Week 18: Drum-roll please!

Hoi!

Can you believe it? I have now been in Nederland for 2 transfers! And you know what transfers mean! Transfer calls!

I am going to Amsterdam! I will be serving with Elder Bartolini, an Elder from Peru who ended up serving in Peru for 8 months because of visa issues, so he got here at the same time as me. When I saw him 6 weeks ago, he spoke almost no Dutch, so we will see how that goes. I prayed for a challenge, and I think God took me a little too seriously. He really does have a sense of humor.

I'm a little sad to be leaving IJmuiden and Haarlem, especially the members that I got to know really well. Luckily I won't be leaving too many serious investigators, just Joelle and a few others who we just started with. Joelle is continuing to "observe the water" from the outside, and she didn't have time this week for a lesson, so I hope that Elder Ocampo and his new companion will be able to help her.

On Saturday we had a little miracle. We had a full day planned, but literally everything fell through. Even our dinner appointment with a member... After we finished our missionary made dinner, we were going to finish weekly planning, but I had an impression to visit Thies, a potential who we had tried to contact so many times without success. We biked down there, and he was home! It was the first day he had been home for a while, as he had been in the hospital for the last couple of weeks. I was super grateful, because I was getting pretty frustrated that day with the lack of success.

I forgot my camera today, which is super sad because I had some awesome photos this week. I will make sure to send them next week, along with some great ones from Amsterdam!

I love you all!

Elder Thornton