Be Grateful for your Trials.

The week came and went without any call from President Robinson about my companions' replacements, so I think they will still be here for another three weeks at least, without trainees. And then either on transfer day itself or three weeks after, they will get one or two trainees. Although, one theory is that they will get trainees for just two weeks, so next week still may be a possibility.

On Monday, President Robinson was back in the office, but Sister Robinson was not. We discussed the plans for the upcoming temple conference and what we as office elders would need to do (mainly just make sure that the pizzas were ordered on time and the right quantity). Elder Loorbach did not come today, because he had the flu. In the evening, we ate at the Markham's, but without the Howells, since they are on holiday. Instead, the Rotterdam sisters were there. It was very fun.

The next day, we had to go pick up bed frames in Ijmuiden. While we were trying to find the workshop, we saw a cruiseferry coming upto the dock. Apparently it came from North Shields, near Newcastle. After that, we drove to Amsterdam for district meeting, only arriving a few minutes late. Focusing mainly on personal and other prayer, we did not roleplay at all, but instead did a personal "test" to see for ourselves how we prayed (it's the evaluation on prayer in PMG). We ate cream of tomato soup and bread for lunch and then dropped off the bed frames at the Amsterdam apartment. When we got back to the office, a package from my parents filled with waffles and Easter chocolate. In the evening, we ate dinner at the Schaumann's and then went with them to a piano recital. It was really fun to spend time with them. 

Wednesday was a normal day in the office (though I did get a package from the Antwerpen ward full of goodies. It was awesome :) (thanks!)), more or less, as was Thursday, except for the dinner appointment with the Roberts, which was also really fun. Wassenaar is just generally an awesome branch, haha. 

On Friday, we left the office around 9, to take elder Besendorfer to get a Belgian driver's license, in Brussels. After that was done (me having made use of my French, again), we went to elder and sister Newberry's apartment to pick up a wallet that one of our elders lost on the train. We spoke about our respective missions, and it would seem that this one is a lot easier to run, mainly because of the much smaller size of the area. There are 12 zones in the Paris France mission and 260 missionaries :o In the evening, we ate at the Nieuwvelds, eating american pancakes, fruit, egg and bacon. It was goood. We saw/heard fireworks later in the evening when we were back at the apartment.

Chocolate bunnies!

The packages are piling up. The top two are pretty much still full

Ben Shaws Cloudy Lemonade and Dandelion & Burdock next to Root Beer!