February 1, 2010

ok so i know that this is in german but what it basically says is that the 5 existing misssions in the german speaking area here of the Lords vineyard will be condensed into 3 missions.   They have been slowly over time making the amount of missionaries in our mission smaller and that means that we have bust it harder than ever to bring those unto Christ here.   We need your prayers more than ever as we go about this work.   This is really crazy.   This is a huge change.   in this email that i attached from president condie about this change there are two other attachments hopefully they got sent to you.   They explain it a little bit better in English and there are also a picture of the new missions that will be here in Germany Switzerland and Austria.   WOW!!!!!

Liebe Mitarbeiter im Werk des Herrn,


vielen Dank für Ihre Mitwirkung in dieser wunderbaren Arbeit. Die Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten
Tage wird durch Ihre Bemühungen befestigt. Danke sehr sowohl für Ihren Fleiß als auch Ihre Widmung.


Anbei finden Sie einen Entwurf eines Briefs, dessen Inhalt Sie diese Woche in einem ausgedruckten Brief
bekommen werden. Der zweite Anhang bezieht sich auf die Grenzen von drei neuen Missionen im Deutsch-
Sprachigen Raum.


Diese Bekanntmachung wird wahrscheinlich einige Fragen und Bedenken hervorrufen. Alle Fragen werden bei
Interviews oder Zonenkonferenz beantwortet werden. Falls Sie nicht bis dann auf eine Antwort warten können
bitte meldsen Sie sich bei mir an. Ich spreche gerne mit Ihnen.


Möge der Herr uns alle sowohl heute als auch jeden Tag segnen.



Liebe Grüße,






Robert G. Condie



Deutsch-Österreichische Mission München


Lommelstraße 7


D-81479 München










My Beloved Missionaries,


Words cannot adequately express my affection for you and appreciation for your greatness. I believe you were there as the noble and great intelligences were shown to Abraham in the premortal world. Along with all the people you have influenced for good, many of whom have entered the waters of baptism, received the gift of the Holy Ghost and are on the path that leads to eternal life, I express my gratitude for your faithfulness, your diligence and most certainly for your obedience.




Like you, all great servants of the Lord learn early to follow the direction received from their leaders and to do so with faith. Nephi said to his father, “I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them” (1 Nephi 3:7).

The Savior himself did the will of the Father, in spite of personal preferences. On the Mount of Olives as he prepared to suffer His infinite atonement he prayed, saying, “Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done” (Luke 22:42).Keeping in mind this willingness to do what the Lord commands, last week I enthusiastically received from the Europe Area Presidency a letter in which they announced the formation of three new missions from the five existing German-speaking missions. A map showing the boundaries of the new missions is enclosed.

This change is to take effect on 1 July 2010. On that date two of the current mission presidents, President Matern of the Switzerland Zurich Mission and President Thompson of the Germany Hamburg Mission, will be released as usual, each having served valiantly in his respective mission for three years. Presidents Ninow (Frankfurt), Pimentel (Berlin) and I will continue to serve here.

The new mission over which President Pimentel will preside includes six stakes and two districts in northern Germany. President Ninow will preside over five stakes and one district in central Germany. His mission will include the Nürnberg Germany Stake.

The Brethren have designated my field of labor to include the Vienna and Salzburg Austria Stakes; the St. Gallen, Zürich and Bern Switzerland Stakes; and the Stuttgart and Munich Germany Stakes. For this opportunity I am grateful, but it is, indeed, an increased stewardship; and, of course, I am saddened to realize that I will no longer closely associate with some of our outstanding missionaries and the great members and leaders in the Nürnberg Stake.

Although many details regarding this change have yet to be determined and announced, of this one thing I am certain: to establish the Church within this new mission will require the consecrated efforts of everyone involved: members, missionaries and mission president. This requirement has not changed! This we strive to do in our great Germany Munich/Austria Mission!

The Area Presidency explained the reason for the consolidation of missions and redrawing of boundaries as follows: “This move will not affect the role of the missionaries. It is a positive move as the Church continues to expand throughout the earth and as ward and stake leaders and members take a more active role in missionary work.” Therefore, I encourage each of us to remain focused on our purpose to invite all to come unto Christ. Without interruption we shall continue to find, teach and baptize our Father’s children who are prepared to receive the restored gospel of Jesus Christ.

That the Lord will bless our efforts as we serve Him with all our heart, might, mind and strength is my prayer as I remain

Your fellow servant,

Robert G. Condie

Enclosure: Map of new mission boundaries

cc: Parents

Elder Louis Weidmann

tell devin that yes schnitzel is breaded meat that has been fried. that we are rollin it here in Bamberg with busses, but mostly with feet, and that what we cook is pure deliciousness. knödel. rotkohl. blaukraut. stir fry. salads. ect.