This one is a mixture of things. We have enjoyed being busy with people - members, investigators and missionaries - and also seeing the interesting sights - so you get to see some of various random things this time.
First, the missionaries are really working hard and are teaching people from all over the world. We have investigators from Macedonia, Romania, Sri Lanka, Russia and Nigeria. The woman from Sri Lanka and her children speak Tamil and a little German. We have been with them on two different teaching appointments. She is very believing and is Christian (Lutheran) and our last visit was interesting. We have a hard time communicating, but we love her spirit. At the end of our last visit, she and her two daughters stood and sang a long and beautiful song about Jesus, in the Tamil language. It was beautiful. In preparation for the lesson, I found and printed out a Joseph Smith pamphlet. Here is a little section of the title page, so you can see this beautiful language.
Next, as we went to Dornbirn, Austria for our district meeting last week, I took this picture of the chapel in Dornbirn. It is small but a beautiful building.
Our own meeting place is in the top floor of a business building in Weingarten, but it overlooks the city of Ravensburg. Here is a view out our chapel windows showing the towers, gates and churches of Ravensburg. You can see the moslem mosque in the lower right area as well. If the clouds were not there, you might also be able to get a glimpse of the Alps in the distance.
Speaking of the Alps. Here is another view of them from near the home of one of our members. You can see Lake Constance between us and the Alps.
We had a wonderful dinner at the home of these members. It was a very enjoyable time, as you can see.
Behind our home is a hill which I climb once in a while, It is not very large. On the other side I took some pictures, again looking out towards the Alps. The city of Weissenau is at the bottom of the hill. Weissenau is part of Ravensburg, on the south.
Another place we visit, to see a member, is in Tettnang. The road to his place is very narrow, even for German roads. It looks like a sidewalk, but it is the road to their home (Behm).
Now for some fairly random ones...
We went into the city last week to see the Ravensburg Games day. They really celebrate the fact that there is a games company here and set up a lot of activities for the kids for two days. Here is a shot of one activity where the kids could take a ride on a Segway. By the way, it is election season (Sept 22 is election day) so you see a campaign poster there as well.
Next is a picture of a truck that was in front of us on a "normal" road in the middle of the city. It just barely made it past this car. It is amazing what these truck drivers have to do to get around these roads.
Last, I thought I would get a shot of our computer screen as we were visiting with our sons over Skype.
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