Munich and Elder Bednar

We have this wonderful opportunity tomorrow to drive to Munich (2 1/2 hours away), see sights on the way and have dinner with our friends and neighbors from Layton, Utah,  Elder Don and Sister Shanna Thurman.  This will be the last time we see them before they finish their mission and head back to Utah.  On Saturday, all the missionaries in our mission 200+ will meet in Munich with Elder Bednar. We are very excited to be with an apostle and hear his counsel.  Hopefully we will get pictures of the trip and post later.

District going away party and Mercedes Museum.

We went to the Mercedes Museum on a P-day with our district leaders, Elders Wiberg and Harvey along with Elders Bos and Zaugg. A beautiful museum. We had a going away party for two of our district missionaries and this was our dessert made by Sister Zaugg. A picture of our district: Sister Bushman, Sister Threlkeld (she was going home), Elders Wiberg, Harvey (in front), Sharp (tall one in the back - he was going home), Ridd. Along with senior missionaries Elder and Sister Zaugg and Elder and Sister Bos on our balcony. We have grilled hamburgers, chips, green salad, jello salad, root beer floats, and fruit torte. A good old American meal.

A little bit of everything

A little bit of everything . . . (1) A lending library in a phone booth. (2) Our dryer sitting in our living room. People tend not to have dryers. (3) Norman assembling a study chair for the missionaries. Part of our job is to inspect seven missionary apartments (including ours) once every 6 weeks and repair anything that we can or purchase needed items. (4) Our new (2005) car - Mercedes Benz wagon (we have really used it to haul stuff). (5) Norman eating a pretzel waiting for a bus. (6) We have a bier garden (beer garden) across the street and up the hill about 200 steps. We went hiking around one day - our apartment building is in the background. (7) The list with times zones so we can remember not to call or text our kids too early in the morning their time.

More pictures

 Birthday party at the mall with our district

 We went to an Easter festival in Michelstadt

 Steep hill up from our apartment - cars take turns going up and down since the streets are so narrow

 A view of Stuttgart from above our apartment

 Crocuses popping up in the lawns - they don't mow the lawns until the flowers are gone

 Sister and Elder Bos at the Frankfurt Temple

 Elder and Sister Zaugg - the other senior couple here in Stuttgart

Our sister-in-law visited in the night and tagged the wall - Georgette Barnes Kendall

Our apartment and apartment building

 Living Room with big windows

 Dining Room adjoining living room

 Our kitchen - big for German standards

 Other end of our living room - the door leads right to the bedroom, left to the bathroom and straight to the main door.

 Our landlord planted these flowers for us on our balcony.

 View from our balcony down the street

 Our balcony

 Bedroom with lots of closet space

 Other end of the bedroom and another big window

 Bathroom - only one so we are learning to share

Our apartment building - our apartment is the top left of the orange brick

Pre-Missionary Life

(December 2014)

Sister and Elder Bos

(February 2015)

Stuttgart, Germany

Military Relations Missionaries