STOP, GO, NO STOP!

This picture pretty much sums up the traffic sign situation here in Germany.  This is not trick photography, the stop sign is on the same pole as the traffic light above it.

Mixed emotions as we head home for Spencer’s wedding this next week.  We are so excited for him and Xan and to see, hug and kiss everyone we love, but also realize after this it’s a bit of a slog until we are with our loved ones again.

We are getting ready for a project to film local members answering gospel questions.  This will occur in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy and Germany early next year.  We have picked the questions they will get and have drafted answers to each that the members are to put in their own words.  The video clips will go on each country’s church website for the benefit of journalists and others looking for information about the church.

We are in charge of a service project in our international ward and have been organizing the senior missionary efforts to do 12 Days of Christmas for 3 families in the ward.

Last Friday, Elder Brande and Martin spent the afternoon in the attic of our Elders Quorum President, redoing his tile roofing.  They carried the bundles of clay fired tiles up 3 flights then from the inside pushed out the old tiles, sent them off a shoot to the back yard then laid the new tiles on the cross strips of the roof trusses.  It felt great to do some hard work and Martin was just sort of sore Saturday morning, but got more and more sore till he creaked and groaned by last night.  Scary to get old.

No big slabs of cement here. Sidewalks are all labor intensive but easily removable tiles.

My 99 cent fern.  Plants are very inexpensive here

Would you believe a home for insects.  Found along our  forest path.

With fellow senior missionary  members of our weekly German class.

Russian Orthodox Church in Wiesbaden just a half hour away from our apartment.