Travels to Germany & England

We had our exit interview and a nice dinner and testimony meeting on Oct. 28th. That night we slept at the mission home. The next day we rented a car and drove to Frankfurt, Germany. The autumn leaves were so brilliant. We had a great visit with our friends, the Barlows (who are missionaries with the Area Office). We visited the Young Adult Center in Frankfurt and got some ideas to pass along to Rotterdam.

On Friday the 30th we drove to a quaint city, close to Belgium, called Bernkastel-Keus. It is a medieval style village and sits on the Meuse River. We had fun eating at a quaint restaurant and staying in a B&B. The next day the Barlows drove on to The Hague, Netherlands; we drove to Dunkirk. We had breakfast in Germany together. By 2 pm they were in the Hague and we were in Dunkirk. By 7 at night we were in England and they were back in Germany.

We drove off the ferry and into the traffic, which was on the wrong side of the road (at least for us). We had an exciting 1.5 hour drive along some very narrow country roads, which paralleled the coast. This was all in the dark. We made it safely to our friends place (Dave & Pam Winters) in Eastbourne (southern coast). We had a great three days there, and enjoyed singing the church hymns in English again.

Bernkastel-Keus Germany

Eastbourne England

The End of this Mission is Near

Yesterday we enjoyed our last senior couples outing here in our mission. We went with seven other couples to the Queen's palace at Het Loo, near Apeldoorn. We had a wonderful time visiting with each other and seeing the beautiful palace and grounds. This was one of the official residences of the Dutch Royal families. We had visited this palace in 1991, when we made our first trip together to the Netherlands.

We are now in the last 10 days of our mission. We come to this point with sadness, but are also happy that we will be able to be with our family and friends back in the USA. Missionary life has been our life for 1.5 years now and we will miss it.
Our last day here is October 28th. We are then traveling a little to Germany, France, England and Scotland. We will arrive home on 18 November. Our mission report will be on November 22nd in the Bountiful 22nd Ward, 650 East 2150 South, at 11 am. Directions: Take the 2600 South/Woods Cross exit from I-15. Follow the road east and continue on it as it turns north. You will come to a traffic light at 2200 South. Turn right there and drive east (uphill), turn left and immediately right (continuing uphill) past the second intersection and then you will find the church on the right. We hope to see many of you there. Thanks for your support and prayers. Our home address is: 1953 S. Davis Blvd., Bountiful, Utah 84010. We hope to have our old phone number back: 801-292-7769, if not you can call our son, Trent, at 801-444-1028.
With much love, Kent and Kae Servoss

Last Senior Couples Outing in Nederland

The Johnsons Visit the Netherlands

Two weeks ago our friends, Bob & Paula Johnson came to visit us. They flew in from Salt Lake City to learn about the Dutch people. We did our best to mix in some sight seeing with missionary work. Here is a list of some of the things that we did: 1. Season opening social for the Young Adults (Jovo's), and Institute class, 2. Visit to Delft and stepping into the big wooden shoes, 3. Correy Ten Boom house visit in Haarlem (a family who hid Jewish people in WWII), 4. FloraHolland flower auction (80% of the world's flowers pass thru the flower auctions of Holland), 5. Zaanse Schans windmills, 6. Liberty Park WWII museum, 7. Castle De Haar. The pictures below represent items 2,4,5,6,7. We had a great time with them and gave them a little taste of the culture here as well as missionary life. They even participated in a missionary District Meeting.

The Johnson's Nederland Visit