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DAS GEMEINDEHAUS (The Meeting House)

Die Tuer zur Kirche (The Door to the Church)

Die Kapelle (Chapel)

Elder Orton teaching Marcel the the Plan of Happiness in the Primarvereinigung (Primary) room. He is our next baptism scheduled for January 11th.

The Frauenhilfsvereinigung (Relief Society) Room

FHV

The Frauenhilfsvereinigung Motto

Die Kueche

Going Home

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

This is not our street

This is the name of our street

This is our street. Can you find Sister Gill?

This is our front door....no not the bar, the one on the right.

This is the entrance to the building where we live and go to Church

SCENES AROUND TOWN

Could not resist this picture. This was taken in the produce department in Kaufland. Yes, these are cabbages.


Some very famous architect created this building. The people here are really proud of his invention. It somehow does not fit with the local scenery but it is very interesting.

Here is a contrast with the new building next to it.

Up close

The inside patio

A random sign. I think it was in front of a government building.

A building in the downtown square.

Magdeburg has an over abundance of churches. Here is one that is downtown.

This one is on our path to Kaufland where we shop.

THE DOM

The Dom is Magdeburg's biggest attraction. We told a little about in in the previous post. It was built as a Catholic Church but was taken over by the Evangelists who use it today. It is very old...the oldest church in Europe, we are told.

These Gargoyles hang out protecting the church....just like the Cathedral in Salt Lake up from Temple Square.

These look like kings above the front door.

Here is the door handle......

And here is the door.

CHRISTMAS DAY

We got up early Christmas morning to attend a church service in this very famous church. in Magdeburg called the Dom. It is said to be the oldest church in Europe. When we got there we found it closed for repairs.


We looked across the street and saw people going into another big church so we followed. This is what we saw as we entered.

It was a Catholic service. We enjoyed the choir and singing the songs but didn't know what was being said. It made us cringe a little as we watched them line up to take the sacrament and all drink out out the same cup that the priest offered them.

These are the organ pipes in the church.

It was a very cold day and for a few minutes the sun came out while we were waiting for the Bahn . This is very rare here. We could actually see our shadows.....aren't they wonderful! You can even see Sister Wells shadow.



We returned to our little church where our friend Romy was cooking a Christmas dinner. She made us curry chicken over rice. We enjoyed each other, listened to music....all uplifting, and played some games. All the missionaries were able to talk to their families at some time during the day.

This was a cute napkin that Romy brought for us.

That evening all the Sisters were invited over to Shen's for a gourmet Chinese meal that his mother had prepared for us. He lives in a small dorm room at the University. His mother has been staying with him there for an extended visit. She cooked all this on one burner. This was served on the coffee table by his bed. It was the best meal we have ever eaten. She brought us 2 more dishes that you don't see here.

This is Shen. He is an investigater. We are hoping he will chose to be baptized. He loves the church. We didn't get a picture of his mother because she was busy serving us.

DCM CHRISTMAS PARTY

The day of Christmas Eve our district meeting was disguised as a Christmas Party.

Elder Orton made lasagna and the Senior Sisters brought...of course, the vegetables including the salad. The young Sisters brought a fruit salad and the Brandenburg Elders brought their home made Root Beer.

Our District leader, Elder Orton from Orem.

Two of Santa's Elves ready to go caroling. We (the missionaries) sang on four different occasions: two nursing homes, member's homes and one night we rode an hour on the train and with candle light, helped the Brandenburg Elders find new contacts while singing, "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht.