Brandenburger Tor. This was walled off and was the main division gate between East and West Germany.

These bombed out remains of the Bahnhof train station, are a memorial where 9600 Jewish people were deported through here and loaded into cattle trains. Then taken to a ghetto camp where history shows 1000's died through gas-chambers. I wasn't sure when we arrived what this was, but I was feeling pain, and a quiet reverence here. We stumbled on this through a wrong navigational turn. Then Richard found the memorial posting. Then tears flowed and a surge of hurt, frustration, and then missionary hope, and much work to be done for the posterity of the people that went to their deaths from this station.

The last remains of the Bahnhof Train Station. 9600 Jews were deported through here. These are certainly witness walls.

Over 50,000 were deported from train stations like this in Berlin. Most went to their deaths in Auschwitz

You can see the train with a swastika on the side.

Die Kaiser-Wilhelm I Kirche that was bombed, and only this half remains. Interior pictures are below.

The remains of war torn Die Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedachtnis Kirche. In Berlin

This Christus was damaged during the bombing, and only has one arm.

I was able to take this photo, without a flash of course, of a missionar shaking President Uchtdorf's hand before the conference. See the post below for this wonderful moment in time...

We enjoyed a wonderful conference with President Uchtdorf this last weekend. What a thrill for this little group of Berlin Missionare to sit at his feet. We were even privileged to shake his hand. Richard and I got to do that twice! As you can see we are sitting on the aisle at the right, and when he came in he reached over and shook our hands. Then he had all of the missionare stand up, and each of us shook his hand, One by One. His message to us was so encouraging and inspiring. The next day there was a large televised conference that went to 9 different tongues, and several Europeon Countries. We also saw that conference. There he announced that very morning he and some others had gone to a special place, (It was in the Tiergarten Chapel in Berlin) and re-dedicated Germany. He said that no records were on file of all of Germany ever being dedicated, and that President Monson's dedication was done in Dresden, but was not meant for all of Germany. So the "Brethren felt a need", and they went ahead and dedicated it. We feel so blessed to be a part of that now new "official" dedication. Germany is ready and we feel a surge of energy in the missionaries here to move this people forward, and to give them the opportunity anew to accept the gospel. What Joy!

These buggies for the kinder are something to behold. They are larger than this appears. They walk with their kinder everywhere, and so these buggies get a lot of wear and tare. All they need is a gas-pedal. I guess that's the parents job though. Spring-loaded and a place for everything!

Seasons of Nordhausen Germany:

Winter scene out of our apartment window. They present opera/dance/plays/concerts etc. here. We attended Der Nussknacker Ballet in December. This was not professionally done, but we enjoyed the kinder, and they really were quite good! One of the children in our branch preformed in it.

We had a wonderful 42nd anniversary, and this steak dinner was very good. They put cream cheese with dill on the steak. The rottenkohl was yummy as well. They must soak the carrots in some kind of sweet mix. No baked potato option, the meal came as is on the menu. Very tasty and yes a return and eat again.