The Call

On April 3rd we were asked to meet with Pres. Henry B. Eyring in his office at the Church Office Building in downtown Salt lake City.  We spent about 1.5 hours with him at the conclusion of which he extended a call to us to serve as President and Matron of the The Hague Netherlands Temple.  We were very surprised and overwhelmed by this, but happily accepted.  So, at the beginning of this post we will introduce you to some terms that many people are confused at.

Our call is to The Netherlands, the Temple is located in the province called South Holland which is just below North Holland.  The great majority of people live in these two provinces and so the Netherlands is often referred to as "Holland".  The language spoken is Dutch and that is often confused with Danish.

The Temple District includes both The Netherlands and Belgium.  Belgium is a bi-lingual nation, in other words they speak Flemish, which is almost like Dutch and the other half speaks French.  Below is a map of the Temple District.

The Hague is where the seat of government is located for The Netherlands and the temple is located just 30 minutes to the east in a town called Zoetermeer, which translated means "Sweet Lake".  So it is interesting that we will go from Salt Lake to Sweet Lake.  And thus we are anticipating some mighty sweet experiences. Our service will begin on Nov 1st 2018 and the call is for three years.