Spring?

We were driving to the office and saw the daffodils coming up in the grass.

They are all over the country.  The crocus are starting to come up too. Soon the tulips will be up.

Transfer Day 27 Jan 2016

Alot of missionaries come and go on transfer day.  Here Sister Hansen and Sister Begazo meet after a long time.

Elders Van den Dungen Bille, Bishesar, Hirsch and Drenth. The 2 on the ends came up from Leaven to do some legal work.

Enjoying lunch.

Lots of luggage and missionaries.

Sisters Robbins, Voss, Watts, and Bush sing hymns together for the last time.

Elder Evans is still tormenting Elder Heinricks.  He even locked him in the back storage room.

Elder Robison and Elder and Sister Romig looking at the yearbook.

Elder Bonner trying to get order.

Elder Cook, Sisters Robbins, Bush, Watts, and Voss.  They were in the MTC together.

Elder &Sister Robison,with Elders Evans.  He has been in the office with us our whole mission.

Elder & Sister Robison with Elder Heinricks.  He was the financial Elder in the office for 6 months.

Sister Bush meeting her Mom after 18 months.

Sister Bush's family

Elder Evans is going home to Belgium to surprise his parents.  They think he is going home next week. Sister Bush and Sister Voss.  Her parents are picking her up on the 8th of Feb.

Elder Andrew saying goodbye to Elder Evans.  They worked in the office for 5 months together.

Elder Cook saying goodbye.  They also lived together with Elder Andrew.

We wanted to walk Elder Evans to the train station, but he skipped out before we knew it.  Here he is crossing the street with his blue suitcases.  I guess he is excited to go home and surprise his parents.

Elder Frederico's parents picked him up.  They are from Brazil.

6 New Missionaries 26 Jan 2016

6 new missionaries arrive in Amsterdam

Elders Steele, Gemmell, Mackay, Packard, Sisters Lindsay and Maughan.

Elder Mackay and Elder Packard eating their first pannenkeoken.

Elder Gemmell and Elder Steele.

I guess Elder Evans was tired of pannenkoeken and ordered a sandwich. He has been doing this for 2 years.

Sister Maughan and Sister Lindsay

Elders Cook, Gemmell, Steele, Mackay, Packard, Hirsch, Sister Van Eeden, and Elder Evans.

Elder Robison, Pres. & Sister Bunnell, Sisters Maughan, Lindsay, Elders Evans, Andrew, Cook, Gemmell, Steele, Mackay, Packard, Hirsch and Sister Van Eeden.

Elder Bonner

Sisters Lindsay & Maughan, Elders Mackay, Packard, Gemmell, and Steele.

The newbies and Sister & Pres. Bunnell

The office staff
Elder Andrew, Elder Evans, Sister Van Eeden and Elder Cook

Making our way back to the office.

Elder Evans last Monday lunch

Every Monday we have lunch in the office.  When an Elder goes home they get to pick what they want for lunch..  Elder Evans wanted Elder Robison to cook.
Pres. and Sister Bunnell, Elders Bonner, Evans, Cook, Hirsch, Sister Van Eeden, Elder Andrew and Sister Robison.

We had a potatoe bar.

I guess Elder Evans approved.

Dinner at our Apartment

This is Elder Evans last Sunday in the mission.  He has served in the office with us his whole mission.

We had the Elders over for dinner.
Elders Evans, Mostoller, Cook, DeWitt, and Andrew.

We had chicken enchiladas, salad, french bread, and ice cream bars.

Elder Cook and Elder Robison taking a selfie.

Elders Robison and Evans and Sister Robison

Elder Hunter

Elder Cook and Elder Hunter taking a selfie with my phone. Elder Hunter spent a couple of days in the office with us because of medical reasons. 

He was a great missionary and we will miss his great singing and Scottish accent.  We first met him in the MTC and were excited to serve with him.  He will surely be missed.  He went home January 23rd.

New Senior Couples

Elder and Zuster Van der Put and Elder and Zuster Jansen are local couples that will be serving in our mission.  The Jansens are going to Den Helder and the Van der Puts are taking our place serving in the office.

Zuster and Elder Jansen

Elder and Zuster Van der Put

Zuster and Elder Jansen and Zuster Van der Put eating pannenkoeken for lunch.

Elders Van der Put and Robison

Elder and Zuster Jansen & Elder and Zuster van der Put