Hello Everyone! I don't have too much time
today, so I'm going to keep this one a little shorter, because we have a
really super cool appointment tonight with a members father. I'm so
excited! It will be amazing. We had a really good week. First day of
Spring here was about 70 degrees and literally so warm. Right now, this
country is going crazy because 53 of the worlds leaders are in Den Haag
to talk about how they can make the world safer. So weird cause there
are military men from the U.S. patroling streets and helicopters and
things going crazy. In church, I sat next to a guy from America who is
here on business. He said he was from Washington D.C. , so I asked him
what he did. He told me that he is in the Secret Service to protect
Obama. He is literally one of those guys with the suits and an Uzi in
his coat. I asked him if he could get us a dinner appointment with
Obama, but he laughed and said No. ;) It has been a good week and full
of miracles, once again!
We were able to
teach even more, and get even more investigators! I'm so grateful for
that! I was on exchanges on Thursday with Elder Johnson, and we saw a
lot of success, and had a lot of weird things happen to us. Everything
throughout the day was weird, and we had a lot of awkward conversations
with people. Sometimes that's just how the Dutch like it though... :) It
has been really interesting lately as well with the Priesthood. I
havent given many blessings in my mission, until the past 3 weeks. It is
exploding! We have been asked like 4 times a week lately haha. I love
that, because the spirit is so strong when we bless investigators and
members. We taught Danny again and taught him Tithing and Fasting. He
was super cool about it and told us that it is necessary and he teaches
the same principles to his children about saving their money. He is
unreal prepared. Literally cannot believe it. We also have a new
investigator name Ale. He is from Italy, and speak barely, literally
barely English. He wants us to teach him English and Dutch, so we have
been doing that. He is a professional Italian Chef who just moved here.
We have a dinner appointment with him on Wednesday. I'm super pumped
about that! I'm getting spoiled for my Birthday here this week :) We
also had a dinner appointment with an old lady in our ward. She is
always super funny. She always talks about the same things with the
Sisters and Elders, and they are usual not very appopriate topics. Super
funny, but Amsterdam eh? :) Friday we taught Keith the first lesson. He
told us he wants to get baptized and keeps telling me he wants to go on
a mission and wear my nametag haha. That's super cool! He came to the
Young Mens activity on Saturday and we did community service by a bunch
of Soccer Fields. He is amazing. It was hilarious. At the Community
Service, it was with the Recreational Department, kinda like Kaysville
Rec. All of the people that work there in the Park were talking to me
and trying to get to know me and Elder Larson, cause we did splits so
our companions could go to correlation. They thought I was Dutch, and
that was super funny! Then I began to speak a lot more Dutch, and it
came clear to them that I was just a 'Super Smart American here for
Obama"... That was awesome. On Sunday, after Church, we went to an
investigators to see how she was doing. She had two friends over, a
Ghananian, and a Surinamer. They are both religous and we asked if they
wanted to learn about us, so we taught the first lesson. I got pretty
tight with the Ghananian cause on my mission I have been trying to learn
a little of multiple languages. I have learned a little 'Twi', which is
their language and he calls me his brotha and we just are bros now. The
spirit was so strong and they want to learn more! Next Sunday! Martha,
Keith, and Sister Grace are amazing. We went over their to just see how
they are doing, and she gave us sooooo much food, cause she calls us
Angels and Jesus Boys. She loves us so much. Martha is amazing, and it
is so nice to realize that people do see us as different people. Set
apart. She tells all of her kids to call us Úncle Elskins, and Uncle
Enslow, and she makes us call her our sister. It is amazing. Nobody here
can say my last name right, that is why it is Elskins... haha. Gosh it
has been amazing here in Zaandam recently. We have been blessed, but so
have other people. I am thinking that this will be my last week here,
but we will find out next week. This has easily been the fastest week of
my mission. I cannot believe it. Gosh.
I'm
sorry, I literally have no time to leave a spiritual message, but
everyone, be a missionary this week huh? :) Love you all. Thanks for the
Birthday Wishes! It will definitely not be the same without you all,
but my mission is going to fast and I'll be back for my 21st. Will you
all pray it goes slower!? Have a great week! Tot Ziens jullie!
Elder Elkins
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