Stilhed - Silent

As we are doing the protocols, we see STILHED on entries.  It means silent.  How do you have a silent funeral and why is this so important that it is noted?  Do you just sit there in silence with no music and talking?  No one at that archive really knew what it was.  They surmised the same thing I did.  Finally last week, I asked Helge.  She said it meant that is was not advertised in the newspapers or made public.  It is for family only.  It is interesting because as the years have gone on, these have become extremely popular. 

We finished the more current end of these protocols and have 11 more from the early 1800's to do.  Then we will do the German graves and on to the next project.  We are waiting for the orders from Salt Lake.  The woman that does the conservation of the documents, Anni, said that they have 40 kilometers of documents that they would like to have digitized just for the city of Copenhagen.  FamilySearch is a bit picky about what they are willing to do.  They want the most bang for their time.

Annika, the young woman that came in the same time we did, is only going to be there until May.  They did not extend her contract.  I will be sad to see her go.  She is a delightful young lady.  Maybe I keep falling in love with these young women because they remind me of our daughters.

I don't know if I have posted this before or not - but they do not use disposable things here.  Lunch is always eaten on a plate with utensils, even if it is just a sandwich.  Open face sandwiches are always eaten with a knife and fork.  If you think about it - that does cut down on trash.  We get a good bit of money back on our plastic bottles.  They are great at recycling here.  Lunch is also what we would consider breakfast fare in the states.  At least a couple of times a week, it is eggs (done different ways), bacon or ham and toast.  For dessert, most of the guys have Nutella on bread.  All of the permanent young men that are employed at the archive, pool their resources and take turns preparing lunch.  When it is Daniel and Jeppe's turn, it is quite a feast.  The rest of the guys just buy sandwich fixings.  Anni, had the most beautiful open face sandwich the other day.  She had thinly sliced ham, Havarti cheese and sliced radishes on that.  On the side she had avocado, and a fresh fruit salad.  It was beautifully plated - which seems the norm for the employees in our office.  It looks like they have received the food from a restaurant, but I watched them put it together in the kitchen.

We are going to the Mission President's home for dinner tonight.  Another senior couple has just arrived and we will be introduced to them there.  Sister Swena and Sister Hamblin found us a rug for our living room.  When they come to pick us up, we will receive our rug.  Yeah, that will help with the cold floors this winter.