Oct. 20-26, 2019 Lost a Tooth

One of the highlights of my week was a visit to the Dentist.  I have had a loose tooth for about 4 weeks and finally we were able to make a dental appointment.  Russ also needed to see the Dentist as he was eating something and broke a filling in his tooth (the only tooth he has a filling in). I paid so much money to save that tooth and it had a crown on it.  There are no photos of the mouth - too painful to even think about the loss.  I will go back to the dentist on Monday and we will decide what course to take on filling the BIG whole it left between the other teeth.  The good side to all of it was the wonderful Dentist we were referred to.  He was so good and a very friendly office.  His son is in training as a new dentist and he kept us entertained.  We had a tender mercy when we paid the bill.  He cut the price considerably and then when I went to take the paper he wrote the amount on, he tore it up and said, no record of transaction, God bless you for your service here.  He let us know he was a devout Catholic, but admired us for serving a mission for our Church.   

Update from last week on Russ' s hand.  It is healing nicely and he was fitted with a splint this week.  He wears it every night for the next 3 months.  Again, we feel so blessed to have found a very good hand surgeon.  It has been a very good experience with very quality care.  It is nice that we have been able to go to private Doctors and not to the clinics.

 We started the week at District Councils on Monday.  It is a tradition in the Vienna Zone to stack chairs based on how many transfers you have been out on your mission and take a picture the week of transfers.  It was fun to see how the two zones carry out the tradition.  It was obvious that the other District was very "old" and full of leaders.  It is unusual for a Sister Missionary to be out the longest.  Sisters serve for 18 months and Elders serve for 24.  Sis. Spratt went home this week and was the Senior Missionary in the group.  It is fun to see Elder Hull at the very end just completing his first transfer.  He ended up having a great start to his mission and is doing wonderful.

The South District arranges the chairs a little different.  You can see they have a lot older missionaries.  Elder Simcox on the end also completed his mission this week and returned home.  We have served with him here and in the Zurich Zone.  Elder Kuttler is a large boy and he was smart and did not try to stand on the tall stack of chairs.  He is our Zone Leader and will go home at the end of this 6 weeks.  We also served with him in Freiburg and have loved serving with him here.  We lost 10 Missionaries from our Zone of 25.  It was hard to tell them all good-bye.

Early Morning arrival at the train station on Wednesday.  Many of them would be on the train for the whole day getting to their new assignments.  It was quite a sight seeing all of the missionaries there with their luggage and things.  We have grown to love all of these missionaries as we have served together.

Renweg Apartment

Elder Childs and Sis. Hepworth

Elder Mogensen at his finest

Last good-bye

Inspiring Young Man

The Orange Man

They do crazy things and really do love and enjoy life.  They give 18-24 months of their young lives to serve the Lord.  We see their dedication, commitment, and obedience as they serve.  We see them as they teach, find, play and pray.  They are truly God's Army in today's world helping to bring people to Jesus Christ.  We said good-bye to some favorite "son's" and look forward to reunions in the future. 

God's Army

They are running with the train and they say good-bye to companions and friends.  They return up the track as God's Army ready for new companions to arrive and ready to go back to work.
As hard as transfers are, there is a vibrancy that comes with it as we welcome the new and start to build new relationships.

Hohlweggassee 25

War memorial marker

plaque on building

This is the building we live in.  Every building in the city of Vienna that was destroyed or damaged in the War has this insignia on it with the Bee Hive and the date of reconstruction.  This plaque is next to it and states that the building was damaged from 1939-45 and that it was rebuilt in 1954-55. Most of the bombs were directed to the oil refineries in the city or the train stations.  It is actually very humbling to know that someone was living in this building and the destruction that took place.  One of these days I will take pictures of the basement - it has it's own story to tell.  Vienna was bombed 52 times during WWII and 37,000 houses of the city were lost - 20% of the entire city.  More than 3,000 bomb craters were counted.  12,000 buildings and 270,000 people were left homeless. 

 We went to St. Peter's Church today for the free organ concert.  It is a smaller church, but very ornate.  It is amazing how many Churches are in this city that are just like this or bigger on the inside. 

