Our week was good. We had four investigators at church. Sylvana paid tithing for the first time.
Thanksgiving at the Briscoes' was awesome. We ate dinner at the Kabels' in Apeldoorn on Saturday. I got to see lots of Apeldoorn members, that was cool.
We are going to Delft and Den Haag on Tuesday to see Folly, Sunny, Levent and Huub, then we are going to Apeldoorn on Thursday.
It rains alot here!!!!
See you in TEN days!!!!!!!!
Monday, November 30, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
November 24, 2009
This week was pretty crazy. Yesterday we had our zone Thanksgiving dinner and turkey bowl football game. It was awesome, it was raining and we all got covered in mud and were soaking wet!
Afterward we had our Thanksgiving feast, it was really fun.
We made blankets to give to the little kids who have cancer and are staying in the hospital....that was really cool.
Thursday we are having Thanksgiving dinner with the two American families in our ward. It will be alot of fun.
Sylvana and Suni are doing well. They were sick this week, but they are still making lots of progress.
Afterward we had our Thanksgiving feast, it was really fun.
We made blankets to give to the little kids who have cancer and are staying in the hospital....that was really cool.
Thursday we are having Thanksgiving dinner with the two American families in our ward. It will be alot of fun.
Sylvana and Suni are doing well. They were sick this week, but they are still making lots of progress.
November 16, 2009
My week was good! We had three investigators in church on Sunday, Slyvana, Suni and Hennie. We also had a lady call up and ask us to come teach her more about the Book of Mormon...that was neat.
On Thursday we went to Zwolle for a district meeting. Elder de Mass played the bag pipes while we contacted people in the Centrum square. It was really cool to contact people while hymns were being played in the background. It was an awesome experience.
We went to Apeldoorn and I got to see Alim, he was so excited to see me...it was really cool. The Kloosterboers from Apeldoorn came to church in Arnhem this week to see me.
We had interviews and that was also really good!
On Thursday we went to Zwolle for a district meeting. Elder de Mass played the bag pipes while we contacted people in the Centrum square. It was really cool to contact people while hymns were being played in the background. It was an awesome experience.
We went to Apeldoorn and I got to see Alim, he was so excited to see me...it was really cool. The Kloosterboers from Apeldoorn came to church in Arnhem this week to see me.
We had interviews and that was also really good!
November 9, 2009
This week was a good week. It went by really, really fast and it was fun. Sylvana was at church for the third time and she loved it, she's awesome.
Yesterday we went and ate Fufu with the Ghanian family in our ward and we wore our Ghana suits and they loved it, that was awesome.
It's been raining alot here and it's been fairly cold.
We are going to the temple on December 2 for zone conference.
Yesterday we went and ate Fufu with the Ghanian family in our ward and we wore our Ghana suits and they loved it, that was awesome.
It's been raining alot here and it's been fairly cold.
We are going to the temple on December 2 for zone conference.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
November 2, 2009
Well, life is just moving right along. Sylvana was in church again this week and she was giving incredible answers and is really positive and just loves the Church and the Book of Mormon.
My new companion, Elder Morrow, is a fun guy, he is from Washington and has been out for a year and a half.
I'm doing great, the weather is nice, we ate with Ghanians last night. I don't think ya'll are gonna recognize me when I get home.
My new companion, Elder Morrow, is a fun guy, he is from Washington and has been out for a year and a half.
I'm doing great, the weather is nice, we ate with Ghanians last night. I don't think ya'll are gonna recognize me when I get home.
October 26, 2009
I got sick this week and that kind-of put a damper on the first part of the week. But then we went to zone conference in Amsterdam and that was pretty cool. The day before the conference we stayed in Almere and I went on an exchange in Lelystad and got to see a whole bunch of members and investigators, so that was cool. Sister Prins who had cancer is completely healed!
We have two investigators that are really positive. One is a 16 year-old girl that is half Dutch and half Argentinian named Sylvana and the other is a man from Sierra Leone named Steven and both were in church on Sunday and both loved it, it was really good!
My companions going home on Wednesday and my new companion is Elder Morrow. That will be really fun.
We have two investigators that are really positive. One is a 16 year-old girl that is half Dutch and half Argentinian named Sylvana and the other is a man from Sierra Leone named Steven and both were in church on Sunday and both loved it, it was really good!
My companions going home on Wednesday and my new companion is Elder Morrow. That will be really fun.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
October 19, 2009
Today we had a zone activity and played American football...I had four interceptions and five touchdowns!
Elder Ertelt is going back to the French side of the mission for his last week, so it will be just me and Elder Ottonelli...it will be fun.
