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Mission blog April 9 Pday activity was to chaperone the Elders and Sisters to the Salt mines. They have been in existence since the Celtics in about 500 BC started to work them. They ceased working them in 1989 when they decided that the operation was to expensive to make a profit. They went from actually mining it like coal to soaking it and extracting it out, where the water was then evaporated. It was a fun excursion. First they give you a jacket and pants to wear to protect your clothing. We rode on a long 5 piece train. It is an engine and four long connected about 10 inch wide rods. Then we went through a very long tunnel until we were down in the mine. It never was very high. We eventually took two long, slippery slide rides, where you have to hold your legs up. They had videos set up where they speak in German and translated in Italian and English, because that is the languages represented in our group. We ran out of time and so plan on going back to see the Celtic village and the “Silent Night” museum.

Actually we were trying to get back to Salzburg and Neumarkt for appointments. So we left and headed back for the Postbus to pick us up. However, we ended up waiting for 1 ½ hours. So we had plenty of time to go through the village and see the museum. So it was a bit of a bummer. We plan on going back though We had the missionaries and Rosie (Our investigator) for Easter dinner. She is the one headed to Serbia. Her husband is all ready there. She is the one who requested help getting clothing together. She asked if there was a DVD of the restoration in Hungrian or Serbian. Preferably Serbian as she is anxious to show it to her relatives. So we are working on it.