Hallo Familie and Vrienden!
It has gotten crazy cold down here! A few days have gotten down to -5 degrees Celsius, which is super cold with the humidity. The smaller canals currently have a thin sheet of ice. I feel bad for Elder Ocampo who is still in Ijmuiden, because it is even colder there because it is a port city right next to the ocean.
This week has been super great! We have been working hard and it has really been showing. We have three people progressing seriously to baptism, although most of that is Elder Bartolini since 2 of them are Spanish speaking and the other has parents who are Spanish speaking, but we do get to teach him in Dutch, which is super nice. His name is Said (SI-eed) and his parents are less-active members. He is 11, and he really wants to get baptized, so that is pretty cool. The other two are Jonathan and his mom, Lilliana. They are from Peru, just like Elder Bartolini. They were all at church this Sunday, as well as a couple others who found the church on their own. We will be meeting with them this next week.
They celebrate Pakjesavond today, which is when Sinterklaus comes and brings them gifts. It is basically the same thing as Santa in America. We get to celebrate it with the Jansens tonight, so that will be super cool. We all drew someones name for the gift giving, and I still need to find a present for Elder Dierden... But it should be a blast!
Exchanges with Alkmaar! We played some serious games of Uno. I tried to pull a serious face...
Delicious Olliebollen with cream!
One of the crazy beautiful parks in Amsterdam. We spent a few hours on the 1st (the church wide service day) picking up trash.
I love you all!
Love,
Elder Thornton
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