The second picture is of the organ.  In this Church, the organ is in the organ loft and you cannot see it or the organist, just the pipes.  It was not as welcoming as in the Freiburg Munster.  They always had introductions of who was performing and a little about the pieces that were being played.  Today, she just started playing and at the end the people applauded and we never saw the organist.  I did enjoy the selection of music.  It was nice to just sit and listen and take it all in.  It is hard for me to imagine what it was like in the 1200-1800's when these churches were built at great sacrifice, tragedy, peril of the local people.

So glad today was P-Day.  I really needed a day to catch up on sleep, laundry, etc.  We shopped on Friday hoping to avoid the Saturday crowds and to give us more time for fun things on Saturday.  Friday night we found out that Saturday was a Austrian National Day - everything was closed.  So, no shopping even if I needed to.  I had to plan a Sunday Dinner around what I had on hand.  Looks like we will be having Hungarian Goulash and bread.  It continues to amaze us that everything except some restaurants close on Holidays.

 So we were asked by the YSA committee if we would drive out to a Pumpkin farm and buy pumpkins for Halloween Night.  It was a beautiful day for a drive and we said, Of course.  We drove about 50 minutes and it was so beautiful in all of the Fall colors.  We met the greatest family who run the farm.  It was a family with 3 boys and they were so helpful.  We picked out about 15 pumpkins and also got fresh beets.
I forgot to take pictures at the farm.  We loved the drive and the beauty of the Fall colors.  

house with red vine

  We stopped at AIDAS, a local favorite for a Mozart kugel torte.  It did not disappoint and was everything the reviews said it was.  It was soooo rich.  It was actually the best dessert I have had here.  Their cakes are very dry and not my favorite.  The filling on this cake was just right and made it good with the cake.

 On our walk back to the car, we

Lego Chess sets

saw this amazing Vintage and used Lego shop.  It had thousands of Legos.  Hard to find pieces, complete sets and everything in between.  I really liked the Chess sets.  They were a fraction of the cost of new sets.  They had the entire Star Wars series of air craft and vehicles.  To me it was better than the Lego Store.  The owner was working on putting together sets.  Nice job to have.

This was a quieter week and we still managed to stay very busy. 

We had the opportunity last Sunday to participate in the Re- Dedication of the Frankfurt Germany Temple.  All of the Stake Centers in the Temple District were made available for members to attend via a broadcast.  Members 8 years old and older were able to attend.  It was a very special experience getting to hear the stories of German and European Saints that have been influenced in their lives by this Temple.  The Temple was originally constructed in 1987 and was closed 4 years ago for massive renovations.  It was especially nice to hear Elder Uchtdorf, Elder Kopischke and Elder Sabin speak.  We have been with those men in recent months in meetings, even ate dinner with Elder Kopischke and his wife and it made it very special to actually know those who were speaking.  Elder Kopischke said, "The Lord has always - at all times - given his children symbols to which they could turn. . . .The temple is a symbol for eternity and a symbol for the love our Heavenly Father has for you." In the temple, Church members learn more about the purpose of life and make covenants to follow Jesus Christ and serve their fellow man. 
 We hope to be able to visit the Frankfurt and Freiberg (not where we lived) Temples before we return home. 
Enjoy the last week of October and Happy Halloween!
Viel Liebe,
The Grimmett's

Oct 13-19, 2019 A visit to the Hand Specialist

We started the week with a visit to the Hand Specialist for Russ to have a procedure on his right hand.  He has had surgery 2 previous times in the past 10 years for a condition called, Dupuytren's Contracture.

The connective tissue in his hand overproduces and creates excess connective tissue so the tendons in his fingers contract and start pulling toward the palm of the hand.  We knew there was a new procedure to inject the area with enzymes that dissolve the tissue and allow the Doctor to then manipulate the finger to straighten.  This was much better than surgery and we were so grateful he was a candidate for the procedure. So, it is a two day process.



Day 1:  Injection of enzymes 

5 injections in finger

The hand looks a little beat up.  He had 5 injections in his finger and it immediately causes blood blisters and in some places the skin splits from the blisters.






Day 2: 

day 3

The best way to describe the process is to say they pop all of the lumps like bubble wrap and make them all smooth and manipulate the finger until it goes straight.  They gave a local anaesthesia before the procedure.  It is healing nicely and he can already tell a difference in his hand.  As you can see in the picture, it is flat with the other fingers.  He will get a splint next week that he will wear to keep it straight until it is trained to stay that way.  We feel very blessed to have been referred to a hand surgeon that was very qualified and so good to work with.  If all goes well, it should last about 5 years before he will need another procedure.

