Hey Everybody!
Said was confirmed this week, and it was super cool! He and his family were super excited again, especially his father. I love that guy so much! He is super excited to see his son enter into the church. Broeder de Jongen (the previous bishop of the Amsterdam ward) performed the ordinance, and it was super beautiful. I was translating again for church, so I got the really cool opportunity of translating it into English. I hope I was able to do it justice.
Along those lines, my Dutch has been getting much better. I can understand almost anything, and I can express myself in the ways I want to without avoiding different kinds of sentences. I still don't get to speak it as often as I would like because the people here in Amsterdam all speak English, but I do my best to take every opportunity.
Numbers wise, this week was pretty tough. We know we worked hard this week, so we don't feel super awful, but it is always a little disapointing to see how even when you are trying so hard nothing measurable comes out of it. We had a ton of scheduled lessons at the beginning of the week, but everyone except for Said and his family canceled, so we ended up with one total lesson for the whole week... We are going to be spending more time knocking and finding this week since we are pretty much done with the referrals, so that should help us find some more progressing investigators.
Numbers wise, this week was pretty tough. We know we worked hard this week, so we don't feel super awful, but it is always a little disapointing to see how even when you are trying so hard nothing measurable comes out of it. We had a ton of scheduled lessons at the beginning of the week, but everyone except for Said and his family canceled, so we ended up with one total lesson for the whole week... We are going to be spending more time knocking and finding this week since we are pretty much done with the referrals, so that should help us find some more progressing investigators.
Everyone has been super sick in Amsterdam! Almost all of our potentials and investigators have had a least a cold, and it has made it almost impossible to get a lesson.
Elder Bartolini and I have been becoming continually more fast friends, and it has really been a blessing.
Exchanges! I went with Elder Stevenson to Weesp. The trees were white with frost
The video is yet another day of 4 square... Just a sample though :)
Have a great week, and for those of you in Utah, enjoy the snow for me!!!
Elder Bartolini and I have been becoming continually more fast friends, and it has really been a blessing.
Exchanges! I went with Elder Stevenson to Weesp. The trees were white with frost
The video is yet another day of 4 square... Just a sample though :)
Have a great week, and for those of you in Utah, enjoy the snow for me!!!
Love,
Elder Thornton
Elder Thornton
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