Coming and Going

 


Elder Stephens and Elder Cemer
We picked Elder Cemer up at the airport
on Tuesday afternoon.  


Sister Stephens, Elder Stephens, and Elder Cemer
Tuesday, March 24, 2026


On Thursday, March 26, we went to 
downtown Berlin to the Berlin Hbf
(train station hub) to purchase a 
train card for an arriving missionary.
The office had moved from that train station 
to another one.  We had a heck of a time
finding the new office, parking, walking to the
train station, walking back to our car and
trying to get our car out of the parking garage.
These experiences are ones I will never
forget, hope to never repeat, and try not to 
dwell on.  


I got my nails done this week.  
I have let them grow out a bit-looking good!


Sister Stephens, Sister Ihln, and Elder Stephens
At the airport.  Sister Ihln finally got her Visa
so she could leave for her mission.  Her call
is to St. George Utah to the visitor's center and temple.


Sister Stephens, Elder Stephens, and Elder Radle
Elder Radle is returning home to the Ogden/Layton
Utah area.  He plans to attend school at Utah State
University so we should be able to see him
again after we return home to Logan.  


Sister Stephens, Elder Stephens, Elder Radle, and Sister Ihln


We were in the grocery store on Friday evening 
when this sweet young lady tapped on my 
shoulder and wanted to talk to us.  She is a member
who attends the Dahlem Ward.  She saw our name
tags and wanted to talk to us.  She served a mission
in London, England


We visited Sachsenhausen which is a German Concentration Camp.
It is located a little more than an hour north of Berlin.


One of the guard towers in the background.


We took the "tour" on our own.  Many tourists come in
large busses and have tour guides.  


Cell Construction:  Special Prison of the Gestapo 


Some prisoners were held in a prison cell that was more
isolated than the regular prisoners of war.


The Prison hall


A Prison Cell and bed


Many of the barracks have been torn down but the 
footings remain.


Gary and Louise at Sachsenhausen


The Prison building in the background was rebuilt
using materials from several other buildings.


Barb wire fencing into no man's land and then a 
10 foot fence with barb wire on top.


Louise-28 March 2026


Prisoner dining area


Prisoner toilets


Prisoner bathing fountains 



Statue of Unity


Louise in the "firing squad" area.  The wooden
sides stopped bullets from traveling outside
the execution area.


"And I know one thing more - that the Europe of the future
cannot exist without commemorating all those,
regardless of their nationality, who were killed at that time
with complete contempt and hate, who were tortured to death,
starved, gassed, incinerated and hanged..."
Andrzej Szczypiorski
Prisoner of the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, 1995


Gas and incineration chambers


Statue - moving the dead


The camp had a infirmary where some
were treated and some were experimented
on.  Forced sterilization and castration were
done here.


The drive to the site was through a wooded 
area and was quite beautiful.


Annika Westphal and Sister Stephens
She was baptized 29 March 2026


Sister Schubert, Sister Wyatt, Annika, and Sister Williams


Happy Palm Sunday
as we look forward
to Easter.



























































 



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