Thursday, October 28, 2010
October 25, 2010
Dear Family!
It has been such a wonderful week. I love working here in Amsterdam and I love working with Zuster Driggs. She is absolutely hilarious; I am really going to miss her when she goes home. She asked for your phone number though because she wants to call you when she gets back. Haha, so you can expect that. She is great! I've started running again in the mornings, but there were some problems for a while, and Zuster Driggs is such a sport. She doesn't like to run so she just sits in the cold and watches me run up and down the street. The mornings have gotten really cold here, we really have to buddle up to go outside. Actually, it's basically just always cold here now. Mom, I am so grateful for the rain coat we bought. And I'm glad we bought the bigger size because I can wear my winter coat and then put the rain coat over it. It's helped a lot! I rains every day here. The heater in the church broke too and so the building is freezing! The Snugglie has made its way to Europe and the members are starting to wear their Snugglies to church. It's hilarious. Happy almost birthday Daddy! I am sending a surprise in the mail.
This week was great and this coming week is going to be even better! I can't believe I forgot to tell you last week but...WE GET TO GO TO THE TEMPLE TOMORROW!! I hope you can read the enthusiasm in my voice. I am above and beyond excited to finally get to go back to the temple. People asks us all the time if we are homesick and I always say, no offense to you all, but that I'm temple homesick. We really were spoiled in the MTC to be able to go every week. That's a goal I want to have when I go back to BYU. I've been preparing the last few weeks to come up with questions or just things that have been on my mind. I cannot wait till tomorrow. Haha, it's like Christmas.
So our miracle of the week is a woman name Unique. She is from Suriname, which means she has the most beautiful Dutch ever (besides Vlaams) and we met her through a member here named Jennifer Linkers. We went over to Jennifer's on Thursday to have dinner and Unique was there. She was very, very curious about what we do as missionaries and we ended up teaching her a very full, beautiful first lesson. She loved it! She was a little "skeptical" but believed that she could ask God for an answer. We got her info, but as it turns out she lives in Almere which is just north of here. But we have elders in Almere and it turns out they had knocked on her door before but she hadn't been interested. We told her we could give her info to the elders, but she said that she was going to be in Amsterdam through the weekend and she wanted to know if we could teach her more. Haha, umm... yes, that was possible. We went over every day after that and taught her the plan of salvation, gospel of Jesus Christ, word of wisdom, and law of chastity. She has some problems with the commandments now but she was so touched and knows that what we've told her is true and she needs to change her life around. She read tons from the Book of Mormon in between our visits and she really got it. It was wonderful! During our last appointment yesterday she cried and said she really felt God's love and she wanted to progress to baptism. Oh my goodness I love her! I am so excited for her to continue to be taught by the elders. And she said she comes down to Amsterdam every once in a while so we will see her again. Talk about prepared people. And talk about amazing members. Seriously THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT -- Jennifer is great. :)
Funny story of the week also comes from Jennifer's. She is also from Suriname and people from Suriname make VERY spicy food. The elders came for dinner as well on Thursday and Elder Wood dared me to eat this small, yellow pepper with him. Everyone was like no, no don't do it, you'll regret it. But... we did it anyway. Oh. My. Gosh. It was so hot! My mouth caught fire haha and I couldn't breathe. Definitely not the smartest thing I've ever done. So Elder Wood and I are sitting there crying and Jennifer starts going off about how we were her guests and so if we were suffering she needed to suffer too. So she pops one in her mouth too! Haha, so we are all sitting there crying and everyone else is laughing and oh man, you just had to see it. Well, you live and learn. And now I have a funny story.
Last night we had a wonderful appointment with the Relief Society President Zuster Van Leeuwen and her husband. They are incredible! Their son is actually on a mission HERE now and he was in my zone in Antwerpen which is cool. They are both awesome members and we talked a lot about working with the ward to get the work done. We gave them a lesson on what my other insight last week was. So people always think, "Oh wow, missionaries are so smart in the gospel. They know so much and when they come home they are just so great. They know everything." And Zuster Driggs and I were talking about that the other day and we were trying to figure out why people think that. People always think that we know everything about the gospel. But the thing is... we don't. And the knowledge that we do have just comes because we study the basics. Every day. Haha for 2 years/year and a half really all we study every day are the first 3 lessons in PMG. Like I study the plan of salvation a lot. I like to study faith. Or just read from the Book of Mormon. It's the basics that make up the gospel. And that's available to everyone, missionary or not. There is no big secret. That's what I love about the gospel. It's simple.
