"Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah for Israel"

The Germany Hamburg/Germany Berlin Missions combination begins!

President & Sister Pimentel

President & Sister Thompson work together

to join the two missions.

Elder Roden & Elder Felsing welcome two additional Assistants to President Pimentel

Elder Bangerter & Elder Fenton

Our very full transfer board.

Sunday Meetings with the Bernburg Branch, Leipzig Stake

Elder Beard, Elder Webb, Elder Mortensen &

President Pimentel

We enjoyed meeting with the branch members and being

with the Elders. We also LOVED hearing Elder Beard and

Elder Mortensen sing together as Elder Webb

accompanied on the piano. Heavenly!

"Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant" - Matt. 25:23

Elder Masters

Erfurt Zone Farewell

Erfurt Zone

Elders: Killpack, Conrad, Münzer, Loynes, Barrus, Speelman, Chidsey

President Pimentel, Elders: Goodrich, Puriri, Devonas, Good

Sisters: Jovero, Hadfield

Elders: Fock, Friedrichs, Boom, & Mike

Sister Pimentel, Elder & Sister Muhlestein, Sister & Elder Williams

President & Sister Pimentel, President's Assistants, Elder Felsing and Elder Roden and Mike travelled to Jena to say Auf Wiedersehen (good-bye, see you later, 'til we meet again).

We enjoyed lunch together, shared our favorite thing of the week and heard parting advice from President & Sister Pimentel and the Assistants. This last year the Erfurt Zone has been referred to as "the little city of Enoch" because of the unity and love that is present. Knowing that helped us prepare for this change.

Before going to their separate cities, the Zone Leaders, Elder Killpack and Elder Münzer organized a zone finding activity for 1/2 hour. All of the missionaries went different directions to find people to teach. They ended up with 5 appointments, one accompanied the missionaries to the church where a discussion was immediately taught. Good things are coming already. We love each and every one of the missionaries very much!

"All the President's Men"

President Pimentel with

his fabulous five Assistants,

past and present!

Elder Killpack, Elder Loynes

President Pimentel

Elder Barrus, Elder Felsing, Elder Roden

"...they are young, and their minds are firm, and they do put their trust in God continually....

Yea, and they did obey and observe to perform

every word of command with exactness." Alma 57:27,21

Mike with his buddies

Zone Leaders + Planning Session

Elders: Killpack, Brons, Cameron, McClellan, Münzer, Pauli,

Hamilton, Merrill

Sisters: Lederer, Turner, Elders: Dean, Bergeson

Assistants: Felsing, Roden

Sunday Meetings with the Eilenburg Branch, Leipzig Stake

Elder & Sister Larkin attended the Eilenburg Branch with us. We loved meeting and visiting with the members there. I love the poppy fields along the way.

"Rejoice, for the Hour of Your Mission is Come..." D&C 31:3

Sister & Elder Larkin from Utah arrived on Saturday!

We are pleased they will be serving in the wonderful city of Rostock.

CCM (Coordinating Council Meeting) - June 13, 2010

Elder Weidmann, Quorum of the 70, meets with stake,

district and mission presidents in Berlin.

Pr. Schmidt (Hamburg), Pr. Kopischke (Oldenburg), Elder Despain (Senior Missionary), Pr. Jensen (Neumünster), Elder Weidmann (Q. of 70), Pr. Pimentel (Berlin Mission President), Pr. Hopf (Hannover), Pr. Thompson (Hamburg Mission President), Pr. Hengst (Leipzig), Pr. Menzel (Dresden), Pr. Reiner (Berlin), Pr. Skibbe (Neubrandenburg)

President's Interviews - June 8 - June 15, 2010

Berlin Zone

Elders: Allenbach, Walter, Stevenson, Livingston, Hatch, Givens,

Roden, Naumann, Hamilton, Rückauer, O'Neill, Hale,

Elders: Anderson, Graham, Kersavage, Wells, Ashley,

Sisters: Gill, Bangerter, McCall, Wells,

Elders: Moysh, Merrill, Felsing

Erfurt Zone

Elders: Good, Barrus, Goodrich, Friedrichs, Chidsey, Münzer,

Killpack, Loynes, Puriri, Speelman, Devonas,

Fock, Boom, Conrad, Muhlestein

Sisters: Jovero, Hadfield, Muhlestein, Sister & Elder Williams

Leipzig Zone

Elders: Mortensen, Wardell, Sonderegger, Beard, Conder, Clawson,

Masters, Tjaden, Bergeson, Cameron, Skoczylis, Ulrich,

Gerhardsson, Breuer, Hann, Torniainen

Sisters: Swendsen, Kocharyan, Forsyth, Geurts, Turner, Lederer

Sister & Elder Dabel

Dresden Zone

Elders: Smith, Schimpf, Griggs, Redmon, Webb, Burns, Gordon,

VanDenberghe, Arnold, Brons, Seegmiller

Elders: Shiverdecker, Mason Downing, Sisters: Hansen, Martineau,

Scruggs, Hung, Singer, Schwartz

Elders: Dean, Sorensen, Hahn, Klein, & Karl G. Maeser statue

Neubrandenburg Zone

Elders: Pauli, Lersch, Merritt, Smith, Ellsworth, Barton, Taylor,

Tetmeyer, Brechbuhl, McClellan

Sister: Monson, Elder & Sister Christian, Sisters: Liboschik,

Crane, Jensen

A short overview of President's message to the missionaries during the week of interviews:

President Pimentel taught about "Coping." He used a coping saw as a visual and explained that when Plan A doesn't work, we need to COPE and go to Plan B. He gave examples from the scriptures using Matt. 26:39 & 42. The Savior himself prayed for what he wanted and a second time prayed, "but if not... thy will be done."

In the April General Conference, President Uchtdorf said, "I learned that patience was far more than simply waiting for something to happen—patience required actively working toward worthwhile goals and not getting discouraged when results didn’t appear instantly or without effort...It means staying with something and doing all that we can—working, hoping, and exercising faith; bearing hardship with fortitude, even when the desires of our hearts are delayed."

Random Photos from President's Interviews

Sunday Meetings with Leipzig 2nd Ward, Leipzig Stake

Missionary coordination meeting with President Pimentel, Sister Turner, Sister Lederer, Elder Clawson, Elder Tjaden and members of the Leipzig Ward.

Visit to Wörlitz

Saturday, President Pimentel and I, along with Elder & Sister Lewis and members of the Lankwitz Ward, visited the City of Wörlitz, a charming little German town an hour and 1/2 from Berlin. It has a history of more than 1,000 years. It sits on the edge of the Elbe River and not only has a beautiful castle but smaller replicas of famous European buildings. We had a splendid day walking and visiting together in this beautiful area.

A Beautiful Day!

Spring time in Berlin! It is beautiful.