Here is Anita's family that we are staying with: Rob, Wouter (14), Anita, Jeske (12), Maxim(16), Preston and Jip (16). Preston is in the new jacket they gave him for his birthday today. They all sang and congratulated him and we had a delicious cake. This was his third day of celebrating his 16th birthday; Preston is indeed spoiled! Last night we had a barbeque with Anita's brother and some of her friends and an Australian exchange student. The food and company was great.
This morning Anita drove us to Eindhoven to church. I love visiting in other wards and this one was especially nice, very international. They had an English speaking Sunday School class taught by a man from Sierra Leon and two women who came and talked to me that were Colombian and wanted Jason's address to write to him. It is great to know our church is the same no matter where you go in the world.
This afternoon we drove to Kinderdijk where they have 19 windmills that were built in the 1700's that have been preserved. There was one we could go into and see how the people used to live in them and how the windmills worked. Most of the other 18 had people living in them.
It was a beautiful place and we walked along the canals and watched the clouds which made for perfect Vermeer pictures until they opened up and started to rain on us.
We made it back to the gift shop and the rain stopped of course. For a great Dutch experience, I would highly recommend Kinderdijk. Tomorrow we head to London for three days and rain is forcasted for the first two, we hope not!
2 comments:
Wow! Your pictures of the windmills look awesome. I didn't realize that people actually lived in them. I guess that makes sense though. That's cool about church. It is always neat to meet members who have such varied life experiences compared to Mormon Mesa. We made it home to Ohio safely and are enjoying the cool weather. If you see Alyson, tell her "Hi" for me.
Wow it looks beautiful there! Pass on a big Happy Birthday to Preston from Dave and I!
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