This is the whole group in front of the temple. You can see in the background the Chapel where we held our meetings. There is also a Hostel where people who come a long distance stay while they do temple work. There was a busload from the Ukraine there at the time. Cousin Elijah and his wife are to the far left. President Borcherding and his wife are in front right.
This is Elder rich and his wife. He is the one who gallantly got us on the train in Berlin going to Dresden.
You can see the Chapel and Hostel in the background.
We did have fun singing for a little break. This is Brother and Sister Austin. We are developing a great relationship with them. They take good care of us. They are from Mapleton, UT, next to Springville.
Sorry this is not a good picture but it is of our President and his wife (on the right) and we wanted you see him. We really felt his wonderful spirit and love for the gospel and for all of us. The other couple is his counselor and wife. They are all Germans except for the counselor's wife. She is from Texas and has not been back for 10 years.
Cousin Elijah Cardon from Mesa, AZ. What a surprise to find him here.....and visa versa.We arrived in Dresden Tuesday evening. On Thursday we got on a train to Freiberg to go to a Couples Conference. This trip was on the fast train and it took 23 minutes to get there. These two couples picked us up at the station. Elder and Sister Boam (UT) and Elder and Sister Meng (ID) are the area representatives for the Institute Outreach Centers in Europe. They took us to dinner and we got acquainted. The next morning they gave us some training on the mission and financial part of the centers.
Having breakfast in the hotel.
This hotel was very interesting. Our rooms were inside the door on the top right.
The Freiberg Temple. You need to read "Faith Rewarded" by Thomas S. Monson to know the history of this Temple and the pioneer people here in Germany. What an honor to be there. We were able to attend a session in English.
The words on the Temple. All the Temples have them in their country language.
This is a cool picture because it has the German flag and Angel Moroni in the background.
2 comments:
Christi,
How fun to see all of your pictures of your neighorhood, apt., mission pres. etc! There is nothing like what you are experiencing. I can only imagine how it is to learn German. I took it in high school and didn't get very far. :) Spanish was easier.
cool pictures! Looks like you guys are having so much fun! What a rich experience!
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