Mission Conference in Leipzig

This is the Leipzig Chapel where the Conference was held.

We are so glad we found our cousins Elijah and Marjorie Cardon in Germany and it was wonderful to see them again at this conference.


This is Elder and Sister Kearon with President Borcherding. Elder Kearon is an area authority from Great Britain.


The Elders. This was Elder Stevens last day before he went home. An awesome missionary.


The Sisters. Some of them sang a beautiful song and and Elder Walstrum did a great job on the piano. Love the talent and that they share it.


We want to share with you some of the teachings and advice from the Kearons. They were very inspirational and the spirit was strong.

Sister Kearon:
" The spirit that we feel when we are together in this way is all that matters. This spirit has washed over you time and time again and you don't realize how different it is for those who don't feel this spirit"
"Remember what you have and can bring to others"
"Read D&C 27:15-18 Everything is for your protection except for one weapon, "The sword of my Spirit" Don't choose to put your weapon down when you are discouraged, instead of complaining, you kneel down.

Elder Kearon:
"In Alma 62:41, many were hardened and many were softened because of the War they fought. It is a choice, we choose whether we are hardened or softened. Unless we choose to be softened we will harden. We can choose our mood. We can choose how we react. We can plan and choose the night before how our day will go. Never be the victim of your circumstances.

Frauenkirche Organ

When we walked into the church this night the organ was playing. They really don't like you taking pictures so I was trying to be really inconspicuous about it. Hope it does not make you dizzy. It is a cool video.

More Random Views of Dresden

This is the way the mail is delivered in our neighborhood.


This is the train we rode from Berlin to Dresden when we first arrived. We are just now recovered enough from that experience to share it with you.

A random building we saw in our travels.


The train station in Leipzig when we went to the Mission Conference.

The Hauptbahnhof (main train station) in Dresden. This is the train we when we aren't riding the buses or trams.

A great idea! The shopping baskets are linked together. You put a Euro in and it unlocks. When you link it up again you get your Euro back. You don't see any baskets around town and no one has gather them up.


Coming down.......


Going up.....


Inside the big cathedral that is connected to the castle..


One night we found this grand piano being played in the open areas in Dresden He was pretty good and people were actually giving him money. I think he was also selling his CDs. You see the mural of the history of the royalty of Saxony in the background. I think it begins in the 1200's.


Inside the Frauenkirche. This is the church that was completely distroyed during WWII and the restoration was completed fairly recently.


In front of the Frauenkirche.


A walk around Old Dresden in the next 3 pictures.

Asssorted Institute Activities

This is the night one of our Chinese investigators came to our English Book of Mormon Class. Lucy loved being with us and accepted all that was taught. She will return to China this week. Hopefully she will remember what she heard and the good feeling she had and find the church there. She loved sister Gill because she reminded her of her grandmother.


Caro, president of the JAE Council, is giving the the spiritual thought in Institute. She served a mission in Spain and is waiting for a missionary. She is a great leader and a good friend.


Family Home Evening....A Night in China. We had a presentation about China given by two of our recent converts and everyone helped in making Chinese dumplings. This brought in eight non members. It was a very successful, fun evening.


Making the dumplings. Shu and Jeff, the ones who gave the presentation, are the two on the right. The missionaries are finding and teaching many Chinese students. There were several who were interested in this group and three are being taught.


When we're helping we're happy.....


At this Family Home Evening we celebrated Andreas's birthday (the one in front). They played soccer (his favorite game) with a very soft ball in the cultural hall and then enjoyed the cake he brought.

This is a game they love to play and they play hard.


This is the Family Home Evening where we did a service project. We put away the chairs after Stake Conference.

They celebrate Halloween in a small way here. Yes that is a green cat on Sister Wells cheek.


Antje gets a pumpkin painted on her face by Caro.

There was a whole plate of spider eggs but they were eaten so fast we didn't get there in time to take the whole picture.

Dresden Chapel

The inside is beautiful with it's architecture, marble and woodwork.

This is the entryway. The missionaries got in the way.


This is just a cool picture. You see the marble stairs on the right, another kind of green marble on the railing and the marble on the floor on the left.


The circular coat room behind the entry way. It is full of coats and umbrellas now that the weather is cold. It is much bigger than you can see here.


The hallway behind the coat room. Each end leads to the stairs that go up to the chapel and the cultural hall. In the middle is a door that goes to the basement where the YSA lounge and office are. The Stake offices and Family History Center are also found down there.


The overflow in the back of the chapel.


This grand piano and organ have a beautiful finish that matches the wood in front and the pulpit.. There is also a grand piano in the cultural hall. We have many musically talented people in this ward.


A full view of the chapel.


One of the two stairways to the chapel and cultural hall.


The foyer at the top of the stairs before you enter the chapel or cultural hall. The picture of the cultural are in the Ward 20 year celebration and some of the activities of the YSA.

The Dresden Ward Church Building

This building was built during the Russian Occupation under their watchful eye. It is one of the most beautiful chapels in Germany


Front View from across the street.



Some of the foliage around the church.


This statue of Carl Maeser was made for his home town in Meissen. A missionary couple went into the local churches with fliers about the placement. This upset the local clergy and the town leaders refused to let them put it up. They ended up bringing it to Dresden and putting it in the church yard since he was one of the church leaders here.


The fence and sidewalk in front.


The back of the church and the entrance to the Family History Center.


When we arrived at church one Sunday Morning we saw this beautiful tree. Fall had arrived!

Festwoche 20 jahre Gemeindehaus

Our Ward building is 20 years old this month and they had a three day celebration.


On Thursday we had a missionary concert given by our Choir director, who is in the bishopric and a well known tenor soloist and teacher in this area. We invited our neighbors to come and we actually had one show up with her daughter. He has an awesome voice and sang some pretty high classical music. This is Brother Olaf Heller.


On Friday we had a big banquet and program. Here you see the tables set up in the Cultural Hall for the banquet. We helped do this.


We had the program before we ate. Bischof Bartsch was the MC.


There was a variety of entertainment and all very well done. This was the only picture that came out well enough to see. This is the Heller family. Brother Heller and daughter on the piano and Sister Heller and the other children with musical instruments. Of course they were wonderful.


This is one table out of three laden with 75% meats and .05% vegetables. The grapes you see was the only dessert and were scarfed up in a hurry at the end.


It was an overwhelming and delightful feast.


On Saturday we had a service day. Many went into the city and dug a trench for a water pipe and several, including us, worked at the ward building cleaning the inside and raking the fall leaves on the outside.