 Sunday evening we had a New Member fireside where several new members bore their testimonies and stories of joining The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  Our Mission Pres. Brown came and spoke and sang and it was a wonderful evening.  We had about 50 people in attendance.  Elder Luke is serving his mission here and shared his story of growing up in Egypt and moving to England in his teenage years.  It was a difficult move and hard to make new friends.  He made a friend and was introduced to the Church and was baptized and a year later he is serving a mission. 

He has helped 7 other people accept the gospel of Jesus Christ while he has been on his mission.  One of those people spoke and told their conversion story as well.  It was a very nice evening.  It was great for me because I did not have to do anything except attend.  They had the event catered by a lady and it was wonderful.  She made several cakes and a traditional Austrian food of sliced bread with a cream cheese spread with garnish.  It looked very impressive on the table.  

We enjoy meeting new people and being able to show people the Institute Building.  It is really a crown jewel in the Church in Vienna.







I taught me second Institute class and had about 12 students.  I love teaching and being able to help others learn and understand the teachings and doctrines of the Gospel.  We had about 30 students in the German Class and a total of 53 people in the building during the evening.  It was so empowering for the YSA to be with so many others of their age and to socialize, eat a nice dinner and learn all in one evening.  We hope it continues to grow and be a great place to gather.

I have mentioned before that celery is often hard to find in the grocery stores.  I asked about it and was told they use the celery root more than the stalks.  I had never heard of celery root.  Sure enough, it is in all of the stores.  This giant root that you peel and then slice.  It is wonderful.  I used it in my Chicken Noodle soup and it turned out great.  It is actually easier to slice than the stocks of the celery and a little milder.  I continue to learn so much about foods and new ways to use them.  It is very inexpensive and yields a lot.  I am sure it is available at home, but considered exotic and a lot more expensive.

Fall is Here.  We also spent the week doing Apartment Inspections.  We were able to drive through the Wien Woods to go to one apartment and it was absolutely beautiful!  It was a very foggy morning with a thick haze, but the hills were alive with color.  It was the first time we had driven this way and we really enjoyed it.  We have been so blessed to see so much beauty and so many different landscapes.  We are also so grateful to have a car and be able to drive and see these out of the way places.  

We are so glad to have inspections done for another few weeks.  This is Transfer Call week.  We cannot believe how fast this transfer has gone.  We will truly miss the missionaries that will be moving on to new assignments and a few completing their missions and returning home.  Next week we will have many new missionaries arriving. We received word Saturday that 10 of the missionaries in our zone of 25 will  be transferred on Wednesday.  It will be a big change and a new opportunity to get to know the  10 new missionaries. 

I thought this would be a short post this week as we did not have many adventures until we had P-Day today and visited the KlosterNeuburg. 

Composite Picture

Klosterneuburg Monastery owes its foundation to the marriage between Leopold III of Babenberg and Agnes of Waiblingen, the daughter of Emperor Heinrich IV, in 1106.  According to legend, Agnes lost her bridal veil shortly after the wedding.  Leopold vowed to build a monastery on the very site where the valuable textile would be found.  And indeed:  Nine years later the veil was found completely unscathed in an elder bush, above which the Virgin Mary appeared.  This is what the legend tells us however, no legend is the rich dowry of Agnes, which made it possible for Leopold to keep his vows and enabled the the foundation stone of the collegiate church in 1114.  The Church was built between 1114 and 1136 as a Romanesque Basillica with a transept and crossing tower.  Present-day appearance is a result of restoration from 1882-1887.

Organ

They Church was very ornate and majestic especially with the age of the building.  They were setting up for a wedding and it was fun to see the Bride and Groom and wedding party in the beautiful setting.

After the plans for the foundation of a new diocese had foundered, Leopold III transferred the collegiate church and building to the Augustinian canons in 1133 and they still live and work here to this day.  Due to his generous endowment, the monastery quickly developed into a spiritual and cultural center.  Centuries of pastoral and intellectual activity as well as the extensive library and art collections testify to his generosity and the monastery's prominence.  They currently have 47 men living in the monastery with 1/4 in training and the remaining are Priests.  They have large vineyards that are in idea growing conditions on the mountainside leading down tot he Danube River.  It is the oldest winery in Vienna. 

