This is a picture of Gary when he came and suprised me in Germany. I was at home during a preparation day when the doorbell rang which is very strange for missionaries to have company. I answered the door and Gary yelled (in typical Gary fashion). He and Teresa had come to Germany on business and made arrangements to stop and see me for a day. It was an awesome suprise. My mission president and companion knew about it beforehand so they had made sure we were home. He had rented a car and had an awesome time driving on the autobahn where you can drive really fast. He did fall asleep in traffic and I had to wake him up because of jet lag. We went to Colonge and saw the sites there and they even came with me to visit a member, Martina Masur. She was one of my favorites and I really wanted Gary to meet her. Another awesome suprise on my mission was when the phone rang one Mother's day and it was Gary. I was lecturing him about breaking the rules and he was telling me "rules are suggestions" when I heard Kevin on the line. It was so neat to be able to talk to Kevin because we were both serving missions at the same time although he was in Uraguay. This is the kind of thing Gary was always famous for....making the impossible, possible. Gary hung up after a while and Kevin and I talked. These are some of my great mission memories. Gary also spoke at my farewell. The essence of his talk was surrounding D&C 82:10...."I the Lord am bound when ye do what I say but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise." That is one of my favorite scriptures.
