Week 29: uhhh oohhhh...My First Transfer

Guess what ya'll? I am getting transfered. :( Not really a surprise but still sad. I am going to Almere-Buiten (just means I am going to the outer part of Almere) in the Netherlands. My new comp will be Zuster R. (not quite sure how to spell her name..) but I am pretty excited. What is kinda funny is that Z Rigdon went to Leeuwarden and her comp was Zuster W. and now Z W. is coming to Antwerpen! So that is cool.

Wow, this week as been kinda a blurr. New Year's Eve was exciting! We had to be in our apartment by 4:00 pm so we got to make good food and sleep. That was really nice. And just have a great time. It is crazy how fast time goes when you are in your apt half of the day. haha We thought we wouldn't be able to fill all of the time. haha. We only saw like 2 fireworks..if that. Oh well. Still was really fun. 

Wednesday we had a really good first lesson with this lady named Joyce and her son Prince from Ghana. They were really sweet and interested. Prince is 20 and loves reading to he just really dove into the BOM. It was cool. Marisa wasn't home..SO that was a bummer. We did see Blas again (that guy who kissed me on the cheek at the beginning of this transfer) and guess what? He kissed us both on the cheek..Awkward. haha Then we had dinner with Dirk and Christel. I was super fun! We had gourmet and homemade Chroketts (?) Which they will send me the recipe for so we can make them.

Dirk and Christel

Thursday all of our apts fell through..Jammer. But yeah, so we did our weekly planning and then headed outside. Nothing special. We did have dinner with the Schiltz and we had a super time. I just love these two and I am going to miss them a TON!

Zuster Van L. and I

Friday we had a lot of look ups so we did that. We talked to this guy named Mario who only spoke french and I could understand him. Super cool but I couldn't say anything back..So We called Julie and had her talk to him. Really cool. We got an appointment for Wednesday. We then stopped by Graces and that was fun. She said she didn't have any time soon to do Zuster A's hair so she just cut it while we were there. It is now pretty short but it looks cute. We really had a good talk with her about life. She really wants to get back to church so hopefully we can help motivate her. Then we went to Dirks, and he had his interview..GUESS WHAT? HE PASSED! YAY

Saturday was the funeral of Sister B's (from our ward) son. She wanted me to tell you, mom, that she wanted to write you but didn't have time. She loves you so much and really looks up to you. Maybe just send her a message of courage. Her son was 31 and had two kids. We think he may have passed away from drugs..Not quite sure though. He was a great guy. We then had cleaning checks...AND WE PASSED. Yay haha Stressful though. Then we had lekker Indian food with Shilpa and her son Shlok who are inactives. They are really super cool people. I love them. He is super shy but we kinda got him to open up when we made cookies.

Making cookies with Shlok!

Shipla and I

Sunday Eugeen got confirmed and Dirk got baptized!!! It was super good! LOVE. I just got off the phone with Dirk and he said he feels soo good and happy. I am super excited for him.  

Dirk's Baptism

Here is my new address: 

Detroitpad 12

1334 KB Almere-Buiten

Nederland

Well I love you guys a TON! I am scared to be transfered..I dont want change...AHHHH I MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY! THANKS FOR THE CHRISTMAS CARDS FROM EVERYONE! :) Love you all. 

Zuster Kohlert