This day dawned cool and overcast. Can you imagine that? July 13, and we wore light coats to Church, carrying the Mary Poppins umbrella - and using it. Today was our day to take the bus. The buses don't run as often on Sundays and tend to be emptier than on weekdays.
We got to our first bus stop and stood for a couple of minutes in the rain. I love standing under an umbrella in the rain!!!! The sign said it would be another 10 minutes before it came. So we started walking and managed to make it in 10 minutes. We had only a wait of two minutes or so before the bus to Amager (the island where our church is) arrived. I don't know what it is about Sunday morning, but all the bakeries looked so alluring!
When we got to the church, we met two couples from Utah who were visiting Denmark, the land of their ancestors. Do you even know anyone besides me (and of course Judy, Dave and Dan) who does NOT have Danish ancestry? Notwithstanding the lack of Danish blood in my veins, I do have a VERY Danish last name.
They had only a week here, and spent all of it right in Copenhagen. I don't blame them at all. There is so much to see right here that even after 9 months, we feel like we have barely scratched the surface of this great city.
One of the couples live in Mantua, the beautiful little city tucked into a lovely valley 4 miles up Sardine Canyon from Brigham City. They know SK's cousin Gary. Isn't that fun? They also know a distant cousin of mine....the temple president in Brigham City. The two sisters are....sisters... literally. The other sister and her husband live close to Harriman west of Salt Lake City.
I love it when people come to visit, and in the summer that is almost weekly. I can see that most everyone is as enchanted with this place as we are.
Our young women's president spoke today about the Sacrament...such an excellent talk and a great reminder of why we are there in church. The other speaker was one of our young full-time missionaries. He has been out a year or so, and stood at the pulpit and gave his talk in Danish about baptism. Another excellent talk full of good thoughts. I am so proud of these young people. You would think I was their grandmother or something!
We closed the windows a couple of hours ago....too cold. I'm smiling as I write this...the unpredictability of the weather here is so refreshing.
I have a feeling though that being back in the valley of the sun someday will bring back happy gratitude for the clear blue skies that dominate the weather forecast.
No clear, blue skies today - but it was hot and humid. You would love anywhere you were put on this beautiful earth.
ReplyDeleteYou talk of Mantua. Always passed there on our way to Logan. And Herrimann - have some friends that live there. It's always a small world in the Church.
Sounds like your meeting was uplifting- as was ours. We had a returned missionary & HC. The young man talked about skipping school - going fishing - forgetting water-and being hip deep in the middle of the lake and feeling so thirsty. He told how he didn't cup his hands to drink - but put his face down to the water and lapped up the water like a dog. Ironically - our Primary lesson was on Gideon -and how he had to reduce his army to 300 by having the last 10,000 men go to the river and drink. Those that "lapped" instead of cupping their hands - were the ones he was to keep.
The boys caught right on. It was rather fun to see that they had been listening.
Anyway - keep up your good works and your cheerful spirits. L&P
Could you possibly have planned all of that any better? What a great story for boys! I'll bet they won't forget the lessons of that day. You enjoy them a lot....and I know you are a great influence and example to them.
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