First off, no greater shout
out or mention can be made at this time than to that of the Women's USA
National Soccer Team for not only defeating but LEVELING the Japanese in the
finals yesterday. What a wonderful weekend for our country. I hear about the
out-of-this-world hat trick from Carli Lloyd 16' in and the midfield goal that
leaves one saying ''there is no way there is NOW WAY'' as the ball soars a one
way ticket to the back of the net. American soccer is on the rise and has made
mention that it is here. Makes me so happy. :) :)
Also huge news came in
last night in the form of transfer calls! Only my 2nd transfer ever and quite a
large one at that. The Lord has called me to serve in the city of VLISSINGEN! I
am whitewashing in (again ha-ha) with a new greenie so I am training! And while
we are at it I am also the district leader!! Hahaha! Talk about a shift in
workload! I am really excited though. Trust me, I would tell you if I wasn't.
Honestly I am most excited to get back to having a home base and ward, even
though the last 6 months have been some of the most miraculous of my life.
Change is good. I'm glad that after 19 years I am starting to believe that ha-ha
Vlissingen has the
only missionaries in the whole province of Zeeland. So we got our own province
now ha-ha in one of the most beautiful areas of the country! History fact, New
Zealand was actually named and discovered by Old Dutch explorers who named it
after the Original Zeeland here in Holland! Who knows how similar they are but
it is huge water bodies and beaches and green land on the deltas and river
mouths. I can't wait. But there is one train in and one train out so travel
will be fun ha-ha especially with all of our stuff on Wednesday :)
but Elder Morrell, Elder Hirsch, and Zuster Robbins are all training too so we
will see one another at the airport Wednesday where I hope we can say
goodbye to leaving elders as well. Morrell, Hirsch, and I are the 3 district
leaders in the Eindhoven zone all training as well so that’s fun :)
Beach volleyball last
week was SO COOL. We watched 5 games with a few members and hopefully I can get
pictures soon because they were taken on a members Phone. The US destroyed
Switzerland but I don’t know who won the finals last night. It was a beautiful
day as well which is rare in this dang country ha-ha
I haven’t met
President Bunnell this week but I will for sure on Saturday in
Groningen for our last concert. I have heard they are fantastic and I believe
it 100%.
We also found a great
number of new investigators this week, one named Femi who had an accident with
a train and had a bad hip injury where he couldn’t walk for a long time. Turns
out it was a very similar injury to mine from running sophomore year and he
told us that a missionary had talked to him a couple weeks ago and then us
again this week. He said that he hadn’t ever had one stop him then 2 in one
month meant that God needed him to hear something. Then combined with my
personal and parallel experience with my hip, I was able to testify that the
Spirit led us to him and he accepted the invitation to be baptized! Really cool
story this week.
Saturday night we
had a great barbecue for the 4th and the family we ate with was fantastic with
kids everywhere ha-ha.
We also went on a
quick run that morning with an American flag and we had a grand ole time
with that grand ole flag.
Love you all have a
fantastic week!
Elder Trevan Scott
Reese
"God Bless
America"
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