Playing on the Square

The temple is located very close to central Copenhagen and there is not much green space right around it.  So it ends up being a good place for little kids and their parents to come for a few minutes of play.  They enjoy running around the planters and hiding.....

Clawsons Are Back

Steve and Marian Clawson are back to Denmark for 8 months.  Steve was a Danish missionary  and Marion is Danish.  It is a second marriage for both of them and they are a fun couple. They have all sorts of energy and organize the High Priest Activities in the Frederiksberg Ward.  We had a fun dinner there tonight and heard about their great resettlement cruise from Brazil to Barcelona.

 They speak English on even days and Danish on odd.

Tysk Week

We have had such a good time this week with a guest home full of saints from Germany.  Since the Frankfurt Temple closed, the Hamburg and Neumuenster Stake have been assigned to us.  With 18 guests here from Wednesday to Saturday, we did all the ordinances all day as they drifted in and out according to their schedules.  Fortunately we have enough people here who speak German and enough of the Germans that speak English that we are able to manage very well.  So far this week we have had one Danish and two English Sessions and all the rest were German.

We have been blessed to call many German Temple Workers which helps a lot.

Spring on The Square

Our flowers on The Square are finally coming out and are such a lovely welcome to Spring.

Opening Day at Tivoli

Chris Mount came a day after Tivoli closed when he was here 30 years ago.  He made up for it today as we hit opening day.  It was actually quite a bit of fun,

 You could have your picture taken with the park celebrities: Ramsus Klump and The Mime

And watch the darling  boys' drum and pipe band.

A few flowers were brave enough to come out in the cold.  It will be prettier in a month, some warm weather will help.

From the England MTC

Chris Mount, whom we worked with at the England MTC, arrived for a short visit today and tomorrow.

It was good to see him and get caught up on the news of old friends and the MTC.  He retired the first of March so hasn't seen the reinstatement of the three weeks for missionaries in the MTC rather than the 2 which they put into place when there were so many a couple years ago.

 While waiting for the harbor cruise we went inside Holman's Kirke.  I especially like the ship hanging where the transepts meet.

 And the silver from 1646..Yes it was locked in.

Knitting

I think most Danish women know how to knit.  They all do wonderful things from socks, to hats, fabulous sweaters and Lis Koch is making this darling dress for her newest granddaughter.

I apparently did not inherit that gene from my Danish ancestors.  I have been working on this little shell for a year.  It has a 10 row pattern and it seems I unwind about every 8th row.

It was game night at the Koch's, with the men winning two our of three of the marble Sorry games.  Since no one is overly competitive it is always a nice evening.