Thank you for all your cards and phone
calls for dads birthday. We were off early to Zone Training in Den
Haag, which takes about 2 hours to get there, depending on the traffic.
I gave Opa a new blue tie with red tulips...it will look nice with his
grey suit. The Senior Sisters fix lunch for Zone Training. This time I
only had to do dessert:) So, being dad's B-day I made chocolate
cupcakes and took ice cream cups. I had little candy bars for
decoration on the cupcakes...the Elders and Sisters LOVED them. Here in
the Netherlands they sing a real 'funky' b-day song that I hope to
learn before coming home. Sister Brubaker had the Elders that had
B-day's in February and March stand in front of the cultural hall and
everyone sang this b-day song to them.....then, since TODAY was Elder
deLeeuw's day, 34 Missionaries sang the traditional American B-day song
to him. In a few days look on the MISSION Blog and there will be a
picture of dad with the other Elders. It is a day he won't forget. SO
FUN:) We miss being with OUR family on special days, but love being
where we are doing what we are doing....serving the Lord as
Missionaries. There will be LOTS of birthdays we will celebrate as a
family. The Zone leader ask me to lead the singing today.....I just
smiled and lead the songs not knowing how to pronounce the words.....the
Missionaries all laughed at me when I did try......the Dutch language
is NOT friendly!
This has been a busy week and I will write an email Sunday. We go to Gouda again this Sunday
for the JoVo deist....and this time we are going on the train and be
real Dutch Missionaries. It will be an experience to write about for
sure. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do!":) The weather this week has
been so warm and nice...but I am sure it will rain again as it always
does in a day or two.
We love you more than you'll ever know...and once
again express our appreciation for your sacrifice in helping us serve
this Mission. Thank's again for all the greetings.
Love, Opa and Oma
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