 Although one British Mormon convert had briefly worked in Germany, the first official of the church to arrive in Germany was Orson Hyde on 27 June 1841 as part of his journey to Palestine.He was delayed in Frankfurt by a visa problem and began to learn German.When he returned to Germany on his trip back from Palestine, he spent 30 January to August 1842 in Regensburg and wrote "Ein Ruf aus der Wüste" ("A Cry out of the Wilderness") whilst he was there.