Bern Switzerland Temple

Bern Switzerland was my 57th Temple

When I was growing up, I always told everyone I wanted to serve my mission in Switzerland.  In college I had a collection jar that said "Camille's Mission Fund" on it.  A boy from my Family Home Evening Group turned the tag around and wrote "Camille's Wedding Dress Fund" on the back.  Well, he turned out to be right - I got married before serving a mission (back then the mission age was 21 for sisters- if it had been 19 like it is today, I would have made it!) so I will never know if I might have been called to serve in Switzerland.  But it has always been my dream to go to Switzerland!  In May of 2024 I finally got my wish!  I went on a European road trip with my son's family and Switzerland was one of the 10 countries that we visited.  Knowing how much I love temples, of course the Bern Switzerland Temple was first on the list of places to visit in Switzerland!  

The Bern Switzerland Temple is located at Tempelstrasse 2 CH-3052  Zollikofen, Switzerland.  It was dedicated in 1955 and then re-dedicated in 1992.  My son and I did sealings at this temple.  I live in a small town in Wyoming, but I found it amazing that even though we were across the earth in Europe, we still found connections with people we met at the temple to places & people we knew in Wyoming. It's such a small world in the Church! All of the people that we encountered were so kind to us.

My son and his family with me at the temple

Me at the temple

I think that perhaps my favorite thing about the Bern Temple is the playground right next to it that my grandsons played on with my daughter-in-law while my son was in the temple with me.