Arhus, Denmark in the rain.
Jorn and Randi Bendtsen with Vicky and Rex.
Denmark group of Public Affairs people. We are wearing the Denmark "Mormon Helping Hands" vests.October 27, 2008
We just returned home from a wonderful weekend in Arhus, Denmark where we participated in a day of training Public Affairs people in their country. We left here Friday morning and flew to Copenhagen, then on to Arhus. A wonderful gentleman, Jorn Bendtsen came to pick us up at the airport. When we realized how far out of the city it was, we felt bad. It took Bro. Bendtsen 45 minutes to drive out to get us and then he drove us back and to our hotel for the evening.
Saturday morning we got ready and he picked us up to go to the church for a day of training. A group traveling from Copenhagen to Aarhus had car trouble, which is about 3 hours away. Their car broke down on the way so it was an hour or so late when they arrived. Thank goodness Rex and I were there, as we started the meeting and did the BYU Young Ambassador Tour training for the people in the Arhus Stake. By the time everyone had arrived, we had about 18 people in attendance. It is amazing how positive some people can be, and then how negative others can be. We really had a good training regarding the BYU Young Ambassadors though and then Jesper and Mette Paulsen, NDPA from Denmark took over. We shared in the media training, article writing, and Mormon Helping Hands training which they had prepared.
For lunch, Bro. Bendtsen’s wife and two other dear sisters had prepared a huge Danish meal of meat loaf, potatoes and gravy, cooked sweetened cabbage, small sweetened potatoes with butter and brown sugar coating, with two kinds of ice cream covered in fruit. Sticking out of the ice cream was several cookies and chocolate pretzel sticks. It was like a huge Thanksgiving feast to us. What a wonderful day!
Sunday Bro. and Sister Bendtsen picked us up for church. Their son-in-law is the new Bishop of only three weeks. Bro. Bendtsen spoke on love. He shared a neat story of what happened to him on Saturday. He received a text message on his phone which said, “Ten angels are receiving this message. Nine of them are asleep and the other one is reading this message.” He expressed how it made him feel very loved and he didn’t even know who sent it. His message was on unconditional love to family, friends, and all God’s children. He is one of the most humble, kind, sweet people I have ever met; and so is his wife. The Bishop asked Rex to bear his testimony at the end of the Sacrament Meeting and he did a very nice job, as he always does.
The Bendtsens then took us to their apartment to have lunch with them. It was a delicious meal along with a warm and friendly visit for several hours before Bro. Bendtsen took us back 45 minutes to the airport for our return flight to Copenhagen and on to Stockholm. It was about 9:45 p.m. Sunday evening when we finally got to our apartment. The weather was cold, rainy, windy and not enjoyable to walk in, but we had a spiritual, uplifting weekend filled with great opportunities to serve and meet some of God’s choice spirits here in the Nordic countries.
We just returned home from a wonderful weekend in Arhus, Denmark where we participated in a day of training Public Affairs people in their country. We left here Friday morning and flew to Copenhagen, then on to Arhus. A wonderful gentleman, Jorn Bendtsen came to pick us up at the airport. When we realized how far out of the city it was, we felt bad. It took Bro. Bendtsen 45 minutes to drive out to get us and then he drove us back and to our hotel for the evening.
Saturday morning we got ready and he picked us up to go to the church for a day of training. A group traveling from Copenhagen to Aarhus had car trouble, which is about 3 hours away. Their car broke down on the way so it was an hour or so late when they arrived. Thank goodness Rex and I were there, as we started the meeting and did the BYU Young Ambassador Tour training for the people in the Arhus Stake. By the time everyone had arrived, we had about 18 people in attendance. It is amazing how positive some people can be, and then how negative others can be. We really had a good training regarding the BYU Young Ambassadors though and then Jesper and Mette Paulsen, NDPA from Denmark took over. We shared in the media training, article writing, and Mormon Helping Hands training which they had prepared.
For lunch, Bro. Bendtsen’s wife and two other dear sisters had prepared a huge Danish meal of meat loaf, potatoes and gravy, cooked sweetened cabbage, small sweetened potatoes with butter and brown sugar coating, with two kinds of ice cream covered in fruit. Sticking out of the ice cream was several cookies and chocolate pretzel sticks. It was like a huge Thanksgiving feast to us. What a wonderful day!
Sunday Bro. and Sister Bendtsen picked us up for church. Their son-in-law is the new Bishop of only three weeks. Bro. Bendtsen spoke on love. He shared a neat story of what happened to him on Saturday. He received a text message on his phone which said, “Ten angels are receiving this message. Nine of them are asleep and the other one is reading this message.” He expressed how it made him feel very loved and he didn’t even know who sent it. His message was on unconditional love to family, friends, and all God’s children. He is one of the most humble, kind, sweet people I have ever met; and so is his wife. The Bishop asked Rex to bear his testimony at the end of the Sacrament Meeting and he did a very nice job, as he always does.
The Bendtsens then took us to their apartment to have lunch with them. It was a delicious meal along with a warm and friendly visit for several hours before Bro. Bendtsen took us back 45 minutes to the airport for our return flight to Copenhagen and on to Stockholm. It was about 9:45 p.m. Sunday evening when we finally got to our apartment. The weather was cold, rainy, windy and not enjoyable to walk in, but we had a spiritual, uplifting weekend filled with great opportunities to serve and meet some of God’s choice spirits here in the Nordic countries.
1 comment:
Sounds exhausting and exhilarating at the same time! That weather sounds frigid. We've enjoyed an Indian Summer here, the cold slightly hit yesterday, but today seems nice again!?!
What a great work you're doing, keeping smilin'
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