Anticipation ......
Becomes a reality!
We were all excited that this day finally arrived! Our senior missionaries all came together for a senior retreat in the north eastern part of the Netherlands!
Elder Bush and Elder Everton are very young at heart!
Those that were in the area early met at the De Hoog Veluwe National Park, just outside of Apeldoorn. White bikes are provided for riding in the park. No cars are allowed, so it was an enjoyable ride in the largest national park in the Netherlands, consisting of Heathlands, sand dunes and wooded areas.
It was a beautiful sunshiny day......how come we were so lucky?
We rode to the hunting lodge of Anton Kroller and Helene Kroller Muller, who bought the estate in 1909.
President Brubaker and I would ride ahead, and then get some shots as they rode by!
We met the rest of the group in Hoog Soren, a picturesque little dorp, and enjoyed the evening together. We all congregated the next morning and had a discussion about how the Young Adult Centers are doing. The young people are very fortunate to have these couples to help run the centers.
It just so happened that today was the Luchtlandingen near Arnhem. For 67 years they have been reenacting the parachute landing of allied forces in Operation Market Garden.
We just so happened to be only 20 minutes away, so we got to see the drop of 100's of parachutes!
To experience this, it conjured up many emotions of gratitude and thankfulness for the many freedoms that we enjoy,
"The heart that loves is always young."
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