Catching Up

Here in the mission we try to have activities to include everyone of the Senior Missionaries.  This is a FHE that we had a few months ago where Sister Munz from the Frankfurt mission taught us how to make homemade chocolates!  It was fascinating!  I watched her as she mixed the chocolate with her hands to get the right consistency so the chocolate would set correctly.  It was then our turn to "get our hands dirty."  I decided that although I LOVE chocolate, I don't like getting my hands in the batter.  Homemade chocolates will not be on my list of "must do's."

We did have a good time learning how much goes into the process and "eating" our candies!

Below is Sister Munz (from the Frankfurt Mission and Sister Fager from the Area Mission)

 Messy - sticky hands!

 Elder Done showed us how to make chocolate covered leaves.  After the chocolate sets, you pull the candy from the leaves and it looks like a chocolate leaf.

 Even the Elder's got into the candy making!  Elder Nelson and Elder Munz

 When I first arrived in Frankfurt, one of my jobs was to organize the baby boxes that went to the refugee expectant mothers.  Shortly after this project was done, I was assigned to the Finance Dept. to help with a job there.  This below is a sample of what went into the baby boxes for these expectant mothers.  This was a labor of love and a huge project with over 100 volunteer's who helped with the project.

Time is passing quickly.  We are down to  20 weeks left.  New missionaries will be joining us soon, as we are loosing another 3 couples who will be going home within a month.  The Gallup's, good friends from home called us and will be coming to visit us in October.  It's been wonderful to see so many people from home and helps break up our weeks.  We look forward to Dan and Suzanne's visit!

When I think of my friends that have already gone home months ago, I think of them so fondly and really miss them.  It will be so wonderful to get back together with them at reunions after we return home.  I especially miss the Thomas's and the Roberts.  With each couple that goes home, the work here continues without a hitch as new missionaries are trained and put right to work as they start their adventures here in Germany.  We are so blessed to have been able to serve here and make the wonderful friends .