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Sunday, May 30, 1982 The weather here is so nice! There are beautiful trees all over, trees and flowers that I have never seen before. Ed has two boys. One is named Eddie age 18, and the other one is Robbie age 14. They go to a huge ward and there are lots of young…

Saturday, January 2, 1982 Mom saw an ad in the newspaper that said that you could advertise in an American newspaper that you were looking for someone to marry. Mom wrote to the ad. She specified that she was looking for a Mormon man to marry, and he was to be about the same age…

Sunday, October 19, 1980 This morning Mom and I met up with Bent Ramsdahl and Elisabeth because we had to unload the truck. Bent has a cousin here in Skive that owns a huge warehouse and that’s where we will be storing our stuff until mom finds a place we can live. When we were…

Wednesday, July 2, 1980 When I landed in Copenhagen, Mom, her new husband Bent, and Elisabeth were at the airport to pick me up. Bent has a small summer house in a town called Strøby. Since it’s a summer house, it is near the ocean away from the city, away from everything. It’s strange to…

Sunday, March 16, 1980 When I got to Canada, Sander picked me up from the airport. He seemed very happy to have me here. Sander told me he had been thinking a lot about suicide before I wrote that I was coming. Sander drives a truck for a living, so I drove around with him…

Sunday, June 17, 1979 The bishop has asked me if I pay full tithing. I told him I did. Then he asked me if the amount is before or after taxes were taken out of my paycheck. I answered, “After.” He told me I needed to pay it before. I responded, “I can’t do that…

Sunday, February 4, 1979 Ever since Mom went back to church, the missionaries came to our home often. Missionaries have come and gone. They have all tried to get me to come to church. I just smile and say, “No, thank you.” I thought, The church is true and perfect, how could God want someone…

Monday, January 15, 1979 Today is a day I’ll never forget!  It has been about a week since Sander left, I was working in the cafeteria, peeling potatoes just like I did every Monday morning. My manager told me there was someone on the phone who asked for me. I wondered who that could be since…

Saturday, December 23, 1978 Mom, Elisabeth, and I were excited to have Sander come and stay with us. Mom had planned that Elisabeth, and I could share rooms, and Sander could have my room. I didn’t mind. I figured now that we were older, he wouldn’t hit me like he had done in the past. Rather…

Monday, November 7, 1977 I am still getting letters from Nick as if we never broke up. Today I got a letter from him telling me he has moved out of his parent’s house, and he was waiting to get baptized because he wanted me to be there. He pleaded with me to give him…