We were able to attend a Senior Couple Conference the first part of November in Munich, Germany. We gave a presentation in the training part of the program, but then after we just relaxed and enjoyed visiting with the other couples. Oh, how we love them and their sweet example of dedication and service.
On our way home from the conference we stopped in Kufstein. We had said many times -- "some day" we will stop and tour the fortress. As we were whizzing down the autobahn, we decided that "some day" was today. And what a wonderful experience. The weather was warm and we walked for hours up and down narrow stairs, down tunnels, into prison rooms, etc. The fortress is a very, very old large structure on top of a hill. (Everything here is on top of a hill!!!) You can take a cable car to the top, but we opted to walk up and enjoy every minute of our adventure.
As an "official" young adult center now, we are busily engaged in the organization. We are cooking full meals every Thursdays and mini meals on Monday night. It was really scary the night we had to cook for Stake visitors. Elder Meservy is quite involved with the Stake in getting furniture and computer equipment ordered for our center. It is coming along nicely.
Elder Meservy loves being with the young adults -- and they love him. He is always right in the middle of a hockey game. These kids are fast and good -- but he can certainly hold his own. Every time they start a game they yell -- "Elder Meservy -- we need you!" He also enjoys ping pong games. AND, he and a young missionary who wrestled in high school last year did a wrestling thing -- and Elder Meservy received the winning points.
He is just a kid at heart.
We sent a young gal off on a mission last Friday. She will be a great missionary and did a lot of joint-teaching with the young Elders. She has personally brought many people into the church and is a very motivated missionary.
Here are some of our kids acting "goofy." Diana is in front wearing an orange hat. These kids may be young -- but they are all spiritual giants.
I told them that we had a tradition at home of going around the table and saying something we are thankful for, but you cannot say the same thing that someone else has said. They enjoyed it, it was fun and reminded us of home.
On Thanksgiving we decided to prepare a full Thanksgiving dinner for the young adults. It was actually quite fun. Jerry did the turkey that we had bought in Garmisch at the military base and some Stove Top dressing. I made sour cream potatoes (that they just love), green salad and sunshine carrots. I also made delicious pumpkin pie squares with whip cream. It is an easy recipe using a yellow cake mix. Again we had to buy the pumpkin and cake mix in Garmisch -- something they just don't have here. We fed about 15.
I told them that we had a tradition at home of going around the table and saying something we are thankful for, but you cannot say the same thing that someone else has said. They enjoyed it, it was fun and reminded us of home.
The young adults are so fun to feed. As they go through the food line -- they look and point and say, "What is this?" They are rather skeptical about American food. I usually say that "It's a surprise" or "It's a secret!" But they love it and always eat everything we have prepared.
We have probably gone on our last long hike in the mountains. Last week we called it our "Melancholy Trail" because we will sorely miss the hikes. The wind is whipping up outside now and snow is predicted in the next few days.
In some places the trail is against the mountain, and the other side is quite a steep drop off (as you can see in the above picture.) And in some places it is quite a steep climb up.
We had a wonderful baptism today -- Mark Ibe. He had prayed for a long time to find the truth and just by chance he met the missionaries on the street. (Of course, we know that it wasn't by chance -- he was directed by the Lord.) On the baptism program was one of our young adults who is in our English class. He gave his talk in English because Mark only speaks English. He did a really good job and asked me after if his English was okay. I told him that it was "super."
We are busy and happy with our work here. Last night after a long day of visiting, we dashed home quite late and started making brownies for the baptism. I also had to put the finishing touches on our Sunday lesson and complete our weekly visit report. Just as we were putting the brownies in the oven the young missionaries called and asked us if we could do a late joint-teach. As soon as the brownies came out of the oven we put our missionary clothes back on -- and off we went again.
Every day is full to the brim -- or you might say "our cup runneth over." (Yes, our cup runneth over with blessings.)
We are so grateful at this Thanksgiving time as we continually see the Lord's hand in our life.
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WOW! Beautiful scenery, so glad you are having a wonderful mission.
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