An Ending

If I were in Arizona today with the weather like it is here in Copenhagen, I would think something was terribly ( or delightfully) wrong.  Besides being in the 63 to 68 degree range, we have had a few rain showers, periods of sunshine and blue skies plus times when swiftly-moving clouds scudded across the the sky darkening the landscape.

SK and I went to the center for several hours earlier in our work clothes.  I did more packing in the kitchen....trying to keep the larger boxes lighter as opposed to heavier.  I emptied out the refrigerators and washed them clean.  I scrubbed the stove and wiped down shelves.  In the meantime SK was busy wrapping all the pictures from all the walls and redistributing weight in large boxes full of books.

We returned to the apartment to have lunch and clean up for family home evening.  We got back by 4 and continued with lighter work until our weekly missionary committee meeting with the full-time elders and sisters and the YSA missionary committee members.  Family Home Evening followed.

After an inspiring message from Hannah, everyone decorated cupcakes and then ate them.....followed - of course - by CRUD.  A "Napolean Dynamite" wannabe movie followed with popcorn. ...and back to CRUD.   It was an interesting evening as we assembled in empty rooms or areas littered with boxes filled with items we will take to the new center.

Everything even sounds different.  The rugs are gone.  All but two couches are gone.  Bookshelves and bulletin boards are no more to be seen.  All of the little decorative items are missing....plants in the windows, scattered copies of the Liahona in Danish and English, the guitars that people like to pick up and play, throw pillows and small tables.  Voices raised in conversation and laughter echo through the rooms.

SK and I have only been here 10 months....a little over, and we have become quite attached to it.  It is a wonderful place.  A group of 40 seems to fill it up.  How will we do in a place a third the size?

I guess we'll find out.

In the meantime, we'll just enjoy the time we have left here.