Walking out our front door into the middle of campus has become a very busy place. Students are spending more time outdoors and there is more bike and foot traffic. One gorgeous day we took a walk past the busyness of the platz. We only had to go about 3 blocks to find this old Lutheran Church from about the late 1700s and the cemetery that surrounds it. You know how much I love cemeteries. I took tons of pictures! This is just one small corner.

Just up the street from the church is a magnificent botanical garden. Can you see the fish? Are these pirhana? The sign said they were. It was so nice to walk through the gardens and witness such a variety of amazing plants - large and small!

This wonderful gentleman taught Sunday School this Sunday. He was talking about the sacredness of the holy scriptures and how they have evolved from the original scripts. He showed us this Bible from 1752 and compared several verses from this bible with current scripture. It brought to mind - We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly! The mother of this darling family is my translator when I speak in Sacrament Meeting. She is so fun to work with and her kids are absolute dolls. We may have been a little irreverent this week but we had a good time giving my talk!