Well life here in the mission field continues to be busy, fun , challenging, rewarding and.......more.
The past month has been incredibly busy with training conferences and visits to new Centers and lots of fires to put out. Our committee recently approved the 149th Center for Young Adults so just managing the comings and goings of couples at these Centers can be mind boggling. But we love the work and meeting so many interesting and wonderful people. And of course the best part is the time (however small) we get to be with the great YSAs.
Our latest big project has been to help produce a training DVD to be used with new couples and Stake Presidents. We have set up filming in 4 or 5 countries of YSAs bearing testimony of the blessings they've experienced from participating in the Centers and they are really amazing. We also had to stage many of the aspects of organization and function of the Centers for filming. The Media division is nearly completed with editing and and music. We need the finished product for the Advisor Conference we are hosting the end of September. Twelve local couples in strategic geo. areas throughout Europe are Advisors to the Centers in their region (usually 15-20). Hope we're not boring you with details.
So sometime in the midst of all this we still manage to see the country and enjoy the people and sights. We went to a small town called Bad Vilbal for their summer festival and parade. It was so fun and interesting.
Of course these old timers weren't part of the parade...just enjoying the day.
Frankfurt is a very diverse and interesting city. It is the banking capital of Germany. The banking district has 13 skyscrapers and is only 15 minutes from our area. We have been to many parts of this big city but this was our first time there. One bank/skyscraper has a viewpoint outside at the top - 54th floor. From there we could see for miles in all directions.
These are the "twin towers" of Germany. The stock exhange is also here as well as the Maine River and the famous Domromer area where Hitler gave speeches during his reign of terror.
The Frankfurt Opera House can be seen from this vantage point and then we walked to the plaza where it is located.
One of our favorite things in every city in Europe is the sidewalk cafes where people just enjoy a meal and talk and enjoy watching others. It is so lovely , but it will be interesting how that works during a cold German winter!!
We are off this week with the BYU-Idaho administrators who will be presenting firesides in 6 countries to promote their online degree programs that they will soon offer young adults in Europe. It will be an exhausting six days but should be interesting and productive. More to come on that!!
The past month has been incredibly busy with training conferences and visits to new Centers and lots of fires to put out. Our committee recently approved the 149th Center for Young Adults so just managing the comings and goings of couples at these Centers can be mind boggling. But we love the work and meeting so many interesting and wonderful people. And of course the best part is the time (however small) we get to be with the great YSAs.
Our latest big project has been to help produce a training DVD to be used with new couples and Stake Presidents. We have set up filming in 4 or 5 countries of YSAs bearing testimony of the blessings they've experienced from participating in the Centers and they are really amazing. We also had to stage many of the aspects of organization and function of the Centers for filming. The Media division is nearly completed with editing and and music. We need the finished product for the Advisor Conference we are hosting the end of September. Twelve local couples in strategic geo. areas throughout Europe are Advisors to the Centers in their region (usually 15-20). Hope we're not boring you with details.
So sometime in the midst of all this we still manage to see the country and enjoy the people and sights. We went to a small town called Bad Vilbal for their summer festival and parade. It was so fun and interesting.
Of course these old timers weren't part of the parade...just enjoying the day.
Frankfurt is a very diverse and interesting city. It is the banking capital of Germany. The banking district has 13 skyscrapers and is only 15 minutes from our area. We have been to many parts of this big city but this was our first time there. One bank/skyscraper has a viewpoint outside at the top - 54th floor. From there we could see for miles in all directions.
These are the "twin towers" of Germany. The stock exhange is also here as well as the Maine River and the famous Domromer area where Hitler gave speeches during his reign of terror.
The Frankfurt Opera House can be seen from this vantage point and then we walked to the plaza where it is located.
One of our favorite things in every city in Europe is the sidewalk cafes where people just enjoy a meal and talk and enjoy watching others. It is so lovely , but it will be interesting how that works during a cold German winter!!
We are off this week with the BYU-Idaho administrators who will be presenting firesides in 6 countries to promote their online degree programs that they will soon offer young adults in Europe. It will be an exhausting six days but should be interesting and productive. More to come on that!!
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love the updates! i spoke of your wonderful example in primary today:) we love and miss you!!!
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