Moulder Memories: OUR NEW HOME IN DETMOLD, GERMANY

Sunday, 13 October 2024

On Thursday, 10 October 2024, Elder & Sister Young drove us to our apartment in Detmold. They had collected several boxes of household goods for us to use in our new apartment if we wanted.

We had an adventuresome 3.5 hour trip south to Detmold. At one point the GPS took us to a blocked road shut down for construction, but it didn't show as a blocked road in Maps. The Young's have made the trip a number of times, so they were able to work around the glitch and got us to our destination, but I made a mental note of that problem since we would be totally relying on Maps to get us places once we have our car.

The apartment is very sparse so I thought I would just record the photos I took. I have shared that we knew there was no kitchen, but that the mission had rented the apartment, bought a kitchen set up from IKEA and have made arrangements with a wonderful member in Bielefeld Ward (30 min. away) to install everything we would need.

Here are the photos I took when we first arrived:

Left: View out the living room windows

Left: This is to be the kitchen area

Above: Elder Moulder looking through the boxes E/Sister Young gave us of household goods from other apartments.

Above: Elder Ermler (ward member who is a service missionary to help maintain apartments) installing lights so we have lights for tonight.

This photo shows that Sis. Young supplied us with a few things in the bathroom, including new towel sets and some cleaning supplies. She was tenacious about getting the apartment clean for us to begin with. She and her husband are a force for sure. The are a great team assembling the IKEA kitchen set to help E. Ermler. They would not let us help at all saying that they have done this so often, they have a way that works best and fastest for them.

Nora, Sister & Elder Young (who are from Lindon, Utah), Ed

Kitchen coming together quickly.

So, we just started unpacking... 😉

This apartment is wonderful! There is so much space for storage in the apartment as well as in the downstairs areas. We have a washer and dryer and there are two closets (or Kellers), one outside in front of the covered parking spot and another inside in another room from the laundry room. Both of these lock so we are confident of their security. E/S Young put together the bedroom closet space for us. It is plenty big for our needs for 18 months, plus two dressers in the bedroom and another in the bathroom.

We are very happy here. There is much to do to make it warm and workable as a home, but it will come together soon. E/S Young have a desk and a couch to bring to us in the next week or so. Beyond that, we will get anything else we need. Probably a TV and a printer. Those are two items we have planned on getting as we have in other missions. We then just leave them for the next senior couple or for the mission or local ward to have.

This is not Eagle Gate Apartment, but, it is NOT on State Street in downtown Salt Lake City! Granted, I don't get to look out the window and see Temple Square, but here is what I do get to see:

Sunrise

and Sunsets (just up the street walking home from the bus stop)

(from my bedroom window)

We are in a little village (a suburb of Detmold) called Hiddesen which has many lovely homes, is very quiet, and has many winding, narrow streets and walking trails.

It is lovely. We have a bus that comes very close to our apartment and gets us quite close to the archive until we get our car. We are only about 3km, or 15 min. from the archive so we are set.

Our first Saturday, we decided to walk around a little. The fall foliage was just beginning here so we had a wonderful walk. Who wouldn't want to be here? 😃