Catching up with family, friends and adventures

We have been so happy to have visitors in the past month.  Our good friends, E & S Stacey, who serve in Albania brought 18 people from Albania to the Frankfurt temple for 5 days .  We stole them for a day to see the sights here and enjoy our last time together during our missions.  We both came on our missions the same month and we have held hands often during the struggles with their Center in Tirana.  They are really fun and devoted friends.

Soon after we had a wonderful visit from Craig and Lynette.  They came for 3 days and it was so good to have them here and be able to see some of the local flavor and have time to visit together.  We sent to Branfels castle one day and to our ward barbeque.  Sunday they loved attending our international ward and hearing "English" in church for the first time in 6 months .  Monday we went on a cruise down the Rhine River and that was beautiful as usual.  We are so glad that we were able to have this time together before we leave.  (unfortunately I always had their camera in my hands to take their pictures).

Craig and Lynette were able to meet many of our friends and fellow missionary couples at the ward barbeque.  We absolutely love this ward with wonderful families from about 13 countries and some also from the U.S.  They are so fun and bring such charming character from their cultures.

Our best buds Vickie and Marv Paxton who came and will leave with us.  Also Carol and Jim Brande who serve in Public Affairs.

Susan Stephensen and her husband do auditing and Karen Dearing and her husband are mental health doctors for the Area.

How we love the Simonet family ! He is our video production manager from Britney France and they are the funnest couple. 

Sister Causse will be taking her family to join Bishop Causse in Salt Lake next month.  And Veronica (in stripped shirt) is here with her family from the Caribbean .

Our lives have been so incredibly enriched by these international friends.  They are faithful members who have left families and their homelands but are enthusiased and positive about their assignments and open their arms and hearts to each member of the ward family.