Frankfurt Mission Reunion 16 Aug 2025, Orem
This evening we held a mission reunion for our Frankfurt friends on this side of the ocean. It was so fun to reconnect with these missionary friends. Many are in town this week for BYU Education Week. Thanks to the Garbers for their help planning, and to all who came and participated. The food was…
Keep reading
My Homecoming Talk: “All God’s Critters Got a Place in the Choir”
Ann Lewis Homecoming Talk Europe Central Area Mission 9 March 2025 As I thought and prayed about what sort of message to share today, out of the blue, the title of a book of essays I read years ago by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and Emma Lou Thayne came into my mind. It was called “All…
Keep reading
Different in Germany!
During the 18 months we’ve lived in Germany, I kept a running list in my phone of things that are different here. After typing up the list, I asked my fellow ex-pats living here what they’d add to the list. The list kept growing! Below is our list of things noticed by about 30 wonderful…
Keep reading
Our Departure
Journal Friday night: 12:28 p.m. We are packed, the apartment is clean, we have delivered another bag of food and things to the Bluths (who are in Rome this weekend looking at the mission home villa there). We’ve swapped cars back. John took an armload of clothing to a Red Cross collection bin, I retired…
Keep reading
A Quick Look at the Europe Central Area
Here are a few bits and pieces of information John shared in his homecoming talk about the Europe Central Area and our work here. Ann and I have been serving in the Europe Central Area Office in Frankfurt, Germany. We served as communication specialists with another senior missionary couple in the Church Communication Dept, working…
Keep reading
Temple Work in the Frankfurt Temple
This stack of completed ordinance cards is one of my most treasured souvenirs of our time in Germany. This represents hours and hours of research and time in the temple, often with missionary friends. You’ll see that my Dad’s card is on the top. President Gordon B. Hinckley’s father once said: “Why is it that…
Keep reading
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
Our Frankfurt Germany Mission 