It is the beginning of another month & what a month it has been. There has hardly been time to catch our breath before we had to move on to something else. We have had only one “P-day” in the whole month & that was the second Sat., Oct. 10 & we spent most of it in Regensburg, mostly just roaming the cobblestone streets & taking in all the flavor of the city. I’ll include a picture of the big cathedral where we spent most of the rainy day.
Besides the usual responsibilities at the center we managed two dinner appointments which are pretty rare for missionary couples. One was with the Langes on the 11th. & the other was with Uwe & Sarah Schulz on the 18th. We also attended the funeral for Sister Young’s mother in Weißenburg about one hour away. She was very appreciative of our being there because only two other couples from the Ward were there, the Dautels & Preisses (the stalwarts of the Ward).
On Fri., Oct. 16th we drove to Munich for a Transfer Mission Conference with all the Zone Leaders (8), Assistants, 2 lady missionaries & Pres. & Sis. Condie. We spoke to the subject: “What we learned in our first missions that helped us in our later lives.”
On Sat., Oct. 17th we attended two baptisms, one for Enrique Dominguez, the bishop’s son & the other for Max Meisenbach, a convert. These events are always well attended by ward members and of course there is always a special spirit there that witnesses to the truth of the event.
On Fri., Oct. 23rd we had Zone Conference & although the day is long in sitting, the spirit is always uplifting. The highlight for Elder Harris & I was Sis. Condie’s talk on“Pride”.
Sat. & Sun., Oct. 24 & 25 was Stake Conference with a YSA dinner after the Sat. early evening session. It was not as well attended as last year’s one after the Sun. session but the Sun. session of conference was more pleasant for us, if you can follow that.
Fri., Oct. 30 was a Mission Tour in Munich. Elder Milton R. Cumargo of the 3rd. Quorum of Seventy & his wife were the morning presenters. They were very good; had tons of enthusiasm & wonderful, stimulating ideas. The afternoon was taken up by Elder Teixeira of the 1st. Quorum of Seventy & Counselor in the Area Presidency. WOW….WOW….WOW. He really took command of his time & committed everyone to have faith to baptize. We are not here to plant seeds. We are here to reap the harvest. The strength of Europe is in Germany & although convert baptisms have increased 3% over last year, it needs to be more. We need to start acting in faith. This mission is not about us. If we don’t know where we are going we need to be keeping better records. We were challenged to make baptism & confirmation central to our missionary work. Our teaching should increase our investigator’s faith. Don’t be afraid to tell them that you are there to baptize them after they know the truth of your message. I guess you get the excitement of the Conference after reading the above.
We celebrated Halloween at the Ward Fall Festival. There were games, stories & musical numbers. I accompanied Bro. Klepper on his recorder. It went well & I actually enjoyed doing it. It was pretty classical in nature so it required a bit of practicing. I also was prepared to play one of Rollin’s Lyric Moments but didn’t have to. Sorry Rachel for all the hoopla you went to in getting the music to me but not playing turned out to be a surprise.
Well that about does it for another month. Thank you for your comments on the Blog. We still feel pretty connected even though the distance says otherwise. We love you & hope you are experiencing a wealth of wonderful things including good health.
Auf Wiedersehen,
Elder & Sister Harris, Gary & Renee, Dad & Mom, Gpa & Gma
Elders Lindgrin & Bond with Max Meisenbach 
Nurnberg Fall Festival
Nurnberg Fall Festival
Regensburg Catherdral
Regensburg narrow street
