses i just listened because i cant understand a word of dutch. oh yeah our food apointment or dinner apointment . pretty much i wouldnt have eaten any of that on my own . but pretty much now i eat anything. so the next day i bought a bike then weve just been biking everywhere. there are bike trails everywhere. and little rivers. and rad houses. ive gotten to know a family that is really cool we are terying to get the mom to quit smoking so she can be re baptized. and we have the raddest black ward mission leader. he is such a stud. the other day we were biking through this really cool green farm with some cows and big tall trees it was beautiful. this is aabout 8 min away from my house. and looky looky out in the middle of this beautiful country out pops a 10 foot half pipe. i just about dumped my pants there was also a little spine. omg i almost fell off my bike. i doubt anybody can even ride it. ive been by it a few times and nobodys been on it it metal and it amazing. cameron get out here w your scateboard. the first time i see a skate shop im buying askateboard ha.
there is so much to write about but i have no time.
my adress is
Donk 68 4824 cw Breda Nederland
i never got anything in the mail mom. maybe its at the mission home. but you can send packages and things to my apartment. oh yeah i had to give my testimony in dutch in front of the ward on sunday. of corse i got a litttle chocked up as usual thanks mom. it was hard. ok and the food here. at the grocerie store. there was about two cerials to choce from they dont have anything i was so surprized. well i g2g im writing a letter by hand in more detail. so look for it love you all so much. Jordan