Elder Niederhauser and I found a ton of success in our own area, went on some excellent exchanges in Enschede and Deventer, and got to go to a special Stake Conference with Elder Rasband. The Zone is also continuing to excel in this wonderful weather and with all of the sacrifices they are making to become more consecrated.
We live with the Deventer Elders so exchanging with them was pretty easy. I got to go with Elder Harding to Apeldoorn and we found a ton of new people! It also helped out any of the tension we had in the apartment since my reputation on the mission is less than desirable, and he had heard a bunch of it. Thankfully misinformation can be replaced super easily with truth and a good exchange, and so now the apartment is a ton of fun again. He is a super solid Elder and I am excited to see how he will apply all of his big city skills to the small but beautiful city of Deventer.
The other exchange was with Elder Becktol in Enschede, which is a student city. All I need to say is that God knew what he was doing when he sent me to Apeldoorn for my last few transfers, where there are nearly no beautiful women anywhere near my age :).
The Stake Conference with Elder Rasband was excellent, and Remco had another really good experience with it. He was deeply impressed with how personal Elder Rasband was, and it added to his awe and wonder with the way that the church members are and feel. The next step is to help him understand that he himself can feel that exact same way.
We also got Bert, the older Christian man who came to church last week, to commit to be baptized on the 9th of January! We are super pumped to see him progress, and he is also really excited to make the steps to reach that. Along with that, Anita had her baptismal interview! And she is ready to be baptized! She will have to wait a couple weeks since she is visiting family in Poland for a couple weeks, but we are all really excited to see her continue to be amazing.
I love all of you! Enjoy your spring, and good luck with everthing!
Love,
Elder Thornton
-Service with Brother Methorst. We destroyed his backyard so he could get a shed build and electricty running to it. I got to put the bricks back in place, which I loved.
-Beautiful day in the park!
-Beautiful view of Deventer
-Pday on the Dock
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