Kære Familie,
Another week gone! It's actually nice to have Christmas over because now we will be able to get back to a normal schedule. It was great to talk to you the other day. Next time it will be warm!!!! (I hope) So I decided that since I already talked to you and told you most of the stuff I was going to say in the email I'd tell you a few things about the mission. First off, there are three areas in our District Slagelse, Nykøbing, and Bornholm. If you look on a map, Bornholm is off to the east, its just a tiny Island. Small branch and not very receptive to the gospel. Anyway, for some reason they get a ton more snow than anybody else. Here are a couple of stories from there Christmas week.
So a couple of years ago, their Branch President found a deer on the side of the road (road kill). For some morbid reason that no human mind can fathom, he went home cleaned and gutted it and then froze it. Over the next couple of months it ended up in the Missionaries on Bornholms fridge. So they had nobody offer to feed them for Christmas, so they took a deer leg out of the freezer and cooked it then ate it for Christmas dinner. President Andersen has invited them to the Christmas party (they weren't before just cause its such a long trip) out of sheer pity. Yeah, they're warriors!
Next they've been snowed in for several days so yesterday they called their Branch President (Road Kill Man) and asked if they could bless the Sacrament in their apartment. They were allowed. This is how it went. Two glasses of water, two slices of bread, and Æ. Hebbert's shirt as the cloth covering.......we laughed for a long time at that. The snow drifts outside their apartment are taller than they are. Once again, they're warriors!
But yeah, we had a really quiet week. Its seems like all the Danes do for Christmas is eat because that's all it feels like I have been doing! This week we're going to Nykøbing for splits and København for New Years. Miss ya'll and love you too!
Æ. William Veach
Once again a big thanks to all those wonderful Danish people who are feeding my son!! Even to Branch Presidents who clean and gut road kill to feed hungry missionaries!! You are the greatest!! The Mom
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