Dear Sister Jensen and family:
I want to take this time to wish you a Glade Jul og Godt Nyt Aar. My Danish may not be correct but you will understand what I am wishing for you. It is hard to believe that it is that time of the year again. I do not remember if I have ever told you I still have a Christmas present you guys gave me the second Christmas I was in Denmark. It is a small statue of Shakespeare holding a head. Usually what goes with it is the words “To be or not to be”. I do not know if you remember it. I wrote your name on the bottom. It sits on a small shelf in our kitchen. Thank you.
Two weeks ago we received ten-inches of snow. It was very beautiful. However, with the past two weeks, our day-time weather has been in the high forties (degrees), so the snow is almost all gone. In fact, I walked up the street to deliver some papers and on my way back my neighbors were out raking the leaves in their yard.
Myrna And I work in the Temple on Friday Evenings and Saturday Afternoons. On Friday, we start at 2:30 p.m. and leave about 9 or 9:30 p.m. and on Saturday we start at 9:30 a.m. and leave about 5 or 5:30 p.m. I am always impressed every time I enter the temple. I am sure you get the same feeling.
I do not know if it is just because I am getting older, way older, or whether my understanding is improving but this last conference was so uplifting and challenging. My prayer is to be able to do what I have been counseled to do.
What has been going on in your family and, also, with you? How are you doing with the new pacemaker. My mother wore one out and had the second one put in. It helped her quite a bit. She lived to be 93.
I was just thinking Dec. 16, 1958 was a special day of days for both of us. That was fifty-two years ago. Wow! How time flies. Congratulations.
I was reading in the newspaper that the two bomb blasts were pretty upsetting to the Swedish people. Of course, they should be of concern.
Our families are doing okay, as far as we know. I will tell you some about them starting from the oldest to the youngest. Shawn’s oldest child, a daughter, graduated from high school this last summer. He still has three in school. Melanie’s oldest graduated from the BYU a couple of years ago. She is working in Oregon. Melanie’s oldest son is on a mission in South America. She has two in school, one will be graduating this summer. Todd’s oldest son will also be graduating from high school this summer. He will go to college for one year and then go on his mission. Eric has four children and the oldest is in the ninth grade. The others are in grade school. AnnMarie has five children. The oldest still has one more year in high school before going to college. The others are scattered throughout the different levels of school. Alyssa, AnnMarie’s oldest, has been selected to be in a choir that will tour Europe this next summer. I will let you know if they are coming to Denmark. Julie has three and four-ninths children (she is expecting in April). That will give us thirty-two grandchildren. What a clan! Her oldest is in the first grade. Kirsten has four children. Her oldest two are only in grade school. David has three children. Two of them are in grade school and one is still at home. So much for our history.
Love you all,
Myrna and Leonard
