Monday, December 28, 2015

Zone training and Christmas FUN! (Iceland)

We celebrated Christmas with our Iceland missionaries on December 12th.  It was a full day with training, dinner, Christmas gifts and a disney movie (Inside Out).  Our training was done by our new Iceland leader, Elder Stirk, who done a wonderful job.  He is loved and respected by these elders.  We also helped with the bi-ward Christmas party that night.  It was truly a full day and a blessed day.  We are always uplifted just being in the presence of these great missionaries.









An Icelandic Nativity made from lambs wool.






Sunday, December 6, 2015

More talent show pics...

Tractng in a Winter Wonderland
This sister has performed Viennese waltzing in 8 countries before her mission
Kotahi Tarawhiti missionary dance
Ferrari impersonation
Back flip
                                  

Mission Leadership Council


Mission Leadership Council
A council which is united, is an effective tool of the mission
Spiritually fed as well as physically fed
Missionaries "to the rescue"
When you can't find the proper apron....
random
Family history trees.."Ask the missionaries!?!?"


Thursday, December 3, 2015

Transfers with four missionaries leaving, three arriving and two more sisters leaving in two weeks. If you think your confused, so am I!


Here we are with our departing missionaries, all except two...

Elder Burton-Thank you for your service.  God bless.

                                   

                      Sister Woster-Thank you for helping me with my Danish.  God bless you.

Sister Moseley- leaves in two weeks.  We love this sister.  God bless you Sister Moseley.
                                 

Sister Mølholt- from Denmark-leaves in two weeks.  You can't find a sweeter sister than this.  We love you!  God bless you.

Sister Woster and Elder Burton are leaving today. They have served faithfully and Denmark will not be the same without them.  We love you!  God bless.
                                  
Elder Wilsher left for the airport with the assistants before we were able to get a picture.  We love you Elder Wilsher!  Thank you for your faithful work on Bornhølm.  We will miss you!
(This was taken earlier when we visited him on Bornhølm.)
                                  
Elder Mogensen, our assistant met his parents at the office while we were at the airport and we missed a picture with him.  We posted this last month when he had one more month as assistant.  He is from Bornhølm and will come back in two weeks to visit for our Christmas Zone conference.  We love this elder!  He was invaluable in his own country and in our mission. 
                                 

We have received two Iceland bound elders and one sister to serve in Denmark.  Elders Rodriguez is from Texas and can speak Spanish as well as Icelandic.  He is very much needed in Iceland.  Elder Johansen is from Denmark and learned Icelandic.  He is also very much needed.  Our 8 elders in                     Iceland are very happy to receive two more missionaries,  Sister Ogaard is from Idaho and will join our wonderful sisters here in Demark.


Always teaching our missionaries to Serve and not to be served.  They are always more than happy to learn.


We are preparing this elder with skills of washing dishes, cooking, and household chores.  Look mom!


Off to Iceland.  God be with you elders!  See you in two weeks at the Christmas Zone Conference.


Sister Ogaard meeting her companion Sister Noorda.  She's in good hands!

Date night with my favorite companion.  


Denmark Copenhagen Mission has such talented missionaries! I will never get enough pictures to do it justice but we try!


                                                            Freestyle rapping

Musical story telling

Singing

Ukulele and singing

Oh McDonald had a farm...chicken,
...lamb
...seal
...chimpanzee

Stump the President

Singing with guitar

Singing

Campfire stories

Serenading goodbye to Elder Wilsher

Professional Viennese waltzing lessons

Reaching skills (just how tall are you Elder Hartman?)

MC skills

MC skills

Comical finding skills

Professional Saxophone skills

Excellent bow skills.  He can hit any moving target!

Story ad-libbing skills

Random duet skills

Did you know that professional pianists can play with their hands behind their back?

Hand stand competition



Singing to ukulele
                                 

                                                    Piano playing with the arms
                                 
                                                                      Bag piping                                                                                               

Alphabet aerobics- speed talking your way through the alphabet by getting pumped through         missionary work.
                                 

                               Synchronized missionary yoga, aerobics and misc. exercise.



A variety of simultaneous talents to distract
                                     

                                           This elder can play a tune on any sized trumpet
                                     

                                          He texts while she tells her story.  Speed texting
                                     

                                                Molding caricatures of the President
                                    

                          A wake up exercise in Danish of a chicken in honor of Elder Mogensen
                                    

                                                                    A back flip
                                    

                                                                  A dance off