I'm doing great! The ward I'm in now is huge. It has almost 250 members along with eight missionaries. We just had a baptism here, Huub Van Den Assem. I've actually taught him a few times on exchanges as well as the past week. He's such a great guy. We've got a bunch of baptisms coming up as well. We're very, very busy. I wake up at 6:00 am and then I'm constantly on the go until about 10:15 pm and then I brush my teeth and go to bed. It's crazy, but alot of fun.
I love Den Haag. A new missionary lives in our apartment (it is a four-man apartment) and he played waterpolo for Kearns...we've played against each other a couple hundred times, and with each other too.
Well, my companion from Almere decided to stay and is really starting to work hard now, so I'm really happy about that. Everything is going wonderful here.
Next week I will be meeting with Elder Oaks of the Twelve Apostles and President Oaks of the Seventy/area president...cool, huh? Being a zone leader is awesome. We get a car too, for three out of the six weeks of the transfer. We will have a new mission president in July, President Brubaker.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
February 16,2009
My Almere companion is going home. He just couldn't take it. I did my best and did everything I could for him, but he just doesn't have it in him to be able to do this work.
This week was really pretty good. Iris is going to be baptized along with her daughters in the next transfer period and she's way solid.
I had to replace the back tire on my bike this week. It cost 6 euros ($10) which wasn't bad at all because I got 3300 miles out of that tire before the inner tube bulged out of the side in three places. You'd be surprised how big of a difference a good back tire can make. It's been raining alot here, but it's not too bad though. It's starting to warm up and get a little better, but winter is still fighting back.
So, I got transferred. I am now the Zone leader in Den Haag (in English..The Hague, where the Temple is located) with Elder Carter from my MTC group. So that will be way fun. I'm excited...we're going to tear it up.
I am going to misss Lelystad/Almere, but Den Haag with be really cool and the work is going really well there.
My new address is:
Elder Burton
42 Benschoplaan
2546-RJ Den Haag
Nederland
This week was really pretty good. Iris is going to be baptized along with her daughters in the next transfer period and she's way solid.
I had to replace the back tire on my bike this week. It cost 6 euros ($10) which wasn't bad at all because I got 3300 miles out of that tire before the inner tube bulged out of the side in three places. You'd be surprised how big of a difference a good back tire can make. It's been raining alot here, but it's not too bad though. It's starting to warm up and get a little better, but winter is still fighting back.
So, I got transferred. I am now the Zone leader in Den Haag (in English..The Hague, where the Temple is located) with Elder Carter from my MTC group. So that will be way fun. I'm excited...we're going to tear it up.
I am going to misss Lelystad/Almere, but Den Haag with be really cool and the work is going really well there.
My new address is:
Elder Burton
42 Benschoplaan
2546-RJ Den Haag
Nederland
February 9, 2009
This week we had a ton of people really just fight against us and try to destroy our testimonies. Well, more of my companion, he doesn't know that the Church is true so it is a little rough for him right now, but I'm trying to help him gain his testimony, but the devil doesn't make it any easier, especially when you get people that tell you in English that what we're doing is a waste of time and the Church isn't true. It's not bad when they say it in Dutch because my companion doesn't understand that. I know that what I'm sharing is from God and I've been hearing these things for the past year so it really doesn't do anything for me, but for him it's really hard. So after those people get done talking and we're back at home I explain why they were wrong in what they said and I show him the parts in the Bible to prove my point and then in the Book of Mormon and D&C so taht he can see how they work together.
We went to Belgium last week for Zone Conference. It was cool to go to Antwerpen. It was a really good Zone Conference.
I've started to get alot of wedding invitations from my friends...it's really weird.
We went to Belgium last week for Zone Conference. It was cool to go to Antwerpen. It was a really good Zone Conference.
I've started to get alot of wedding invitations from my friends...it's really weird.
Monday, February 2, 2009
February 2, 2009
My attitude has completely changed and I actually don't want to come home in ten months. I really just want to stay out here for a while longer. I love it so much. I've never been happier in my entire life. I love being out here and sharing my testimony. Not that I don't miss ya'll, but I guess I'll just have to transfer all this stuff over to home life because President Woodland already told me that I can't have an extension.
I went on a way awesome exchange the other day with Elder Craig. He was the last Assistant to the President and the best missionary, in my opinion. It was probably the best day on my mission so far. It was such an awesome day. We were just enjoying it so much because we both have come to understand how happiness comes. It was awesome. And then we had interviews with Pres. Woodland and those were also amazing. Pres. Woodland asked me to teach a new sister missionary how to find joy/happiness in the work. It was a way cool experience to teach and help someone.
I went on a way awesome exchange the other day with Elder Craig. He was the last Assistant to the President and the best missionary, in my opinion. It was probably the best day on my mission so far. It was such an awesome day. We were just enjoying it so much because we both have come to understand how happiness comes. It was awesome. And then we had interviews with Pres. Woodland and those were also amazing. Pres. Woodland asked me to teach a new sister missionary how to find joy/happiness in the work. It was a way cool experience to teach and help someone.
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