The Germans are Coming

Both temples in Germany are closed for repairs and renovations.  This means that many of the German saints are coming to Copenhagen for the temple.  Today we had a group from the Berlin YSA.  It took them 7 hours, including two on the ferry. A lovely group and most spoke some English.  We also had two of our younger workers who speak fluent German on hand.

 Two missionaries we knew from the MTC were among the group.  So nice to see them again.

It was a perfect day to be in the temple all day...rain, rain, rain.

Heat

Most of the apartments and public buildings in Danish cities are heated via hot water that runs out of central heating plants and eventually  into room radiators.  It is turned off in the spring and on in the fall.  The trick is getting the weather to cooperate with the set dates for the turn on and all the pipes in the whole building, particularly those in the apartments below you working.  We have been fussing with ours for a couple of weeks, and the temple is still cold.

 The radiators in the front room are only luke warm.

 

 But, thankfully, the ones in the kitchen are good and hot.  Wonder if we can just live in our 6X6 space there....

Darling Danes

I finally manged to get a picture of the last group from Aarhus.  These are the 12-13 year old girls.  They were all darling and will hopefully be back in 8 to 10 years preparing for missions or marriage.

I spoke to all of the youth in English and I think most understood,...or at least pretended.  The hugs and handshakes were a universal language.

Week 42

We made it through day one of Week 42.  Aarhus Stake brought 96 youth plus leaders and did baptisms in 4 groups from 9-5.  I wish I could have taken pictures in the temple as many of them sat holding their family cards to be baptized and confirmed for.  On top of that they were so reverent and the leaders well-organized.  It was a good day

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 Since I knew we would be putting in 12 plus hour days, I have prepared a couple of soups to come home to at night.  

Ready for Fall

Fall has arrived as witnessed by the new Fall Plantings on the temple grounds.

We spent the day getting the temple ready to open tomorrow for the youth from Aarhus Stake.coming to do baptisms.

Home Review

Our trip home was filled with appointments and family fun.

 Temple Square was beautiful. We walked through on our way to the wonderful  new exhibit at the Church History and Art Museum.

 We had many dinners together, but also tried to find time to connect with for each family individually for a few hours.

 The weather was perfect for a Sunday afternoon walk after conference., the children ran ahead...But this picture is for the mountain view.

 We had a super Family Night with short musical videos from each family, fun and clever.,

 Went to see the witches at Garner Village....

 Decorated Halloween cookies...thanks Elizabeth.

And enjoyed our annual Sweet Tomatoes outing.
A great trip home and we are now geared up and excited for another year!

Home Again, Home Again

We have just returned from our annual trip home to Salt Lake during the two week temple shut down.  We had a wonderful time with family and friends. We had lunch with my brothers and sisters and spouses,

 And a brunch with out dear friends in "the 50's" group.

I shopped and brought back lots of things for lots of people.

We had a direct flight from Salt Lake to Amsterdam and then an hour flight to Copenhagen.  It was a great trip!