More August

We were invited to dinner with our friend from Suriname Lucia. She showed us how to make a delicous drink.



Lucia has great faith. Her son has returned to Suriname after serving a mission in the East Indies mission. She is working on getting permission for him to come to the Netherlands to finish his school.



This is the Utrecht Bishops son who recently returned from a mission in London.





We had a Senior Missionary Conference at the mission home with President and Sister Robinson.



Tony on the back row right was baptized August 17th. The Ampens and Sisters Tanner and Schwab.



Tony brought his fish. He overcame tremendous addictions to be baptized.

Sisters Gallego, Nielson, Tanner and Schwab

This is our dear friend Anja. She has a beutiful view from the 12th floor of her flat. She always treats me to a Maxum choclate sandwich bar.



Here I am spotlighted with other missionaries with birthdays in the month of August.

On my birthday we needed to go to Brugge to pick up keys for the new apartment. The realtor's office was next to the old city so we put 30 minutes on the meter and went for a walk. We had forgotten how charming Brugge is. The building behind me was constructed around 1610. The man to my right is playing an accordion. The woman is playing a percussion instrument that is carved from wood and looks like a monkey clicking his teeth. You just have to be there to smell, hear and see everything going on.

We were eating at our favorite Italian restaurant in the old part of Antwerpen. This little girl was drawing on the sidewalk while her mother and grandmother eating dinner. She is cute enough to be one of our grandchildren.



When we left Antwerpen, this man was playing in front of the old cathedral. The sound reflected beautifully off the walls of the cathedral.

We went to the farewell sacrament meeting in Hilversum for the Sladens who served two 18 months missions with a few months in between. I was apprentice to Elder Salden during thier second mission. I assisted them with apartment and bike repairs.