Jan.1 - Feb.12, 2013

 

 

Willkommen Elder Popp and Elder Ustach

We are excited to have Elders in Forst!  

Elder Popp is from Las Vegas, Nevada.  He raced motorcross for 12 years and enjoys volleyball.  He has 5 brothers.  He speaks excellent German.
Elder Ustach is from Rio Rancho, New Mexico.  He has 3 sisters, 1 brother-in-law, and a cute niece and nephew.  He loves Preaching the Gospel, baseball, video games and fixing cars.
Thank you parents for raising faithful, obedient, and great missionaries to serve in our District!

                                      CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE--The Mission Call
 As always--constant change:  Elder Hale and Elder Pearson were moved to the Dresden District.  We will really miss them!  Here is one last photo with their investigator "Hurbertus."
Lto R:  Elder Pearson,  Elder Bauman (back) Hurbertus (front) and Elder Hale

                                         "The Gôrlitz District" with "Zone Leaders"   Jan. 9, 2013                             Back Lto R:  District leader, Elder Taylor, Elder Carter, Zone Leaders Elder Moss, Elder Wride,  Elder Popp and Elder Ustach

                   Front L to R:  Sister Neukomm, Sister Walker, Sister Bauman and Elder Bauman

                                                               Guess Whose Feet? Elder Bangerter and Elder Carter debated 10 minutes about the color of houseslippers to buy for the Baumans--they wanted to make sure the colors "were compatible" with Sister Bauman's carppet!  Thank you Elders!  

                                              

                                                      Spremberg

Saturday January 12, 2013--The Görlitz District met in Spremberg for a joint day of "FINDING."  We "klingled" and "street contacted" to give a boost to the Forst Elders! Pizza for lunch ended our day of finding.

L to R:  Sister Neukomm, Elder Popp, Elder Carter, Sister Walker, Elder Taylor, and Elder Ustach!

Elder Carter

Sister Walker

Sister Neukomm

The Spree River divides the city with the Cottbus Ward on one side and the Forst Branch on the other side.

Zone Training in Dresden  January 15, 2013

P-Day  Monday January 21, 2013

We missed the Forst Elders--they were working!

After a Mexican lunch, history lesson from Elder Bauman, a scripture study on Christ's walk from Herod's Palace to Golgotha we ventured into the freezing cold to see old town Görlitz and the Heiliges Grab or Holy Tomb.

 The Judgement Stairs with a Statue of Justice with no blindfold.  Görlitz wanted people to think their judgements were fair.

                                                       Görlitz is famous for it's architecture.

                                        The Biblical House with panels depicted from the Bible.

 The Red Door

Heiliges Grab or Holy Tomb

 In Görlitz a man needed to do penance for his sin. In the 1500,s  he went to Jerusalem came back and created the Heiliges Grab (Holy Tomb)  The chapels were built between 1481 and 1504 and are replicas of churches that were in Jerusalem at the time of the Crusades.  The smaller replica of Jesus' tomb is the only replica in the world today.  This is what the crusaders would have seen and were fighting to preserve when they invaded the Holy Land to redeem Jerusalem, the Holy City from Islam.  There is also a copy of the chapel which was on the place where they thought Jesus' cross had been on Golgotha.  The large Peter - Paul Cathedral in Görlitz represents Pilot's palace.  The walk from there to Heiliges Grab  (Holy Tomb) is said to have the same distance and elevation change as it was when Jesus walked with his cross from Pilot's palace to Golgotha through Kidron Valley.  

 

       This Backerei is suppose to be located where Christ stumbled with the weight of the cross.

                          This is a replica of the chapel that was in Jerusalem.  Tradition places it over the spot of 

Christ's cross which was suppose to be above Adam's grave.

The Holy Tomb replica.

District Temple Day  February 1, 2013

 Back L to R:  Elder Ustach, Elder Carter, Elder Taylor, Elder Bauman
Middle:  L to R  Elder Popp and Sister Walker, Sister Bauman
Front:  Sister Neukomm--has served a wonderful mission in Germany--will be released Feb. 12, 2013.  She has served in Cottbus for 9 months!  We will miss her!  Aufwiedersehen!

Fun Fun Fun--Elder Carter and Elder Popp

Elder Ustach and Elder Taylor

Elder and Sister Nuttall, from Eagle Mountain, Utah,  joined our District Temple Day.  They will be serving the youth in Hamburg, Germany for two years.  

P-Day -- Spa Day for the Sisters
Monday February  4, 2013

Sister Walker, Sister Neukomm, and Sister Bauman--we missed the train so we ended the day with a hot cup of cocoa!  Fun!  Fun! Fun!

A Fond Adieu
Fondue Party

Sister Neukomm bids her final adieu as she returns to Switzerland Feb. 12, 2013.  Thank you for all your service in the Berlin, Germany Mission!  We will miss you!

Adieu to Elder Carter and Elder Ustach.  They are leaving the Görlitz District--serving elsewhere!  We will miss them!

L to R:  Elder Popp, Elder Ustach, Sister Neukomm, Elder Bauman, Elder Taylor, Sister Walker and Elder Carter

Back:  L to R:  Elder Carter, Elder Taylor, Elder Ustach, Sister Walker, Elder Bauman
Front:  L to R:  Elder Popp, Sister Neukomm, and Sister Bauman  

Last District Meeting--February 6, 2013