 RULE OF ST AUGUSTINE
The first purpose for which you have come together is to live in unity in the house and to be of one mind and one heart on the way to God.
Therefore, let all live together in harmony and love.  And in each other, honor God, whose temples  you have become.

This is a Nativity (Weihnachtskrippe) in red coral made in Trapani Sicily in 1650. 

 Ceiling in the large social hall of the personal residence.  There is a cornucopia filled with children as a depiction of Maria Theresa and all of her children. 

 Ceiling of dining room

This is the Dining Room with the ceiling a relief of King Solomon at his table.  He was an idle of the Royalty and was used as a symbol of power.

Picture in private chapel depicting 5 scenes in the Life of Christ.

This is one of the only original rooms.  It is still in rough stone and was only opened to the public in 2011.  It is used as the gift store and cafe. 

 These two figures were made

Day of Judgement

from 1 elephant tusk that was split in half and each piece was intricately carved from the one piece of ivory.  They depict the Day of Judgement and the evil spirits being cast down. 
I am teaching this week about the War in Heaven with the Plan of Heavenly Father to send His Son to to earth. 
In Revelation 12:7
"And there was a war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.  And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."   When I saw these pieces I thought of the War in Heaven and Satan and his followers being cast down.  For me, the Day of Judgement will have more mercy and hope because of Jesus Christ and His life, atonement and resurrection.  He created the earth to provide a place where God's children could live and progress toward eternal life.  He wants us to return to our Heavenly Father and has provided a Plan and a way for each one of us. 
The History and the Art is so important for us to learn about and to appreciate for what it is.  I am grateful for those who came before me and also for the preservation of historical things. 

We ended our afternoon at an Eis shop (gelato shop).  It was recommended to us by one of the YSA and it was the best we have had in Austria.  It is a good thing it is out of the way and not close - so we can limit the times we will visit.   It was a great way to end the week.

Wishing our oldest grandson, Adam a Happy 20th Birthday this next week!  That was hard to type - where has the time gone!

Viel Liebe,
The Grimmett's

Oct. 6-12, 2019 Institute Meet and Greet

Picture of the Week!  We were sitting on the tram and this little dog was in the aisle across from us and was the cutest ever.  I had to take a few pictures with her big eyes and cute outfit.

So glad to have our spirits recharged this past week.  We had such an amazing, fun, adventurous, spiritual week last week we were ready to face this week and all that we had going on.  We started Monday with Russ attending our District Council and I stayed home and made 80 Cinnamon Rolls for the Monday Family Home Evening that we were going to watch the final session of General Conference.  With the time difference it is broadcast live at 10 PM  and so we watched it later on Monday night.  We actually stayed up and watched it Sunday evening, but made it available for anyone who wanted to come to the Institute and watch it on the big screen.  We had a large group, especially when they found out we had Cinnamon Rolls and Waffles with bacon and fried potatoes.  We had a man, Manuel, just walk in from the street and said he had been a member years ago and just felt a need to come back and see what was going on in the building.  He stayed and ate and had a nice discussion with the visiting BYU professor, Bro. Keele.  He actually made an appointment to meet with the missionaries on Friday evening.  He is a very nice man and made the hardest first step in coming back to Church by coming in the building.  Once he was there, he knew he was in a good place with people who really cared that he was there.

Tuesday began bright and early at an 8:00 AM appointment to meet a plumber at the Sister's Apartment.  We did our apartment inspection while we were there and we love the time we spend with all of our missionaries.  Sis. Mendenhall and Sis. Griffith are wonderful Sister missionaries and their apartment is kept very clean.  They told us they were having a problem with their dishwasher not cleaning or the soap pod not dissolving so I opened it up, removed all of the filters and drains and cleaned everything.  I checked everything I knew and did not find anything that would cause a problem.  I gave them some new soap pods to try and then I said, let's start it and see what it does.  They did not know how to start it - that's OK, I don't know how to start mine either, Russ always starts the dishwasher.  So, we got out the manual and read what the dial numbers meant and found out they were only using a pre-wash rinse cycle.  We showed them how to start it and they are so happy.  It is always good when we can help with the little things that make a big difference.

