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Sunday, November 15, 2015

We saw this place another time in the fog.

All weeks must have opposites. Positives and negatives. This week we fixed the car/broke the washer; had sunny days/foggy days; lots of people at the activity/none at English class; saw new things/saw old things; made new friends/visited "old" friends; excited to go home/not excited to leave here.

Another trip to the Bern Temple.

We got to visit this sweet, growing family again.

A lovely walk through a moat.

A beautiful day on the Bodensee.

Beautiful scenery everywhere.

Wonderful family that fed us so well.

Fun activity - fruit crepes and talent show!

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Our calendar is quickly filling up so we decided we needed to see as much as we can while we can (plus we were given an assignment to go to the southern most area of the mission). November is still warmish, fall colors are beginning to fade, and snow is in the mountains. We taught a few lessons during the week then headed south. It is such a glorious world we have been blessed with.

That is a highway halfway up. I was so glad we didn't have to
drive up there.

This is what it looks like from the inside of that highway halfway up
that mountain. It turns out we did have to drive up there.

The queen made her announcements from this
balcony in Innsbruck.

High on a mountain top!

We can now say we were in Italy and yes we ate pizza.

A beautiful street in Brixen.

Beautiful place with varying weather. This is looking
south, blue skies looking north.

New castle built in the 1800s in Meersburg with our dear friend.

A castle in Meersburg built in the 600s.

Parking lot at Stake Conference. First to arrive/last to leave.
Last to arrive/first to leave. So efficient. We love how
excited everyone is to see each other and hear all the chatter.

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Variety is the spice of life!! We said good bye to a couple of great missionaries and hello to two more. We didn't travel as much but baked and cooked a LOT! There were 16 at the Young Single Adult Activity and none at English class! We helped with a baptism and a Halloween party. We introduced them to decorating cookies, pumpkin bowling and pin the nose on the pumpkin. We met new people and are saying good bye to people that are moving before we do. It was a great and sad week.

Good bye Elder. We hope to see you again.

He has the right last name and it's even spelled correctly.
We must be cousins!!

Good bye Elder. We'll see you in December.

The last District Meeting with this fantastic group of teachers.
(They brought delicious dessert for us all.)

All I see is trouble with these three!!

Some of us know how to dress Bavarian!

Oktoberfest "our" way!!

Frosting is too sweet but they loved piling on the candy.

Decorating Halloween cookies was a new idea.

Good byes are hard.

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Two blog posts had to be done today. Too many pictures of our beautiful Deutschland in the Fall that had to be shared

We had a wonderful time with our company seeing so many beautiful things and enjoying each other's company. We have such a glorious world!! And then it was time to go back to work.

Santis. Brrrrr!

Apparently some of us can't get off the ground.

Longest falls in Deutschland.

So much gorgeous scenery. Bodensee and the Rhein meet.

All too soon it was time to say good bye.

Delicious food everywhere!!

This mountain seemed to be leaking into this pond.

Back to work. We delivered copies of our precious book in several
different languages and supplies to our valiant missionaries.

Sunday, October 18, 2015

What's the first thing you need to do when you visit? Sleep!!

We love serving a mission and we really love when family comes to visit. It has been cooler, rainy and beautiful. We've had to wear tights under jeans and jackets under coats but nothing stopped us from traveling and seeing. Mission work has been put on hold but we have still managed to keep in touch with our missionaries and our young adults that we serve.