We traveled four and a half hours northeast of Frankfurt to attend the Freiberg Temple. It has been four months since we last attended the temple and we were so grateful to be able to go again. We were treated so kindly by the temple missionaries and other ordinance workers. We stayed in temple housing and enjoyed talking with other patrons over breakfast. The temple is connected to the housing by a tunnel, so we dressed in our white clothes and walked to the temple underground. We had six family file cards and did initiatories, endowments and sealings for them. One of our ancestors was a Hunsinger with family roots in Germany and we think he appreciated hearing the ordinances in his native languge! We felt a wonderful spirit as we entered the temple and performed these sacred ordinances for our ancestors. Though we were away from our family at home for Christmas, we were able to spend it with our departed family in the temple. It was a sweet experience.
The skys were cloudy and dropped a little rain during our stay. It didn't bother us because we entered the temple through an underground tunnel from the temple housing where we stayed overnight.
This beautiful temple was a miracle when it was built behind the Iron Curtain in East Germany.
The clouds were low and the statue of Moroni cast its' shadow on them.
Grandma found some fresh cut flowers in the Freiberg market one night.
Freiberg had a Christmas market like every other town in Germany.
This stand featured cinnamon sugared bread strips wrapped around an iron pipe. It cooks and then you peel off a line of swirls and enjoy the cinnamon bread treat.
We departed the next day and explored some more sights on our way to Dresden for the Christmas weekend. We went with Elder and Sister Yost. Elder Yost served a mission in Germany as a young man and then he and his wife served as mission president and wife in the Czech Republic. We enjoyed his mission memories of the places we traveled through. He is now the Infield Representative in the Frankfurt Area Office.
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