David, Doris and Ah! Sweet Denmark

We enjoyed breakfast with Elder and Sister Middlemas before going our separate ways.  We will see them again at the end of the week for dinner with President and Sister Sederholm and the other senior missionaries.  They will spend one more night with us then before leaving for their home in the States.

They are both a bit teary-eyed as they recall the many friends they have made, the many people they have come to love, the beauty of this land and the many varied experiences they have had in the last 18 months.  How can you say good-bye to all of this?

I took a long walk around the lakes, and then SK and I walked to the center for Family Home Evening.  Is it possible that I love these young people more every week?  We had a small turn-out for the evening, but they had a marvelous time anyway.

David, the returned missionary from Arizona (he served in Mesa/Scottsdale) gave a wonderful message about tithing and testimony, and he also made the refreshments.  I'm telling you....I am learning great lessons from these guys.  He went to law school all day, and came in about six with flour, sugar, eggs, butter and jam.  He made thumbprint cookies with strawberry jam in the depression.  They were very tasty.

He had help from several other YSAs who worked to get everything done.  It may have been a case of "Too many cooks spoil the broth."  The cookies weren't spoiled, but they could have been better.  The jam oozed all over the cookies and they didn't quite get done, and got put back in the oven and came out kind of crunchy.  But the cookies tasted good!  It was fun just to watch the melee in that little kitchen.

Part of the problem was the activity.  It was all kinds of fun, and we all kept forgetting the cookies in the oven in the kitchen!  We were divided into teams and then each team had to act out a word or phrase for one of their team mates.  They stood in the front of the room going through all kinds of motions,  while the entire room echoed with everyone's laughter.

Later, I met with the outreach committee.  They are doing great things.  Morten asked for our reports from this last week and gave us our new assignments.  It is all good.  This week, we will be at the center nearly every day of the week.  When we are not there, we will be out doing missionary stuff.

And the really awesome news is that my sweet friend Doris called today to see if I would meet her for lunch this week.  You may remember that she was in my Danish class last year ... she is from Peru...and so lovely.  I am fixing the dinner and giving the lesson on Thursday, but it was the only day I could get away to meet her, so I will see her at 11 a.m. that morning.  Michael, her boyfriend has asked her to marry him!!!!!  The wedding will probably be in November.  I am thrilled for her.

We have to be up early and away tomorrow morning....to drive 2 hours to the southwest to inspect missionary apartments.  I love the opportunity just to see a little more of Denmark.  And it is always always always so nice to spend a little time with the missionaries.

Better get to bed!