We are on Daylight Savings now so we are
light forever in the evening. The days have been so beautiful and warm
that we know Spring is here for sure. Today we went to Alkmaar to
attend the YSA Sunday
School class, and the fields are a bright yellow with all the daffodils
in bloom. In just a couple of weeks the fields will be a rainbow of
color with all the Tulips in full bloom as well. I will take lots of
pictures.
Yesterday we traveled to Emmen, a town just 10 miles
from the German Border, to help with yet another apartment for the
Elders. This town has 'been closed' for 2 years because of lack of
'Missionaries"...this week we are getting another 10, so have enough to
open up another area. The town is so quaint and beautiful I would love
to serve there. It is a 2 hour drive from where we live so it was a
long day driving up, working and driving back. The community reminded
us of a 'retirement community' because there were so many motorized
wheelchairs on the paths. Here in the Netherlands the Government gives
people everything, so, if you are disabled in ANY way, you get a
motorized wheelchair. Cheaper than a car and free.. On the way to
Emmen we were in really different turain.....we were driving through
Ponderosa Pines; It reminded us of Washington. We will go back on Tuesday and finish the job since the Elders will be moving in on Wednesday. Thursday we go to Den Haag and get the apartment ready for the new Senior Couple that will arrive on Saturday. Always something to do....but we keep out of trouble:)
We received a phone call from our Stake President
last night as we were driving home, that the BYU Wind Sympathy will be
providing a fireside for the Den Haag Stake May 7th.
The Harpers will be here that night so we hope they will be able to
attend with us and meet the Stake JoVo's. It should be fun.
We learned today what the schedule is for next week General Conference. On Saturday at 6:00 pm we watch the Saturday Morning session. Sunday at 11:00 am is the General Priesthood Meeting, 2:00 Saturday afternoon session, 5:30 Music and the Spoken Word (live) and 6:00 pm the Sunday
Morning Session (live). I hope they have a translater at the church.
If not I will watch it on the computer. I LOVE Conference and want to
understand what is being said. Let me write all of that in Dutch:
Zaterdagmorgen uitzending 18:00.
Algemene Priesterschapsvergadering 11:00 uur. Zaterdagmiddag uitzanding 14:00 uur. Muziek en gesproken woord 17:30 uur. Zondagmorgen uitzending 18:00 uur. Wow.
We
are all excited about Levi. She was at church today all smiles. Keep
praying for her that she will not have the desire to smoke again so she
can be baptized. While we were visiting with her the other evening, she
expressed that she is saving her money to come to America. She loves
the Prophet and wants to be in a place where she can see him personally.
We told her she could come and stay with us, and to come in April or
October and we would take her to General Conference. You would all love
her. We went again with the Elders on Friday
evening to visit with a family? I have a question mark because it is a
man and lady living together with a 6 year old child. It was strange
as we were watching the DVD on the Restoration, to have the man drinking
beer, another man in the room playing a game on the computer and the
little boy playing with a computer toy. After the DVD was over they had
the TV on so loud that Opa about said something....but the lady turned
it down. So much for the Elders to do before these people could be
converted. Get married, live the Word of Wisdom, Pay
tithing.......another 'we take so much for granted'. We have so much to
be thankful for, just having the Gospel in our lives and having the
knowledge of the Scriptures, and a living Prophet to lead and direct us.
Pray for the Missionaries! This week is transfers again and we are
almost sure we will lose one Elder and one Sister. Both of them are
going home in June, so we think they will serve in one more area before
they leave. The Sister has been here since August. We hate to see "our
Missionaries" go as we really get close to them.
If you need us in an emergency, we always have our
cell phone with us: 0031 65 233 8944. The Dutch never do anything
simple....like a 13 digit phone number:)
I sent
pictures the middle of the week and have not taken any since...so the
next ones to come will probably be of the Tulip fields. This will be an
'Apartment" week, and we hope a couple of joint teaching with the
Elders...that's what we really enjoy.
Thank you for taking care of Kristine. We called
and talked to Shelby just as they were leaving for the Hospital. It is
hard to be so far away, but Kristine expressed her love for her sisters
as they are taking care of her during this time. Shelby is being blessed
by having the care that she has and is receiving.
We love you all....thank you for your emails. We look forward to them. We LOVE being Missionaries and serving the Lord.
Opa and Oma
Elder and Sister deLeeuw
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