ENJOYING SAXONY GERMANY

Kriebstein Castl

We have decided that the speed of the time passing is directly related to “laundry day” coming around every Thursday. We always say that it can't be time to do the wash again already! 

Two weeks ago we had a wonderful visit from Larry and Pam Gay. They are serving a mission in Poland – about 4 hours from Freiberg – and have been unable to come to the Temple because of Mission Policy. But there was a young lady who was coming for her own endowment and they were able to bring her themselves. It was so great to see them in the Temple and they were glad to be here.  We were able to spend a couple of evenings with them as well.  It was great to see friends from home.

  

We are officially on “Maintenance Break” from the Temple until September 30. However, we did help clean all of the Chandeliers in the Temple before officially starting on our "Day Trips". Wow.. we will never look at a Chandelier in the same way – literally thousands of parts! We had to carefully wash, rinse, and dry each piece and then they had to be put back on one piece at a time. It was very interesting and I am glad we were able to help.

Rather than go into detail about our travels during the past week, I am going to post pictures with captions.  However, before doing that, we do want you to know we love serving in the Temple and love the faithful Saints of Eastern Europe.  We spend 40-45 hours each week in the best place to be on Earth - any one of the beautiful Temples of our God.  We are excited to serve in Freiberg and learn more about the people here and their history and hope we will learn to love these members even more through our travels.

Just over the border in the Czech Republic

A Christmas German Pyramid in Olbernau



Now that's a Nutcracker!  Seiffen Toy Museum

Find "Dale" - Nossen Castle

                                            

Just a few words about Dresden.  As many of you might already know, Dresden was pretty much destroyed during World War II.  It is amazing how it has been brought back as much as possible to it's former state.  We were able to visit the Military Museum of Germany - the largest museum in the Country. We ate lunch there and then took a couple of hours to see a small portion of the exhibits. It would take more than one entire day to see it all! It was the history of War in Germany from 1300 to the present. It's main focus was to shift the world's perception of Germany to a Peace Loving country. The front has a NEW structure that appears to be cut into the building which represents the end of an era of War for the country. You could walk out onto it on the 5^th floor and there was only a grated floor between the ground and you with a beautiful view of Dresden.  These people have been through so much.