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Hitting the Mother Lode of Family History, plus a Piano Concert with Old Friends

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      Saturday was a big day for us, but then again, I should back up a little and say that the previous Sunday, we had an American family in our ward over for a Chicago Pizza lunch. Tyler and Oliva Moore live in the Freiburg ward, where Tyler serves in the Elders' Quorum presidency. Stupid me, I forgot to take pictures, which is truly a glaring omission in a record like this.     They have five sons, the youngest of whom is about 8. In order, there are Viggo, who was not present, then Johann, Magnus, Robert, and Aksel. All of them REALLY enjoyed a taste of the states, and you should have seen their eyes when I told them that we have REAL Ranch dressing for the salad. For some reason, Ranch just hasn't caught on over here, but on (where else?) Amazon, I found a seller in Irvine, CA who ships six four-package boxes over here. For a price, but hey, that's America, and I'll support it.  So we had pizza and salad, plus one of my homemade peach pies, and the aft...