June 2-8, 2019

Welcome June!  This is the month our family began.  We will celebrate our 44th Wedding Anniversary on June 20.  We have two birthdays in June.  Our oldest daughter, Jaime was born on June 13 and our granddaughter Preslee will turn 8 on June 30.  Our #3 child, Eric passed away on June 13, 1982.  So, June has memories of a great beginning, births and death.  It is a true cycle of life for us.  We are so grateful to have the knowledge that we do of the Great Plan of Salvation found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Because of the covenants made in the Temple, the house of the Lord,  we have been sealed together as a family for Eternity.  The scriptures teach that God has commanded His people to worship in temples since ancient times.  When the Lord restored His Church through the Prophet Joseph Smith, he directed that temples once again be built.  Having temples on the earth is a witness of God's love for us.  For members of our Church, a temple is the most sacred place of worship on the earth.  It is designated as the only place where families can be united forever and where the most sacred gospel ordinances are performed.  The scriptures call the authority to unite families forever the "sealing" power.  This is the same authority Jesus gave the Apostle Peter to provide blessings on earth that will continue in heaven.  Our children were born into this Temple marriage and are sealed to us forever.  Being sealed as a family is the greatest of God's blessings for His children.  This knowledge has blessed us as we began our family and as we continued to grow and experience life.  It is not always easy and challenges come to all of us.  Knowing our Father in Heaven's plan for us has helped us to cope with this life and to have hope and peace for the days to come.

We were invited to our friend's home on Monday for dinner.  It is always a treat to be with her.  She lives in the upstairs apartment of the family Lutz.  I shared their story back in December.  After dinner we visited them in their garden.  This picture is in their winter garden room that looks out to their garden.  They are wonderful people who are so kind.  She has dementia and is slowing down in her abilities, but she looked at me after a few minutes and said, "I know you - you have been here before. "  It is always nice to visit and bring happiness to others.

Highlight of this week was District P-Day! Lots of pictures.

 MINIATURE GOLF IN TITISEE!
We were back in Titisee for our activity and it was a beautiful day.  We had so much fun golfing.  It has been a long time since we have done that.  It was a wonderful course and we all had fun.  Russ came in third place and I was about 5th out of 10 - not bad for us old folks!

 It looked like a simple course until you tried to golf on it.  There were some real challenges.  The ball through the cannon was one of the most difficult and most of us got the maximum 7 points!

Russ planing pool

 Russ had to play a little pool to get his ball through the water challenge.  We had 2 get holes in one on this one.

The final Hole!

A HOLE IN ONE

Just the feet in the water

The District

They have these wonderful Disposable grills here that are basically at 15 x 10 inch foil pan with charcoal and  grill top.  You light the paper around the charcoal and it lights and burns to a white coal very quickly and then lasts for about 2 hours.  We love them for picnics.  We had a grill party for lunch and everyone brought their own food to grill.  I did marinated chicken skewers with roasted vegetables in foil packs.  It was wonderful.  Most everyone else did Brotwurst and grill cheese (cheese that you grill and it gets hot and melty but does not stick to the grill or melt)  We shared the roasted vegetables (onion, peppers, potatoes, carrots, zucchini with fresh basil) with everyone and it was a great picnic.  I forgot to take S'more ingredients, just cookies.  I had some apples and we still had really good coals so I sliced them and put them on the grill.  Cinnamon and sugar would have made them wonderful, but they were good just grilled.  The missionaries were going to do the paddle boats on the lake and they decided to just stay in this meadow with their feet in the water.  No Swimming allowed on the mission so this was as good as it gets!

This week, June 6 was also the 75th anniversary of D-Day.  I posted on Facebook a beautiful tribute to those who served sung by One Voice Children's Choir who visited Normandy in France.   http://www.ldsliving.com/Watch-LDS-Artist-and-Children-at-Normandy-Create-Emotional-When-You-Believe/s/85888?utm_source=ldsliving&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=popular&utm_content=pop2190608

Potatoes in the Garden

 The Potatoes are coming up in the Garden.  3 weeks ago we planted 150 seed potatoes and they are up and growing.  We are amazed at how good they look.  We have had a lot of rain and a few hot days.  It really made a difference in the garden from when we were there last week.

 It was the final day of school for the students at Robert Bosch College on Friday.  They all had to work in the garden and attend seminars on sustainability and beekeeping.  It was fun to work alongside with them and get to know some of them better.  We met students from Thailand, Serbia, Marshall Islands, Germany and England.  After 2 hours of working in the garden they had a ceremony for the students to thank the volunteers and turn the garden over to the volunteers for the summer while they are away until they return in the Fall.

It was very simple, but really  nice.  They take the garden seriously and treat it as a gift and a very important part of nature.
They spent earlier in the day making fresh flower head wreaths for all of the volunteers and then as part of the ceremony they placed them on our heads.  A nice tradition.

Roses & Peonies

We continue to be blessed every day as we serve.  We meet new people and enjoy having people in our home. We had a lady and 2 of her children over to meet with the missionaries.  I had a plate of cookies, apples and strawberries and drinks out for them.  I got out one of my Memory Games from Ravensburg for the children to play.  I have a basket of Easter candy still out filled with chocolate eggs and Lindor Bunnies.  The little boy said, I don't want fruit I want schocolade (chocolate).  I tried to give him some of the eggs and coins and he said, "No, I want the bunny".  He wanted the best in the basket.  I let him have it - it has been over a month since Easter and we have not eaten them!  I thought about him and how that applies to what we are doing here.  We are trying to help people see there is more in life than what they already have.  We help people learn of Jesus Christ and His gospel so they can build on what they already know to be truth and learn more.  We want them to have the "Golden Bunny" of truth.  This little boy knew what was the very best and was not going to settle for anything else.  As the scriptures say, "suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 19:14 

Viel Liebe,
The Grimmett's