Goodbye March

Last weekend brought the end of March and some great activities and events for us.

 

Friday night was a YSA dance with a color block theme.  Elder Mickelsen and I were chaperons for this event.  The kids had a wonderful time with cute decorations, great refreshments and best of all: lots of participation!  Everybody danced! 

 

Elder Mickelsen and I even danced!  They welcomed us, announced our names and had us start one of the dance numbers!  After that, we danced several more numbers with the group and it was fun!

 We were amazed at what good dancers many of them are - especially some of the guys!  It was fun to watch them whirl around the dance floor!

 

Saturday Morning

Saturday morning came early after our late night of dancing but it was a ward activity of cleaning up our meetinghouse followed by a picnic!  The weather was lovely so the hot dog feast was held outside. 

 This is some of our cleaning crew!

Lunch is served.

Hot dogs with all the German trimmings - deep fried onions, pickles and of course good German mustard and ketchup!

 

Sunday

Saying goodbye to Elder Lee - this was his last Sunday in our district.  Elder Lee has served in the Tiergarten Ward for 9 1/2 months!  He has been with us since we arrived last July.  He was valuable as a missionary in our ward because he speaks not only English and German, but Spanish also!  We will truly miss him - you really get attached to the missionaries that you serve with.  Elder Lee is now serving in Freiberg and excited about his new assignment!

 

5th Sunday Potluck Dinner

Every 5th Sunday our ward has a potluck dinner after our block of meetings.  These gatherings are a good way to get better acquainted and bond as a ward. 

 

Three of the cute sisters in our very diverse ward!