Luau Dinner

Everyone enjoying the Luau. We had 26 youth in attendance. You see pictures of the Chinese investigators. In the background the girl with the red hair is German and the young man next to her is an American. These two were taking the lessons but decided to stop them. The Chinese have come several more times to family home evening and Institute.

Luau Sisters

These are the sisters who put on the Luau for the youth. Sammy, Sister Woods and Sister Togisala. Sister Woods is from Albania. They also demonstrated the Hula and taught the youth how to do the Luau. They taught the sisters, then the young men then had them dance together.

Young Adults at Temple

This is a picture of our youth after the young adult baptismal session at the Frankfurt Temple. They were just getting ready to go to Darmstadt for the new year for Institute. Everyone who took pictures this day all said their pictures were took dark. I don't think anyone thought the sun would affect the picture the way it did. They will be closing the temple next summer to relocate the baptismal font. If someone is not careful and opens the curtains surrounding the baptismal font one can see the members leaving the Celestial room. There is a slope on the right side of the temple and the font will be built into the slope area.

The Lights are On

A night view of the Fontain. Just moments after we took the other picture the lights came on and it was a beautiful view. The Tower in the back left is the old Water Tower. That is where we will be singing during the Chrismtas Market.

Mannheim Fountain

This is a night viw of the Mannheim Fountain. Our youth will be singing Christmas Carol here during the Christmas Market. It is a very beautiful park.

Mannheim Palace and University

The is the Palace in Mannheim. It was the main residence for the rulers. The one we posted earlier in Schwetzingen was the summer palace. This has 1,000 rooms. The center portion is a museum, very beautiful and very ornate. The wings are now the University of Mannheim. About 12,000 students attend here.

Only in Germany

This is the bag for the Truffles we enjoyed. At the very bottom in the right hand lower corner you will see the date by which these should be eaten. In Germany they put the day, then the month and then the year. 30.02.2010. (We would put 2.30.2010)I'll bet you didn't know that February has 30 days in Germany.