We had the privilege of attending the temple with our Dutch missionaries for the first part of our Zone Conference. We are greatly blessed to have a temple in our mission. The temple is located in Zoetemeer. It is a beautiful temple!
As we entered the temple I was consumed with an overwhelming feeling of love for the temple, and that I was here. I was crying as I gave my recommend to the Temple president. I’m sure the missionaries wondered if I was all right, but I just was overcome with gratitude for this sweet small temple here in Holland. I just felt we were all just a little closer to heaven.
I feel bad we didn’t get a picture outside of the temple, but we all were leaving at different times. The church in Zoetemeer is in an office building with just a sink for the kitchen. For lunch we gave our missionaries a surprise Christmas lunch. We shared with them our family tradition of cheese fondue. The missionaries were so surprised to see that we were having something different besides sandwiches! Sister Fowler was so helpful and got all of the fondue pots oiled and on the table. Elder Simonson has been trained well! He was such a big help! The room looked so nice with the green tablecloths and festive napkins! The missionaries were happy campers! They ate as much fondue as they could possibly hold!
We met all together for training after lunch. After having been in the temple together, everyone was on a higher plane. The assistants talked about finding, finding, finding. They prepared a slide presentation of all the baptisms since the last zone conference. It really brought a special spirit to the meeting! Scott taught from the Pearl of Great Price. He taught about the grand picture starting with the council in heaven.
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