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| Den Haag Temple |
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| Angel Moroni which sits atop the temple |
Hey everyone!
I want to apologize again that my email last week was so lame. I am hoping this week's will be better.
First off! Transfer news! I will be staying in Delft for a 5th transfer. Yep, I kinda saw it coming, but I still can't believe it. I will be breaking Elder Conatti's record for this city. Pretty nuts. I will be finishing up Elder Foltz's training. We are the only companionship in our district that isn't being changed.
Cool, so on to my week. It's been pretty crazy, it went by pretty fast.
First, Monday. Was. Awesome! (Tuesday as well) I went on exchanges with Elder Henderson my "mother" (Elder Childs' companion before he trained me), and it was perfect. It was exactly the exchange that I needed. It was super chill, but we got serious work done. It also had its crazy parts that just made it into a really memorable two days.
Tuesday night we had a "Reach Out" Evening with a bunch of Stake Leaders. They came on splits with all the missionaries, and visited less actives and members who need support. I went with our Bishop and visited a sweet lady here in Delft whose husband was a member. He passed away a couple months ago, so we visit her occasionally to help support and love her.
Wednesday was a big day. I'm not sure if you already know, but we had a worldwide missionary broadcast. The title was Teach Repentance, Baptize Converts. We watched it as a district at the home of Bishop of the Wassenaar Ward (American ward). Most of the stuff was just a refresher course from stuff that I learned when I first came out, but there were also some good tidbits that Elder Foltz and I have done to improve our work. I'll share two.
The first was given by Elder Anderson of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles. He talked about Chapter 1 of Preach My Gospel: My Purpose. He said that we should always have the name of Christ on our lips, ready to bear testimony. I really liked that, and it tied in to a lot of things that I've been pondering about.
The second came from Elder Oaks, also of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles. He said that when we pray with our investigators, we should kneel. To be honest I'd never done that. I looked in Preach My Gospel, and it says that we should say kneeling prayers. So we have now started doing that. I'll share some cool experiences about that in a minute.
Thursday we had exchanges with the Zone Leaders, I was with Elder Steenblik (there is a link to his blog on Elder Muller's blog). We had some cool things happen to us. Quick side note: We have started what is called a 40 day fast here in Wijk (District) Den Haag. Every day for 40 days, a different family fasts for missionary work, so as a ward, we fast for 40 days straight (like the Savior before His ministry). With that in mind, we saw some cool miracles. In the morning we had about 40 minutes to knock doors before lunch. Before we left, I prayed and asked if we could find 2 potential investigators. And we did! Prayers are answered!
That afternoon, we visited a less active lady. Her cousin was there, and we were able to give him a Book of Mormon. He doesn't want to be taught (at least not yet ;)), but we still managed to give him a Book of Mormon - small miracles!
Friday we had a cool experience with the kneeling prayer. Our investigator, H---, hasn't ever prayed out loud in front of the missionaries before (at least not in front of me). He has been taught now for a while, and last week we committed him to pray this appointment. At the end of the lesson, we said a kneeling prayer, and IT WAS SO AWESOME! It was just so much more powerful as a kneeling prayer.
Saturday was pretty sick as well. We started the day off good by doing a session in the temple. I wasn't sure if I was leaving or not, so I got permission to do a session before I left the district.
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| The Den Haag Nederland Temple |
In the afternoon we had a lesson with C--- about baptism. He pretty much taught himself. We set a baptismal date with him for April 2nd. He came to church yesterday as well. I'm super excited because he's making a lot of progress.
Well that was my week. Full of cool miracles. I'm trying to upload pictures right now, but I'm not sure if it's going to work. We are at the library in Den Haag, and the internet is super slow, as well as the computer. Right now I'm typing about three lines ahead of what the computer is putting on the screen.
Love you all!
Elder Muller
A link to chapter 1 in Preach My Gospel:
For those interested, here is a link to Elder Dallin H. Oaks' presentation. At the bottom you will find links to other presentations from the broadcast:
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| Elders from his District! |
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| Just having some fun! |
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| Elder Steenblik, Zone Leader |
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| Elder Clukey |
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| Elder Foltz, Elder Muller's "Son" |
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| Elder Clukey |
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| Climbing the Tower in Delft (Again!) |
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| The District all together! |
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| I wonder if they introduced themselves to this gentleman! |
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| An awesome sight - these young men and women giving of themselves to serve the Lord! |
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| I have no idea what Elder Muller is wearing!! |
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| They all look a little chilly! |
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| Elders and Sisters waiting at a bus stop! |
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| I am not sure what this is a map of! |
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| Information on travel by Bus 55, on foot (lopen), by Tram 4, and again on foot (Lopen)! Halte is bus or tram stop. |
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| A sweet little daughter of someone they are teaching! |
Sorry that so many of these pictures don't have captions on them! But I still post them to show the fun the missionaries are having, and also because I love to see my son's smile! A lot of the pictures with the groups of missionaries when they were in street clothes were taken on the preparation day, which is Monday. This is the day they get to relax from missionary work for several hours and just have some fun! --Mama Schaefer
