Still coughing

It's 10pm after a long, but great day!

The weather was just beautiful today--clear blue skies, not very warm, but really nice. Our friends, the Danfords, are back in Denmark after a month in the US and it was so fun to see how much their little guy, Carter, had grown. We also are realizing just how fast Ruby is changing. She's really using her sign language a lot more now and played SO well in nursery this morning. She's also learned how to go down the kiddie slides all by herself--what a big girl! Anyhow, I'll save all that Ruby stuff for her blog...

There were several really great things at church today. First, we got to meet Calie, the worship leader intern who will be housesitting for us while we are in the US. She's a really sweet girl and we're looking forward to getting to know her. We're having her and the Nielsens (our pastor's family) over for a BBQ nest weekend, so that should be really fun. Then, there was a group of four students from Wheaton College visiting (my alma mater)! They are doing Wheaton's YHM Project (Youth Hostel Ministry) this summer and will be spending 6 weeks in Norway running a hostel there and witnessing to travelers. The really cool thing was that I knew the older brother of one of the kids--not a close friend, but a really cool guy. So, it was kind of a "small world" moment.

This weekend is yet another Danish Holiday (Pentecost), which they are celebrating with a day off of work (Monday) and a big carnival. The Danfords invited us to go out to it and we had a pretty nice time. Unlike all of the fairs, etc. I've been to in the US where there are trash cans every four feet, here it was impossible to find a trash can and so people just threw it everywhere. It was a real mess and not all that fun to walk through. Even so, it was nice just be to out in the weather. Jared's buy of the day was a crate of cherries (~6kg/12lb) for 85kr (~$14). He's chowing down as I type! Tomorrow we're having the Danfords over for a small BBQ and I'll probably have to spend most of the day cleaning and cooking to get ready. Hopefully my nose will stop dripping long enough to make it possible!

I hope that Bobby, Amy, Luke, and Tyler are having a blast with Nana and Bobo! We miss you all and wish we could be part of the fun! Hugs and kisses...

Bethany