We have returned to post some new stuff. We are working in the mission office and replacing Elder Hanzal and Schwester Gessner who are returning home at the end of September. They have been a tremendous help to us. We get to meet the new missionaries as they come to the mission. We get to see the missionaries as they leave to return home after two years. What a difference a couple of years can make. We do a lot of other office type things that have to be handled in the everyday course of mission activity.
During the last two weeks, we've been to Heidelberg for a couples conference. Hopefully a picture of the Heidelberg Castle will appear somewhere close to this. I always like it when a picture appears. The couples we met with run the outreach programs in various cities in the mission. They are really busy working with the youth from 18 - 30 in lots of ways. Their evenings often run late as young folks can't tell time.
This week we've been involved with zone conferences so we've gone to different cities. No sight seeing time at zone conferences but a good chance to meet with the missionaries and feel of their strength and spirit. We had a chance at the end of the zone conference in Frankfurt to go on a "strassen predigt". That's a street preach. All of the missionaries in the zone went to a pedestrian traffice only area of downtown Frankfurt, gathered together and started singing church hymns. Each district then took turns going out and speaking with the people as they gathered to watch this event. It is really a good way to have a chance to talk with people. We had a chance to go out and talk and it was a lot of fun. Hopefully a picture of the missionaries practicing for the strassen predigt will appear here.
Fall is here and the weather is on the cool side. Ginny thinks it is on the cold side and she is already wearing her gloves. It will be interesting to see what she does when it really gets cold. Everyday is a new adventure and this is a civilized country. Here's a few more pictures just for fun.
During the last two weeks, we've been to Heidelberg for a couples conference. Hopefully a picture of the Heidelberg Castle will appear somewhere close to this. I always like it when a picture appears. The couples we met with run the outreach programs in various cities in the mission. They are really busy working with the youth from 18 - 30 in lots of ways. Their evenings often run late as young folks can't tell time.
This week we've been involved with zone conferences so we've gone to different cities. No sight seeing time at zone conferences but a good chance to meet with the missionaries and feel of their strength and spirit. We had a chance at the end of the zone conference in Frankfurt to go on a "strassen predigt". That's a street preach. All of the missionaries in the zone went to a pedestrian traffice only area of downtown Frankfurt, gathered together and started singing church hymns. Each district then took turns going out and speaking with the people as they gathered to watch this event. It is really a good way to have a chance to talk with people. We had a chance to go out and talk and it was a lot of fun. Hopefully a picture of the missionaries practicing for the strassen predigt will appear here.
Fall is here and the weather is on the cool side. Ginny thinks it is on the cold side and she is already wearing her gloves. It will be interesting to see what she does when it really gets cold. Everyday is a new adventure and this is a civilized country. Here's a few more pictures just for fun.
4 comments:
It is so good to hear from you. I am glad you got to experience a bit of street preach. I am sure that breaks up the time in the mission office. The pictures are great and we miss you!! Keep the blog and pictures coming.
That looks like a great group of missionaries that you are serving with. You truly live in a beautiful country. I hate the cold too Ginny, you are not alone. So great to hear the update. Love you!
Hey Joe and Ginny - This is fun to see. We are proud that you know how to do this complicated stuff...
hey we actually have our own blog now. Can you add our link to your page? It's goaslindgang.blogspot.com
It looks like you are busy. Good for you. I know you shouldn't know about this but the utes are #14 right now. 6-0 is a beautiful thing!
Be good and we miss you!
Rich and Michele
how come the words are so long?
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