Christmas time in Denmark is WONDERFUL.

When we got this week's pictures from Ældste Holbrook I MUST say I am not just a little jealous of him being in Denmark, I am a LOT jealous of it. WOW.... there is NOTHING like Christmas in Denmark. It is so COZY and just one of the best times of year over there and it makes me MISS Ældste Holbrook and Denmark a LOT more :o(

Here are some of the pictures he sent to us this week.

Beautiful Danish street at Christmas time.

 Cute Christmas window.

 Going for aride in the snow ;o)

 You want a turn in this cute little thing ?

 You gotta love the Danish little doors, they are AWESOME!!

 Christmas streets in Tonner.

 Cute and cozy!!

 Love it!!

 AND I LOVE this one more ;o) Miss he like CRAZY!!

 Knocking on doors!!

 Leaving the missionary card!!

 AND then.... Taking off :o)

 I think Maria and Joseph looked a little different !!!

Danish Sunset is always very pretty!!

Ældste Enniss drew this, pretty awesome!!

 TOO much good Danish food and you are beat :o)

Cozy time at the apartment with Ældste Holbrook and Ældste Enniss.

They are really have a good time together. And they are teaching some great people. Ældste Holbrook is loving being on a mission and he is loving Sonderborg Branch.

First real week training Ældste Enniss and FIRST P-day :o)

Ældste Holbrook has now had a few day with Ældste Enniss and they are having a BLAST together. They had zone conference, basketball fun, got 3 new investigators and so much more. A great week in Sønderborg for sure. Here are a few pictures showing their first real week together.

 Ældste Holbrook, Ældste Enniss, great family, Alan, Rubie, other great friend. They had a great first visit together.

 Ældste Enniss under a HUGE tree. So much fun :o)

 Look at that branch!!

 This Seagull was dancing and imitating rain. It got MANY worms that way. VERY clever bird :o)

 A HEART in the clouds. GREAT picture Ældste Holbrook.

 Primary program. Ældste Holbrook LOVED it. It reminded him a little of home.

 Ældste Holbrook and Ældste Enniss together they can conquer the world in Denmark :o)

New Companion and training Elder Enniss from the MTC

Ældste Holbrook is now training and it is going great!! He is loving his new Greenie and they have hit it of really good. That is awesome and a  really good thing!!

 Ældste Holbrook and Ældste Swan last day together with a great friend in Sonderborg!

 Sister Sederholm, Ældste Enniss, Ældste Holbrook and President Sederholm.

 The new missionaries and their trainers.

 What a great group of missionaries.

Last few days with Ældste Swan in Sønderborg :o(

This is the last P-day with Ældste Swan in Sønderborg. Ældste Swan is going to move to Virum and Ældste Holbrook is staying in Sønderborg and getting a NEW missionary from the States and the MTC.

 HUGE pizza that they all 4 shared!

 The storm is coming in ...... It got up to 125 miles per hour.

 Chess and HYGGE in Denmark with a great companionship.

 AND YES this is Ældste Holbrook at his BEST!!!

 BIG Guns are out. He is just funny!!

 YES.... He is still VERY Handsome and how we love him :o)

 A sweet little deer in the forest!

 Ældste Swan, He has been a great Comp to Ældste Holbrook.

Bathroom sign in the middle of the forest, funny ;o)

How we love this young man and he is such a dear. He will be a great trainer and I just know that he can do it with power. 

Busy week for our Ældste Holbrook in Sønderborg :o)

Ældste Holbrook had a lot of things going this week. He went on splits with some other Elders, he had a district meeting and lots of more fun things. He is never having a dull week in Denmark :o)

 Planning meeting of the week. LOOK at those pastries, I WANT some Pretty PLEASE!!

 Pretty and so Danish.

 Ældste Holbrook ate 4 plates of Asian food and 2 bowls of ice cream for dinner.  After a pretty BIG lunch. Needless to say he did not keep it down for very long and poor guy that stepped in it after!!

 Beautiful rainbow at a Danish train station.

 Christmas comes early to Denmark. At least a day earlier than here in Utah :o)

 VERY cold and maybe a little tired. Waiting for trains is NEVER fun and especially in the cold and rainy Denmark.

 I have still got it. He likes the tie clip. It says the Book of Mormon on it :o)

He is a great young man and we miss him so much. So happy that he is serving the Lord in Denmark and that we can call him ours. Keep up the great work and know we long for your safe return.

Sønderborg and Flensborg Germany

This week Ældste Holbrook had many photos to upload to us. We got 100+ pictures and 5 day of voice recordings. Oh.... How we LOVE the recordings, they are the BEST and so much more than "just" an email. 

Here are a few of the pictures of the week, it looks like he had so much fun :o)

 Beautiful Danish church.

 Inside the church!

 Could he be a preacher of the Danish State church :o)

 Looking at the beach, just LOOKING and it looks really cold!

 Dinner with Ældste Swan. 

 THIS is AWESOME, nicely done that is for sure!

 Shoes in a string over a gaagade (walking street) Interesting!

 Interesting store in Germany.

 

 Noah's arc in Germany. It was HUGE and very interesting!

 Ældste Swan, Andrea and Ældste Holbrook on her baptism day. 

 Elder serving in Germany, Ældste Holbrook, Andrea, Ældste Swan and another Elder serving in Germany.

Part of Ældste Holbrook's email to us this week:

This week has been great, first of all Andrea got baptized! That was an awesome experience, probably one of the most spiritual on my mission thus far. I had the opportunity to baptize her in the font, down in Germany! What an experience. During the meeting the time came for me to baptize her, so I walked into the font. It was FREEZING! The something was wrong with the heater so we were basically in Arctic chilling water. I baptized her and everything went well, when I got out I could not stop smiling. I was so happy I felt like my smile reached from ear to ear. Nothing could wipe it off my face, nothing. Interestingly enough even though the water was cold, I was warm both inside my body and outside. I was radiating with the spirit of Christ, I had asked Andrea that question and she said the same. She felt so happy, overjoyed and excited to finally have been baptized. She has now made the goal to continue to hold to the rod and go through the temple in one years time. We will be reunited with her then, and what a day that will be! This is what missionary Work is all about! I will be so happy if that is all that happens for the rest of my mission because she is so happy that she has received the gospel in her life.