Off to Apeldoorn!

Fam!

 I had a bomb week! Tuesday I went with Elder Romer and Elder Douglas (Such sick Elders) And we taught a lesson in Hoorn and then went to IJmuiden and taught Erik. He is reading the BvM and he read the pamphlet on The Plan of Salvation. He only had Questions about the Kingdoms so that was super good! We are having a lesson Tomorrow about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and He is coming to church a lot. He said he likes the feeling there :) 

 Then we had a lesson with Nathan. And we talked about prayer and how Heavenly Father answers prayers and we asked him to pray and he said he hadn't prayed since he was 15. And he said he had nothing to pray about after a little more talking he prayed and he thanked Heavenly Father for his mom and dad and for his kids and he asked Heavenly Father to be able to see his kids more because the mom has custody of them and he doesn't get to see them to often. It was an awesome experience and I shared Alma 38:5 with him and told him about my ACL and alles. He said he would come to church but he didn't... Next week :) 

 Then I was on splits with Elder Taggart from my group and we went to go try to see Leon and HE WAS HOME! He said he was a little tipsy... But we started talking about the BvM and he had a lot of questions and wondered how a book could help and we testified (It was in English thankfully) and he said he really wants to read it now and he said he would and he thinks the Joseph Smith story is interesting and so we have another appointment Thursday! 

 Jerry was baptized this week! He was an investigator from the sisters but he is super cool! We sang Ik Ben een Kind van God and it went well :) Then on Sunday we got to be in the circle when he received the Holy Ghost and that was awesome!!! then we sang we'll bring the world His truth in Sacrament meeting and that went well also :) I seriously love music so much! It one of the things where I can feel the spirit most! Every time I sing for people I feel it so strong! 

 And here is the big news..... Elder Bean is going to Belgium! and he is with my MTC comp! I'M GOING TO APELDOORN!!! I got transferred and I have mixed emotions about it! I feel like things are going so well and everything was just about to happen. But now I'm going with an Elder from my group Elder Claflin! He is so sick! I'm going to learn Dutch fast now! haha Elder Carter is the new district leader and is training again!! haha so crazy! 

 I love you all and miss you! I love being a missionary! So many highs and lows but the highs are so much greater! The Bishops son who we have been working with wants to go on a mission now and that right there makes all of this worth it :) I love you!

Elder Bosco

somewhere in Belgium

Elders Cook, Bean, Bosco, Alade

Elders Bosco and Bean in Belgium

Andrew will appreciate this picture. He even had two more guitars that he didn't put in the picture. He was the guy we got to pray with us (not Nathan but the other one), and he gave us a referral. We brought him closer to Jesus but he is going to the catholijk church again. 

And now he gets to sing in Dutch!

Fam!
 

 Brussels was super fun! We only went to get our official living license and 7 of us went. Its not on P day its just random. We had this yummy food though. I will send a picture it was super good.

 We had a joint teach this week. And it was so cool! The member is a returned missionary and he connected really well and it went super good! The member always makes fun of my Dutch haha He is probably my favorite in the ward.

 We work with the Haarlem sisters so its us and the sisters in the ward. That's super fun! We have a sister from Nigeria and  one from Arizona.

 Things are going well. Its super frustrating sometimes but everything is going good.

 I cant believe basketball is starting that's so crazy. I miss basketball so much! haha its pretty much unheard of here except for our investigator funny how that works haha!

 I will get the packages tomorrow at zone training. I'm super excited :) haha

 I wouldn't trade this for anything. Its hard and no one wants to listen but its the truth and it definitely is good news.

 This week we are letter bombing!!! We put letters in people mail slots and then the next week we go see if they are interested! And we are doing it with the members which is going to be super cool! and next Sunday we are singing in church! and at a baptism on Saturday. The sisters have an investigator getting baptized :):) and yesterday a boy got baptized and their family is so sick! I love them!! So cool!

 I love you all and hope all is well!

