Kortrijk

Kortrijk is a nice little city in Belgium and is the farthest elder's apartment from the mission office. It has not been kept up and has serious mold problems. This is the bathroom that someone (elders or a member) painted dark blue. The paint is peeling but luckily no mold in this room. I am scraping and sanding the loose blue paint before applying a coat of isolation primer. Notice the light wiring to the left. There are no light fixtures in the apartment - just bare wires to a light recepticle. The elders were down to one light bulb that was working. They either didn't know how to change lights or they were out of money.

Each night we cooked dinner for the Elders. This night the Saldens came down to deliver new wardrobe cabinets. The walls look good with a coat of isolation primer and paint on them.

This is the kitchen. There are no drawers in the cabinets. Virtually no storage. My good friend Elder Bastians is standing in front of the washer and dryer. Kortrijk has a dryer because the apartment is so small there is no place for drying racks.

After a long day, we drove through town about 9 pm. It was warm and the locals were enjoying the evening by dinning outside. How nice it would be to check into a hotel, shower and have a romantic dinner. Instead we drive home for 2 hours and then return the next morning. It just does not feel right to have the church pay for a hotel plus we need to do shopping in the morning and everything is cheaper and more easily available in Dordrecht.