SAY CHEESE

The Fetzer family at Helmet and Hilda's farm outside Rothenburg.

Reinhard is next to Connie in white and his brother

with wife and children are on the left.  Great family,

feel like cousins, which they are.

Dear diary,

I need to start typing to see if anything comes to mind that seems worthwhile to our adoring public – all 5 of you.  It was quiet week - mostly in front of the computer screen.  Our director was in the office only two days so a good thing we work well without supervision. Elaine started in sorting, selecting and editing the 350 images she took in Switzerland. Next we will copy them onto a DVD, upload selected images to the newsroom library and send some to SLC to be used in updating the VIP country fact sheet for Switzerland. 

We have been working on a couple of newsroom articles about how the British Pageant affected the lives of those connected with it, especially those who came into the Church after seeing the show.  We have some inspiring stories and it’s been a rewarding project to hear many testimonies of how the pageant blessed so many people. Now just need some photos to accompany.

Sister Sirtl believes it would be great to buy video cameras for each of the 26 National Public Affairs Directors in Europe so they can capture newsworthy events for their Country Newsrooms, so I was asked to purchase and demo a GoPro Hero camera this week. After playing with it a bit I don’t think it is quite what makes sense for most Public Affairs applications here, but we are now ready with at least one camera if there is a service project that involves jumping out of airplanes, or similar unusual but spiritually sporty situations.  This week I am going to propose a more conventional camcorder alternative.  

Yesterday we road our bikes one last time, heading downtown to people-watch the shopping crowds and then ride along the river for a while.  We then delivered the bikes to their new owners, the area legal counsel and his wife, who have purchased them from us, and walked home.  It was a sad parting as we had much fun exploring Frankfurt and the country on them this past year.  It turned cold today so the timing was probably just fine. We continue to enjoy our service and companionship but just noticed, if anyone is counting, that we have only nine more weekends in Germany so trying to make the most of our remaining time here.