Den Haag - Week 39

I HIT MY HALFWAY MARK THIS PAST WEDNESDAY. WOW. And of course, it is a tradition for Sisters to take a pregnant photo for their nine month mark, so here is that beauty below.

This has been a very good week. We've had a lot of really good appointments with people I really love and I have felt like I've done a lot to help the people here. We had a really good zone conference also, and I also went on exchanges with the wonderful Zuster Cluff this past week. 

We went to institute with Michelle and Kate. Michelle also came to church with us and is starting to come to so many activities!! I am so happy for her and I love her!!!  

The highlight of this week without a doubt was of course Daniella's baptism. 

I love Daniella. 

I loved her the moment I saw her. She is one of those people that I will always stay in contact with her. She is amazing and I love her so much, and her baptism was an amazing experience and I am so proud of her. It's amazing to see the happiness radiating from her after her baptism, and the . She is 18 years old and she goes to FIVE hours of church every week. Because she likes it. I don't even want to do that, but she does! She goes to both the English ward and the Dutch ward in Zoetemeer. 

After her baptism, we had a game night with a bunch of investigators and minder actief leden after the baptism and I was in charge of this minecraft game that of course attracted a bunch of little boys and we had a party. One little six year old was very fond of me and we love each other. He told me in Dutch that we needed to play the minecraft game again next time. 

It's been an awesome week! I love you guys!!!! 

Den Haag - Week 37

Week 37

Den Haag - Week 36

Hi everyone!!! This week was the last full week of the transfer and it went by crazy fast... probably because last Tuesday I got a really bad fever and had to stay home, and then Zuster Dixon got it the next day. I never checked my fever, but Zuster Dixon had 102.2 fever for a full day. We couldn't really move and we were burning up and it was overall pretty miserable being super sick, but we had some little miracles where Ashley brought us dinner because she had extra but had no idea that we were sick with the flu and had barely any food in our apartment. 

We also got transfer calls this week!!! I was soooo nervous because I thought I might leave, but thankfully I will be staying for another transfer here in Den Haag with Zuster Dixon. I am so grateful!!! I love Den Haag so much. I really love the ward. It's a lot better to blijf (stay) than to move all the time. It's nice to have a ward family, and Den haag is a great place to stay. The people here are amazing and it's really nice being around a lot of other missionaries all of the time. I would honestly love to do a fourth here too. 

I am super excited for this next transfer, we are going to do a ton of good, I know it. 

(also here is a video of us eating harring, a classic Nederland food. Enjoy!)

I love you all!!!!

Den Haag - Week 33

This week was extremely difficult but at the same time full of blessings. It was also my birthday this week so that was both really fun and really hard, since I missed home more than ever that day. Last Monday, all of the missionaries in our ward went out and got Sushi together, and it was hilarious. You have to eat all of the sushi or pay extra for what you don't finish (since it was all you can eat) so the stakes were raised. it was sooo fun. We were so sick hahaha. Then after that Sister Dixon and I had a dinner appointment with the Linders so we had to eat even more food, haha. But the Linders decorated their apartment with birthday stuff for when I came in and gave me a cute present. They are amazing! 

Then on Tuesday it actually was my birthday, and that was an extremely difficult day. All of our appointments fells through and one of our investigators that we are really close with dropped us. I was extremely disappointed. We go and knock a bunch of streets, and then later that evening we come home for dinner and Zuster Dixon walks into our apartment and trips over a balloon. And we look at each other and are like "what the heck... a balloon...is here..." And we keep walking and there are is a line of balloons taped on the ground heading to the couch, where a bunch of gifts are sitting with treats and a drawing!! And I cried. It was so sweet!! The ZL's and DL's had put the gifts there while we'd been out knocking streets. It was seriously the nicest thing. I was so happy. I included a picture below. It seriously made my day.

The next day we had Zone Conference, which addressed all of things I'd been struggling with and gave me a serious boost for the rest of the week. It's amazing how the Lord can speak to you. It was really amazing. I love Zone Conference. At Correlation on Saturday, the Scherf's brought me a birthday cake!!! That was so sweet of them!!! 

The rest of our appointments fell through for the rest of the week... which was a jammer... And we had some really sad looking numbers, but oh well! We did our best. :) 

Oh yeah, I also drew Elder Mackay as Superman.... He has yet to see it yet. 

I love all of you and I miss you all so much!!! :D 

Den Haag - Week 35

So this past P-Day all of the Den Haag missionaries went to Scheveningen and it was super fun, even though it was all cloudy and misting a little bit. Scheveningen is a famous beach and it's super beautiful. We walked on the pier and collected sandshells. The rest of the week went by in a crazy blur, but it was full of tons of small miracles. We got into contact with people we'd been wanting to get back into contact with and had some awesome appointments with members. We had three lessons and two Restorations!! That was awesome!!! It was also Martijn's birthday this week so we celebrated it at correlation. I love Den Haag and I am honestly so nervous for this upcoming Saturday, since we get transfer calls then. I don't want to leave Den Haag. I've just started to get things going again and I feel like there's so much more to do here. I love the ward and the people we are working with. I really am praying for one more transfer here because I'm not ready to go. I'm hoping for the best!!! 

I hope you all had a great week! I love you all!! 

Den Haag - Week 34

I had a super awesome week this week. We have a new investigator and her name is Lilly and she is an amazing vrouw. I am so grateful for her! She even came with us to church this Sunday! We also had exchanges this week and I went to institute with my favorite person ever, Kate ( a recently baptized member). I love her so much. I also got to see Daniella at Institute and Daniella told me that she is getting baptized on March 4th!!! I am SO excited for her!!! We also met a crazy lady this week who was religious but very occupied by weird theories, like why all the birds fly through Isreal before they go to places like Africa and stuff, or that Jesus was actually just in a coma for three days and that's how he was resurrected. It was interesting. On Friday, we went to this awesome concert with Kate. Savannah Stevenson is a singer for West End productions in England or something like that, and she also was Mary in the Bible Videos, so she came to the Zoetemeer church and sang for us which was awesome!! We also got to meet Deborah this week and help her clean her house, which was really nice. I love being with Deborah. 

On Saturday we had a zone activity where we all played Kickball at Zuiderpark in Den Haag. The Dutch do this thing where they ice over a part of the park and then everyone goes skating on it. We didn't realize it was there so we were surprised when we saw it! It's been a really good week and this transfer is literally flying by. It's almost done. I really hope I stay in Den Haag for another transfer, I really don't want to leave here. 

I love you all!! ​

Den Haag - Week 32

Den Haag - Week 32

This was a crazy week! It dropped a thousand degrees and is now absolutely freezing, and we biked a ton. All of our appointments pretty much fell through too, which was a disappointment, but we did have one amazing experience with one lady we meet every now and then. She's very sick so she can't meet for very long or very often, but the spirit is so strong in her home. She is amazing and I love her. We also looked up a referal by the ocean and so we stopped by for a break. It's so pretty! I took some fun pictures.

Also, some of the Elders here requested that I draw something for them. Elder Geeraert wanted a drawing of him as a guy from a band he likes, and Elder Young wanted me to draw him as Dumbledoor. It was so fun and hilarious when I gave it to them. Their reactions were priceless.

It was a good week! And tomorrow is my birthday, so we are all celebrating it today. We are going to get sushi and play games! I'm really excited.