I love you all! Keep praying. Study Preach My Gospel. Really that will help so much!
Met leifde,
Zuster Holbein
It has been such a wonderful week. I love working here in Amsterdam and I love working with Zuster Driggs. She is absolutely hilarious; I am really going to miss her when she goes home. She asked for your phone number though because she wants to call you when she gets back. Haha, so you can expect that. She is great! I've started running again in the mornings, but there were some problems for a while, and Zuster Driggs is such a sport. She doesn't like to run so she just sits in the cold and watches me run up and down the street. The mornings have gotten really cold here, we really have to buddle up to go outside. Actually, it's basically just always cold here now. Mom, I am so grateful for the rain coat we bought. And I'm glad we bought the bigger size because I can wear my winter coat and then put the rain coat over it. It's helped a lot! I rains every day here. The heater in the church broke too and so the building is freezing! The Snugglie has made its way to Europe and the members are starting to wear their Snugglies to church. It's hilarious. Happy almost birthday Daddy! I am sending a surprise in the mail.
This week was great and this coming week is going to be even better! I can't believe I forgot to tell you last week but...WE GET TO GO TO THE TEMPLE TOMORROW!! I hope you can read the enthusiasm in my voice. I am above and beyond excited to finally get to go back to the temple. People asks us all the time if we are homesick and I always say, no offense to you all, but that I'm temple homesick. We really were spoiled in the MTC to be able to go every week. That's a goal I want to have when I go back to BYU. I've been preparing the last few weeks to come up with questions or just things that have been on my mind. I cannot wait till tomorrow. Haha, it's like Christmas.
So our miracle of the week is a woman name Unique. She is from Suriname, which means she has the most beautiful Dutch ever (besides Vlaams) and we met her through a member here named Jennifer Linkers. We went over to Jennifer's on Thursday to have dinner and Unique was there. She was very, very curious about what we do as missionaries and we ended up teaching her a very full, beautiful first lesson. She loved it! She was a little "skeptical" but believed that she could ask God for an answer. We got her info, but as it turns out she lives in Almere which is just north of here. But we have elders in Almere and it turns out they had knocked on her door before but she hadn't been interested. We told her we could give her info to the elders, but she said that she was going to be in Amsterdam through the weekend and she wanted to know if we could teach her more. Haha, umm... yes, that was possible. We went over every day after that and taught her the plan of salvation, gospel of Jesus Christ, word of wisdom, and law of chastity. She has some problems with the commandments now but she was so touched and knows that what we've told her is true and she needs to change her life around. She read tons from the Book of Mormon in between our visits and she really got it. It was wonderful! During our last appointment yesterday she cried and said she really felt God's love and she wanted to progress to baptism. Oh my goodness I love her! I am so excited for her to continue to be taught by the elders. And she said she comes down to Amsterdam every once in a while so we will see her again. Talk about prepared people. And talk about amazing members. Seriously THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT -- Jennifer is great. :)
Funny story of the week also comes from Jennifer's. She is also from Suriname and people from Suriname make VERY spicy food. The elders came for dinner as well on Thursday and Elder Wood dared me to eat this small, yellow pepper with him. Everyone was like no, no don't do it, you'll regret it. But... we did it anyway. Oh. My. Gosh. It was so hot! My mouth caught fire haha and I couldn't breathe. Definitely not the smartest thing I've ever done. So Elder Wood and I are sitting there crying and Jennifer starts going off about how we were her guests and so if we were suffering she needed to suffer too. So she pops one in her mouth too! Haha, so we are all sitting there crying and everyone else is laughing and oh man, you just had to see it. Well, you live and learn. And now I have a funny story.
Last night we had a wonderful appointment with the Relief Society President Zuster Van Leeuwen and her husband. They are incredible! Their son is actually on a mission HERE now and he was in my zone in Antwerpen which is cool. They are both awesome members and we talked a lot about working with the ward to get the work done. We gave them a lesson on what my other insight last week was. So people always think, "Oh wow, missionaries are so smart in the gospel. They know so much and when they come home they are just so great. They know everything." And Zuster Driggs and I were talking about that the other day and we were trying to figure out why people think that. People always think that we know everything about the gospel. But the thing is... we don't. And the knowledge that we do have just comes because we study the basics. Every day. Haha for 2 years/year and a half really all we study every day are the first 3 lessons in PMG. Like I study the plan of salvation a lot. I like to study faith. Or just read from the Book of Mormon. It's the basics that make up the gospel. And that's available to everyone, missionary or not. There is no big secret. That's what I love about the gospel. It's simple.
