So, again, this week flew by. I do not understand how it happens but it does. C'est la vie...
Ok, I got a haircut last Thursday and am getting it done again today - just cutting it short in the back so I don't have t cut it at all in Danmark (that's how you spell Denmark in dansk)
TRAVEL PLANS CAME LAST FRIDAY HOLLA HOLLA PEACE AND LOVE ZOO WEE MAMA
So -we check out of the MTC at 8am(ut time) Monday morning. Our flight leaves from Salt Lake at 1:25pm(UT time) we fly into CHICAGO and we get in around 5:30(IL time) (time zones are hard)OK NEXT - we have a 45 minute layover in Chicago then leave for LONDON at 6:30pm (IL time) and get into London 8:05am (London time -gross right?) THEN a 2 hour layover and our flight leaves for København (how the danish spell Copenhagen) at 9:55am(London time) THEN we leave for København and get in at 12:50pm Tuesday the 20th (Danmark time)
3hr flight
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| The district at our evening temple walk. |
45min layover
8hr flight
2hr layover
2hr flight
København.
It´s really happening everybody...
Also, there´s an Ældste in my district, Ældste Howe who can finish a Rubik´s cube in 30 seconds. I´m not lying, sometimes it´s 45 seconds. It´s the craziest thing I´ve ever seen. So, he taught me how to complete the first two rows on the cube...it´s so fun. I want one and just want to mess with it all the days.
So, one of my teachers, Brother Whitlock (No relation to the Whitlock's we know, I asked) asked me this question and I got all teary-eyed (allergies man...they're killer...) and I don´t think he expected that. "Why did you serve a mission Søster Chesley?" I told him and later that night I thought about it more and came up with this answer:
1. I know this is what God wants me to be doing right now.
2. I know God loves me and answers my prayers.
3. I know that I love God.
4. I know that God knows me personally and is there for me lean on Him always. He's been there with me this whole time of me trying to get out here and to this point, patiently waiting to get my stuff together.
5. I love this Gospel. I see and know firsthand the happiness it brings and the peace I feel in my life from it.
6. The experience - learning a different language, immersing myself in a different culture and developing an ever growing love for the people I'll be serving and the people I'll come in contact with.
life is good everybody.
UPDATE IN THE LEARNING DANISH DEPARTMENT: So found out earlier this week that the Danes speak in passive voice. So American professors and teachers you have not prepared me well for this point in my life by crushing the passive voice out of my thoughts and sentence structure. For example -
In America we use active : we taught the lesson
In Denmark they use passive: the lesson was taught by us, the food as eaten by us, etc, etc...
it's a totally different way of thinking and way hard ha but it's a fun challenge.
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| Provo Temple mixed with some patriotism |
On Tuesday, we got to listen to Elder and Sister Clayton -Elder Clayton is in the presidency of the 70, it was cool. BUT what was really cool was this story his wife told. They were in Uganda in Ginja(No idea how to spell it...Kendall will probably know what I'm talking abuot) ANYWAYS -they were in Ginja and 900 members came out for a district meeting tthey didn't have enough room in the building so they put up a tent in the middle of August to listen to the words of leaders in the area. One sister afterwards came up to Sister Clayton and said "A lot of people talk about how sometimes the glass is half empty or half full, I was thinking about this. We here in Africa are grateful if we have a glass, and we're even more grateful if there's anything in it." That was like BOOM perspective HAD. We are so blessed. Miracles are happening everyday. Look for the tender mercies, because theyr're out there.
I love you all so much. tak tak tak tak tak tak mange tak for the love and support.
This time next week I'll be in Danmark speaking with the Danes in my very broken danish and eating danish food and taking pictures everywhere I go and teaching the Danes. I'm excited if you couldn't tell.
I ELSKES AF MIG!
Kærelighed,
Søster TM Chesley
keep it groovy you funky cats.
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