Elder.Connely.Packard

June 26 Surinam BBQ Fun elders are good. And good elders are fun. But I don't know if we ever know if we are the good elder, or the normal elder, and the elder that the ward doesn't like.  I have heard form members that planes in phoenix were not able to take off because it was too hot. there is a member here that has family near Nogales. Way out in the middle of nowhere. She is Indonesian i think so I thought it was funny that she would have family wasy out there.  This week was not as cool. It rained, we didn't get to see our baptismal date again, and he haven't been able to get contact form that less active and his girlfriend. We did have stake conference yesterday. Gary Sabin, the guy who gave the talk last conference about standing up inside came and spoke to us. He was pretty funny. If was strange because he reminded me exactly of Brother. Campbell. His demeanor, the way he talked, and the way he taught. It was a really good talk. One thing he

Here is the view from my porch in my new area. The hotel is a very famous one.  My view June 12 Hi mom and dad, It seems that you go several vacations all summer long. Here in the Netherlands they don't finish school until around July, and then they have a 6 week break. But they pack up and go to Spain or Italy for the whole 6 weeks. l The other lady that we invited to be baptized last week is doing super. We met with her yesterday, and she accepted the Plan of Salvation very well. We also asked her if she could come to church next week, and she said "It is time." She had stopped going to church with her old church because of some disagreements she had had with it, and feels that she needs to start going to chruch again. So she is going to bring her 3 sons with her. They have been asking her why they don't go to church anymore, but if everything goes well, next Sunday we will see them all there. Also, there are

April 30 This is for you I am indeed getting transferred this week to Zaandaam. I dont know where it is but I guess we go to the ward in Amsterdam. I will be also be training a new missionary, which is pretty cool. I haven't done that yet. We are going to be totally lost for the next couple weeks. But it will be exciting.  I will be missing the worlds best chocolate, it is actually the best. The fries are pretty good as well, but dutch fries are not really any worse. But I do get fresh milk again instead of boxed milk. And stroopwafels. And I will have to eat herring with my greenie. Also it will be cool to explore Amsterdam. Hopefully we will not run into the red light district.  We did a lot of service this week. It was tiring. But I got some chocolate milk afterwards and it was super good.  ​

This is what it's all about April 24 This week seems to have felt a lot longer than it actually was. It was pretty stressful with the closing of the branch and everything. We also had interviews this week and a baptismal service and it was very taxing mentally.  Last Monday we played baseball with a member. It was a lot of fun. He is Dutch, but loves baseball. Today for p day we had a zone pday and all met up in a park in Antwerpen and had a barbecue and played some voetbal. My comp and I grilled some ribs. They were good, but European meat is definitely different than American meat. I miss some good old Sweet Baby Rays. Interviews were good as always. President Bunnell is my friend.  On Friday, we had a baptism for a couple friends. We are both family of a member here who did a great job at using his influence to introduce his family members to the gospel. One of them is his young son, so I suppose it was a little easier in his case. But he did ask his fathe

 April 17 Atorium in Brussels We had a crazy week. On Monday we went to the theme park and had a lot of fun. On Tuesday, my comp was sick so we did a lot of phone calls and looked up a few people that were not too far from our apartment. We had a barbecue that evening and were able to meet some non member family of a member and spend some time with our investigators getting them ready for baptism.  Wednesday we mowed a neglected lawn and had a great lunch which is typical for Europe...sandwiches! They don't put very much in their sandwiches here. Usually just a little butter and a piece of meat or cheese. They don't afro chickens  often put meat and cheese at the same time. But the bread is fresh and delicious and the sandwiches are warm and satisfying. We then traveled to the other end of our area for a dinner appointment. We had tacos. Also delicious. On Thursday we had our yearly trip to Keukenhof. We had to get up at  4:00  to make it on time. I got to s