I love you all! Keep praying. Study Preach My Gospel. Really that will help so much!
Met leifde,
Zuster Holbein
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
October 18, 2010
Dear Family,
2 Timothy 2:3 has become one of my favorite scriptures. I love thinking of missionary work as a battle, because that's very frequently what it feels like it is. This week was great but it also had its share of harder times. My goodness, do people need the gospel. Sometimes the world is just a little too messed up, haha especially here in Amsterdam... no, it's a great city, and there are problems all over the world. But really, PEOPLE NEED THE GOSPEL. So thank you all for your examples and the ways that you do missionary work. William, way to go inviting so many friends to church! Don't worry if they say no or back out, you're getting a taste of real missionary work. And in the end it always works out. God has a plan for every one of his children. I frequently say to myself "Ik doe mijn best, en God doet de rest" We just do the best we can.
So today has been a great P-day! We and the elders went to the Anne Frank house this morning. Wow. I learned a lot and actually really felt the Spirit when reading parts of her journals. It was also very sad, for obvious reasons, but it gave me good insight on a lot of things. I learned a lot I didn't know. Like the fact that their hiding place was in Amsterdam. Or that her dad survived. Or that she wrote her journals in Dutch! That was the most surprising. They had the originals on display under glass, and we all looked at them and could actually read them! That was insane but really cool. So yes that's been today.
Other exciting news -- We set another baptismal date! His name is Lewis van de something (bahh I'm so bad with names) and he is awesome. We met him my first day here on a tram and his date is for the 21st of November. Both he and Daphne the other woman we are helping to prepare for baptism are strong people and they both are really enthusiastic about the gospel. Pray that they will be able to make it to church on Sundays. That seems to always be the problem. Oh and this past Saturday there was the baptism of a wonderful woman named Priscilla. She was one of the elders’ investigators but we also worked with her a little. The doop dienst was so wonderful. When she got baptized and came back up her grandson yelled "Nog een keer!" (One more time!) Haha it was so cute. We also did an awesome musical number with the elders. We sang "Come Follow Me" to the tune of "I Like To Look For Rainbows" It was beautiful. My mission has made me love singing. And I don't think I'm that bad actually. Haha though it's probably just a gift of the Spirit. I bet I'll come back and not be able to. We shall see.
So we've had a lot of finding time this week and I came to two cool realizations. Story of my mission -- I feel like my mission is opening up my mind to what the gospel actually is. What is means to be a Latter-day Saint. You know? It's like I got it before, but not really. Or just not all of it. Here I have had so many "Ah-ha!" light bulb moments. I love it.
This week while finding we met some of the most amazing people. One woman we met started crying as soon as we said we were from the Church of Jesus Christ. She totally opened up about how unhappy she was and how she doesn't know where to turn. We had a powerful lesson with her on the street about the atonement and we read with her from the Book of Mormon and prayed. Another woman we met doing doors said she didn't believe it God at all, but she let us pray with her, and when we finished the prayer and looked at her she was crying. Another young man let us sing "Count your Blessings" for him and happily took a copy of the Book of Mormon. Another man asked me specifically what the center of our gospel was and I got to boldly and plainly testify that Jesus Christ and his atonement are the center, and because he loves us he still guides us today through a prophet.
Another time a man was talking about the Holy Ghost, and a scripture came into my head that I had read earlier, but I couldn't remember where it was. I prayed though and just opened the Book of Mormon, and there it was. I shared it with the man and he was openly touched. So many little miracles. That's how God works. I believe 100% in a God of miracles.
