A Land Full of Culture and Traditions

The Rotterdam District and the Utrecht elders met together for their P-Day in KinderDijk. Thanks to the Andersons and the zone leaders rides were provided for all missionaries.

Kinderdijk is situated in a polder at the confluence of the Lek and Noord rivers. To drain the polder, a system of 19 windmills was built around 1740. This group of mills is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands.

The windmills of Kinderdijk are one of the best known Dutch tourist sites.

The name Kinderdijk is Dutch for "Children's dike". In 1421 during the Saint Elizabeth flood of 1421, the Grote Hollandse Waard flooded, but the Alblasserwaard polder stayed unflooded. It is said that when the terrible storm had subsided, someone went on to the dike between these two areas, to see what could be saved. He saw in the distance a wooden cradle floating. There was no hope that anything would be living in it, but when it approached, movement was seen. When the cradle came nearer, someone saw that a cat was in the cradle trying to keep it in balance by jumping back and forth so that no water could come into it. When the cradle eventually came near the dike, someone fished the cradle out and saw that in it a baby slept quiet and dry. In some of the stories the cat kept it balanced and afloat. This folktale and legend has been published as "The Cat and the Cradle" in English.

Elder Bair always wanted to be taller than Elder Frohm. He got his wish!

Elder Bair and Elder Cox are serving together in Rotterdam.

The elders took this picture for me! You find hearts (love) in the most unexpected places!

President Brubaker encourages the missionaries to take some time of their P-Days as a time to learn more about the culture and traditions of the country where they are so fortunate to serve.

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart,

and lean not unto thine own understanding.

In all thy ways, acknowledge Him,

and he shall direct thy path."

Proverbs 3:5