60 års jubilæum - 60 years anniversary

Lørdag fejrede Evangelisk Børnemission, at det er 60 år siden, Minnie Eskelund landede med Amerikaner-båden i Danmark og startede EB. Dengang hed hun ikke dog ikke Eskelund - det kom året efter. De var hurtige i de gode gamle dage.
Men Minnie ligger på hospitalet, så vi kunne ikke fejre hende, men heldigvis kom hendes mand Henry forbi. Og han har jo da været med i 59 år, siden Minnie fik ham lokket til at skrive kartotekskort i 1948. (Åbenbart et scoretrick!)
Vi savnede Minnie, men vi fik en god dag alligevel.

Henry talte om at give stafetten videre, og så var det jo heldigt, at jeg havde fået lokket et par teenagere fra Teens To Children med. Og de kunne jo fortælle om årets påske-outreach og i øvrigt underholde med dukketeater m.m.

Det var hyggeligt at hilse på gamle venner og bekendte. Og så var mine små søskende også med - i daglig tale kaldet M&M, og de var begge i krammehumør, så alt i alt en rigtig hyggelig dag.

Saturday we celebrated that this year it is 60 years since Minnie Eskelund arrived in Denmark and began the work of CEF in Denmark. However - back then her last name was not Eskelund. That came the following year. They were fast in the good old days.
But Minnie was not with us today - she is in hospital. But fortunately her husband Henry joined us and it was very much his day too since he has been a part of CEF for 59 years since Minnie asked him to help filing addresses (aparently an ancient flirting trick).
We missed Minnie a lot but we had a good day.
And Henry talked about passing on the torch. (First picture.)
And that's what we had done by inviting some of the teens from Teens To Children. They shared about our Easter outreach and performed a bit. (Second and third picture.)
It was nice to meet old friends and chat a bit. And my youngest siblings whom we sometimes call M&M were there too and they were in a hugging mood so all together it was a very nice day. (last picture.)