Jerry and Elder Hobbs on transfer day. We loaded all the luggage into our car for the two elders being transferred out - boy did we have a full car! Then we picked up the luggage for the two new Elders coming in. We only had room for the luggage - the Elders had to ride their bikes in the rain! Elder Hobbs is one of the Elders that met us at the train on the day we arrived. He got on the train to help with our luggage, but he and Jerry couldn't get all the luggage off the train before it pulled out. They both went all the way to Italy before they could catch the next train coming back. In the mean time Rosalyn was at the train station in Innsbruck in amazement, hoping her husband would return soon! The Branch President, who was there to meet us , took Rosalyn home for dinner while we waited for Jerry to get back. It was a nice meal but Rosalyn was almost too worried to enjoy it!

View looking in the other direction to the north. It takes about ten minutes to drive down the mountain on a very steep road into Innsbruck. Then about another ten minutes to our church. We have a nice little red car for our use. There is no cover for the car and the windows are iced over on some mornings.

One of the great views of the mountains in Axams where our apartment is located. We LOVE it here. We enjoy walking through the village on the narrow trails. The Austrian people are so clean and neat -- all the homes have beautiful, neat lawns and gardens.

We were assigned to Innsbruck, Austria. YEA! But just a week later, we were on the train going back to Munich (about 2 hours)for a 2-day Senior Couples Conference. We went to a museum, ate good food, played some games and enjoyed everyone's company. Jerry and I both presented a topic at the conference/workshop.

After a very long, long, long flight we were met at the Munich Airport by President and Sister Condie. They are a wonderful couple and doing a great job. We were treated royally in the Mission Home for two days. On the first evening, they took us and another couple out to eat. On the way Jerry got car sick, sitting in the very back, and was really sick, YUK! He couldn't eat with us, but had to sit outside in the frest air. In the mean time the rest of us had a great meal in the restaurant!

We were suprised to run into Jerry's grandson Ian shortly after Dale dropped us off at the MTC. Thereafter we were able to see him several times in the dining hall. Our 11 days in the MTC went really fast. We were able to attend the Provo temple while we were there. After staying up most of the last night there trying keep each bag under 50 pounds, we left the MTC at 5:00 a.m. on October 24th.

In The MTC

We really enjoyed our time here and learned a lot.