Missionary Journal - 5 June 1978 Monday

5 June 1978 Monday

This morning we all four went to Brussel. We saw a fancy clock where statues come and dance every hour and another one hits a bell with a hammer. We were also in the centrum to buy some souveniers so we went & took another look at the Manneken Pis. They have a guard there now who keeps an eye on him twenty four hours a day because he was stolen not long ago. He said that the orginal has been in a museum since the 1930’s.

When we went in to Brussel we stopped and looked [at] a church where the king goes. The Kerk Von Laken. Right beside him is also Een onbekende soldaat or an unknown solder. That is where they dug a big hole and threw bodies of dead soldiers. They then put a big memorial on top. We also saw another church but I can’t think of the name of it. It was pretty though.

Also a fancy park and there I saw a young couple from Canada. London City. That was good. There were also four girls who couldn’t speak Flemish but tried to hustle us anyways. I think they were kind of annoyed when we wouldn’t ask them out. They could speak a real small bit of English.

We then headed for MacDonalds and on the way we saw an Older Couple who were from Saskatchewan. They have been to Waterton and know where our motels are. MacDonalds was also great. It is sure neat to have a Big Mac.

Tonight we only taught once & that was Walter Exsteen & his mother. We didn’t say anything about him being a Fag [give me a break, I was young and this was a half century ago]. I just hope that Mr Donville was mistaken when he said that or else that Walter has decided that that sort of stuff isn’t good.