Dear family and friends,
We haven't had Internet access for a few days so we just read your recent emails. Things have been really busy since we got back from Switzerland on Saturday evening. We bought a little food in the train station because we hadn't had a chance to do any grocery shopping. The Blodgetts accidentally took our phone chargers with them and our battery was dead, so we were pretty much on our oun.
We took the bus from the train station up a huge hill to the institute where the car was left while we were in Switzerland. With the GPS we were able to find our apartment and after driving around the block a few times, we found the entrance to the parking garage. Then we looked at each other because neither one of us could remember where the assigned parking place was. The Blodgetts took us every place one time only and we didn't write anything down. We have had guardian angels watching over us, helping us find our way on more than one occasion. After numerous trials we finally found the right key and the right door that got us in the building and took the elevator up to our apartment.
We decided that we should just stay put for the evening instead of trying to navigate the area in the dark without knowing where anything was. So we ate some of the chicken we had purchased in the train station and some yummy pastries we had bought there also and that was our dinner. We then proceeded to try to unpack a little. But there are no closets in their apartments. You have to purchase a wardrobe closet which the Blodgetts did for us, but it took 2 or 3 weeks to have it delivered And we still don't have one yet. We hung a few things on a coat tree and finally got to bed about midnight.
Church was at 9 on Sunday morning. A dear sister translated in Relief Society for me but SS was all in German. At least I could look up the scriptures and read along in English. Sacrament meeting was last. We were asked to sit on the stand and bear our testimonies at the first of the program. I'm glad I could sing the hymns in German since we were sitting on the stand. I had a few minutes to jot down some of my testimony in German and I was able to bear a short and simple one all by myself. Thank you Sister Jensen at the MTC for working on that with me for about 4 months! Church was over at noon but Andrew and Miriam's meeting started at 1:00. They attend the International Ward which is in English. Their oldest son Jamison just turned 14 and was ordained a teacher. Elder Benson got to stand in the circle. It was great to be there.
We left a little early after the ordination because we needed to get home and eat before going to a members house for cheese cake. Unfortunately the car wouldn't start. After Andrew was able to find jumper cables, they couldn't get the car in gear to push it out of the parking place so they could get his car close enough to jump it. After numerous tries, someone else got in the drivers seat and was fiddling around and voila! the car started. It must not have been in the right gear. We drove to Christophe and Anna Marie's house in a quaint town half an hour away. He served a mission in SLC and has great English. They have 2 beautiful little boys about 1 1/2 and 4. Monday, Miriam took us on base to shop, etc. She has been wonderful! I'll have to tell you the rest later.
Love, Mom
This week has been great! And what great young singles we are blessed to work with! We feel such a love for all of them as we meet them. We feel the same about the missionaries. This is truly a work of love. Our love for our family grows each day too. We miss you all. Last evening I was asked by one of the young single men for a priesthood blessing. Following his blessing, a young non-member woman who was present for the first blessing asked if it would be possible for her to have a blessing too. She had some terrific pain in her abdomen that the doctors at the hospital could not identify and could only suggest antibiotics as a hopeful cure. I felt a powerful spirit during both blessings, and both young folks gave me a big hug afterward. So much for the "arms length" policy! The Love of Christ was truly there, and Mom said it was a spirituall hug resulting from that type of love. Mom will likely explain that we stopped at the Institute last night on her "feeling" that we should drive up there. There we met three young singles who missed the news that family home evening had been cancelled for last night.
Well, gotta run!
Dad
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