Author Archives: Ann Laemmlen Lewis

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The Enduring Power of Stones and Words

Today, in a place called Marburg, I walked on stones that have been walked for more than a thousand years.  These stones are worn and old.  If they could speak, oh the stories they’d tell!  I wondered about those stories … Continue reading

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The Invisible Woman by Nicole Johnson

On my nightstand at home is a small book by Nicole Johnson that I’ve read and re-read many times as a wife and mother.  And now that I’m living in a land of cathedrals, I’m thinking about it again as … Continue reading

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News from Frankfurt!

Well, we are settling in to our new home in Frankfurt.  It’s been really really fun.  We love it here.  I’m writing now on my mission blog, if you want to find me, I’m here: https://ourfrankfurtgermanymission.blog/ I’ll check in here … Continue reading

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Our Frankfurt Germany Mission Blog

Our Frankfurt Germany Mission Blog As is my custom, I’ll be keeping a separate blog for our mission experiences which can be found here: https://wordpress.com/view/ourfrankfurtgermanymission.blog I’ll pop back over here from time to time with bits and pieces of things … Continue reading

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My Bags are Packed, I’m Ready to Go!

It’s 10:30 p.m.  Tomorrow we depart.  My bags have been packed for a few days now.  John’s bags are still standing empty.  We’ve had visitors dropping by all day to wish us well.  It looks like we’ll use every inch … Continue reading

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How we are preparing to depart

John and I go about preparing to leave in very different ways.  He’s been working all day every day in the yard, (granted we did have another wedding reception here last weekend).  He’s gotten every weed out, trimmed every bush, … Continue reading

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I have my moments . . . again

Here’s a post I wrote in January 2015 as we were preparing to leave for 3 year to go to Yakima.  I woke this morning, remembering these words, feeling every single one of them again.  I’ve been feeling nostalgic all … Continue reading

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The things we carry with us

So here’s another nostalgic thing we did this morning as we are preparing to depart.  We went down to pick out which travel-worn suitcases we’d use this time.  We ended up emptying the corner in our storage room that was … Continue reading

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Evidence that I was here, that I loved and was loved.

I’ve been trying really hard this week to clean and organize my office, my work space.  The hard part is that some things need to go, or I might be called a Hoarder.  I buckled down today and did a … Continue reading

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Stonewood 4th Ward August Cookie Walk

Tonight was our neighborhood Cookie Walk.  This has been one of the most successful ward activities we’ve organized while we’ve headed the activities committee.  It’s been so much fun each month.  The kids love it, the parents love it.  Everyone … Continue reading

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