We had a full and fun day! After a good breakfast at the hotel, we drove everyone down to the Friedrichsdorf Stake Center where we spent the morning in our meetings.
These are our new favorite friends:
Topics of training today started with a recorded video message from Elder Gerard, the 2nd Counselor in the Europe Central Area Presidency. He clarified our job to bring the Church out of obscurity and darkness. (D&C 1:30), obscurity meaning those who don’t know of us yet, and darkness meaning those who may have mis-perceptions about the Church.
I loved when he said, “We’re not here to boil the ocean,” but to focus on what matters most, centering all things on Jesus Christ. He said we need to feel the joy of serving and feel the power of Jesus Christ. He continued,
“You have been prepared all your life for this time, for this assignment.
Use your great life experiences. The Lord has put you through things to prepare you for this time. He will hasten His work. Now is the time.
We are taking the most important thing–the Gospel of Jesus Christ–to the world. I promise you as you work, the Lord will always make up the difference. Our faith, our conduct our actions produce miracles as you center on Jesus Christ.”
Other training seminars today included the topics of focusing on goals by our director, Dinis Adriano, and building relationships and pitching news stories by Ralf Grünke.
Then John & I led a “Best Practice” presentation. Each NCD sent to us a photo and some bullet points describing one of their favorite recent activities in their country. It was really fun to hear from each NCD and learn about things they’ve been doing. We had some Q&A as we went along. It was great.
After the morning sessions, we drove everyone down to the temple grounds for a group photo, then we walked to the nearby restaurant Klatsch for lunch.
There was lots of visiting and getting better acquainted.
Then we walked over to the Stake Center for a panel discussion there with some interfaith leaders.
Our Frankfurt Germany Mission 