There have been so many wonderful people that we've met and shared the gospel with -- but the thing is, none of them would give us their information. They all said they would call us. From the beginning of my mission until just this past week that has really bothered me. I've thought, "Oh come on! You felt the Spirit; I know you did. Why don't you want to learn more?" But just this past week it hit me. Sometimes it takes people many times to actually accept the gospel; and you know what? I believe that. A lot of the people who have recently been baptized here in Amsterdam are those who were FORMER investigators or had come in contact with the Church before. It just wasn't their time then. And I thought Dad about how you always say that every card, every smile, every song, every prayer, every Book of Mormon given away has a purpose. It helps someone. Maybe they don't become an active investigator right then and there, BUT they do get one more contact closer. One contact closer to accepting it. So maybe I have to talk to 100 people, and go along the doors, and feel the Spirit with people, and then they say no. It's okay. Because it's all just laying the foundation. I'm happy to help do that.
Haha, time's up. I'll have to share my other insight next week.
I love you all! I'm happy and loving it, and really couldn't ask for more. Blij maar geweldig.
Met liefde,
Zuster Holbein
2 Timothy 2:3 has become one of my favorite scriptures. I love thinking of missionary work as a battle, because that's very frequently what it feels like it is. This week was great but it also had its share of harder times. My goodness, do people need the gospel. Sometimes the world is just a little too messed up, haha especially here in Amsterdam... no, it's a great city, and there are problems all over the world. But really, PEOPLE NEED THE GOSPEL. So thank you all for your examples and the ways that you do missionary work. William, way to go inviting so many friends to church! Don't worry if they say no or back out, you're getting a taste of real missionary work. And in the end it always works out. God has a plan for every one of his children. I frequently say to myself "Ik doe mijn best, en God doet de rest" We just do the best we can.
So today has been a great P-day! We and the elders went to the Anne Frank house this morning. Wow. I learned a lot and actually really felt the Spirit when reading parts of her journals. It was also very sad, for obvious reasons, but it gave me good insight on a lot of things. I learned a lot I didn't know. Like the fact that their hiding place was in Amsterdam. Or that her dad survived. Or that she wrote her journals in Dutch! That was the most surprising. They had the originals on display under glass, and we all looked at them and could actually read them! That was insane but really cool. So yes that's been today.
Other exciting news -- We set another baptismal date! His name is Lewis van de something (bahh I'm so bad with names) and he is awesome. We met him my first day here on a tram and his date is for the 21st of November. Both he and Daphne the other woman we are helping to prepare for baptism are strong people and they both are really enthusiastic about the gospel. Pray that they will be able to make it to church on Sundays. That seems to always be the problem. Oh and this past Saturday there was the baptism of a wonderful woman named Priscilla. She was one of the elders’ investigators but we also worked with her a little. The doop dienst was so wonderful. When she got baptized and came back up her grandson yelled "Nog een keer!" (One more time!) Haha it was so cute. We also did an awesome musical number with the elders. We sang "Come Follow Me" to the tune of "I Like To Look For Rainbows" It was beautiful. My mission has made me love singing. And I don't think I'm that bad actually. Haha though it's probably just a gift of the Spirit. I bet I'll come back and not be able to. We shall see.
So we've had a lot of finding time this week and I came to two cool realizations. Story of my mission -- I feel like my mission is opening up my mind to what the gospel actually is. What is means to be a Latter-day Saint. You know? It's like I got it before, but not really. Or just not all of it. Here I have had so many "Ah-ha!" light bulb moments. I love it.
This week while finding we met some of the most amazing people. One woman we met started crying as soon as we said we were from the Church of Jesus Christ. She totally opened up about how unhappy she was and how she doesn't know where to turn. We had a powerful lesson with her on the street about the atonement and we read with her from the Book of Mormon and prayed. Another woman we met doing doors said she didn't believe it God at all, but she let us pray with her, and when we finished the prayer and looked at her she was crying. Another young man let us sing "Count your Blessings" for him and happily took a copy of the Book of Mormon. Another man asked me specifically what the center of our gospel was and I got to boldly and plainly testify that Jesus Christ and his atonement are the center, and because he loves us he still guides us today through a prophet.
Another time a man was talking about the Holy Ghost, and a scripture came into my head that I had read earlier, but I couldn't remember where it was. I prayed though and just opened the Book of Mormon, and there it was. I shared it with the man and he was openly touched. So many little miracles. That's how God works. I believe 100% in a God of miracles.
