Lets go to the temple! We gathered the sisters, and left for our Fall Temple Trip. There were 8 total including the two kinder. We rented the van so that all could go. This is always one of the highlights for our little gemeinde (branch).

This group of sisters were so happy to feel a "little piece" of heaven as they arrived at the temple. Sister Kuper, on the far right, brought the first of her family names: Her Mother, Father, and Grand-parents names. This took a little encouragement, but that's a story for our newsletter.

The Freiberg Temple spire with the Angel Moroni stood out so beautiful against the blue sky, that it brings to mind the joy of salvation waiting for all who will listen and "hear" the sound of his trumpet---Come--Come--to the House of the Lord.

Sister Klee finished the last two names in her family line on this temple trip. She never does like to smile for photos, but she was very happy to accomplish this work for her family. She now feels, and IS sealed to some of her kindred. She bears a thankful testimony to have this work completed.

We said good-night to this beautiful temple, and will see it again soon.

We said "good-bye" to another favorite Elder early one morning, before normal wake-up time! He was transferred to Heidelberg. We will miss you Elder Puriri, you have served the Lord well in this part of His vineyard. We will see you again when you come home...we will be there by then too.

Herr Stoye is an investigator and came to Erfurt to listen to General Conference. Sister Klee and Kuper are both wonderful members. Sister Klee was the sister we helped to return to activity. She is now one of our strongest members. The good-looking fellow on the end is...??? Yes! I know who he is!

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General Conference Week-end was wonderful. We travel to Erfurt about 1 1/2 hours away to listen to our prophet. This is the group of missionaries who are in the "English" broadcast room. Most of them like to listen in their native tongue. We love these wonderful Sisters and Elders, and we drink in all of the wonderful messages from our leaders. Our vessels yearn for this time.

We had a wonderful visit with our friends Donna and Kent Jones. They were over here with a tour group. We traveled to Weimar and spent an all too short visit with them, but it was wonderful seeing their faces, AND SPEAKING ENGLISH. We all stayed at the Hotel Elephant which is located right on the market square of Old Town Weimar.

When the Sun did shine and we had warm days I took advantage of it's warmth and so did others....

We've had such cold weather through August, that I couldn't help taking this picture of an Elderly Lady soaking in the Sun when it did come out. She stayed there for about 15 minutes, and then walked off.

Naturally Nature...

The Earth has also been commanded to fulfill the measure of her creation...and she does.

Sunset taken off our deck in Nordhausen.

This Park Garden is in Nurnberg. We go there for Zone Conferences.

Woodpigeon is quite large. They are seen often, and as they fly there is a beautiful pattern of white against their grey feathers.

The bush reminds me of our Lilacs, but does not have the fragrant smell.

The Chicken or the Egg first?? This Rooster could tell us...

This slug is huge, about 4-5 inches long. It's eating this paper..humm

All of Nature is here for something. It certainly brightens my soul and brings a balance into busy lives.. Take time to enjoy some yourself.

We grew some Marigolds on our deck in grow boxes and they brought in some delightful visitors.

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This Mute Swan is one of hundreds we see on this pond each week, as we traveled to Erfurt for DCM. It was pretty far out so a little fuzzy. They have all flown South now.

These hay-bale images "crop-up" this time of year, as the farmers cut their fields. They are a delight to come across. What great imaginations!

These two hay-bale images were on our way to Erfurt. Even farmers can have fun!

We all enjoyed this little celebration for Elder M. The branch area is used for all of the gatherings of the Saints. Happy B-Day. You should probably start counting backwards now...

Happy Birthday Elder Muhlestein-- He really is 71! We had a sister in the Gemeinde take this photo, and she had never used a camera before, so we were coaching her through what she needed to do. The first shot was of the floor!! We were still laughing about that.

Here is some real honky-tonk piano going on. Elder M decided to put his hand into the action...

Richard's favorite cake is Carrot Cake. and the cookie recipe is secret. I retrieved it however from one of our Elders. I traded one of mine for this recipe of his family. YUM

These are made from hay bales. They are huge rolls. Someone on this farm is very creative!

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This warm, genuine soul, Brother Aeurus, has brought along with him his posterity into the gospel. He and Richard were like brothers again, meeting after 50+ years. We felt of his gratitude for a missionary that came into his life, and made a difference for many.

This photo is one of Brother Aeurus's family. What a great posterity for him, and a knowledge that

"The One" counts!

"How great is his joy in the soul that repenteth!"

"And now, if your joy will be great with one soul that you have brought unto me into the kingdom of my Father, how great will be your joy if you should bring many souls unto me!" D&C 18: 13, 16

The Petersburg Tower, also taken from our balcony, is a peaceful way to say goodnight...

Then the morning view from our balcony is marvelous. This early morning photo with the sun touching the red roof tops reminds me of a childhood song:

Good Morning Merry Sunshine

how did you wake so soon

You scared away the little stars

and freightened away the moon.

I saw you go to bed last night

before I said my prayers

Oh where have you been hiding

and why did you go there?

I went to see the children

the children of the East

for they were waiting there for me

to rise them from their sleep.

And when they said goodnight to me

I came to you at dawn

I always love the morning hours

for they bring joy and song.

The 24th of July is even celebrated here in Germany! I made these fun coloring booklets for the kinder in our branch. There are about 8 pages of pioneer memories, with covered wagons, handcarts, plowing, campfires etc. for the kinder to color. I'm really grateful for the church internet site, that gives us so much. The Friend site is of GREAT help. We do not have libraries to depend on, so the church web site is heaven sent.

Hanky-Hanky who has the Hanky??? Plus throw the plane at the target and get points. They loved the games and had so much fun as families. We can all be grateful for the inspiration of prophets who taught us to have family home evenings. They truly keep a family close together.

We enjoy having the two families in our gemeinde (branch) over for Heim Abend every few months. We meet at the branch. We plan a meal and a lesson, that the Elders teach, and then play games. This has been a big hit with these two families. Grace really did not eat all of this, but her Dad finished it.

Sister Klee celebrated two birthdays with us. Andrea and Brandon have the same birthday's. We went to her place for our weekly dinner, and she had made a cake. She did not know that we were celebrating the birthday's but when she brought out the cake I told her, and she went and got two candles. We sang Happy Birthday for them across the miles. (I look pretty tired here, and to tell you the truth I WAS)

We (had) a door with a large glass in the middle. One day the wind caught hold of it and slammed it shut taking the whole section of glass and spraying it down our 8 foot hallway. This was not safety glass. So very large knife-like pieces went charging down the hallway. We were grateful and blessed, that we where not in the hallway when this happened. I don't want to even think about that one. The Elders were there too, and they pitched in to clean up the jagged works.

When people move out of their wohnung, or apartments, they have to scrape all of the wallpaper off ceilings and walls. We and the Elders worked for 5 hours. We did get most of this project done.

(sorry these two pics I've posted before)

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The end results--weary bones. Sister Kuper has been working on moving for a full month, and she was grateful for our help.

After a short lesson in Primary, we enjoy the play dough. This is Ben who gets into the action.