Greg and Nancy

Saturday August 6, 2022 Remember to see Nancy's email for better writing and more detail. Last night we went to dinner with six other couples before we went to a session in the Friedrichsdorf temple. While we were at dinner, Nancy got a text from Johannes. He is a young man (late 20’s) who is not a member of the church but plays pickleball with us. We usually play on Friday nights, so he was texting to ask where everybody was because he was the only one at the stake center where we normally play. Nancy told him we were all at the temple for the night. He was gracious and said he understood. Then, he said he would come to church again on Sunday and asked if he could sit with us. We are happy he is comfortable, and we are pleased to let him move at his own pace. The temple session was wonderful. Being in the temple with many other missionary couples who are engaged in missionary work while dealing with a diverse set of challenges back home was unifying. There were plenty of hugs and ...

Remember, if you want more details, you can go to Nancy's weekly email. Nancy at the Mercedes Benz Museum.  She's a beauty, and the car's not bad either. I didn't realize how many brands Mercedes Benz is involved with.  The three points of the Mercedes Benz logo represent land, sea, and air. Remember the movie "Cars'?  Well, here's the real deal at the Porsche museum on Stuttgart. This is the underground parking garage. at the Porsche museum.  Lots of nice cars here too! The truck that modernized farming in Europe. Cars, cars, cars at the Mercedes Benz museum in Stuttgart. It's been another great week.  We continue to connect with our couples across Europe, and they are outstanding missionaries.  We are so happy to be associated with them.  It seems that most of Europe takes their summer vacations very seriously.  As a result, the self-reliance courses are always lighter in the summer time, but the couples are finding many good things to keep them...

Remember to look for Nancy's weekly email for more detail and better writing.  Scroll past this text to get to the pictures. What a simply wonderful week.  A lot is going on back home with each of the kids and grandkids and we love watching them live their lives and hearing from them.  We have letters from many of the grandkids posted on the fridge and other areas in the apartment and office.  We are so happy to have each of them in our lives.  Last week we went to Hungary to be part of a Young Single Adult conference which was amazing.  There were about 170 YSA from several different countries.  It was fun to see them all interact with each other and have a great time.  We had a display table with information about how to get a better job, education opportunities, emotional resilience information, and other info about the courses that self-reliance offers.  We talked to a lot of YSA and they were all very engaging.  We had 30 from Ukrai...

Wow! Time is really moving quickly.  It's been almost a month since I've written in this blog.  Luckily, Nancy has been sending out her weekly emails.  It's Sunday night and our friends Scott and Nancy Waterfall just left.  They were here for dinner, conversation, and games.   Since the last time I wrote, we've been in the Italian side of Switzerland.  Lugano and Ascano are beautiful places.  Karla Huber grew up in a small town near there.  Her family ran a hotel and restaurant.  They have renovated the restaurant into a family cabin and that's where we stayed.  Then we would hike or go places from there.  It was a wonderful few days.  There were six of us.  Peter and Karla Huber, Scott and Libby Murri, and Nancy and me.  We drove over Goddart's Pass which is a destination road for sports car enthusiasts.  It's super windy and fun to drive.  We ate on top of the pass. We've also finished our closure "Le...

Remember to see Nancy's email for more detail.  Scroll down to see pictures.   Most of this week was spent in Poland.  We left on Monday morning and returned on Friday afternoon. We went to meet and train Elder and Sister Pope in person.  They are in Warsaw.  While in Warsaw we also visited with Elder and Sister Smith and we met and talked to Elder and Sister Baxter.  We went to a Chopin Concert in old town Warsaw with a group of senior missionaries.  We saw Eric Knap and met Elder Newinswander. The priority of this trip was to meet and train the Popes, but we also wanted to see and experience the Warsaw and Krakov chapels because they were key gathering areas for the member refugees from Ukraine, and we had spent a lot of time interacting with them through the ERC work we have been doing.   We needed to get back in time for a ward activity on Saturday.  The ward was having a self preparedness fair and we were responsible for the We...