We purchased our bus passes for the next month and rode the bus(es) to the Young Single Adult Center, with a 2 1/2 hour detour. I would normally take about 20 minutes to get there, but after taking one bus halfway and getting on another to go the other half, we discovered that Sis. Telford had left her backpack on one of the buses. Among other things it contained a new laptop with all of their pictures and other vital documents. In all the time she has been in Denmark, she has never done anything like that.
She was distressed and retraced her steps to the last bus stop. I went with her. We looked everywhere and finally got on a bus going the same direction as the last one we had taken to ask the driver for help. He told us that we should stay on the bus until the end of the line (about 25 minutes) and check to see if it had been found. When we arrived we asked around ...first an older Dane who couldn't speak English (neither of us are fluent in Danish, although Sis Telford did a great job of helping him understand what we were looking for). He tried to help us, but we didn't understand. A younger man came along and told us in English that a backpack had been found with a computer in it. He gave us directions to the bus barn...a long trek over cobblestones and back alleys to an industrial sort of bus garage. We found it, where some very pleasant people returned it to us.
I thought Sis. Telford was going to kneel right there in the office to offer up thanks. We withdrew a discreet distance and thanked the Lord for that tender mercy and for the honesty and kindness of the Danish people. We retraced our steps and and caught the bus back to the center where we were given a grand tour. I don't know what we will do with the Telfords...they have been so kind to us and have given us a great deal of help.
We were at the Young Single Adult center for Family Home Evening. They were spectacular young people. In they came laughing and visiting. Before long, the center was filled with happy sounds. So many hugged the Telfords and wished them well, and expressed great regret as seeing them go. I'll bet none of them felt as bad as I did though.
A young sister gave a marvelous lesson using scriptures on fear. She spoke so rapidly in Danish that I didn't get much....but I loved just watching them all. Then she spoke in English, and I had to REALLY listen hard because she spoke so fast even in English. There are others who speak slowly and I love to listen to them without such effort on my part.
Refreshments and home around 9:30....then blissful sleep. I hope I can get caught up.
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