Some of you have heard about our Cinderella story about Christina and Sebastian, but now I am going to share it with my blogging world.
Christina is a very good member missionary. She activated a young man and sent him on a mission. While he was gone, she continued to further her career dancing with the Royal Copenhagen Ballet.
In Sweden, Sebastian was dancing and loving it. He had just received the part of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, the part he had always wanted to play. But there was something missing. He had applied to the Danish Royal Ballet and had been accepted. He felt that he should turn down his part and go dance in Denmark.
When he came, he met Christina and they became friends. I heard that he was her dancing partner but I am not sure. He became interested in hearing about the church and the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. So Christina set it up for the missionaries to come to her home (apartment on the 6th floor of a downtown building by the Royal Copenhagen Ballet) and teach him. We were able to participate in a couple of lessons. One lesson we were sitting there listening to Elder Dickison talk to him in Danish and Sebastian responded in Swedish. There was complete understanding between the two. He was challenged for baptism and accepted. All this was done in our presence. I knew something was going on and felt the spirit, but wasn't sure what because I didn't understand Danish or Swedish. After we climbed down 6 flights of stairs to the street, I asked "What happened?" And then they told me he was going to be baptized. We were all so excited. That was just the beginning.
In October we had been invited to go see both of them dance in a ballet. We enjoyed it while tying to find them among the dancers. This year Christina received an award from the Queen for a lot of money to help her in her studies as a ballet dancer.
In December, Sebastian was baptized and Christina's missionary came home that same week. She was all tied up in knots. Which one did she truly love. She decided to choose Sebastian as she had fallen in love with him. The rejected missionary felt really bad. In sacrament meeting he bore his testimony and said that when he came home from his mission, he didn't have a place to stay, he had lost his job and now his girlfriend. But he didn't lose his testimony. He has since found a very beautiful, sweet Swedish girl and they will be married this year.
On December 29, 2007, Sebastian and Christina were married for time and all eternity in the Copenhagen Temple. Following the temple ceremony, they had a beautiful reception at the ward, just a block away.
On January 8, 2008, we were able to get tickets for the Nutcracker that Christina and Sebastian were dancing in. As we were waiting for it to start, the Queen appeared in her box just below us. So all the dancers would bow to us. (I really think it was for the queen).
This first video is of Christina and she is the front snowfake on the right.
We had been watching for Sebastian and couldn't find him. Then in the second half, he came out as the Snowflake Prince. We were really impressed. I hope you enjoy the video.
So that is the story. It could have only be better if Christina had been the Snowflake Princess. But she had to take time to have a princess wedding which was much more important as her temple marriage will last forever. This is another miracle story and it has now been recorded on my blog.
3 comments:
Very cool, Thank you for sharing their story with us.
I like that story, too. -mark
Thanks mom, that was fun. I am glad it worked out "happily ever after" for everyone.
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