A Senior Day

In church today we had visitors from other countries...it is so interesting to meet people from other parts of the world.  Of course, the Blackhams were visitors (from Idaho), but I think the branch is getting used to missionaries from Idaho, Utah and Arizona....old hat I guess.  A surprising number of our young missionaries are from Utah.

We have a couple who will be visiting for a few more weeks I think...they are from the Phillipines.  They are very nice people....and are visiting their daughter who lives here in Copenhagen.

Today was the last day for a young architecture student who has been studying here.  He attends an architecture school in Phoenix.  I am sad that I never took the opportunity to have a conversation with him about what he thought about the buildings here in the city.

I am intrigued at how the old coexists with the new.  You frequently see 200-year buildings nestled between two "newer" buildings, only a hundred years old.  And then there are the apartment buildings, public buildings and structures that have been built in the last 50 years or so that are sleek and simple and which form such a contrast with the ornate older ones.

We actually ran out of the headphones used for all non-Danish speakers.  I still use them, because I so want to hear everything that is being said, and we always have excellent talks.  The young man who was translating came to me halfway through the meeting to ask for my headphones.  One of our newest members came late and needed some (he is from China).  I was highly complimented that our translator took mine (Do you think he guessed I needed them least?)  It is probably just that I was closest in proximity to him....but I was happy about it nevertheless!

After church, we went to a couple's home for lunch.  The man had served a mission here about the same time SK was here and baptized his wife!  They had invited all the senior missionaries from Copenhagen, plus the Blackhams, plus 3 people who were visiting their ward.  They had fixed a lovely meal and we sat around the tables enjoying varied and interesting conversations.  Afterwards, he gave a little fireside for us.

After arriving home, several of us walked over to the Church of our Lady to see the Christus.  We were dismayed to find that the church was closed due to illness!  We waded back through the sea of tourists out on a Sunday evening and then sat by the lake for awhile.  We were amazed to see our baby swans had turned into teenagers!  They don't have the grace or coloring yet of their parents....in fact, for the very first time, I began to understand how Hans Christian Andersen could actually call them an ugly duckling!

We ended up at the Thorne's apartment to play a few rounds of "Nines."

Not really a typical Sunday, but it was most enjoyable.