It is hard to believe it has been 6 months since we arrived in Germany on August 27. So much has happened. Of course the biggest blessing and challenge was receiving over 90 missionaries from the United States in two short months. They arrived on different flights on different days and were placed in housing for quarantine all over the mission. Fortunately they are now all in their mission companionships. Many are in threesomes due to the lack of enough experienced missionaries to be training, but during the next transfer in mid March they will go into regular twosomes which means we can reopen many cities in the mission that were closed when the numbers of missionaries went down last year. Most of our missionaries are thriving. These arriving missionaries brought new enthusiasm that has spread throughout the mission. Many of them are fearless in approaching people on the street. Even though they have difficulty communicating in German, they giv...
March 2021 I realize that it has been a long time since I gave an update on the Frankfurt mission. Many are asking about the Covid situation in Germany. I will give you an update. Germany went into lockdown 3 months ago, just before Christmas. Everything closed down and only grocery stores and gas stations were open. You were not supposed to go into work unless it was essential. You were not supposed to travel more than 15 km unless it was business-related and considered urgent and necessary. Restaurants, bars, most hotels, museums, tourist sites, etc., were all closed. When we first arrived in September, we went to the Frankfurt downtown shopping district. It is as wide as state street in Salt Lake City, but it is for pedestrians only and goes on for many blocks. It is an enormous area. In September, it was packed with thousands of individuals. We w...
Thursday, January 7, 2021 I know it has been awhile since I sent an update. It has been a crazy time filled with everything missions are made of including interviews, transfers, Mission Leadership Council, Zone Conferences, missionaries who are struggling, etc. One week we drove 1,000 km in 5 days to interview all the missionaries and the following week we also drove another 1,000 km (621 miles). We have put over 10,000 miles on our car in 4 months. And that is miles and not kilometers. One week we had 6 Zone Conferences in 6 days. At these zone conferences, we had a portion of them in the evening and invited the youth in the stakes to attend. That was a special time. I have received numerous messages from youth who were touched by the missionary spirit at these meetings. Two of the younger brothers of missionaries serving in our mission who are from Germany or Switzerland also participate...
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