Ed & Debbie Lamb

We rode our bikes to the office twice this week. It is an invigorating 20-minute ride through green farm fields. Among other things we prepared three humanitarian projects to present for approval on Monday. Bern, Switzerland- Hygiene Care Bags for Women and Children Escaping Domestic Violence.Women fleeing abuse arrive in shelters with few or no…

We were in charge of FHE on Monday night. Since we are responsible for emergency response for the Europe Central Area, we chose the theme of Emergency Preparedness. We told everyone about some of the emergency projects in the Europe Central Area in 2024 and what was donated. Türkiye Earthquake: container camps, water filters, mobile…

Our week in the office was brightened when Peter Huber dropped by to say hello. He has been called as the District President in Türkiye and was in Frankfurt on some business. Elder and Sister Huber are the couple who served as missionaries supporting Türkiye before we arrived. Elder Lamb made delicious gumbo and king…

1- Project PrepWe had a busy week in the office. One of our many tasks is to prepare projects to present for approval. There was a lot of back and forth with our delightful in field couple in Rome this week as we prepared six Italian humanitarian projects to present next week. We hope they…

We spent a wonderful week in Ankara, Türkiye with Elder and Sister Thayn who are the new Area couple that support Türkiye. They live in Izmir. We needed a couple that could live in country instead of us flying back-and-forth between Frankfurt and Türkiye. We will meet again in a few weeks in the Hatay…

The highlight of our week was a visit from Elder and Sister Bednar. They toured our office on Thursday morning and shook hands with all of us. On Friday morning they spoke to us in a special devotional. Elder and Sister Palmer accompanied them. It was a spiritual feast. FUTURE PROJECTS Elder and Sister Muehlmann…

We have been busy in the office preparing and presenting humanitarian projects for approval. Here are some projects that have been approved during the last two weeks: Lecce, Italy- Supporting CIR (Italian Council for refugees) to assist 120 vulnerable women/girls, minors/young adults that are victims of sexual exploitation and exploited farm workers who need protection.…

The week began with a potluck dinner for FHE. We said goodbye to Elder and Sister Lewis who have been our zone leaders. They were the ones who called us in Utah as soon as we received our call to orient us to living in Germany. They picked us up at the airport and took…

Several new missionary couples have arrived this month, and they all gathered in Frankfurt for training this week. Elder and Sister Thayn will be the Area Humanitarian specialists assigned to Türkiye and will be living there. We will work together on earthquake rebuild projects, but they will take over the support for humanitarian work in…

The thirty plus senior missionary couples who serve in the Europe Central Area Office in Frankfurt are organized into a zone. We gather with each other for many activities. There were several this past week. MAINZLast Saturday before our daughter Becca returned home, she and two of our grandchildren joined us for a zone activity…