Monday, September 10, 2007

New Gear.... :)

Well, finally got my school outfit today for the various sport activities and such. I also got my Vejlefjord soccer outfit today. I also sprung for some nice indoor football shoes while I was shopping at Bilka. Today, while I was down in Veijle I bought a new soccer ball, so I can have one of my own :)
pics...

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I'll post pics of the uniforms/sportswear when I have pics of it with me in them :)

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Happenings lately...

It's been a few days now and it's just getting funner and funner :)
Here are some pics:

They woke me up again a few days ago and jumped on me and hung out in the room and used my comp...lol too friendly :) jk

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yeah I'm down there somewhere
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anika and david
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leboy (aka leroy)
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Of course some of the SM's like to fool around in the kitchen and have paddle fights with the kids...
Milo(student)
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Anthony(crazy SM from Australia)
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Two days ago we went for a walk to the sandy beach...the beach right at the school is rocky but also really nice. Anyway, here are some pics...so beautiful.

On the way there...


pics...
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Mario (SM from Mexico, my homie)
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Vanessa (SM from Australia)
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The soccer field out back :) (yep that's for you kevin botch)
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Monday, September 3, 2007

Pics and Vids

Well, here's a collection of a few pictures and videos from the last two days...

Chillin in the afternoon


Chris' Creation (lol)
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The dynamic trio (Anika, on the right, says that no one is allowed to take a picture of her without her making a funny face because she's to pretty :))
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David, lookin good while playing I Love Fluffy Bunnies
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Anika, David, Anthony, Falk, and friends playing I Love Fluffy Bunnies
---coming soon (video)---

A fraction of the gang :)
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OH YEAH BABY! A fellow Mac buddy. For macs it's me, mario (pictured), and Crista.
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Sunday, September 2, 2007

Once again...so exhausted

I just got back from playing more indoor football (soccer) and am so exhausted. I mean it's some hard playing that goes on over here and I love it!!! Anyway, I'm still a little jet-lagged. It takes me a while to go to sleep but it'll get better. Goodness...it's already midnight. I'll get back to writing tomorrow :)

Love you all, and good night! I promise I'll have pics tomorrow.

Saturday, September 1, 2007

I'm here...at the school...and it's awesome

It's 2:10 in the morning over here while I write this so excuse any mess-ups. I arrived at Copenhagen Airport earlier than expected so I got to wait and watch people for a while. A really cool social worker came over and talked to me and started off by saying "you're an American right?" He had picked me out of the crowd lol. He let me use his cell phone to call my ride. It was no use though because my dad and Henriette had already arrived to pick me up. My dad, was actually leaving for Chattanooga on the same day I arrived here, so we had to say quick goodbyes and off he went. I ate a little bit at Henriette's house and then got a 2-hour train ride to Veijle. Dan, another SM working at the school, was there, soon thereafter, to pick me up. I'll skip some of the deeper details but I am feeling really comfortable around here. The Danish locals that go to school here are beyond nice and I've already made lots of friends. They amaze me. They'll just come up to you out of nowhere and ask you where you're from, what you're name and so on. None of this uncomfortable ignoring that is so ingrained into western culture. The staff here are so great as well. They accepted me right away and I feel like I'm family already. It's a really relaxed atmosphere. We had a nice indoor soccer (from now on considered football, since it is the REAL football) tournament and it was crazy and showed me how out of shape I am. Oh well, I'll be back in shape in no time.
A kid here from 8th grade called Frederik (the one hiding behind the girl in the video below) is teaching me my Danish basics and he's a great teacher, and a great kid, along with some of the uber-crazy girls that are going here. Energy to the hilt! This video has a mixture of SM's and kids/students.



Anyway, I'll take and post some pics of the staff, kids, and surroundings after I get up sometime tomorrow (who knows when).

Flying....

Well, I'm on the other side of the pond now :)
I left for Atlanta on Wednesday and stayed at my grandparent's house for the night. I got up around 9 and then left at around 10 for ATL Airport. The goodbye to everyone, especially with my mom, was hard but I know I'll see them sooner than later. A year a is a long time, but I'm up for the adventure and am curious as to what God has in store for me for this year (and the rest of my life, of course). Anyway, back to the happenings...I left ATL on the plane that was taking me up to Washington D.C. around 13:10 and I got to Dulles Airport (that's the D.C. airport's name) about one hour and fifteen minutes later. The tailwind that we were experiencing cut quite a chunk of time out of the flight which is nice. The landing into D.C. was ridiculous. There was either some turbulence that we couldn't feel, or the pilot just didn't have his junk together cause we hit the ground hard, quite hard. Anyway, no harm done, no backs broken :). I had about a two and a half hour layover and finally boarded the SAS flight that would take me to Copenhagen, DK. I was very pleased when I sat down and saw that even the economy class passengers had their own personal entertainment systems so they could do what they wanted.



It is not an Apple marvel of interface but it's much better than you usually will see in the economy class isles. Gotta love those Scandinavians and their heightened sense of standard of living (flying). I arrived in Copenhagen in great time. The flight took about half an hour less than expected. Average ground speed during the trip was around 600mph (960kph, gotta start thinking like a European again :)) Well, I'll let you guys know how it is once I meet everyone and get on site.

Saturday, August 25, 2007

Flight Rescheduled

Well, I won't be flying out on Monday after all. My flight has been rescheduled for Thursday since the General Conference kind of lagged on the official missionary call. So, a few more days in the U.S. :) tis fine with me. I really want to get out of the heat though, of course. Well, that's it for tonight, just wanted to keep you updated.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Welcome...

Hello, friends, family, and random visitors :)

About two weeks ago I was just living my life and minding my own business when I got an e-mail from my dad. He was letting me know that there is a student missionary position available in Denmark at a school there. It immediately interested me but I kind of held back. I talked about it with my mom to get a second opinion and suddenly, along with here support, got quite excited about it. And here I am, after mountains of paperwork, I'm almost ready to go. My flight is scheduled to leave on Monday, the 27th of August, 2007. I'm very excited and also quite nervous but I'll talk about that later.

Right now...on an awesome note (and probably boring note for most members of the female gender)...Let's take a look at Porsche's newest addition to the stable! If you don't know me that well there's something you have to know; I'm absolutely obsessed with Porsches. You'll get used to it, I promise.

This my friends is the newest special edition of the mid-engine beast that is the Porsche Cayman S Design Edition 1. Wow, I just noticed how many words those are. Oh well, I like it. Another thing that you've probably noticed is how amazingly skilled the photographers and/or photoshopers over at Porsche are. They've always had a knack for taking beautiful shots.

Feel free to comment or ask a question in the comments after any or every of the posts :) I love feedback.