Good Men - What a Blessing!

Since Wednesday is typically our preparation day for the meal on Thursday, we used today to plan our menu and write up our shopping lists.  I am hoping it will be a simple meal, but they are usually my "famous last words."  Madsen's Law says that everything takes longer than it is supposed to.  Madsen's Law #2 is that everything is more involved than I think it will be.

We got our shopping done and then we timed ourselves walking as fast as we could to the new center.  There is a reason for that.  We met Brother Andersen (in charge of Denmark's Seminaries and Institutes), Brother Graham (in charge of the stake's physical facilites), Morten (our dashing young co-president of the YSAs) and the real estate agent there to see how it is coming.  We are on course for September.

It is much smaller than than the center we are in right now.  There will be one large classroom, one smaller multi-purpose room, a restroom and a brand-new kitchen.   :-)  There is also a courtyard with picnic tables and chairs for a dozen or more.  We were all very pleased with it.  It will be great.  It is in a super location which will be easier for everyone to get to, and will be central to so many events and places in Copenhagen.

It took us about 20 minutes to walk there.  There is no parking, so we will have to work out how to carry food, groceries, pots and pans and linens back and forth.  I always take the tablecloths and dish towels and cloths home to wash.  They alone would be quite a burden to carry the 20-minute walk.

Did I also tell you that we can stay in the center we are currently in until September?  That is a wonderful blessing since we don't currently have any place in the stake where we could all meet.  We would have had to splinter into smaller groups meeting in churches.

After our grand tour we stood outside and I visited for awhile with Morten.  He is tall, dark and handsome.  When he smiles, his eyes smile too.  I am sure that he has a few hearts beating faster when he is around.  He stood looking down the street.  He is very pleased with the new building.  I am glad.

SK was talking to Brother Graham.  Morten looked at him and in context to what we were visiting about said that Aeldste Madsen likes to play games.  As he said it he smiled.  He told me that Aeldste Madsen is always ready to play a game of CRUD.  He added, "In fact, he is often the one to try to get everyone to play one more game......even when we are all tired."

Then he said, "We really enjoy Aeldste Madsen...he is a good man."

  I appreciate his unfailing willingness to do what must be done and be where he is supposed to be.  He is the most reliable man I know.  That is a superb character trait.

Yes....he is a good man.