I probably say this every week, but it was a really good week! It was vacation, so we were a little concerned with how many people we found and how many people were home since everyone here goes somewhere, but we saw some miracles and made quite a few solid new appointments.
We also had a Zone Conference combined with a trip to Keukenhof, the world famous tulip garden here in Nederland. It was super beautiful, and I got to spend my time there with Elder DuWors, my companion that I trained back in Antwerpen a little while ago. He told me that Tahir is reading daily in the Book of Mormon! Tahir is someone we met in Antwerpen, and has a really long story, and I can't explain it all here, but that is incredible! A super big miracle.
We went on exchanges with the Assen District Leaders a couple days ago, and that was pretty cool. We had some excellent appointments with Bert, who is still progressing to his baptismal date, Remco, and a few others. Even with all of the business with still managed to find multiple new people. One of them was Tom, a guy who was sitting out on his balcony. We had already walked past him on the other side of the street when Elder Kennell said,"I feel like we should talk to him, but now it is awkward." But since it always seems to be easier to follow someone else's prompting, we ran back to him, taught him about the Book of Mormon, and set up a return appointment to bring him his own copy and explain the Restoration. Pretty cool.
Church was also pretty fun. Remco and Nelson came, both regulars now, and Laurence also came. I'm not certain if I have already mentioned him, but he is interesting. Really smart, really socially capable, but pretty prideful. So that made Priesthood very interesting when the combination of him, a less-active but actually atheist member, and a deeply studied older member took over the lesson. I had to chuckle at least a couple times. People are funny, especially when they take themselves so seriously.
I hope you are all enjoying the wonderful spring weather, and that you are all getting excited for summer! Have fun!
Love,
Elder Thornton
Photos:
-Thinking about my best two years on The Best Two years bench
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