This week we found seven new investigators and had a really good week!
Jason Kabel was back from the USA and came to our church in Arnhem...it was cool...I saw some of the pictures he took in SLC. He is a good guy!
I'm still doing really good...I'm happy and having fun.
Elder Ertelt is going back to the French side of the mission for his last week, so it will be just me and Elder Ottonelli...it will be fun.
This week we found seven new investigators and had a really good week!
Jason Kabel was back from the USA and came to our church in Arnhem...it was cool...I saw some of the pictures he took in SLC. He is a good guy!
I'm still doing really good...I'm happy and having fun.
Monday, October 12, 2009
October 12, 2009
This week was pretty interesting. I did splits in Amersfoort. Then on Friday we went to a member's house and chopped down a huge tree and cut it into pieces and then split and chopped it into firewood. We spent ten hours doing that. For some reason I keep getting opportunities to use my wood chopping and chain sawing skills...it was alot of fun.
Then we went and played laser tag with the Young Men and Young Women Saturday night. That was really fun.
Sunday night we ate dinner with some sweet American members...it was really good. They are from Cache Valley and they come home the day after I do.
Then we went and played laser tag with the Young Men and Young Women Saturday night. That was really fun.
Sunday night we ate dinner with some sweet American members...it was really good. They are from Cache Valley and they come home the day after I do.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
October 5, 2009
I was offered a 30-day mission extension, but I knew that you want me home for Christmas, so I did not take it.
I have been all over the place the past week doing exchanges. I was in Apeldoorn and Hengelo and Zwolle and now I'm finally back in Arnhem, only to be leaving this afternoon to go to Amersfoort.
Arnhem is a cool city, there are parts that look like the Avenues in SLC.
We went to Apeldoorn to watch General Conference. It was really, really good! We watched the Saturday morning session at 6:00 pm Saturday night; then the Saturday afternoon session, Priesthood and Sunday morning sessions all on Sunday. We will watch the Sunday afternoon session next Sunday and then we can only see it in Dutch...things get lost in the translation though.
I have been all over the place the past week doing exchanges. I was in Apeldoorn and Hengelo and Zwolle and now I'm finally back in Arnhem, only to be leaving this afternoon to go to Amersfoort.
Arnhem is a cool city, there are parts that look like the Avenues in SLC.
We went to Apeldoorn to watch General Conference. It was really, really good! We watched the Saturday morning session at 6:00 pm Saturday night; then the Saturday afternoon session, Priesthood and Sunday morning sessions all on Sunday. We will watch the Sunday afternoon session next Sunday and then we can only see it in Dutch...things get lost in the translation though.
Monday, September 28, 2009
September 28, 2009
This past week went by really fast and not a whole lot happened that was out of the ordinary.
We dug a trench for some people, wearing our white shirts, although we did take our ties off. You should have seen their faces when we picked up a shovel and started to help. It was really cool.
My new companions, Elder Miqueas Ottonelli (from Argentina) and Elder Micheal Ertelt (from German) are cool, they both go home in four weeks. The members of the Church here are pretty cool. There is a Ghanaian family here, we are going to make FuFu with them this week.
Yesterday we ate at an American family's house (they are from Cache Valley). They are here for the husband's job and will be going back the day after me. They are really great.
We have been playing basketball at a court next to our house with a bunch of college students. They are all our friends now and they invite us to go to salsa parties and stuff like that. They know that we are missionaries and they respect that and have a lot of questions, even the ones from Iran and Afghanistan.
I am learning French from Elder Ertelt (he transferred from the French-speaking part of our mission) and it is coming along alright. I'm trying to finish the Book of Mormon in French before I come home.
We dug a trench for some people, wearing our white shirts, although we did take our ties off. You should have seen their faces when we picked up a shovel and started to help. It was really cool.
My new companions, Elder Miqueas Ottonelli (from Argentina) and Elder Micheal Ertelt (from German) are cool, they both go home in four weeks. The members of the Church here are pretty cool. There is a Ghanaian family here, we are going to make FuFu with them this week.
Yesterday we ate at an American family's house (they are from Cache Valley). They are here for the husband's job and will be going back the day after me. They are really great.
We have been playing basketball at a court next to our house with a bunch of college students. They are all our friends now and they invite us to go to salsa parties and stuff like that. They know that we are missionaries and they respect that and have a lot of questions, even the ones from Iran and Afghanistan.
I am learning French from Elder Ertelt (he transferred from the French-speaking part of our mission) and it is coming along alright. I'm trying to finish the Book of Mormon in French before I come home.
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