Go see him. Take your recorder. Get all those stories!

Thanks.

But, put the “nicht” at the end. We’ll make a German of you yet!

It’s Jawohl, Ardis!

And, who knows. There were enough Germans in the Brooklyn Branch in the 1920s and 30s that it’s altogether possible that a few went back to Germany and joined the Schutz Staffel.

As I read over this, I couldn’t help trying to recall if such was the condition of the quorums in Germany. One German member mentioned that during the 1920s they only had about 10% of the gospel (I assume this means Church organization rather than doctrine). It’s interesting, too, that right before the withdrawl of the missionaries from Europe in 1939, the West German mission went through extreme efforts to prepare the German Church to be on its own. This included calling and preparing preisthood (and RS) leaders. Whether there were quorums organized at that point I don’t know.

First, I live in a ward with a large geographical area. Some of the visiting teaching and home teaching challenges are similar to what you’ve described. At one point my husband had the following home teaching assignment: drive half an hour to pick up his home teaching companion who doesn’t drive. Drive 15 minutes back to visit the family. Spend an hour and a half with the family, who love to visit. Drive the companion home. Drive home half an hour. And this was just one family on the route, although the other families were assigned with a different companion. (Did I complain? I don’t think so, but I did encourage him to request a change of route!)

I think our current elder’s quorum president is much more pragmatic and is trying to give assignments within unofficial “districts.”

Second, I sure wish I knew when my grandmother’s grandma lived in Washington DC. It should have been around this time, but I don’t know any details.