Refugee Report

Last fall I was asked to help with tracking the distribution of of blankets, underwear and hygiene kit items for refugees in the Europe area. There is a lot to be said for organized religion! Here are some UK saints who assembled 2,000 hygiene kits for refugees in Calais.

Missionaries and members assembled kits and entertained children at the Messe in Berlin.

Here's my cryptic fashion of keeping track of orders.

The December 9th Rome East Stake order for 6,000 kits came to fruition as this video portrays. You get the idea even if it's in Italian.

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Here is the Kleiderbörse in Oberursel, run by the Catholic Church, where some of us senior sisters helped organize and distribute used clothing to people in centers around Frankfurt. Buses would bring small groups each morning and they would have 10 minutes to choose what they needed. Then another group arrived.

Sisters Johnson and Hacking above.  Sister Bausman and I found a treasure! I almost brought it home to Rand, who would like to wear it whenever he's frustrated with Word.

Unfortunately things have changed here in Hessen so we're praying for another avenue to help.

A sister in our ward brings yarn and needles to give to the Bod Hamburg refugees. 

Better than sitting around while they wait for their registration to be processed.

Another sister teaches German language to this class at a center near her home.

You can listen to

President Uchtdorf's interview 

about being a refugee. I love his attitude - don't be overwhelmed; just help.


Elder Ballard's visit to Europe in November.

Reaching Out To The Poor and Needy