The Hague Temple and Kinderkijk

On Friday morning we began our day at the Hague Netherland Temple.  We asked if we could do family sealing and were told yes.  We dressed in our temple clothes and met with the 2nd counselor in the temple presidency, President Van Wermeskerken.  He told us a little about himself before we began.  He and his wife had served in the Philippines as the Area Medical Advisor.  After we finished our sealing session Gary and I asked President Van Wermeskerken if he knew some people we knew who had served in the Philippines Area Office about the same time.  He responded that he and his wife did know them and we visited for a short time. It is interesting how small the world seems when serving the Lord.  As we visited we learned that it was President Van Wermeskerken's 75th birthday.

After the temple we went to a local restaurant for a delicious lunch.   Following lunch we visited Kinderdijk, which is about 15 kms east of Rotterdam to see the windmills.  The pictures below tell the story.  Kinderdijk is Dutch for Children’s dike.  Most of Holland is below sea level.  In the 18th century the mills were used to pump the water out.  These days the windmills have been replaced by automatic water pumping stations.  The windmills still operated and if the wind allows it, they turn in the wind.

“Let us be a temple-attending and a temple-loving people. Let us hasten to the temple as frequently as time and means and personal circumstances allow. Let us go not only for our kindred dead, but let us also go for the personal blessing of temple worship.” Howard W. Hunter, A Temple-Motivated People, February, 1995 Ensign