A day in dresden

Here we are once again. My parents are asleep again. They have been doing a really good job staying awake and are mostly adjusted to the time change. Yesterday we spent the day in Freiberg, Visited the temple, and spent the rest of the day in Dresden. We brought a friend from Prague as our guide, Eva. It was really fun getting to use the fragments of German from all those years ago (Danke Herr Knoblauch!) to get around and to interact with those at the temple. In fact, we met a returned missionary from England and his fiancé who went through the temple together for the first time. The wedding is next month, but we were glad to see them so happy.

In Dresden we parked and then had no idea where to go since we had never been there before, but we managed to find the center of town and to make our way into an art museum with suits of armor and works from master painters like Rembrandt. We weren't allowed to take pictures unfortunately, but it was nice to experience.

Church today was kind of overwhelming given all the good byes and changes that are going on right now. Lots of gifts, lots of tears. But no goodbyes were shared today, just see-you-laters. Whether we will meet sooner or later is not as important as just meeting.

Actually, during sacrament today I was thinking about what words express the deepest pathos in The English language. During the prayers over the sacrament I realized that the last two words are it: "with them" or, more particularly "with you". I think that that is what the AtOneMent is all about, and it's neat seeing this part of my mission unfold: letting go and saying my see-you-laters, then saying hellos and being with my parents. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone next week for sure. It can be very hard to adjust sometimes, since life will throw you curveballs, but I know that despite distances or circumstances or whatever we can be together in the end.

We're about to go for a walk down to Vyšehrad to look at the Vltava river and Dvořák's grave. :D it's Going to be good.