The prisoners worked as forced labor in local armaments factories. Prisoners came from all over Europe and the Soviet Union-Jews, Poles and other Slavs, the mentally ill and physically disabled, political prisoners, Romani people, gays, Freemasons, prisoners of war, and ordinary criminals. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within Germany’s 1937 borders. We also visited the Nazi concentration camp in Buchenwald, near Weimar, Germany. I went to a temple session in French, I listened with earphones in Spanish, the men at the veil spoke in German, and I responded in English. Schwendiman was the president of the Swiss Temple and we stayed at their house in Switzerland behind the temple. At the beginning of a work trip to Europe, Ron Schwendiman and I spent a few days in Bern, Switzerland. Larry, Teri, Don, Merle, Hailee, and her friend Katie Hess.Ģ001, October 27–November 7. We flew to Maine, then drove 2,300 miles up the eastern seaboard, through New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland. Our family took a two-week trip to eastern Canada to tour Jason’s mission. I attended the conference with Ron Schwendiman and a few other Church employees.Ģ007, July 11–25. I went to Banff, Canada, for the 16th International World Wide Web Conference at the Banff Springs Hotel. (See more details about the trip in the chapter “Church Employee.”) CanadaĢ007, May. I then spent a day or two in New York City. On the return trip, I spent two days in London. I then flew to Harare, Zimbabwe (formerly called Rhodesia until 1980 when a black government was elected and the name of the country was changed to Zimbabwe), to meet with Shona translators. I also took photographs of members to be used in the missionary flipcharts. I then flew to the coastal town of Durban to meet with the Xhosa and Zulu translators. I went to Soweto to coordinate Sotho South translators. I then flew to Johannesburg, South Africa, to coordinate Afrikaans translations. I went to Kenya, to meet with translators and missionary couples there about Swahili and Kisii. I traveled to Africa on a work trip for the Translation Division. Not only did this give us a chance to see much of the country, but also to grow together as a family as we experienced new things together. Nearly every year, our family took a vacation.
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