We started out the month with a sealing on Wednesday the 5th of a cute couple who were married in September of 2015 and are now expecting their first baby. They felt it was important to receive their endowments and be sealed before the baby comes. It was a wonderful day for the family and friends who were invited for the couple's special day.
The second Saturday and Sunday in February was Stake Conference for the Apeldoorn Stake. We couldn't make it to the Saturday evening session because we were in the temple but the next morning we left early to make the hour and a half drive and we were blessed with a beautiful sunrise. It was much more magnificent than this picture shows. What a wonderful way to start our sabbath day!
Our first temple maintenance closure this year is from the 17th of February until the 3th of March. Our FM crew will be working on projects that take a bit longer than the normal cleaning and fixing time during the two weeks that we are closed and then on the 3rd we'll have people from two of the Stakes in our district here come to help clean and prepare the temple for reopening on Thursday the 5th. Everyone is really proud of their Temple here and they do a great job of sprucing it up and taking care of it.
drove to Freiberg, Germany to see the
temple and to visit family that live
near there.
We left early Wednesday morning and
arrived in the afternoon after the temple
was closed. We spent Thursday and Friday
morning in the temple and went visiting our families, Hyrum and Margitta Alius on
Thursday afternoon and Hartmund, Heika and Annett Geissler on Friday. It was wonderful to spend some time with them.
The Freiberg Temple is beautiful and
President and Sister Wadosch were very
gracious to share their time showing us
around after our session.
We even met a missionary couple serving
there now, Elder and Sister Gill, whom
we used to serve with at the Jordan River
Temple. That really brings the world in
close when you see such a familar face
walking up to you in a temple so far
away from home.
We stopped at the church in Wittenburg where
Martin Luther nailed his 95 disputations on
the efficacy of indulgences in 1517 on the door
of the church. We didn't get there until after dark
but it was really interesting to see and walk where
Martin Luther was.
We also visited Berlin to see where our eldest son, Tyler, walked and worked while serving
mission there. He was excited to share some
of his memories with us via WhatsApp and we loved seeing the city he had told us so much
about. It could have only been better if he
had been there in person with us.
We started our Saturday morning exploring at
Checkpoint Charley and from there we went see
the memorial of the Wall and the Brandenburg
memorial and as many of the famous places we had
heard about. It was a rather quiet morning, (I guess
walking around at 7 am on a Saturday morning has it's
advantages) and we didn't get into any crowds until
after 10. Ty had strongly suggested that we try a
"Doner" while we were in Berlin (since the one we had when he came to visit us in Zoetermeer was nothing like the ones he had found to be so amazing in Berlin.) We found a cute little Doner place right in the middle of the street. We found it to be super delicious and very
filling!
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