25 December 2015

New Website information

Merry Christmas!

Many people has been wondering why this blog has not been updated in a while. We apologize for this and invite you to look at our new website: Frankfurtmission.com. The full site will be open to the public on Jan 1, 2016. There you will find everything that was here and much much more.

See you there,

Elder Harrison

14 August 2015

New Missionaries-August 2015

This week we welcomed thirteen new missionaries into the mission! We are very excited to work side by side with them here in the Germany Frankfurt Mission! These young people are all well prepared and are ready to serve the Lord!

The following photos were taking Thursday morning after a pairing meeting where the new missionaries met their trainer and were told their first area.

New Missionaries with their Trainers and President and Sister Stoddard

Sister Hug with her trainer, Sister Hyatt, (serving in Nürnberg)

Elder Evans with his trainer, Elder Homer, (serving in Duisburg)

Elder Merkley with his trainer, Elder Hales, (serving in Hanau)

Elder Stiles with his trainer, Elder Diederich, (serving in Bamberg)

Elder Penrod with his trainer, Elder McBride, (serving in Bamberg)

Elder Walker with his trainer, Elder Frey, (serving in Frankfurt International)

Elder Haycock with his trainer, Elder Olson, (serving in Wuppertal)

Elder Manner with his trainer, Elder Watts, (serving in Michelstadt)

Elder Jones with his trainer, Elder Lehmitz, (serving in Oberhausen)

Elder Davidson with his trainer, Elder Brande, (serving in Speyer)

Elder Heiner with his trainer, Elder Vogl, (serving in Herne)

Elder Sommer with his trainer, Elder Andrew, (serving in Offenbach)

Elder Wiley with his trainer, Elder Fultz, (serving in Feucht)

24 July 2015

Tschüß to the folks behind the scenes: the Bangerters.

In the movie The Wizard of Oz, there is a scene near the end of the film where Dorothy takes a peek behind a curtain and sees a man pulling levers and running the special effects. A voice then commands her: Pay no attention to the man behind the screen.

In the Wizard of Oz, the man is the Wizard himself.

In the Germany Frankfurt Mission, the man is Elder Lynn Bangerter, mission secretary; and the person standing next to him helping him pull all the levers is Sister Eileen Bangerter.

You know when you got that first e-mail from the mission welcoming you to Germany and telling what to do when you got here? That letter came from the Bangerters.

You know that grey “Geistlicher Ausweis,” your instructions on getting your visa, information on what to pack etc.; you know where that came from? Again, it came from the Bangerters.

For nearly 18 months, whenever a missionary came stumbling off an airplane or whenever a missionary packed up and went home, chances are the Bangerters sweated bullets to make sure the servants of the Lord arrived and returned exactly when and where they were supposed to.

And now, they’re going home, back to Tempe, Arizona, to be exact, to return to their roles as Mom and Dad, Grandpa and Grandma and brother and sister. Fifty years ago, Elder Bangerter served here when the Germany Frankfurt Mission was known as the West German Mission.

Or as we said then, Die Bestdeutsche Mission.

It still is, thanks to the service of missionaries like Elder Lynn and Sister Eileen Bangerter.

Vielen Dank für Ihren selbstlosen Dienst und alles wofür Sie uns getan haben!

Thanks for making it such a great ride for all of us!

Sister Eileen Bangerter and Elder Lynn Bangerter on a P-Day in Heidelberg

24 June 2015

New Arrivals-June 24

We welcome ten new missionaries this transfer into the mission. The three sisters came from the MTC in Preston, England, and the other seven elders came from the Provo, Utah, MTC. We are excited to have all of them!

New missionaries at the Frankfurt Airport

After arriving at the airport the missionaries participated in a variety of activities throughout the day. Orientation, interviews with President Stoddard, and lunch all took place at the home of President and Sister Stoddard. The new arrivals also participated in a street display held in downtown Frankfurt.

The New Missionaries with President and Sister Stoddard!

Elder Ewing

Elder Draper

Elder Downs

Elder Thaxton

Elder Flickinger

Elder Park

Elder Woolley

Sister Riser

Sister Bader

Sister Alves

After their long day, the new missionaries were taken to a hotel where they slept overnight. Then the next day they were paired up with their trainers and sent to the new areas!

The New Missionaries with their Trainers!

Elder Park with his trainer Elder Webber

Elder Woolley with his trainer, Elder Bezzant

Elder Thaxton with his trainer, Elder Tischner

Elder Ewing with his trainer, Elder Morris

Elder Flickinger with his trainer, Elder Crittenden

Elder Downs with his trainer, Elder Sollis

Elder Draper with his trainer, Elder Andrus

Sister Alves with her trainer, Sister Rowe

Sister Riser with her trainer, Sister Godwin

Sister Bader with her trainer, Sister Hyatt

23 June 2015

Welcome to Elder and Sister Hemingway

We welcomed Elder and Sister Hemingway this week into the mission! They have the assignment to serve in the Bitburg area and are serving as Military Relations missionaries. They will be a valuable addition to the missionaries here in the mission. We are excited to have them with us in this wonderful work of our Savior!

21 May 2015

Missionary Arrivals-20 May

We welcomed seven new missionaries into the mission on the May 20th. They arrived at the airport around nine.

President and Sister Stoddard greeted them at the airport, and afterward they were taken to the mission home. At President Stoddard's home an orientation was led as well as interviews. During they day the new missionaries also took part in a street display in downtown Germany!

The new arrivals with President and Sister Stoddard Stoddard!

Elder Russell

Elder Butler

Elder Stephen

Elder Hooper

Elder Myers

Elder Dowdy

Sister Hadfield

After their long day, all of them got to go to bed early at a hotel near the Frankfurt airport. The next day around eight in the morning they met their trainer and then headed off to their new area!