Valentine surprise

After a horrible day we came back to the office.  I sorted the mail and we received valentines and pictures from the Battys and Jeremy's family.

Jax sent a package with candy and ranch packets.  This made may day.  I really needed that.

Break In

We had a nice night with the Jovos and came outside and found this. It was our first time to unlock the gate and church for family home evening and we forgot the keys.  We had to wait for the missionaries to unlock everything so we were running late. Gail was fixing dinner so we were trying to hurry.  Elder Robison went in the church and I parked the car and grabbed my bag.  I saw his and thought we were in the church parking lot far from the street so we would be ok. If he needed it he would go get it. 

They broke the window and took his leather bag with his computer and I-pad in it.  He never has his I-pad with him but we had about a 45 minute drive so he wanted to practice his dutch.  He had an app on his computer that was helping him.  Luckily they didn't see our tom tom that was in between the seats in the front.

Ezra had a box in his work truck that we slammed in the sliding door to cover the window. We called the police and they said we had to make an appointment to file a report. So we drove 45 minutes home that night and back 45 minutes the next day back to Amsterdam. They were very helpful and told us to check the internet and the second hand stores to see if we could find it. Nothing yet.  Julie found the serial numbers and if they find them they will contact us.

This is the church parking lot.

It is far from the street but we didn't lock the gate.

The next day we called a glass shop and they put in a temperary window and ordered us a new window which they installed on friday so we only went without a window for 5 days.

Good bye to the Kleijwegs

Elder and Sister Kleijweg opening presents from the Jovos on their last night.

A bird house

Butterflies

a blanket

Ezra Kleijweg and Gail putting whip cream on a cake Sister Kleijweg made.  

Amersfoort stove

Elder Warner and Elder Denny in Amersfoort.  Their stove wasn't working right so we had a stove under the stairs in the office.  Elder Robison cleaned it up and we took it to them in our combo van.

Amsterdam Jovos

Family home evening with the Amsterdam young single adults or jongvolwassenen or jovos for short. Ezra and Gail, Elder Robison and Benjamin (he served a mission in the West Indies with Ryan Anderson.  He has been back for one month).

We eat dinner and then have a short lesson and then play games. We passed around a pair of scissors and they had to guess if it was right crossed, left crossed or normal. Also a counting game where we went around the circle counting in Dutch and when your number was 7 or a multiple of 7 you said dit. If you messed up you're out.

Sister Adams and her investigator Justin, Christina, Daniel, Elder Harrop and Elder Kleiweg.

Vincent, Gail, Ezra, Sister Karlson, Benjamin, Sister Adams

Ezra, Sister Kleiweg, Justin, Christina, Daniel and Elder Harrop.

Roses

All these roses for 6 euros

Zone Training

Elders lining up for lunch. 

President and Sister Robinson and Elder Bonney.

Elders Yocom, Bonney, Evans, Da Silva, Johnson, and Morrell.

Sisters Thomas, Goodman, Adams, Johansen, and Elder Silva.

Elder Van Dam and his wife made the soup.  Lots of good bread and honey.  Fla and cookies for dessert.

Sister Robinson announcing the birthdays for the month.  Sister Adams and Elder Morrell.