Alma 26:5-7 -> "Behold, the field was ripe, and blessed are ye, for ye did thrust in the sickle, and did reap with your might, yea, all the day long did ye labor; and behold the number of your sheaves! And they shall be gathered into the garners, that they are not wasted.  
Yea, they shall not be beaten down by the storm at the last day; yea, neither shall they be harrowed up by the whirlwinds; but when the storm cometh they shall be gathered together in their place, that the storm cannot penetrate to them; yea, neither shall they be driven with fierce winds whithersoever the enemy listeth to carry them.
But behold, they are in the hands of the Lord of the harvest, and they are his; and he will raise them up at the last day."


Dear family and friends,

This week was great. On Tuesday I transferred back Rotterdam. I met up with Elder Harrop and we had a busy week. On Wednesday the Netherlands celebrated Koningsdag. It's a huge nationwide celebration of the King's birthday. Everybody wears orange and goes out and has a huge garage sell in the streets. The missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints go out and give out free Book of Mormons and talk to a ton of cool people. It was fun. It was also really cold and rainy. Typical Dutch weather. It's good though, we saved some souls.

That night Elder Harrop had a great idea and we planned a zone gathering in Rotterdam and everybody showed up and we ate French toast and chatted and played some games and ended on a nice spiritual note. It was good begin for the transfer and all of the zone members got to get together and meet each other for a bit. 

It's great being back in Rotterdam. I love it here! The members are awesome. It was cool seeing so many familiar faces and this time actually being able to talk to them now that my Dutch is a tiny bit better. A bunch of members from Zwolle also came down because they missed me also because they have family members in Rotterdam South ward and there was a baby blessing so they all came down. It was great.

After church we went to visit Oma Buntin and she's doing awesome. She gave us some questionable food and we're going back Wednesday to help her clear some stuff out of her home so they can kill all of the roachies. Then we had dinner with Familie Palmans with the elders from Omoord and that was great. After dinner we went and had a sick lesson with Darrel and Ana, two super cool people. Darrel is a member and has the strongest testimony and he explains things to Ana better than we do. Ana is super cool and has lots of great questions. I'm excited to keep working with them.

Rotterdam is great and I love it here. The Church is true and God loves us and knows each of us individually. I hope everybody has a great week and is loving life!


Love,

Elder Wright






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