Sunday, June 1, 2014

A New Month - June!

I woke up at 3:30 this morning and wondered if we had left a light on in the other room....and then realized that it was daylight!  We are still heading towards the longest day.

Sundays are always relaxing and refreshing.  Sister Swena brought a young woman from Nigeria to Sacrament meeting today.  She was a lovely person with a radiant smile.  She seemed to enjoy being there, and she must have learned a great deal about the Gospel.....both sacrament meeting and the Sunday School class she attended were incredible.

We also had a man from Japan visit today.  He works for a Danish-owned company and so will probably visit again.  He was a very interesting man who is from the Tokyo area.  He told us how the YSA program is functioning there.  He has worked with the program there I believe.

He is married and has 2 teenagers.  He speaks English very well....in fact, I could hardly hear an accent.  As we talked, I realized why.  He was born to Japanese parents who moved to Brazil - Sao Paulo when he was a baby.  So he essentially was raised as a Brazilian....speaking Portuguese.

When he was 26, he moved to Japan and learned Japanese.  Before that, he served a mission in Curitiba Brazil.  He speaks Portuguese, Japanese, English, German, French, and understands some Spanish and Italian.  He is older than our son-in-law by 10 years, nevertheless we were excited to tell him that Ethan had served there.

This was a rare day that we had nothing after church and so came home to study and write some letters.  I spent most of the day in the loft with the windows open, listening to the songs of the birds and enjoying the ever-changing scenes.

After dinner, we went to the Thornes to play Nines with them and Sister Hamblin.  It is a fun and easy game for people of all ages, and we can just sit and visit while we play.  After the game, we all trooped up to the roof to look at the panorama of Copenhagen.


A view from the front side of the building to the street below and the apartments across the street and beyond. 
There are five lakes all in a row, and we are at the bottom or southern-most lake...this picture is looking north where you can see the second lake in the distance.


You have seen this view before on this blog, but if you look just to the right of the planetarium (strange round shaped building) there is a tall spire in the distance....that is a ride on Tivoli.  The tall building is a Scandia hotel, and the other buildings are mostly apartments.


It is now 9:40 and the sun has set, but it won't be completely dark for quite awhile yet.  It will rise again around 4:30.

It is a little like Gilbert, Arizona.  We endure the cruel heat of the summer to glory in the magnificent winter.  Here, people talk about enduring the long winter nights to enjoy the wonderful light of summer.

4 comments:

  1. Time to get those garden/patio pots planted. They love the long....long days.
    L&P

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  2. I hope we can have them in by Wednesday morning at the latest! I can hardly wait. L&P

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  3. The light sounds amazing, except when you're trying to sleep! What do you do?!

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  4. We have some dark-colored curtains in our bedroom that keep the bright sunlight at bay, but otherwise, the apartment is pretty much flooded with the light that seeps through all blinds and window coverings. It is amazing.

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