I'll go where you want me to go....

Elder Dalpias arrived safely in Belgium on Monday July 21st.  He is in a town called Heerenveen in the Netherlands.  Below is a link to a map so you can see exactly where he is.  We will be posting his address soon so you can write to him.  There will be more about his trip to Belgium in the next post.

Where is Elder Dalpias?

In Memory of Scott's Grandpa

Scott's Grandfather, Burt Penrod, passed away Sunday July 20th.  Scott loved to ask his Grandpa about the gospel, He learned a lot from him.  Scott will miss him, as we all.  We are so blessed to have the knowledge of the gospel in our lives.  We know we will see him again!

We are also pleased to report that Elder Dalpias arrived safely in Belgium on Monday.  We will have more information about his first area on Wednesday!

Elder Dalpias and his MTC companion!

His companion's name is Elder LeFevre.

Elder Dalpias and his MTC roommates!

Where have I seen that face before?

Scott's District

These are all of the Elders at the MTC that will be going to Scott's mission!  They are standing in front of the Provo Temple.

The Dutch Word of the Day

Hey y'all!  Malisa Twelves here, happy to report some tidbits from Scott's latest email!  He is very excited to go to Belgium, he leaves on Monday!  

"time flys by in this place (the MTC) I am so excited to be searving the people in the netherlands. i will need your prayers still though. i am nothing with out the lords help. as far as what you want to put on my blog its up to you what ever you feel is good. ....... yammer thats dutch for dangit. I will be looking forward to your next e mail when i am in the netherlands. i dont know what i will be doing or what is going to happen but i will trust in the lord. love elder dalpias"

Til next time!

~Malisa

Meeting an Apostle

This is from a letter dated 6/25/2008 .....

"This week has been crazy. During the first three days the new mission presidents come to be trained by the prophets and apostles. So they were here this week. I wanted to see one so bad. Well this is what happened. Missionaries are not aloud at the front desk because that is where the prophets and the apostles come in. but I received a call saying that I needed to come down there and call president Cope. At first I was worried that something happened to Grandpa Dalpias. But to my relief it was just about my calling as zone leader. 

So we were waiting at the front desk while they were helping us when a worker said very casually hey its Elder Holland again. Wow! I turned and there he was. We were the only missionaries in the room because missionaries weren’t allowed in there. He started to just walk by. Stopped suddenly, looked at us, and started waking towards us. He shook me and my companions hand and asked us how we were doing and headed off to his meeting. This experience was amazing. We have been teaching constantly about prophets and apostles but to actually meet one was amazing. I wanted to share my testimony in Dutch but I think he was heading to a meeting.

Later that night we had the privilege in our fireside to have Elder Holland, Elder Scott, Elder Perry and Elder Christoferson there, with Elder Oaks speaking. We knew that there was going to be apostles speaking that night so a lot of people lined up at the doors way before it started. We on the other hand went to a door that was locked. We happened to see the 1st councilor in the mtc presidency, and I asked "Are these doors supposed to be open?" and he said oh ya let me check. So we got right in and were 20 ft away from the podium. Wow the spirit there was amazing."

Advice from Elder Dalpias

Last Wednesday (July 9th 2008), I wrote an Email to Scott asking for advice about a certain problem I was having.  I was so impressed with his answer that I felt compelled to share it with you.  He wrote...

 "i have one suggestion, read the book of mormon!! read it! 
before i came on my mission reading the book of mormon was a chore almost and now i love every minute of it, i get up in the morning for personal study and i am litteraly dissipointed that i only get 1 hr to read from this great book. Nephi said " behold the words of God yay even the words that heal the wounded sole" i dont know what problems you are having and i am sad that i cant be there. but i know with all my heart that the lord knows. that he cares about you and that he has felt what you are feeling. call on him for help for his burden is light and he will take your yoke upon him (mat 18 i think) i know this with everything that i am. because i have seen it in my life and especially as i have been here at the mtc. "

Scott has always been a great example to me, and his words this time did the trick.  I feel so blessed that my younger brother has decided to serve a mission.  I have been blessed and inspired by his willingness to serve.  I hope we can all heed his advice and cherish the scriptures!

~Malisa Twelves