Hello! Ya it has been really hot here, around 27 C during the day. They say this is the hottest May they have had in the last 300 years! The Dutch only know one hockey and that's field hockey. So no ice hockey. In other sports news the soccer team in Emmen made it to the highest level of soccer here. They are playing against teams like Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
Well, some fun news is that we got a call from President Bunnel telling is we need to plan a baptism for June 2. It is for someone who I taught in Emmen but they were taught a lot in Alkmaar. They are now living in a different area but he wants to be baptized here and also move here. so that will be really cool! He and his mum will be baptized.
Last pday we had a good time for district pday. We went to the science museum in Amsterdam and it was fun to hang out with Matt the whole day! The museum was also really cool, lots of cool kids science hands on exhibits. I didn't take many, if any, photos though... after that we went back to the church to play some sports. We then all left to go home.
Wednesday we had a long day. We had 2 appointments in Hoorn in the morning and also a dinner appointment later that day so we decided to stay there the entire day and go HAM. Our first 2 appointments went really well and they were both with young mothers who are pretty positive. After that we went to get lunch with Elder Sutherland. He was comps with elder peck and is off his mission now but came back to say hi and he took us out for lunch, so that was fun. Then we got back to work until dinner with fam TH. They are super cool.
Thursday we also had a sick dinner with fam H in Den Helder. We had an appointment in the area so it worked out really well. We have a zone challenge which involves getting people to church so we have made that a focus in every lesson and we expected at least 2 people for sure but no one came... Friday we had dinner with A our Hungarian investigator. We made Goulash with him and it was so good. He is so nice to feed us! We also finally got a Hungarian BOM for him and he really appreciated that.
Saturday was a long day of planning for the week and for the upcoming transfer, as well as for the district and for the baptism. We had dinner with fam dB. That was good as always. She calls us her guinea pigs cause she is always experimenting with food. It was really hot and they had the window open and there was a bird making a lot of sound during our spiritual thought and Br. dB gets up and goes to the window and yells "shut up!!!" in English, it was the best thing ever. Then it continued to make sounds and he turns to us and says "guess it doesn't speak English." We love that family.
Sunday was a good day at church. I had to translate for this family of like 17 people from America... then they stayed for classes and I translated again. It is fun but tiring. Fam K invited us over for lunch and their daughter came who lives with her family in Emmen and it was great to see them again! We also had to go to Hoorn yesterday for an appointment. Well ya it was a busy week and this next one will also be busy, 2 exchanges, a baptism, and many many other appointments!
Well that's all I got!
Elder Fernhout
