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| Just me practicing for the upcoming X-Games. If you zoom in really close on the front tire, you can see my sick air! |
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| Just doin' some pondering. |
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| Again, gazing yonder!! |
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| This is the meal that we had for our 2 Christmases. It is called "gourmet." Everyone gets their own little grill/wok and you just cook it up. It's super delicious!! |
Hoi Dames en Heren
Wow! What an amazing Christmas week we had!!
This
past week has been a little slower on the missionary work with
Christmas and all of our dinner and lunch appointments with people, but
we have still seen a ton of miracles. We had a referral in the next
city over this week, which we were super pumped about. We took the
train out there and went to look him up. We took the bus, but didn't know
which bus number or what stop. We were super lost and didn't even
know what direction we should walk, so we just picked a direction and
started walking. There was nobody outside, but we deceided that we
were going to talk to every person that we saw. Some woman was
on a bike and I deceided to flag her down and ask her for directions. She had no idea, BUT she knew us. She had met with the missionaries 6
years ago and even had her Book of Mormon at home! We scheduled a
lesson with her, but the problem was we still had no idea where we were
supposed to go. Again, we just started walking. We walked for like 20
minutes and someway and somehow, we just happened to stumble upon it. Out
of the whole city we were looking for one street. We had NO IDEA where
the heck it was, but we found it! Man, the Lord truly does guide our
steps. The guy was just about to leave for a vacation to Belgium, but we
scheduled a lesson with him in the New Year. He was super positive and
interested in Christ.
We had an
AMAZING Christmas. We had a lunch and dinner appointment with some of
the families in the branch. I got to Skype home too! It was super weird,
but I loved it. We had an awesome 2nd Christmas too! Yup, that's a thing
here, a 2nd Christmas, so we got 2 Christmases. On our 2nd Christmas, we went
caroling as a Zone in The Hague. The first 10 minutes was the most akward
thing I have ever seen, but after we got warmed up, it went really well.
People loved it! We had a crowd watching and everyone was taking
pictures of us. Spreadin' Christmas cheer.... it's what I do! We had another
awesome dinner appointment that night. Perhaps one of my favorite parts of my
Christmases, is that we got to watch an animated movie!!! Oooooohhhhh man! We
watched "Surfs Up" and "The Incredibles." I can't even begin to tell you how
nice it was to take my shoes off, recline back and just relax and watch a
movie. It was heavenly!
On Saturday,
it was back to work. There is like an epidemic going around the
Netherlands. Everyone is sick, including Elder DeWitt and I, but we are
trying to fight through it.
We got a new
investigator this week named Weronika. She is an old woman who just
loves her bible. She is super open and said we are always welcome to
come over, so we are going to start teaching her in the New Year.
I had the sickest dream last night. I was on the street talking to
people about church and Christ and all that jazz. And who do I cross? An old
Bob Marley out walking his dog. I even made an
appointment with him. I mean, I'm no dream interpreter, but I'm pretty
sure that means big things are comin'!
Well, 1
Christmas away from home down, 1 to go. I loved it so much! Christmas
out here really shows you the real meaning of Christmas. I will never
forget Christmas in the mission field.
I hope that you all had a killer
week with Christmas and everything.
I love you all!
Tot ziens
-Elder Steenblik
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