After 14 months in the Germany Hamburg Mission, in March of 1989 Elder Craig Miles received a transfer to become one of the first missionaries into the German Democratic Republic. He experienced a wide range of unique experiences including traveling back and forth through Checkpoint Charlie, being tailed by the Stasi, witnessing some of the earliest Monday Demonstrations in Leipzig during the fall of 1989, and seeing the final May 1st parade through East Berlin. And of course the highlight of his time was getting to know the strong members of the Church in the GDR and seeing the light of gospel touch many lives.

See photos and descriptions of many of these events here. 

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