There have been so many wonderful people that we've met and shared the gospel with -- but the thing is, none of them would give us their information. They all said they would call us. From the beginning of my mission until just this past week that has really bothered me. I've thought, "Oh come on! You felt the Spirit; I know you did. Why don't you want to learn more?" But just this past week it hit me. Sometimes it takes people many times to actually accept the gospel; and you know what? I believe that. A lot of the people who have recently been baptized here in Amsterdam are those who were FORMER investigators or had come in contact with the Church before. It just wasn't their time then. And I thought Dad about how you always say that every card, every smile, every song, every prayer, every Book of Mormon given away has a purpose. It helps someone. Maybe they don't become an active investigator right then and there, BUT they do get one more contact closer. One contact closer to accepting it. So maybe I have to talk to 100 people, and go along the doors, and feel the Spirit with people, and then they say no. It's okay. Because it's all just laying the foundation. I'm happy to help do that.
Haha, time's up. I'll have to share my other insight next week.
I love you all! I'm happy and loving it, and really couldn't ask for more. Blij maar geweldig.
Met liefde,
Zuster Holbein
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
4 Weeks Condensed
At the beginning of my mission I used to always try and say the longest prayer with all the big Dutch words I knew just because I couldn't always say lot else and I wanted to make sure I got something in. Haha, does that make sense? But learning at conference helped me to realize the importance of teaching to people's understanding. Prayer is so important for these people. No one will learn anything unless the Spirit teaches them, and the biggest way he does that is through prayer.
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I am so happy and excited and nervous and just 54,321 different emotions as I write today. Mostly just happy and excited because we found out about transfers last night and... I'm going to AMSTERDAM!! :) Honestly this was not at all where I thought I would go, but I kind of secretly prayed I would, and I guess Heavenly Father felt it was a righteous desire. Zuster Driggs will be my new companion. This is her last transfer so once again I will be having to learn a city in 6 weeks to take over. I'm beyond excited though. It'll be super hard leaving Antwerpen, haha and just Belgium in general. How crazy is it that in this mission you can get transferred to a different country? I feel like it's the right thing and I'm excited for the adventures that await me. I've learned so much these past 6 months in Antwerpen and it will always have a special place in my heart. There are so many people here I love, but I know that they will always be a part of my life. I love D&C 130:2. And I will miss working with Zuster Fritz. She really has become one of my best friends and she's helped me through so much. Haha, thank goodness we both go to BYU.
We've had so many amazing appointments here with members and investigators. The Church is strong here in Belgium; it has a really bright future. There are so many people here I wish you all could meet! Seriously Family Schiltz, Zuster Van Wauwe, Broer Nuyens, Grace and Joseph, Katie, Heidi and Marie, Joseph Mendy, Andy Thomas, all the investigators -- just everyone. Anyone up for a trip to Belgium after the mission? These people have been my life and I love them more than I ever knew was possible. My mission has taught me so much about love and the capacity to help people. I'm so excited to see who is waiting for me in Amsterdam. I can't wait to find them. We also had zone conference this week in Utrecht and Elder Wells, Verwey and myself did an awesome musical number. They both play the recorder and so with my flute we played "Alles wat Adam heeft" (Praise to the Lord). It was so pretty! Thank you for sending my flute, I love having it.
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Here I am in Amsterdam and I love it! It's completely different from Belgium, but I already feel at home. Major differences: 1) It's clean. No offense to Belgium, but it's not the cleanest country. Everything is very new here; it reminds me a lot of America. 2) The language! Haha this is not Flemish that's for sure. It's so much easier to understand -- I should've started my mission here. It's pretty though. And 3) The people are so much nicer! Ok, that sounds horrible to say, but in Belgium, you just don't naturally talk to people on the street; they think it's weird. But here, it's so natural to talk to people. Everyone says hi on the street or at a stoplight on a bike and it's so nice! It makes contacting a lot easier. There are 6 missionaries in the city, well 8 actually. Us, 2 sets of elders, and the Pancratzs a senior couple. There is a lot of work to do! We are finding, finding, finding. We're doing a lot with the members. The ward here is legit -- they know how to get things done. I have already met so many members; they feed us all the time, and I love them already. They are very willing to help with missionary work.
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You receive this email today from a very happy Zuster Holbein. Why am I so happy? Haha, I don't really know. Maybe because it's been a great week and it's a beautiful sunny fall day today. Maybe just because I'm a missionary and that is always reason to be happy. Whatever it is I woke up really happy this morning. Just thankful for all the tender mercies of the week and the love that I've felt from my Heavenly Father.
