Christmas in Denmark

Wow, so much to say... as always... where do I begin?

December 24th, Christmas Day in Denmark:

1. We went to go see a lady in our ward

2. We went to our Christmas church service

-Two ladies that had planned to sing could not make it, so my

companion and I were asked to sing in their stead. We sang Angels We

Have Heard on High in Danish

-It was really great! Themed around the true meaning of Christmas. A

lady who lives in Roskilde who is not a member came (she had wanted to

go to church, but the church she regularly goes to conflicted with her

work schedule). She was very attentive and we invited her back.

3. We went to church at the Domkirke. They had a All Boys Choir

singing. It was very beautiful music. Good experience. While there, we

met two people who were really nice and told them a little about our

church.

4. We went to the nursing home and sang... probably 10 Christmas

songs. Then we got to visit with the people there for 30 minutes.

There was a cute elderly lady there who I talked to. She wanted to see

a picture of my family, so I showed her the only one I had with me of

my Grandma's baptism. She said that she wasn't very good at

remembering things right now, but that something about our church

seemed familiar to her. She said she would love us to come back every

week.

5. Then we went to the Eriksens house and had a "girls night

Christmas." It was just Sister Eriksen and her three daughters and us

sisters. So we ate flæskestig, duck, rødkål, a fruit salad, sauces,

potatoes, brown sweet potatoes... it was delicious! Then we ate

chocolates, sang christmas songs and danced around the tree, Sister

Hall and I shared a message about the Shepards going with "haste" to

see the Savior. Then two people at a time went up to play Santa and

grab presents. And we ended with ris a la mande. YUM! So good! I won

the ris a la mande prize: Summer Bird ris a la mande almonds (way

good) and a cookie stamp.

Other things that happened this week:

-We had Christmas at the Jakobsens house. It was so fun to get to

participate in some traditions from England :) They have these little

things called crackers that you open before you eat dinner (kinda like

a popper that has confetti in it). Basically, it has 2 ends, you pull

one and the person next to you pulls the other, then you get a fortune

and a paper crown. Amber was so sweet and bought Rootbeer and Big Red

gum for the Americans :)

-We had a traditional Christmas lunch at the Frederiksens and ate more

ris a la mande and got to play spoons and Blokus with the family

-We had a great lesson with one of our investigators and are going

back this week

-I gave a talk in sacrament meeting. I am still not even close to

being good at Danish, but it was amazing that the Lord really helped

me when I gave my talk and I was able to share the stories I wanted to

share without looking at my notes.

-We sang "We'll Bring the World His Truth" in sacrament meeting (in

Danish of course)

Love you all so much and hope you all have fun plans for New Year's Eve

Love always,

Søster Orgill