Family Home Evening

Weather simply does not get any better than it did today in Copenhagen....and all of Denmark I believe.  The sun lights everything with a clarity that is breathtaking.  The sky is a brilliant blue...cloudless....and beautiful.  There was a slight breeze that was cool, and otherwise the temperatures, which were in the high 50's or low 60's, were perfect.

When I set out for the center, I wore my lightweight rain coat and a scarf around my neck.  Halfway there, I took off the scarf, and if I hadn't been carrying other things, I would have taken my jacket off! I had to pass by Tivoli and the main train station, and there were people everywhere.  Some were dressed similar to me, others were in heavier coats, and still others were in shorts, flipflops and t-shirts.

Once there I did some cleaning (the center is being used more and more these days...a young married class, a mission prep class and various and sundry other meetings), and then visited with several of the young people as they came in.  Kasper and Benjamin came tonight.  Kasper said it would be his last time since he will be in London most of the week, and as of the first of the month will be living there permanently.

Benjamin is moving too...out of Amager, so he will still be coming to the center, but he will not be in our little branch anymore.  I hate to see that happen.  We have a small group of YSAs, but they have been such a great group to meet with and we have lost 4 in the last couple of months and will be losing another soon....she will be returning to her home in New Zealand.  I think that will leave us with 3 YSAs!

The missionaries gave the message this evening, and then we played round two of "Battle of the Sexes) where the women are on one team and the men on the other.  It was just as funny as last week, only this time, each team was shown a closeup of an object and they had 3 tries to guess what it was...each time the camera moved out and gave a larger view, exposing more of the object.  Once more, the men won!  There were some very hard to guess ones, like the wheels on a grocery cart, or the speaker on a cell phone.

The game was over before 8 and then there was a lot of laughter, visiting and various and sundry games.  Some practiced some music for the concert Saturday.  I hope it is a success.  Our outreach committee is planning a "Music and the Spoken Word" concert as a low-key way to introduce people to the church.  We have 6 musical numbers planned and very short inspirational talks in between.  I think it will be excellent....I just hope we have an audience.

SK and Mary went on a little sightseeing tour.  They were able to see one of the commercial replicas of an old village in 18th century Denmark.  In the literature we read, it sounded a lot like Williamsburg.  From what SK said, it wasn't quite like that, but Mary was delighted with it.  So I think they had a grand time.  I am sure that even if it wasn't what they expected, they had a wonderful time just being together and visiting.  I know this time is important.  With Kaye's recent death, just talking about family and shared memories is strengthening.

What better way to spend Family Home Evening.....than with Family?