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| RHODODENDRONS IN BLOOM |
Another beautiful flower around this area is the Rhododendron. The past few weeks they have been blooming everywhere. I don't recall seeing this flower around Rexburg.
Bill and I have had our first experience with the German medical system. Bill had to have his ears cleaned, so we went to an Ear, Nose and Throat Doctor recommended to us by a retired doctor who is now a Freiberg Temple worker. Bill's appointment went well, and his hearing is much improved.
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| NO MORE CHIROPRACTORS FOR ME! |
I, also, needed a back adjustment, so I went to a Chiropractor recommended by Bruder Kleinert, our temple worker. My Doctor's name is Olaf Fischer. This appointment was like no Chiropractic visit I have ever experienced. He twisted and bent my body this way and that. I think I yelled a couple of times. I was accompanied to this appointment by Bill, and a Sister Temple worker who lives in the States, but was raised in Germany. She was our medical interpreter. I think they were both astonished at the procedure.He did work on my neck, and I think it is better, but then and there I decided THAT WAS MY LAST VISIT TO A CHIROPRACTOR WHILE WE ARE IN GERMANY. I ached with stretched muscles for a few days, but am all healed up now!
Grocery shopping here in Freiberg provided us with another new experience. We love to shop at a grocery store downtown. To get to it we have to drive up into a parking garage, get our shopping cart with a token, which you purchase with a quarter. They use the token system because it forces you to return the cart to its rightful place to get your token back to use on your next shopping trip. No shopping carts are left all over the parking lot this way. We use a moving sidewalk to get up and down into the store. The shopping carts have wheels which lock on the moving sidewalk so your cart won't roll down. Grocery bags are not provided. You have to bring your own, or else put things into your car loose. We forget sometimes, and our arms are loaded, so we hurry to the car as fast as we can!
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| THE PARKING GARAGE! |
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| BILL USING THE TOKEN TO GET OUR SHOPPING CART! |
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| ANN ON THE MOVING SIDEWALK!
Our grandchildren's lives have been moving on as well, Joshua Kump, our oldest grandchild, was released from the Tucson Arizona Mission on May 31st. We are happy that he completed an honorable mission and will be returning to BYU-I in the Fall.
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Alexandra Moss, daughter of Eric and Gabriela Moss, was baptized June 3rd in Macomb, Michigan. Thanks to modern technology, Bill and I were able to witness her baptism and confirmation on WhatsApp. It's miraculous to me that we could be sitting on our couch in Germany and watch this moment in her life. It was wundebar!
Eli Moss, son of David and Rebekah, received his mission call on June 6th. He was called to the Milan Italy Mission, leaving October 18th. Eli lived in this mission boundary for 3 1/2 years with his family when he was young. What a great experience it will be for him to serve the Lord there, and he even knows a little Italian! This is the only picture of Eli we have with us. He is helping his little sister carve a pumpkin for Halloween in the shot! It's not the best!
On P-Day last Monday, we, along with two other missionary couples, went to Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany. This is the home town of Martin Luther, and they are preparing to honor him this year, because on October 31st it will have been exactly 500 years since he nailed the 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church. We spent 7 1/2 hours walking around Wittenberg visiting the historical sites. We visited the Town Church, where Luther attended, the Castle Church, Luther's Home, and the homes of several of his close associates It was a beautiful day, the company was great, and we enjoyed learning more about Martin Luther, and his contribution to The Reformation.
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| ARRIVING IN WITTENBERG: LYN ASHBY, BILL, ANN, ED & JUDY FILLMORE |
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| CASTLE CHURCH- 95 THESES DOOR! |
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| INSIDE CASTLE CHURCH - ALSO LUTHER'S BURIAL PLACE! |
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| PREVIOUSLY A MONASTERY, THIS PLACE BECAME LUTHER'S HOME AFTER HIS MARRIAGE. HE AND HIS WIFE HAD SIX CHILDREN!
Working in the baptistry the last couple of weeks, we have had a group of students from BYU who are in Europe for a Semester Abroad. Eighteen of them did baptisms. It was great to visit with them.
We, also, had a whole family, consisting of Grandpas and Grandmas, sons, daughters and grandchildren come and spend a week in the temple doing baptisms. One sister had 200 names just by herself. We were able to get them all done throughout the week. The nice part for us was getting to know the family members by name, because we saw them everyday.
Bill and I did a first for us this week. We led an endowment session in German. I used earbuds, and Bill conducted the session. He did great, and even said the prayer in German. It was a good feeling to know that we could do it and not mess up.
It is a privilege to serve in the temple, and we feel blessed to be here. It is a great feeling to be serving the Lord in this way!
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