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This week had the
strongest Belgium flashbacks I have had yet.
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This week we worked in
Dordrecht and Sliedrecht, just south eastish of Rotterdam I think and worked
with the missionaries there. One of them
is the one and only Elder Hirsch which was fantastic because I hadn't seen him
since the MTC! And he is comps with Elder Van De Merwe who was my district
leader in Antwerpen for 3. The zusters in Dordrecht are killer too so it
was a lot of fun.
We had an unusual turn
and actually met more investigators and less active members than active ones. A
little different but sooooo cool. We were able to help a lot of people feel and
recognize the Holy Ghost (such a blessing to be a part of) and build them up
for their own answers from God as they pray about the Book of Mormon and Joseph
the Prophet.
MIRACLES. In Delft we
had 2 exchanges this week with the district leaders and zone leaders and I
stayed in Delft for both of them :) Elder Claflin and I got caught in a
hurricane hahahah as we biked across town to a member’s home and the hail and
rain almost broke skin so we and about 15 others sheltered under a bridge pass
to escape the wrath of Poseidon. BUT the real story is with Jones. We had a
great lesson with him Tuesday all about the Restoration and how applicable
it is to us and how it is our responsibility to accept it! As we spoke the
Spirit was really strong and he understood that he has to take steps of faith.
We set a baptismal date for May 2 and he is ready to work towards it
and expressed his strong desire to be baptized!
Wednesday I was
with Elder Bernier in Delft (we have been on so many exchanges since I got here
haha) and we taught Micha in his home. He still is looking for God but we have
been mainly helping him with smoking and he loves the missionaries as well. We
taught about how He is there to help us and waits for us to find Him. I bore my
testimony of how I received my answer about the church through Joseph Smith,
then we watched the Hope of God's Light video online on how that man found it
through a simple prayer, then we read the story of Aaron and King Lamoni. We
were able to use all 3 of these accounts of coming to know the truth to show
Micha that it is different for everyone and will take time BUT we must be
diligent and faithful so when that time comes we are ready. Incredibly
spiritual lesson and we have a pizza party with him Wednesday after
temple conference :)
WE GO TO THE
TEMPLE WEDNESDAY. I am so pumped and to see keukenhof on a Sunny 67 degree
April day!
General Conference. I
cannot express my love for General Conference and the spiritual thanksgiving I
receive when I watch it. It is particularly special on a mission to use the
things you learn for yourself then translate it over to your investigators :)
The 1st session flew by and we watched it with Josh who is pasgedoopt. I loved
Uchtdorfs like Always and found Christoffersons fantastic. I really loved
sister burton's about fatherhood and think it’s a power hearing that from a
woman as well. It seems like marriage and family were hit hard as well. My
favorite was of course Elder Holland #basic and there was not a dry eye in the
chapel when he spoke. He also has a pretty killer surname as well.
Yesterday the sessions begun in the Den Haag building (I was
so pumped to simply be in our home building yesterday for once) at 11 for
priesthood, 2, and 6 (that one is live and is the Sunday morning back in Utah) I sat with President
and Zuster Robinson as well which was great and my buddy Elder Elkins who
leaves this summer as well. Seriously I always make great friends with those
exactly 1 year older than me. Then they leave. It’s like junior year all over
again ha-ha
Let the messages and
Spirit of conference and Easter carry you this next week, for HE IS RISEN.
Easter commemorates the most important occurrence in global history.
I have also realized
that my English grammar is becoming garbage....
English words with
Dutch grammar. oops
After
the 2:00 session we stayed around waiting for the others to come back
with food and a man walked in by the name of Johan. He wore
his Sunday best and was a nonmember so I talked with him and
explained conference. We talked about Christ and Easter and I taught him of the
book of Mormon and the nature of God, families and prophets before music and
the spoken word began which we loved. Actually during the whole session of
conference (with Christofferson and Holland and those guys) he would say amen,
pray, and even cry. When we talked before he told me how he could never change
books from the bible to the book of Mormon and how Adam wasn’t a prophet to
him.
After the conference
session he actually asked if he could learn more about the book of Mormon and
we had more time to talk so Elder Elkins and I went downstairs and taught
him the whole message of the restoration. Halfway through he asked if he could
be baptized haha which was awesome and he became so much more open after
hearing the words of prophets and about the book of Mormon. It was awesome to
see someone see that light through conference. He is a really cool guy and the
Elkins will be teaching him in Den Haag
Also what the heck is
going on with people opposing the sustaining of Church leaders? What’s up with
that? Are things really that crazy in the States?
Next month we are
performing our program in zone conferences and I believe they are filming it so
hopefully soon you can see the program too.
We perform in
Rotterdam Saturday ..... I forgot until just now
Love Elder Trevan
Scott Reese
Picture: Easter morning in
picturesque Delft. Directly following this candid we flew to the train station
to discover all trains were cancelled, ran to a departing bus, met the zone
leaders in the middle of nowhere at a bus stop and drove to conference to make
it there at 11:00 prime when it begun here. #success
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