We did some shopping for our big Wednesday event and then hurried back home to finish preparing for a District P-day activity and then went to the activity.

 It was ALL THINGS PUMPKIN.
They had asked if I would help make some fun pumpkin foods.  They each brought a pumpkin and had so much fun carving them.  We have two Elders from England in this group and they did not get too excited about the activity.  They were trying to figure out what it was all about.
It is fun to see what they carved on their pumpkins.  You can really see what is on their minds and things close to their hearts!
Funniest thing ever was Elder Kuttler wanting to make a pumpkin head.  He is a big guy with a big head and he bought the biggest pumpkin he could find.  He had so much fun making it and we all got a great laugh.

Our Zone Leaders

Swiss Flag

Two Sister Missionaries

Temple

Dinner in a Pumpkin with Pumpkin Waffles

PUMPKIN DIP
1 (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 (15 oz) can pumpkin
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ginger
Mix:  cream cheese and powdered sugar until creamy.
Add:  pumpkin and spices, mixing well.
Cover:  Chill 8 hrs..  Serve with gingersnaps, apple or pear slices

Canned pumpkin is not available here so I cooked a pumpkin and used the fresh pureed pumpkin.  It was so good and especially good on the pumpkin waffles.

PUMPKIN WAFFLES
1 1/2 cups flour
3 tsp. baking powder       1/2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. cinnamon                1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. ginger                     1 pinch salt
2 eggs                               1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup pumpkin                  1 2/3 c. milk
4 Tbl. butter, melted

Mix together flour, baking powder, soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and salt in large bowl.
In a second bowl, add eggs, sugar, pumpkin, milk and butter.  Beat Well.
Gently fold in the flour mixture.
Cook in hot waffle iron.  Can be made in Belgian or regular waffle iron.  Makes about 8

With homemade Buttermilk syrup and the pumpkin did, they were soooo good!

The Dinner in a Pumpkin is a family tradition on Halloween.  I was able to create a new recipe out of necessity due to a lack of available ingredients.  It was better than the original.

DINNER IN A PUMPKIN


1 Medium pumpkin
1 Tbl. oil
1 onion, diced
1 cup mushrooms
1 1/2 lbs. hamburger
salt and pepper to taste
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 Tbl. soy sauce
4 cups cooked rice

Preheat oven to 375*
Cut out top of pumpkin and clean out inside.  I put the pumpkin in the oven at this point.
Saute' onion and mushrooms in oil.  Add beef  and cook until done.  Drain.  Add salt and pepper.
In a large bowl mix soup, brown sugar and soy sauce.  Add beef mixture and rice.  Remove partially cooked pumpkin from oven and add beef and rice mixture.  Replace top and Bake 1 hour or until pumpkin is soft.  Scoop out pumpkin and filling to serve.  (leftover filling that does not fit in pumpkin can be put in a casserole dish and baked in the oven for about 30 min.
New Option:  We cannot get canned condensed soup.  We have KNORR dry soup mixes.  One of their soup flavors is pumpkin.  I used it instead of the cream of chicken and used 2 cups of water instead of 3 that were called for in the recipe.  It was so creamy and pumpkin flavored.  It brought the recipe to a new level and the missionaries ate the Whole thing!

OK, enough of recipes.
This is just the start of food thoughts, however.  Wednesday was our big Meet and Greet to start off the new school year and Institute classes.  We have been preparing for it for weeks.

The guests said they had never seen a buffet table filled like this before.  It really looked nice and they all really enjoyed it.
I made 250 meatballs, ham and cheese sliders and chicken salad on mini croissants.  Very common foods for me, but a real treat for them.  They loved the meatballs and said, now we know why you say they are your famous meatballs!
People kept saying, "We need your recipes", and Russ kept telling them, you can buy her recipe book.

 I served apples with the pumpkin dip and a caramel dip.  Once they realized the pumpkin was not a curry dip - curry is a big thing here-they loved it.  I made granola bar bites, oreo cookie bon bons, ginger cookies with ginger cream spread, brownie bites with a chocolate covered raspberry and then we bought a local favorite Lebkuchen cookies. It was a feast and I am so glad they enjoyed it.  Pres. Jankowski from the Stake Presidency was so pleased that it was so nice and that people were staying and talking and eating and not leaving like they normally do at the end of  meeting.

