We had a really fun district P-day with George (in orange) from our ward giving us a walking tour of Antwerpen. Here we all are in front of the Steen, the oldest building in the city. George is a life long resident of Antwerpen, born of an English father and a Belgian mother. His family joined the Church when he was about 10 years old.
This is the shield of Antwerpen - it was on the Steen. I don't remember all the symbolism, but it has the Steen on a gold and red background with a two-headed dragon.
The Steen castle again.
We think this is a Robin Hood tavern. One of the oldest in the city..
Antwerpen has a big monument in it's centrum of a man throwing the hand of the giant away. Well, several blocks away, here's the hand!
A huge building that's been re-done very ornately and turned into a inner city mall and restaurant.
A picturesque church, from a narrow street.
The Church of our Lady. This was a very unusual day with blue sky. This is the first time we have seen the church when it wasn't a gray sky.
Another view of the church with the narrow streets in front.
It was Elder Keith's birthday - he's holding the non-alcoholic champagne bottle over his head. He's our financial secretary and he went to Timpview.
It was transfer week and these are our two new missionaries at the airport. It was fun to have lunch with them at the mission home and feel of their enthusiasm.
No, this is not a palace or a castle - it's the Antwerpen train station - one of the most beautiful and ornate in all of Europe. We drove some of the missionaries up to meet their new companions and to ride out to their new areas. The king decided he wanted a train station in Antwerpen that looked like a castle and here it is.
More of the Antwerpen train station.
Loel liked this one because you could see three levels of trains at once. On the very bottom level you can see just the corner of a yellow train. Behind the stairs is the second level. Then at the top of the picture another train is parked.
We said good-bye to two missionaries - Zuster Sharp (she was being interviewed at the time of the picture) and this is Elder De Meester, from Sammamish, Washington. He got permission to stay a couple of days longer so he could go through the temple with one of his converts. Here we are, holding some of the Brubaker's cool wooden shoes. As always, we enjoyed dinner at the mission home on their final evening and a wonderful testimony meeting and kneeling prayer together. We will really miss these dedicated missionaries.
We had a really fun district P-day with George (in orange) from our ward giving us a walking tour of Antwerpen. Here we all are in front of the Steen, the oldest building in the city. George is a life long resident of Antwerpen, born of an English father and a Belgian mother. His family joined the Church when he was about 10 years old.
This is the shield of Antwerpen - it was on the Steen. I don't remember all the symbolism, but it has the Steen on a gold and red background with a two-headed dragon.
The Steen castle again.
We think this is a Robin Hood tavern. One of the oldest in the city..
Antwerpen has a big monument in it's centrum of a man throwing the hand of the giant away. Well, several blocks away, here's the hand! 
A huge building that's been re-done very ornately and turned into a inner city mall and restaurant.
A picturesque church, from a narrow street.
The Church of our Lady. This was a very unusual day with blue sky. This is the first time we have seen the church when it wasn't a gray sky.
Another view of the church with the narrow streets in front.
It was Elder Keith's birthday - he's holding the non-alcoholic champagne bottle over his head. He's our financial secretary and he went to Timpview.
It was transfer week and these are our two new missionaries at the airport. It was fun to have lunch with them at the mission home and feel of their enthusiasm.
No, this is not a palace or a castle - it's the Antwerpen train station - one of the most beautiful and ornate in all of Europe. We drove some of the missionaries up to meet their new companions and to ride out to their new areas. The king decided he wanted a train station in Antwerpen that looked like a castle and here it is.
More of the Antwerpen train station.
Loel liked this one because you could see three levels of trains at once. On the very bottom level you can see just the corner of a yellow train. Behind the stairs is the second level. Then at the top of the picture another train is parked.
We said good-bye to two missionaries - Zuster Sharp (she was being interviewed at the time of the picture) and this is Elder De Meester, from Sammamish, Washington. He got permission to stay a couple of days longer so he could go through the temple with one of his converts. Here we are, holding some of the Brubaker's cool wooden shoes. As always, we enjoyed dinner at the mission home on their final evening and a wonderful testimony meeting and kneeling prayer together. We will really miss these dedicated missionaries.
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