Week 41: Out With The Old, In With The New
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Birthday wish for Ældste Mod 🥳 |
Not much came to pass during this week, so this one's gonna be short. I sent Ældste Leland off to Frederikshavn and embraced Ældste Millett here in Odense. I was super lazy and fell asleep too many times throughout the day and we had a lesson with Rebekka so it didn't even feel like a P-day. Luckily, I balanced my idleness by spending 1 hour making Spanish paella as a welcoming present. Time to get rid of the lethargy and set vigour in its place.
A lot of good things happened this week. To start off, Fredericia's apartment was taken down. Leland, Jensen, Møller, and I were there with the Køsters, a senior couple from Denmark, for 5 hours straight. We couldn't believe how much junk was piled up in that musty apartment. It was fairly disgusting.. To continue, we recorded "I Danmark Er Jeg Født" in Allerød. The highlight of singing this song was being in the presence of Ældste Mod and Ældste Jaursch. I missed them so much! We had a long chat out in the rain since the bishop there needed to interview someone. Our hearts broke in half when we waved goodbye, but we did get a selfie that is so beautifully included in this email. ;)
In addition, we finally visited Lan Le (also known as "Mor", Danish for "Mom"). She prepared a Vietnamese feast out in her garden and gave us expensive ties and chocolates/toffees as presents. She continually stated, "Spis, mit barn." She forced us to eat until we couldn't anymore. Mor teared up when she told us how much she missed having the missionaries over. It was pretty sweet. Finally, we visited Claus and did some gardening work for him. He showed me how to properly use a scythe and told me to unplug the electricity for the lawnmower before sticking my hand in to take out the grass. He told a horror story of getting his hand destroyed by a chainsaw blade and showed me a picture of it. It was nasty.
Well, that's about it for the week. Not much else to say other than keep chugging along. Make this week a great one!
Jeg elsker jer,
Ældste Moore
P.S. Happy Memorial Day!! I honor those who have died and served for the wonderful country of 'Merica.
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Eating at Lan Le's (Mor's) |
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The boys are back 😎 |
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Ældste Millet's welcoming present 🎁 |
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Celebrating Peter O. Hansen's arrival to Denmark 170 years ago 🎉 |
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RIP Fredericia ☠ |
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Isn't this just sad 😥 |