Senior Mini-conference

Yesterday and the day before, we met with 5 other couples and held a "mini-conference." Our big conference was in April and included all 20 + seniors and couples. This conference was hosted by the missionary couples in Singen and Schaffhausen and included only those who were part of the Swiss Stakes (St. Gallen, Zurich and Bern stakes). It was a wonderful experience where we learned from each other and got to feel more what others are experiencing. We had some wonderful spiritual discussions and presentations. One of our couples was the mission president  recently in Hungary.

We began by meeting at the Rheinfalls. Rheinfalls is the largest waterfall in Europe. It is along the Rhine River between Switzerland and Germany, near Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Here are some pictures and a small movie so you can hear it.

We had some sessions both Friday and Saturday in the Singen chapel

This chapel is quite new. They are still a branch, but are hoping soon to become a ward. As I was taking this picture (actually one before this), I noticed the castle ruin in the mountain off to the side and took the picture again from this angle so you could see it in the distance. According to Wikipedia, Hohentwiel is the biggest castle ruin of Germany. We haven't been up to see it yet.

Here is the chapel again, with our group of 12 missionaries in front (one of my first attempts at using a timer on my camera - it worked!).

Just before taking this picture, one of the men said that we should look off to the left (your right) to get a better lighting of our faces. That is why some of them seem to be interested in something off to the side.

Frist evening, we went to Radoflzell, on Lake Constance, where we had a hotel room and dinner at a local restaurant there. Here are a couple of pictures from there.

The second one is taken after sunset, with barely enough light for the picture (I was also fighting mosquitoes at the time).

After our conference, we all went to the island of Mainau in Lake Constance, near the city of Konstanz. There were lots of flower gardens and a butterfly exhibit. Here are some pictures.