Temple trip and Inspection tour in July

This week we did a fair amount of traveling. We set up a temple trip for branch members and rented a van for transportation. The scheduling in the temple is a bit difficult and we need to travel far. We started the day getting up at 3 AM, picking up the elders at 4 and a couple at about 4:30, arriving at the temple between 7 and 7:30. Some of us participated in an endowment session at 8, then we all took part in a sealing session at 10:30. The first session was in Italian and the sealing session was entirely in French. We had translators in the session, but the sealing work was done without translation. One of our members was sealed to his parents, so it was a beautiful experience. Later, we are able to experience another endowment session, this one in French. We ended the day by returning our rental vehicle at 8 PM.

The next day, we did our missionary apartment inspection tour in Switzerland. We got to sleep in until 6:30 this time. We had an enjoyable trip. Both days we had beautiful weather.

Arrival at the temple

The elders and Sister B entering the temple.

The Swiss temple. Some work was being done on the spire.

Happy missionaries near the end of the trip

the view of Ravensburg as we entered the city, showing some of the famous towers.

The tower Spitalturm

The missionary apartment (3rd floor).

Traveling in Switzerland.

looking towards Lake Zurich as we cross the Seedamm

more of Lake Zurich

Most of these kinds of houses have brown trim.

One of those rare straight roads in Europe.

Another covered bridge, this one crossing between Switzerland and Germany near Schaffhausen.

As we parked in the parking lot to visit to visit a member in the hospital, Elder Richman decided that this should be his mission vehicle.