Our next visit was in Baden where we will stay the next 2 nights with Christina Ghosh. John knew Silvia Ghosh and her 3 little girls (Barbara, Christina and Deborah) when he was a missionary in Zurich. We’ve kept in touch all these years.
Silvia served missions in the Church History Department for about 10 years, translating the old shorthand used by the Prophet’s scribes (there are only 2 women who can read it). She still works from here every day, now working on minutes and records taken by Frederick G. Williams from early Church history. He mixed his handwriting with his own code words (a sort of personal shorthand). It took Silvia months to learn to decipher it.
We took a scenic walk into the old part of Baden on our way to the restaurant they’d suggested (good Swiss food), and saw part of the old town, which was interesting. Baden is a pretty big city. John was a missionary in this area years ago. We enjoyed what we saw as it got dark. Then we had a great meal.
Here is the beautiful old City Church:
This is looking down into the Altstadt (old city) part of Baden, which has such interesting old roofs and rooflines.
We Loved being with these friends. We visited Silvia often while she lived in Salt Lake, and Barbara and Christina have also visited us in Utah.
And we had a delicious Swiss meal!
This is a photo of Barbara and Christina at their niece, Aline’s wedding a few years ago. Aline lived with our family for many months when she was a young teenager. We were sad to miss seeing her this evening.
I love how these friendships remain through the years. Knowing this family has been a blessing to us for a long long time, beginning 50 years ago when Silvia, as a new church member, fed a handful of young Swiss missionaries, including John.
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