Hotel New York is located in the former head office of the Holland-America Line (HAL), the steam company that introduced immigrants throughout Europe to a whole new future. This is the dock where thousands of people left to find a better life, and were looking for freedoms enjoyed in America. As President Brubaker and I walked along the docks, we thought of those who stood on the same spot where we were so many years before.
We drove up for Stake Conference in Rotterdam. We were caught with nostalgia and feelings of another decade as we walked the halls of this hotel. There was a mass migration of members of the church in the mid 50's who left Holland and took their families to America.
Big changes have come to Rotterdam in the last century.
Elder Kopischke, a member of the 1st quorum of the Seventy, and the president of the Europe Area, was the visiting authority. What a great privilege for us to be with him at two Stake conferences two weeks in a row.
The Rotterdam Stake is blessed with four sisters, eight elders and two senior couples!
President Brubaker had a baptismal interview with an investigator after the meeting. I enjoyed trying not to be too suspicious as I took some photos of missionaries visiting with other missionaries and members while I waited for him.
You just can't help but smile when you are around these beautiful devoted missionaries!
Each day is a gift.
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