Big Time Training...

The first of the week we had tons of stuff to do in the office and worked really hard to get it all done. That includes getting the laundry done and we packed, again! This has been a whirlwind of traveling for several weeks. I think this is the last for a period of time.

Wednesday we finished doing what we needed to get done and after the landlord came by to pick up the rent, we headed out on the road again.
This time to Slovakia. Such beautiful scenery. The mountains in places are spectacular with beautiful trees. I have picked out the kind I want. Probably couldn't get it home.
More fairy princess castles along the way. I think only ghosts live in them now. First stop Zilina. We met with two translators, three branch presidents and they were given a great training. Very nice people.
This is the sign on the entrance of the building.
This is the entrance to the building. We used a GPS on walking and it took us a very round about way. Brent finally located some policemen who told him he was right in front of the building and that the missionaries were out looking for us.

I neglected to tell you that we met the McBrides and JeanClaude von Tonder from the Area Office there for the training.

When we finished we headed off to Bratislava, Slovakia for another training in the evening. On the way we passed this castle and wondered how the groceries could be delivered, let alone the wood for the fireplaces.

We had a great branch president to train and also a new missionary senior couple...less than a week. Very nice people.

It was pretty late when we finished the training in Bratislava and we all crashed.
We hurried out the next morning pretty early to get on our way to the Czech Republic; that was after a trip to meet with the bank there. Sr. McBride and I had a little shopping therapy. It was really for her, as they don't have TESCO in Germany. We just calmly strolled through the isles investigating what was there. I nearly bought a sewing machine.

Then we were on our way to Prague, Czech Republic.

We had a little time in the late afternoon and evening to explore just a bit of Prague. We have been told how beautiful it is and now we have seen the beautiful part.

This is the tower of a bridge over the River. Yeh, we took a cruse, just for an hour to get oriented. Then we had a stroll down the river bank, looking at paintings and stuff. We found a restaraunt on a docked boat. The meal was one of the best one we have had since arriving in Europe. Brent snapped this one from the deck of the boat we ate at. The view was spectacular.

On our walk home we passed the Opera House. It is really pretty outside.

The next morning we were out of the hotel early an on to find the chapel which was difficult to find. We followed some people into a courtyard where they were parking cars. The lot was designed to hold 10 cars but by the time everyone arrived there were 19 cars. They were stacked deep.

The Mission President, President Irwin, was there along with about 35 -40 leaders of the church. That many local leaders in one room is unbelievable. It was a good training, with lots of questions and dialogue.

When the training was over, again we hit the road. The others stayed for some other meetings, but we came home because we were not involved in them.

This week really moved by fast. Now we will get caught up on all the things that have come in since we left. It is a good thing that Sunday comes...you know, the day of rest.