We know that efforts are still being made to get us into Germany. We are hopeful that things will fall into place for us to go as soon as possible. We received notice that our personal effects that were shipped to Germany in May have arrived and are being held in customs storage. We received this notification: "Unfortunately, German customs will not clear the shipment until an arrival date has been set and an appointment has been made at the local town hall to register. The shipment can remain in customs storage for up to 90 days.” We are not exactly sure when the 90 days expires, but it is probably mid-October. We certainly hope to be in Germany by then. It would be a shame for the items to be shipped back to Utah and arrive here in December. On a brighter note.... Dan and I were invited to participate in the training of missionaries who have begun their virtual Mission Training Center experience. The first week we were helping with two En...
Christmas in the Germany Frankfurt Mission Christmas book compiled by Carolyn Letters and photos from family and friends. Background showing multiple screen shots from our zone conferences. Our 89 New Missionaries! On December 31 we traveled to Spangdahlem Air Force Base for a baptismal interview. While there an F-16 pilot and his daughter gave us a tour. On the way home from Spangdahlem we stopped at the picturesque village of Bernkastel-Kues. This building has pictures of all the Disney princesses painted in the windows. Worms Cathedral where Martin Luther was excommunicated. Martin Luther Monument On Sunday January 3 we visited the Worms Branch for church. Worms is an historic location. It was here in 1521 that Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Catholic Church. Martin Luther "In 1521, the pope excommunicated him, and he was called to appear before the emperor at the Diet of Worms to defend his beliefs. Refusing to recant or rescind his positions, Luther was d...
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...
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