Missionaries, changes, snails and odd signs

Last Sunday one of the wards in our stake (Winterthur, Switzerland) produced a wonderful fireside, focused on the teachings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Several of the missionaries have some special talents in music, art and video production. This is the second musical fireside that they have produced. The first one was back in June and has been redone in other wards. They have been able to bring a lot of people in who are not yet acquainted with the church and its teachings.

Elder Jödicke did the artwork for the advertising flier as well.

We also had a nice Zone Training meeting in St. Gallen, Switzerland on Tuesday. We have been doing a bit more traveling than usual these past weeks. It is great to be a part of the great work here and in Switzerland.

In our travels, we picked up a few other interesting pictures as well, including a few I only have here because they struck me as unusual or amusing. Here they are, with a few comments.

Here is Elder Smith as we were finishing the Zone Training meeting.

Elder Jödicke also did a quick drawing on the board, making a point in one of his presentations. He is one of our zone leaders. I wanted to make sure I snapped the picture before they erased it.

Our Elder Richman has been transferred to Wiener Neustadt in Austria. We will miss him.

Elder Smith helping with the luggage.

On another day, we crossed the Bodensee (Lake Constance) as a zeppelin was flying overhead.

A few colorful snails on a rose bush.

the only rose on that bush

An interesting old car driving out of the city gate (Frauentor) in Ravensburg.

On this building are two signs. The upper sign reads: "Hengge Driving School." the bottom one: "Hengge Burials."

This is a local bier. It is actually called "Little boy beer." It is only a symbol for the company, but you have to wonder what it says about underaged drinking.