 

 This is one of our happy students.  He served his mission in Twin Falls, ID (my hometown) so we have had a connection since we met.  That was his first plate and many more trips to the buffet were had.

The food was nice, but the real success of the night was filling the Institute with people.  We had about 60 people in attendance - we filled the building.  It was so nice meeting new students and having many bring friends for the first time.  We had an opening meeting to introduce the new teachers, student leadership, and outline the new year.  We then divided into the two classes, German and English.  We will be teaching the English class, Jesus Christ and the Everlasting Gospel.  We had 21 in the class and it was so rewarding being back in the classroom.  I will forever be grateful to the Institute Directors that I was so blessed to work with and to learn from.  I am grateful for the past 8 years that I taught the Adult Religion Class in Arlington.  It was a great preparation for this time in my life.  We had a great class discussion and participation.  It was only a 20 minute class and I needed to have it prepared well so that they would see what an awesome curriculum we would be studying and why they would want to come back.  The best part of all of it is how it blesses our lives as we prepare for the class and learn before we ever get there to present the lesson.  It is going to be a great semester.

Can you tell I love FALL and all that comes with it.  Food, smells, holidays, colors, nature and traditions with family.  Looking forward to seeing what Fall is like in Vienna.

We got to be part of history today as Eliud Kipchoge broke the record for the fastest time to run a Marathon under 2 hours.  It is not an official race, but it was amazing to watch him run and we were also at the finish line to see him break his own record and all of the celebrating.  Vienna was selected because of the weather, ideal park to run in at the Prater - it is 5 km one way with large round a bouts on each end to turn around in.  He had 7 other runners running with him to break the wind and keep the pace.  They would run one round (5 km) and then trade out with new runners.  His goal was to run it under 2 hours and he came in at 1:59:40 to break the record - his own best time. The event was sponsored by INEOS 1:59 challenge, No Humansislimited. We got our exercise in as well walking in the park and them speed walking 1 km to get to the finish line before he arrived there.  It was a great way to start a beautiful Fall Saturday morning.

Victory Lap

We then went to the Stake Center and helped with a Clothing/Household items exchange.  They invite their friends and neighbors to come and participate.  Items are donated and you can take what you need.  I found a nativity made on a glass brick so I took it to put up in the Institute.  We each found some nice winter boots and a Christmas tie to use at the Mission White Elephant Gift exchange in December.  All in all it was a productive day.

We were given permission to purchase a new Dining Room table so that we can have more people for dinner.  We purchased the table on Friday at IKEA and Elders Boden and Olsen volunteered to come and help us get it into the apartment.  I made a new recipe I found for Chick Pea Tacos.  They actually were really good.  I also had taco meat and rice with homemade Salsa and chips.  They are learning that when they volunteer to help there is usually a meal waiting for them.  They were really happy to have lunch today after we had all worked at the Stake Clothing Exchange.  They offered to help put together the new table, but we knew they had better things to do.  Russ said, it will only take us about 30 minutes.  Three hours later we finished and can now enjoy our Saturday evening at home. Sounds like a Hallmark movie will be a good finish to the day.

I want to close with the words to a Hymn that our friend who came to the Institute on Monday night asked us sing on Friday evening when he came to meet with the missionaries.  He asked if we knew this hymn and if we would sing it with him.  Not very many knew the song, but it was a neat experience and the words are beautiful.

EACH LIFE THAT TOUCHES OURS FOR GOOD
Each life that touches ours for good
Reflects thine own great mercy, Lord;
Thou sendest blessings from above
Thru words and deeds of those who love.

What greater gift dost thou bestow,
What greater goodness can we know
Than Christlike friends, whose gentle ways
Strengthen our faith, enrich our days.

When such a friend from us departs,
We hold forever in our hearts
A sweet and hallowed memory,
Bringing us nearer, Lord, to thee.

For worthy friends whose lives proclaim
Devotion to the Savior's name,
Who bless our days with peace and love,
We praise they goodness, Lord, above. 

Viel Liebe,
The Grimmett's