Elder Arnold; Sister Muhlestein; Phan; Elder Hale; Elder Muhlestein

We are so grateful for the gospel of Jesu Christi, and the opportunity to see the spirit work in the life of one who is prepared to receive.

Here is the greatest fruit of the mission. Our first baptism. Elder Hale; Phan; Sister Muhlestein. She is a student here from Vietnam, and what a thrill it has been to be a small part of her coming to Christ through baptism into The Kirche Jesu Christi Der Heiligen Der Letzten Tage.

Pretty good size fish as well, Colin I have no idea what these are, I would guess gold fish of some sort...None catchable.

There really are birds here, but I haven't had much time to get some good photos. Coot and Moorhen.

I love all of the red tile roofs. Another view from our windows of Nordhausen. I think any city in the states would want all the same color roofs. Looks pretty cool on this partly sunny day. (Haven't seen any of those lately)

Evening photo from our balcony. This is a favorite view of mine, for contemplation...

I had to hurry to catch up with this lady. She can really move. I thought the dog had the right idea.

These images are a church that was built in 961 a.d. and remodeled in 1270-1300 a.d. and again in 1370-1400 a.d. When we entered there was not anyone in the building but there were some candles lit. The door going down is the krypt, and one we did NOT go in. The chapel as you can see is massive. It reminds me of the building in Salt Lake City, but this one is bigger. My oh my, what a history has taken place in this building, in "old town" Nordhausen. Remember this is in the Eastern Sector of Berlin.

Dom Zum Heiligen Kreuz--Nordhausen

This little street is in the old section of Nordhausen
and is still used for living, and shopping areas.
Don't you love the cobblestone streets?

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your computer screen....

Sweet little statue along the main street of Nordhausen. I wish we could post "For Time and All Eternity, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints."

This room is about 10ft x 12ft and is where we spend a lot of time, studying and meeting with the missionaries. We have them over at 8:30pm on Tues, Thurs, Sat. evening just before they go home. We give them a little something to eat. Then out the door by 9:00pm to catch their train. It's a great time to catch up on their day. We also feed them lunch 1-2 times a week. For sure on Friday, then we have a planning meeting with them to plan the next week. Great time to encourage, and help them move forward.

Our apartment is the one in the middle--and on the top floor. We are 8 floors up with an elevator that goes up 6 floors then we climb the last two flights of stairs. It becomes quite the challenge when your carrying grocery bags. Which by the way, you take your own bags to the store, and bag your own, no nice young men to help you out to the car either.

Our apartment from the back. This large building is one of many in

Nordhausen. The signs like the one seen with red and white line, are all over the place, meaning "do not enter."

Elder & Sister Banks who left to go home after we arrived to replace them, Mission President and Sister Pimentel; Elder and Sister Muhlestein. This was taken the Sunday Elder Muhlestein was sustained as Branch President. We are standing in from of our new building.

Elder "M" with some of the Relief Society sisters and Elder and Sister Banks in center. These sisters are the cream of the crop for this branch. None of them have husbands still living. They have developed and literally "run" the branch.

In that same park, they have play areas for the "kinder" (children), guess who wanted to play!

Just behind them is an area that was a "look-out" tower that protected Nordhausen from bombers coming. This was a jail in the base of that tower. Sister Banks is with Annette Erneste, and her two children Ben and Jessica. We had a heim abend (home evening) with them, and then walked to this area, now made into a beautiful park that looks out over the city.

A large Evangalium chapel in Nordhausen. I stepped into the building and met a lady there. I asked about the building and if I could take pictures. She said that would be fine (all this in German took a few minutes to understand each other) I gave her a Pass-along card and explained who I was, and where I was from. She smiled and said she would look at the internet mentioned on the card. Missionary work is needed no matter where you are!

If you notice the little "dip" in the distant hill on the right, that is where a cave is, and was used as a prison for the Jews as well as a "gas chamber."

This beautiful view is from our apartment balcony. A nice area of the city of Nordhausen. There are many steeples here, that are or used to be churches.

Best Pizza place in town. Elder Banks and Elder "M" can hardly wait. We will probably visit this pizza place often, since it is just around the corner from where we live and in easy walking distance.

Our new building chapel in Nordhausen. This was just completed the week before we arrived. The saints are so pleased to have a new building to met in. The older one was in a "red light" district of the community. We are very grateful to have this one too!

This group of missionaries are the ones in our district. We went to lunch with them and Elder & Sister Banks before the banks left

The Pension room where we stayed for 2 weeks

until our apartment was available. I was unable to

climb the spiral stairs where we were to sleep.

We made do on a couch in this room. Everything

in Germany is small but do-able.

This cement foundation
is part of the Berlin Wall,
in the area called "Momoplatz".

We crossed over here into East Berlin.

This road is parallel to where the East Berlin Wall once stood. We are now standing in East Berlin.

At mission home with President and Sister Pimentel. We had traveled all night, and look a little weary.