After church in Pleasant View before leaving for SwitzerlandColleen - Leona - Jessica - Jimmy
8 October 1989 – We were in Pleasant View today, for our last Sunday before leaving for Switzerland. Jim and Tesi and their family and Kari and Dave came for the weekend. In our Fast and Testimony meeting Kari sang, “I am His Child.” I never heard her sing so well, and she always sings beautifully! Her voice was so full and every word was so clear and distinct. I was so proud.
11 October 1989 – The big day! We had spent three days in Salt Lake for temple training, and this morning we left for Switzerland. Lou and Colleen and the kids came to the airport. We were glad to have them there to see us off. Jessica really cried hard when we left. We could hear her as we went down the ramp to the plane.
Grandma and Grandpa arrive in Switzerland!Leona - Chuck - Tom
While at the mall, Mother lost her purse. We thought she had left it in Tom’s car, so we were not concerned until we got a call from the US Embassy saying that they had Mother’s purse! The temple recorder took us over to the Embassy to pick it up. We never would have found the embassy by ourselves. Everything was in the purse! The bills, the change, the credit cards, the passport, the hairbrush were all there along with the name and address of the man who had turned it in.
It's probably unusual for senior missionary couples to serve in an area near their children, but Louis and Leona had that opportunity since Chuck and Carol were not far away in Germany. Dad recorded this about that bonus:
We spent most of our weekends with Chuck and Carol. They would pick us up on Saturday at noon and bring us back on Monday afternoon. Chuck was the Bishop of the Servicemen’s Ward in Mannheim. He was working at the Mannheim Army Depot as a civilian. Each weekend they would take us to see some special sights, famous towns, museums, etc.
And as this picture shows, the commissary privileges were really appreciated!
What do I do with all this food?January, 1990
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The training in Salt Lake City was at the Church Temple Department. They showed us every film and went through everything that we might have to do in the temple. It was excellent training. We didn't spend the weekends in Viernheim until we moved to Friedrichsdorf. Zolikofen was actually four 'speedy' hours on the autobahn from Viernhiem. Chuck and Carol came to see us a few times, and we spent Christmas break with them. In Germany, we were only about an hour from them. President Cannon said he didn't care where we went to church. Chuck and Carol would pick us up late Saturday afternoon and take us back on Monday. I didn't realize how many groceries they brought us. They wouldn't let us pay for the first delivery. They said it was their contribution to the missionary fund. They were so good to us when we were over there. Those were the missionary apartments in Zolikofen. They were built on the Temple grounds.The chapel was also built on the temple grounds. Land is hard to obtain in Switzerland. The reason the US Embassy was able to find me was that something in my purse said temple, so they called the temple. We went into Switzerland as guests and got our permission to stay later.
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