One of our best friends since we arrived in Stuttgart has become our GPS system. We bought it from our predecessors and it has been a life saver. However, the other day we were on our way to a new area and we lost our satellite signal for about 4 min. We had no idea where we were supposed to be going. It was a little scary. There are also a lot of tunnels here through the mountains. We don't get signals in the tunnels either but it's hard to get lost in a tunnel. There are also lots of cameras to catch speeders, no right turns on red lights, and yellow lights before the light turns green as well as before it turns red. They do drive fast on the autobahn but we don't even try to keep up with the fast lane. We decided before we got to Germany that we would not travel in that lane. Our little Opel would never be able to keep up with all Mercedes. By the way, Stuttgart is the home of the Mercedes. It is also where Mr. Bosch (Bosch mixers and other appliances) is from. There are Bosch buildings everywhere.
We enjoyed Conference this weekend, even though the sessions were at odd hours. Sat. at 3:30pm. was the rebroadcast of the Relief Society meeting. Then from 6-8:00 in the evening we watched the live broadcast of the Sat. Morning session. Sunday morning at 11:00 was the rebroadcast of Priesthood meeting. Miriam and I watched it in the Relief Society room. At 1:00 we ate lunch that we brought in the kitchen of the stake center. Then from 2-4:00 we watched the Sat. Afternoon session. From 5:30 to6:00 we saw the Choir broadcast live, followed by the Sunday morning session live. We finally got to go home at 8:00PM. With travel time we had been at church for 10 hours. It was quite a day. A lot of people watch on the Internet but we decided to go to the stake center. The other full time missionaries were all there as well. English was in the chapel, German in the cultural hall and Spanish in another room.
In front of the church
Dad is falling asleep. It is 11:20 here. I guess we will go home. We wanted to Skype Kate for her birthday but we couldn't get it to work.
We love you all!
Kate got your message and was thrilled. She also got her beautiful knit dress. Thank you Grandma, Great Grandma, and Margo for shipping it. She is saving it for church next Sunday. Love reading your updates and we love you!! Sending hugs and kisses from the whole family. Jaime
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