AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE

Farewell lunch  for Tasha Singer, out dear adopted daughter and intern

       Lorenzo Snow’s priesthood lesson #15 today was really an admonishment to cultivate an attitude of service where ever and whenever we are in life.  A great way to cultivate desire to serve is to cultivate an attitude of gratitude – in other words to count our blessings and acknowledge their source!  We daily express gratitude for all the “big” things – testimony, good children, beautiful grandchildren, faithful heritage, extended family that love us, health, sufficient moola for our needs.  But here is our list of little things we are grateful for this past month:

1.     the car Martin backed into in Zwichau didn’t sustain any damage, whew!

2.     we had our little A/C unit during Germany’s two weeks of summer,

3.    summer only lasted 2 weeks and now we’re into fall,

4.    the beautiful view from our balcony,

5.    the little grocery store in our building,

6.    Elaine is such a good cook,

7.    we can go exploring on our bikes,

8.   CISCO VPN, Netflix and an Ipad – technology that has been a mental life saver, not to mention related apps – Facetime and Intsagram in particular.

Well could go on for a while but that’s it for now, keep smiling and say your prayers.

Drenched to the bone from being caught in a sudden rainstorm while biking downtown.

Sweet Tasha, makes us a sweet goodbye card!

What happens when you don't know how to play volleyball.

With Dan and Ann Eyre in Marburg, our dear friends who came into the field with us.

A Saturday outing took us to Marburg and St. Elizabeth's Cathedral

The east choir houses the remains of the famous.

Marburg University is where Martin Luther studied and questioned the Catholic doctrine.(actual photograph taken during a heated scriptural debate)