reporting for duty

Hey one and all elder Dalpias reporting for duity. Dang I think I spelled that wrong haha.
Ok well I am doing really great. And loving it in Zoetermeer, Humfried the man who was just baptized is doing fantastic. He is going to activities and came to church last week and is doing his home teaching this week! Can you believe that? I am amazed my self. 
I have really gained a testimony about following the spirit and how important it is and how we are always blessed when we do it. I feel bad when I don’t because I know that the adversary has won one. But I repent and try my best. I need more strength, and I need to lose a few pounds as well. haha whoo am I getting quite the belly, I am a little worried but I am trying to work out a little at nights to keep it off. And don’t worry I am sending pictures today so you can see this madness haha.
Well I love you all so much.  Thank you for the love and all that you do. 

 Love elder Dalpias

ps there was another baptism here in den Haag last week, two teenagers got baptized. they are such examples of faith, there mom wants to be baptized to but she needs to marry there dad first and his heart needs to be a little softened first, but he came to the baptism and to church the next day!! this is an eternal family in the making. even their friends and grandma are now investigating the church. What a blessing. 

a baptism

Haha hey mom you cute bute haha "cut make the print"? hahah I think you were trying to quote the Grinch haha don’t feel bad though I just laughed and remembered the fun times we had watching movies and quoting them haha. Thanks for that.
Ok well let’s talk baptism. Humfried will be baptized on Friday at 7. He has asked me if I would baptize him. ya it was a little of a surprise for me but he said "you have been my support through this all and I want you to baptize me". Wow I didn’t know what to say. I tried to help him realize that I would be leaving some time in the future but I don’t think he understood but I felt the spirit so I accepted and am glad to be able to perform this ordinance. And Brother Scherf will be performing the ordinance of giving the gift of the holy ghost so that is good he will be able to have him with him even when I leave. It is not that I don’t want to baptize him it is just that I know I will be leaving eventually. But I am so grateful for this opportunity. 
Satan has his ways of trying to stop these things so I really appreciate all your prayers.
Everyone I love you. I have pictures put on CD’s, I just haven’t sent them yet so I will try to get them sent as soon as possible. 
groet, elder Dalpias

oh ps i am really getting along with my companion he is just like me in a lot of ways. We are goofs but we work hard. I will try to get you a pic of him soon.

The Lord Loves All of His Children

Hey!!
It’s hard to believe but it is a new transfer already. I told you last week, but my new companion is elder Walker. Wow he is so awesome, what a good teacher and example I really like the fire he has. 
Ok "hold on to your buts." ANOND is coming to the temple!!!!! He was an inactive member in Heerenveen. And he is doing so well. He is now the young men’s president and is receiving the Melchesideck (however you spell that hahah) priesthood. Wow and I am living in Zoetermeer by the temple so I should be able to go when he comes for the first time to get his endowment. Wow what a blessing to see this brother progress, to see the lord just working with him. I remember when we took him on joint teaching and he shared his testimony, wow at that moment I knew, that he knew, it was true. He came every Sunday after that, well, he missed one but he goes to institute every week, and is just really strong. Wow the lord loves all of his children. I know it.

Groet,

Elder Dalpias

Back on track!

Hello all, 

This is Malisa, I am in charge of posting Elder Dalpias's emails and I have been such a slacker.  But I have resolved to do much better and post whenever he sends a letter!  I had an opportunity to talk to Scott on Christmas and he sounds great!  He truly loves the work and the people in the Netherlands.  He has a bit of a typical missionary accent, but he still sounds like Scott!  Well, enough from me! Here is his latest letter!

"Ok hey everyone.
Don’t worry I have enough time to talk to you today. Ill write long ones but I would like long ones in return. 
But I love it, just getting out there every day and serving the lord. Well it is overplatzing today. Transfers and sadly I am loosing elder Nay, man I really am going to miss him. He is such a good missionary. 
My new companion is elder Walker. I have seen him before and he was in my district for my first transfer. I am really looking forward to be working with him. 
As for the work here in delft it is going amazing. I am so glad that I can be apart of it. There is a man named Humphret who is getting baptized on the 24 of this month, wow he is so strong I really love his spirit, I really love teaching him, he is so awesome. He loves the book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price. Our last apt he bore testimony that the book of Mormon was true and he felt that this was the true church on the earth today. Wow it was so good. I am really excited for him. Today was a little crazy. Elder Nay is going to Hangalo, elder Rayfield is going to Amersvort. So there are some changes. But I love you and am really glad to have support 
love /groten 
elder Dalpias"

"The Moms" and a letter!

This is a picture of all of "the boys" moms.  

And this is a letter from Scott...

Hey!

I have a little more time to day so I will try not to leave you hanging this time (haha mom you are so cute.) 

Ok well it is raining like a bean here. It is coming down hard. I am glad it is preparation day. We are going to try to get a little rest today. Last time as you know we did a zone preparation day where we played a little too hard and we were sore, it made it really hard to work. I guess I should tell you last week was the hardest week so far. We saw so much opposition and it just was really hard. But things are picking up we made it through our trial and came out improving we are really excited to learn and improve from our experience.

I don’t know if I have told you about Gerard. Wow he is a big reason why I am here in Heerenveen I just feel it. He is making so much progress. We gave him a baptismal date but he said he needed more time. But he came to church and everyone was so nice, I was just praying hard that he would have a good experience. Our lessons with him are always so good. I keep seeing the picture of me and him in the temple, and me just giving him a big hug. I hope and pray that I can live worthy enough and listen to the promptings of the spirit so that it will happen.

Everyone start writing in your journal!!! Every day! I need to know what happened when I get back. 

I love you all 

love elder Dalpias

"never give up never surrender"

Pictures Finally

He looks like a missionary!
Where have I seen this face before?
This looks familiar too... :)
Before he left the MTC
At the MTC still
At the MTC with Elder Sorenson
Wow! The Netherlands!
Ah the streets of Europe!

letter September 8

Hey how is everyone?
It’s another e mail from the land of the tulips haven’t seen any but that’s what I have heard. haha ya there are so many flowers but no tulips hear in Heerenveen. Well let’s start by answering some questions that you have. No I haven’t got my new bike seat yet but we are on plan to do it today. Actually we are trying to buy everything for a whole transfer today it will be interesting. haha ok well anyway. I don’t get to go to the temple for a while, but boy do I need it, it is so bad out here, just the billboards and signs, I have never sang so many hymns in my life. haha as far as elder Kessler. I still have him and he is as awesome as ever. But this is his last transfer before he goes home so I will have a new comp next transfer. (overplatsing). 
I cant seem to find the recipes I have only the brownie one. if you could send me some, like gnocchi and others that I could cook that would be great, sandwiches are getting a little old, hahah ok well as for the people we are teaching, it has been really interesting, you see we have received 2 golden referrals, one from a woman inSsteenwijk who has read the book of Mormon and wants to get baptized, we haven’t even met her or talked to her so we will see what happens with that. The other verwijzing (referral) was a woman with 8 children and she went on the church website and requested missionaries to come and teach her, so this is amazing! We teach her on Wed. as for Zomerette, she tells us still that she feels so good when we come buy, the only problem is that she can’t progress unless she comes to church, and her children do not want to go so she can’t leave them at home. It is really difficult.
As for pictures they are being developed now so I should be able to send them this week or next depending on how today goes. There is a conference where a 70 is coming to speak to us. It is really awesome. 
Just a side note about where I am. The clouds here are amazing. What you need to do is watch the Grinch and look at those clouds. That is how it here about every day. It is so beautiful.
I love you all so much 
love Elder Dalpias