Apartment Checks

Every 3-4 months we are assigned missionary apartments to check for cleanliness and repair.  This time we had missionary apartments in Enschede, Hengelo, Lelystad, Utrecht, Nieuwegein and two in Almere.  We drove 300 miles, took 12 missionaries to lunch, fixed bikes and burned out light bulbs, hauled out only 1 carload of junk, and found 7 super clean apartments!  (Elder Etchells and Elder Whitlock at the Burger King in Lelystad.  Sister Bratt and Sister Erekson in Almere).

We love visiting these apartments!  We get to 

know the missionaries better, are able to serve them, and of course there is always loot to be found!

 This time a cozy red sweater left by a sister going home, a darling Christmas tree advent calendar no one wanted, and a pair of binoculars!  I had been wanting some binoculars to take to the famed Concertgebouw in Amsterdam when we go to see Handel’s Messiah later this month.  And there they were, sitting on a shelf in a missionary apartment and no one claimed them or wanted them….thus they were mine!  Hurray for apartment checks!