Amsterdam is one multicultural city. In one consecrated hour we met people from Russia, Portugal, Brazil, Australia, Germany, France, and Bulgaria. Crazy! I am working on learning the name of the Church in lots of other languages. I've got French and Spanish the best. I can say, “We are missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” And Zuster Driggs knows Russian which is cool and helpful.
Know that I am really happy and I feel your love and prayers. We are so blessed to be members of this church; honestly, I don't think I have ever realized it so much in my life. The Book of Mormon clearly is the word of God. It changes lives; it brings light. I love it.
Keep on keeping on.
Met liefde,
Zuster Holbein
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I am so happy and excited and nervous and just 54,321 different emotions as I write today. Mostly just happy and excited because we found out about transfers last night and... I'm going to AMSTERDAM!! :) Honestly this was not at all where I thought I would go, but I kind of secretly prayed I would, and I guess Heavenly Father felt it was a righteous desire. Zuster Driggs will be my new companion. This is her last transfer so once again I will be having to learn a city in 6 weeks to take over. I'm beyond excited though. It'll be super hard leaving Antwerpen, haha and just Belgium in general. How crazy is it that in this mission you can get transferred to a different country? I feel like it's the right thing and I'm excited for the adventures that await me. I've learned so much these past 6 months in Antwerpen and it will always have a special place in my heart. There are so many people here I love, but I know that they will always be a part of my life. I love D&C 130:2. And I will miss working with Zuster Fritz. She really has become one of my best friends and she's helped me through so much. Haha, thank goodness we both go to BYU.
We've had so many amazing appointments here with members and investigators. The Church is strong here in Belgium; it has a really bright future. There are so many people here I wish you all could meet! Seriously Family Schiltz, Zuster Van Wauwe, Broer Nuyens, Grace and Joseph, Katie, Heidi and Marie, Joseph Mendy, Andy Thomas, all the investigators -- just everyone. Anyone up for a trip to Belgium after the mission? These people have been my life and I love them more than I ever knew was possible. My mission has taught me so much about love and the capacity to help people. I'm so excited to see who is waiting for me in Amsterdam. I can't wait to find them. We also had zone conference this week in Utrecht and Elder Wells, Verwey and myself did an awesome musical number. They both play the recorder and so with my flute we played "Alles wat Adam heeft" (Praise to the Lord). It was so pretty! Thank you for sending my flute, I love having it.
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Here I am in Amsterdam and I love it! It's completely different from Belgium, but I already feel at home. Major differences: 1) It's clean. No offense to Belgium, but it's not the cleanest country. Everything is very new here; it reminds me a lot of America. 2) The language! Haha this is not Flemish that's for sure. It's so much easier to understand -- I should've started my mission here. It's pretty though. And 3) The people are so much nicer! Ok, that sounds horrible to say, but in Belgium, you just don't naturally talk to people on the street; they think it's weird. But here, it's so natural to talk to people. Everyone says hi on the street or at a stoplight on a bike and it's so nice! It makes contacting a lot easier. There are 6 missionaries in the city, well 8 actually. Us, 2 sets of elders, and the Pancratzs a senior couple. There is a lot of work to do! We are finding, finding, finding. We're doing a lot with the members. The ward here is legit -- they know how to get things done. I have already met so many members; they feed us all the time, and I love them already. They are very willing to help with missionary work.
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You receive this email today from a very happy Zuster Holbein. Why am I so happy? Haha, I don't really know. Maybe because it's been a great week and it's a beautiful sunny fall day today. Maybe just because I'm a missionary and that is always reason to be happy. Whatever it is I woke up really happy this morning. Just thankful for all the tender mercies of the week and the love that I've felt from my Heavenly Father.
Amsterdam is one multicultural city. In one consecrated hour we met people from Russia, Portugal, Brazil, Australia, Germany, France, and Bulgaria. Crazy! I am working on learning the name of the Church in lots of other languages. I've got French and Spanish the best. I can say, “We are missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” And Zuster Driggs knows Russian which is cool and helpful.
Know that I am really happy and I feel your love and prayers. We are so blessed to be members of this church; honestly, I don't think I have ever realized it so much in my life. The Book of Mormon clearly is the word of God. It changes lives; it brings light. I love it.
Keep on keeping on.
Met liefde,
Zuster Holbein
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