Loel and Paula Tibbitts

We had three baptisms in our little Wassenaar Branch last Sunday! Eneida, the woman in the middle, and Jackson and his son, Morgan, from Kenya. We were able to help teach Eneida a couple times with the elders. These are our three office elders who we see a lot of! It was pretty cool to witness these 3 baptisms and Albert's a few weeks ago - these are the first in maybe 5 years in this little branch.

Us with Eneida after her baptism. I was able to kind of be her helper during her baptism.

I love the tradition here of refreshments after the baptism with a little reception. People bring lots of yummy treats and we all eat and visit. Lots of fun. Here we are with Jackson and Morgan.

Look who came back to visit! Elder Relitz! We invited he and his family to our Monday lunch so he could visit with all of us and see our new office in the Netherlands. Elder Brockbank also was able to come for lunch so he could visit, too, as it was his P-day and they had been such great friends when they were companions. They had the best time reminiscing together.

Here's the family he brought back with him for the visit - mom, dad, and younger brother. Very nice people. They were spending about 10 days in his mission and then doing a tour of Europe for a couple more weeks.

I've been so proud of the bougainvillaeas we bought for our balcony. We're trying to fit in here and be like all the Dutch people with lots of flowers on our balcony. We found three pots to put them in at a big garage sale for one euro each. What a bargain.

More of a close-up. I'm so amazed at the flowers here and how well they grow. They have nurseries and flower shops everywhere and they are all so beautiful.

It's been a pretty quiet week after the baptisms. We made lunch for 17 for a district leader council and had a great time visiting with lots of our old elders. We went to Brussels for a day to help move more furniture from the old mission home - now that project is completely done. The Brubakers are really getting their new home in the Netherlands all fixed up.