Danish Word of the Week- EN HEKS (een heks) A Witch.
This week was a holiday called Sankt Hans Dag. It comes from back in the day when
witch burning was socially acceptable. Once a year, the Danes build the
biggest bonfire they can and burn a scarecrow type thing that looks like a
witch. It also celebrates the summer solstice, but nobody really pays
attention to that. :) Once the fire is a little smaller, they wrap bread
dough around big long sticks and cook it-and then you eat the
rolls with jam or whatever else you want. It was way fun! We had a huge
ward party-everyone said that our
bonfire was one of the biggest they've ever seen. This ward is so fun-there are so
many kids and they all love hanging out with the missionaries! It makes us feel
way loved.
I
have pictures...but I don't have my card reader with me. So-look forward to
that next week.
We're still working on finding new
people to teach. This time of year is hard because a lot of people are leaving
for summer vacation. Most of the people
we talk to say, 'Come back in August.' And we're just like... ... ... is there
ANYONE staying in Denmark for the month of July? Yes. There are. There have to
be! And we will find them.
Præsident
and Søster O'Bryant are getting here tomorrow!
We have a big Meet the President meeting on Thursday. We're going to do
everything they can to make them feel welcome and loved! I can't even imagine
how nervous they must be feeling! This is a huge transition! Søster
Ripa and I get to go on splits with Sister O'Bryant on Wednesday for a few
hours-we're excited to get to know her!
That's basically it for this week-still loving life, still learning
lots every day! Love you all so much!
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