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| 'Twas the morning before Zone Conference and all through the church, not a creature was stirring...except our faithful senior missionaries:-) |
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| This is a day of great anticipation. We begin with a morning of training on conquering a challenge and not retreating from it, a message on Christ, the Christmas Story, Christmas music and entertainment. |
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| Pictures before the training begins.... |
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| Arriving testimonies from Elder and Sister Jenson. |
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| Arriving testimony from Sister Deitch. We just love this sister! She entered the MTC as the only missionary coming to Denmark. She is strong and awesome:-) |
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| Departing testimony from Elder Lee. We will truly miss this faithful and humble missionary. |
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| Birthdays this transfer. We invite comments/compliments for each birthday missionary. This would seriously last all day if we allowed it:-) |
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| This elder stood and begged to comment... |
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| Our Stake President Bernskov gave us an update on the missionary work being done by members. The members take it very seriously. |
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| Role playing... |
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| Our son, trying to stay awake after arriving the day before...he actually did a great job and even took part in Zone Conference. |
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| Snacks |
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| Christmas dinner is prepared by one of the members who loves cooking and serving the missionaries. Everything is truly delicious! |
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| Yes...they truly are happy. |
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| After dinner, the Danish tradition is to eat a rice pudding with almonds and cherry sauce. It's delicious but the tradition is to find a whole almond in the pudding and "cheek it" until everyone is finished eating. Those with whole almonds then receive a present. This is a fun tradition that most missionaries continue after their mission. |
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| Sister Hansen's a winner... |
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| Sister Batey... |
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| Elder Erickson... |
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| Better luck next year, Sister Ogaard:-) |
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| Sjaelland only has five of the Missionary Christmas Choir, but they still performed with a few substitute musicians. There's always a surplus of talent! (friend me on FB for videos) |
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| President has a natural talent with the harmonica. It's so fun to play duets together, though we've never done it for an audience before. |
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| Santa Claus made his appearance...lol |
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| Elder Ziegler comes from Switzerland. His parents send chocolate bars for all the missionaries. Thank you! Swiss chocolate is the best! |
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| After gifts were delivered, we had a video with family Christmases from each missionary. It was put together by the Shurtliffs. It is a favorite activity. Afterwards, we watched a Disney movie with popcorn and more desserts. It was truly a fun and wonderful day. Christmas in the mission is such a memorable experience. We love these missionaries. |
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| Merry Christmas from Denmark! |
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