Hello! Everything is still fantastic in Europe!
So Monday
and Tuesday was pretty much going around and saying bye with Elder
Hawkes. He was leaving, going all the way to Devils Island. (Sjæland
where Copenhagen is) Which was really nice. Sadly these two days were
pretty hectic, and I missed writing in my journal on those days.
Tuesday around 3 I traveled to Copenhagen, which took the Whole day. I stayed with the zone leaders that are over there.
Wednesday
morning, went to the church in Copenhagen, where there was a meeting
for all the trainers and all the new Guys that just showed up. In this
meeting there was one kid, WHO had a Danish accent that was way better
than any of the missionaries, he was also a new kid. So naturally, he is
my son. His name is Elder Holbrook, he is from Salt Lake. His mom is
100% Danish, and she converted here in Denmark. So she raised him
teaching him Danish in the house. (Which is why he is so good at Danish)
What is really crazy is that he was only in the MTC for 12 days. So I
got him around his 15 day mark. Greeny fire and home sickness like
crazy! It's weird because I really am a huge example for him, and I set
how the mission plays out for him. He is already an awesome missionary,
and he knows the language. So I'm not worried about it at all. So when
we got back from Copenhagen, we had a bit of time to Work. So we went
out finding. We were just knocking on some doors, and this guy in a
Wheel chair opened the door. We started talking with him, and he was
really nice. Then we heard a voice from behind us, this guy was saying
to just close the door, because all they want to do is make you change.
He said that maybe 3 times, then I just said, "We know, but have a good
night!" We continued talking with the guy in the wheelchair, just about
his beliefs and a Little bit about what we believe. Then the guy that
was getting mad at us for knocking, telling him to close the door came
back and stood right behind us and told him to close the door once
Again. Elder Holbrook, being new and terrified of course did that. He
just said bye, and then shut the door. We turned around and the guy told
us to leave. Then he said something that we didn't understand, so we
said "Sorry, we didn't understand" then he asked if we would understand
his fist. It was an exciting first finding experience for my baby boy.
(This may have been what made him so homesick)
Thursday
rolls around, this was district meeting day, which was really good for
him to see other missionaries working. Our train was late, so we missed
the connection which ended up making us an hour late. So we got hom
around dinner time. Then we had an awesome lesson with this guy name
Daniel. He is a college student, studying computer networking. (He is
really good with computers) That was actually a really good lesson. We
just talked about why we are here on this life, and what are purpose is.
When we got home, Elder Holbrook just straight out told me that he
wanted to go home... that was when I had a Deep Heart to Heart with him,
talking about why we are on a mission, and all the people he will
bless. Then I gave him a Blessing, and he went off to bed.
Friday,
we served Tom, and this helped Elder Holbrook out a ton. He bonded with
Tom a ton, and found his purpose here on the mission. That was good.
Then we did weekly planning and we had a lesson with the Steens. That
started out really well. Feeling the spirit talking about families and
baptism and how much it blesses lives. Then Mira, the 1 year old
daughter started to cry because she was hungry. It ended the lesson
quite ubruptly but I think it was still a good lesson. We went finding
after dinner, and we found this awesome woman WHO is maybe in her 40's.
She said that she heard a lot of bad Things about mormons, but now wants
to hear what we actually believe. So we actually set up an appointment
with her right at the door and it was an awesome contact. (Her name was
Andrea)
Saturday
was fun because we got to help out with a youth stake activity that was
going on Down here. It was themed after the Olympics, and we were in
charge of the tug-of-war. It was fun to see a ton of Danish youth here
in Sønderborg. Then we went up to Yaseens and sadly didn't have time
to share an actual message because his friends showed up. (Kedde!!!!!)
Which was awesome. Got to just chat with them, and I got a potential for
some other missionaries through that.
Sunday
we had an awesome church meeting where Elder Holbrook was able to meet
all the members. After that we had a lesson with Andrea. It went really
well, we talked about God, the holy ghost, how to find God in your life.
Then we talked about the restoration, specifically on how it blesses
families. Then we invited her to read from the wonderful Book of Mormon,
and to pray. She was willing to say the closing prayer as well. She is
an awesome lady, and a very good soul.
But now I am here, writing all my wonderful friends and
Family. I hope you have had a fantastic week, and that you will have a
great week.
Loves and stuff from Sønderborg!
Ældste Swan
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