A week of Many Emergencies

Saturday, the 11th, a group of couple missionaries who serve in the the Frankfurt area went to the Tutankhamen Exhibit in Frankfurt. There were 27 of us. We had a great time. The Exhibit was well organized. It began with a History of Egypt and how the interest in Egyptian antiquities was initiated in the the early 1900's. We learned about Howard Carter, the man who spent his whole life looking for King Tut's tomb. He was the first one to open this tomb. We viewed two video presentations and then entered the exhibit which showed the exact replica of the four chambers found. Then we were able to examine the numerous items with detailed explanations . Here is a picture of the containers that the Sarcophagus was put in. These were amazing. There was so much we saw and learned. We had a lovely time which culminated in Dinner at a Chinese Restaurant directly across from the Bahnhof.

Now here is a brief accounting of Monday thru Friday of February 6-10,2012

• Monday: We began with continued cold temperatures. We worked steady as many calls poured in to the office concerning the emergency conditions in Bosnia. At lunch time a walk (We are trying to walk 30 minutes everyday) to PennyMart to purchase a few items we needed then back to work until about 7pm. We got home and fixed Left overs.
• Tuesday: We worked until 10:30AM. Checked out a car from the churches motor pool and drove to Wiesbaden to the Military Facility to go to the post office, pick up a prescription and get a dental exam. We waited over 2 hours to be seen. Dad had a better report than I. I have a cavity under one of my crowns and the military dental doesn't provide treatment for crowns to anyone but the enlisted personnel. So that means I must go to a German Dentist. I am praying that the Lord will intervene before I must make an appointment. We then drove to the commissary. It is always great fun to go to the commissary. We purchased our treasures that we cannot get anywhere else as quickly as we could so we could get back to Frankfurt to drive to a dinner appointment. By this time in the late afternoon it had begun to snow. The drive to the Francois's took us two hours. We were late but brother Francois got home just 30 minutes ahead of us so we were not the only ones late. They were so lovely and gracious. Brother Francois is from France. He met his lovely wife Larissa at BYU who was studying for an advanced degree. She is Russian. They have three darling boys. We had Raucklett for dinner. We melted cheese under a little broiler at the table and put it over potatoes, ham, chicken and corn. It was served with coleslaw. It was fun and we enjoyed it. We had a great Apple crisp for dessert. The family home evening lesson was given by us. I downloaded a story from the friends website-lds.org. The boys loved the Ipads animated story about Heber J Grant. What a great evening!!!!!!
• Wednesday: We worked in the morning until about 10:30. We then drove to the airport to pick up the Smiths. They are wheelchair specialists from the Vancouver area who had been helping the Stiles in Slovakia and the Pages in the Czech Republic with identifying a Good NGO and training them on the new procedures for Wheelchair distributions. We took them to lunch where they spent a good portion of the afternoon explaining the New Wheelchair distribution program to us. We enjoyed them very much and learned a lot. We took them to their hotel and headed for home. We got home after 5:30 because we made a stop at the Media Mart for a TV cable and then on to the Car wash so we could turn the car back into the Motor pool. So we stayed home and prepared Banana Bread to take into the Office for Dad"s Birthday.
• Thursday: HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR DAD. Those working on our floor sang Happy Birthday and we passed out the treat to all who wanted a piece. This is the tradition in the office. We were taken to lunch by Elfie Herrman, an 83 yr old lady in our building who we have befriended. She took us to a very nice German restaurant in the Taunus Montains. It was very beautiful and the food was good. We returned to the office as we were working diligently to get the Emergency relief projects up and going. Getting the money to them is not any easy process. So we worked until almost dark. Went for a walk, which we really enjoyed together. Upon our return home we felt to full to eat a big meal so we had left overs to include some Jewish Apple Cake I had made for John on Saturday. We worked some more and went to bed.
• Friday: We worked like crazy on the Emergency Relief projects which now included, Northern and Southern Bosnia, Kosovo, Romania, possibly Serbia and Montenegro. The snow is 9 feet deep in most areas. We took our walk at lunch and when we finally finished work at about 6:00pm. we invited our friends the Wells for a dinner of Left overs. Dinner was great and we had a great visit. We watched a movie "Lost In Austin" as in Jane Austin. Very interesting.
• As Dad would say,"There you have it sports fans, a brief review of a week in the life of Elder and Sister Leonard" Have a wonderful week. We love you.