Missionaries Past and Present

I'm playing catch up with the blog. Be sure to scroll through the other two new posts after this one! (I'm going to be home this week, so I should be able to update the blog with more pictures sometime this week.) Anyway, I thought it would be fun to show some pictures of missionaries from the past and present. This is Elder Killpack and Elder Starling with a new convert on his baptismal day.
Elder and Sister Alsop were a couple of characters. They completed their mission in June. Here they are showing their true colors--clowning for the camera.
I was happy to come across this picture. It has 3 of our assistants in it--Elder Mack, Elder Whiting, and Elder Chambers. Two of the three are home, and Elder Chambers has just a few weeks left to go. They are all fine missionaries.
I took this picture of Elder Zuniga in Bratislava, quite a while ago.
This is a picture of the Prague zone missionaries. I took this shot last month. Aren't they cute?
I love these people so much! These missionaries--all 16 of them-- departed in June. The Humanitarian couple--Elder and Sister Burns--are not in this picture. They also left in June, bringing the total of missionaries leaving to 18. Such a huge group! They will forever be in our hearts.
This is the Hradec Kralove zone. This picture was taken last month also. We love our missionaries!

Amazing Adrspach

It took us two years to discover this place, but what a find it is! Adrspach is up in the Northeast corner of the Czech Republic, very close to the border of Poland. It is a natural preserve much like Cesky Raj.
We had some church business to take care of, so we went a day early and explored this beautiful part of the country. I'm so glad we did! This picture gives you an idea of how massive these rock formations are.
This is a waterfall we hiked to. There is something so soothing about being in nature. All of our missionary worries seemed to melt away as we hiked and enjoyed the beautiful scenery.


I think this is a place we will come back to, when we get some time. It's just too beautiful not to revisit before we leave.

Happy 4th of July with the Trentovi

Our good friends, Larry and Mayetta Trent, came to visit over the 4th of July holiday. We had a wonderful time celebrating with them and the Prague district missionaries. Elder Kartchner (blue apron) was our master chef overseeing the barbecue effort.We can't have a barbecue without Ed. He's the one who brings the grill and his pet dog. He also requested me to make a potato salad, which the office elders were not too sure about, as evidenced by this picture and video.






Sister Barron, Elder Roushar, and Elder Mittank entertained us with the American Flag dance.





We took Larry and Mayetta to Cesky Raj. Here they are posing on the back side of Trotsky Hrad.Cesky Raj is one of our favorite places in the Czech Republic. It truly is a Bohemian paradise!

This is the fountain show we took the Trents to when they were here. The London Philharmonic played Rock. It was awesome.