Love Elder Bosco

Elders Frisbee and Lind in Antwerpen (this picture courtesy of Sister Kim Nelson-our nieghbor from across the street. She arrived in the mission a few months before Dallin but they haven't seen each other yet.)

South Park and Imagine Dragons....

Fam!

 This was a great week! And I get to go to Brussels this week! With Elder Bean :) haha First on Tuesday we had an appointment with the 6'9" guy and it went super well out of nowhere he says I don't think I can give up my coffee. We never asked him to give up his coffee... yet :) But then he said yeah maybe you guys will be able to convert me haha. He plays basketball so I love him and he played at old Dominion and for the dutch national team but he won't show me any pics.. but we go see him on Tuesday again!

Then Wednesday we were going to a dinner appointment with a newly married couple they are super cool. And they live in a flat so you have to bell up and they let you in but a random guy let us in and got in the elevator with us and he started asking us why we were dressed so nice so we told him we were Mormons and he goes oh like South Park.. Always South park.  But he said oh cool come to 557 sometime. Self Referral :) haha super cool.

Then we had stake conference and President Oddens threw down telling the member they need to work better with us and it was super cool :) Then Elder Burton who leaves in 3 weeks gave a talk about him and his brother. his brother is two years older but they got there calls at the same time and he really wanted to go somewhere with his bro cause then if they were comps there is just something special about that (Wes) haha :) but his bro went to Guatemala and they were going to help a family move and they got into a car crash and his brother died the next day.. Talk about not a dry eye in the place. I don't even know what to say. But that it was one of the most powerful experiences hearing him testify. I don't have a doubt in my mind that we can live with our families forever and my testimony was strengthened. Super cool.

Then on the Sunday session of stake conference Imagine Dragons came to it. haha They had some thing in Amsterdam [they were performing at the MTV European Music Awards in Amsterdam and starting their European tour]I didn't get to meet them cause they left earlier but I saw the Drummer and I thought he was an investigator because he wasn't in the normal suit and tie haha But that's pretty cool :)

Then we went and visited another Former investigator and he let us in and he is catholic but he sometimes feels the BvM [Book of Mormon]is right too and he basically answered his own questions but he said he hadn't prayed in years because he was mad at God for letting his mother die without him there and we testified of prayer and halfway through a cigarette (I hate that smell so much) he put it out and started praying and he said he felt relieved and we made a return appointment with him. HE PRAYED WITH US after not praying for years :):):) Such a powerful thing! So Cool!!

We take a ferry across a river to get to one of our cities and there was a man on a bromer [moped]that was right next to us and so when we got across he zoomed ahead of course and when we got to the top of the hill we saw his crashed bromer and he was like 10 to 20 yards away someone had hit him and left and like 5 people stopped to help and called the cops He was responsive and could move his legs and arms I think he broke his collar bone but he was lucky. His bromer was smashed. We were 5 feet away from him on the ferry. Crazy...

I love you guys so much!! Thanks for your prayers you are always in mine!

Love Elder Bosco :)

One door opens...another slams shut...

Fam!

 

 We had some more lessons this week! No more baptismal dates but we are working on it! We had dinner at a members house yesterday and on the elevator to get to their apartment a guy started talking to us and we told him what we did and he said Mormons like from South Park? That's the only way people know us here but we said yeah and then he said oh come by my flat sometime and gave us his house number so that was a super cool miracle :) 

 not much happened this week. People don't even want to talk to us here. They avoid us all the time and its so annoying. And we literally got a door slammed in our face. All I said was my companion and I are volunteers WHACK door slammed. Not just  a no and close the door which is normal but a literal slam. I felt bad for the lady...

  The language is getting better I am starting to understand. I get the point of the conversations most of the time but sometimes I'm completely lost. The hardest part is talking and finding the words that you want to say but its coming. Ive never prayed so hard for anything more than for the gift of tongues! 

 Its getting colder here. really windy. No halloween unfortunately they have weird holidays haha. but super cool. I'm not getting sick or anything though. 

  Anyway I love you guys!!

Love Elder Bosco