Ed & Debbie Lamb

We were blessed to have all our children and grandchildren join us in Germany for Christmas. The office was closed for two weeks so we went on holiday together. So many Christmas markets and castles; so much snuggling, and schnitzel! We feel so blessed. TEMPLE TRIP CHRISTMAS MARKETS FRANKFURT BAD HOMBURG RUDESHEIM STRASBOURG, FRANCE The…

We spent another busy week in the office. We finished the country strategy council meetings for Switzerland and Luxembourg, closed projects, worked on the area emergency plan, and planned our January trip to Türkiye. We baked and delivered Christmas cookies. The senior sister missionaries were invited to Sister Alliaud’s home for a Christmas luncheon with…

We spent another busy week in the office. Among other things we completed country strategies for Türkiye, Belgium and the Netherlands. Seven countries down, two to go! Each Tuesday afternoon Sister Enger, who is almost 80 years old offers a German culture class for senior missionary sisters. I have never taken the opportunity to go…

OUR WEEK IN THE OFFICE We had a productive week in the office finalizing Country Strategy plans for France, Germany, Austria, and Spain. This has involved many council meetings with our in-field couples and welfare and self-reliance managers. Our strategy is to have two areas of focus for our humanitarian work in each country so…

MEAL MEETING Our week started off with a two-day MEAL Retreat in a conference room in our office in Frankfurt. (MEAL stands for Measure, Evaluate, Assess, and Learn) It is rare that all four Welfare & Self-Reliance Area couples are in the office at the same time. It is a privilege to serve with the…

We returned from the floods in Spain last Thursday night and flew to Türkiye last Saturday morning. We arrived in Istanbul within minutes of our Salt Lake visitors, Kylan Brown and Jacqueline Lovell-Lanz. On Sunday morning we stood outside the hotel at exactly 9:05 for three minutes of silence to commemorate the death of the…

Our quiet catch-up week in the office soon turned chaotic with the massive flooding in Spain that began on October 29. We flew to Valencia, Spain last Friday to offer support. Spain is enduring its worst flooding disaster in decades, as a year’s worth of rain fell in 24 hours. Over 200 people perished and…

On Monday morning we flew to Adana, Türkiye where we met our translator Meric, the Hubers and our regional manager Davide.  Early Tuesday morning we piled in the van for the two-plus hour drive into the Hatay region!  This was Ed’s first time driving in Türkiye and he drove like a Turk weaving in and…

Last Saturday morning we got up early and drove four hours to Utrecht in the Netherlands. Fall vegetation was spilling over the walls along the highway. We attended a four-stake Relief Society Conference. (Three stakes in the Netherlands and one from Belgium). Hundreds of women gathered to be spiritually uplifted, to listen to speakers and…

We arrived in Germany eight weeks ago and this is only the second full week we have spent in the office. It was good to dig in and get some work done. Besides our regular meetings, we worked with our three infield couples in Spain to present five of their projects for approval. One was…