Hello all! The weeks just seem to fly by. I swear I
was here writing you all a couple days ago. Everything is going well in
Denmark, although in the newspaper it said that the sun comes up at 7:40 and sets at 6:30...
so the day is definitely getting shorter, and darker... and colder.
But that's not a problem when you have a scarf! (Man mode!)
Anyways, on to the weekly report:
Monday,
after writing to you, we went shopping. I FINALLY found the famous
cereal. It's called nougat bits. Its chocalate pillows, with a chocolate
creme filling. They are super duper dense, and taste like
Rainbows! (That's how good they are) They reminded me a Little bit of
the cereal Matt sent home from Russia, but these are a lot more
dense. So that made my monday pretty good, After eating some of those,
we stopped by Christian (American investigator) and read a chapter from
the book of mormon with him. Then we drove out to Tønder which is an
hour road trip there. We stopped by a less active WHO lives out there
named Jessy Witt (the only reason she is less active is because it is so
far away) Then we have an awesome Family out there as well named the
Nielsens. So after Jessy, we stopped by Emil Nielsen, whose wife wasn't
home, so our dinner consisted of hotdogs, and ice cream (Sounds like the
first time I was there) But once Again, it was absolutely
fantastic. We talked to him and his kids about Christ, and why he is so
important so us in our lives.
Tuesday, we started the day off by taking the rest of
our p day, by going to the mall that opened that day. :D I ended up
spending a lot of Money... but I bought a darn nice suit! As well as
some slacks! And some shoes because I lost one of mine on a train. :(
The suit was 65% cheaper, and it was a nice European suit, so I couldn't
resist. After that shopping spree, we stopped by John Sundahl, WHO is
pretty much our Grandpa here in Sønderborg. We talked with him for a
while, just about how it's going. Then we had the class that night,
(Grundlæggende principper af Mormoner) the one we have every week, and 2
people showed up Again! It was Andrea, the girl that is going to
get baptized, and none other than John Sundahl, the less active! It was
so awesome to see John get out of his house and actually do something.
He also has a really strong testimony on prayer, which is what we talked
about. It was actually a really good lesson. We compared it to
an iceberg, and the only way to get under the Water and see the bigger
Picture is through prayer. (Like Joseph Smith) after the class we ate
some cookies with them, then tried to get John to sing Elvis for us, but
sadly, he didn't.
Wednesday, We stopped by Karen, WHO is this old member
in the branch. She was born with this problem in her eyes where she is
pretty much blind. She can only see a tiny dot right in front of her, so
she has no peripheral vision. But she had translated all of the Book of
Mormon, and Pearl of great Price, into brail! It fills up 2 rows on a
book shelf of 3 ring binders. It is absolutely amazing! She also has a
super strong testimony of the gospel, and also on temple Work! After
that we served Tom and helped him clean his house. Then we had a good
lesson with Andrea, we talked about her baptismal program and kind of
how it will run Down. Andrea is so awesome, she has such a strong
testimony already. She listens to hymns every night, reads every night,
loves church, comes to our class every Tuesday. It is also crazy for us
to see the change that she has experienced in her life since she has
found the gospel. After that lesson with Andrea, we had an awesome
lesson with Anders Steen, where we talked about reading the Book of
Mormon. But it was more of a we are on the same level as you, we want to
read the book of mormon with you and talk about it, kind of like a book
Club. He was excited about this, and really enjoyed reading a chapter
with us. Anders also told us that he still is planning on
getting baptized eventually. Familien Steen is so cool, they really will
make strong members, and I can't wait to see them make the first step!
To close up the night, we went up to Yaseens where he made us "Authentic
Chinese fried rice" Which ended up like super American fried rice in a
Soup thing. But it tasted really good.
Thursday, weekly planning. Then we had an awesome chat
with Tai's girlfriend, Julia. Where we just talked about thinking in the
big Picture. That we are here to learn and grow, and that there is a
life after this one where we continue to learn and grow. After that we
said goodbye to Amalie, because she is moving to Odense. We had a really
good lesson with her and Rubita. We just shared our favorite
scriptures, then talked about how much reading scriptures has helped us
in our lives.
Friday, District meeting, twas fun to meet the new
missionary, and our new district leader, Elder Hansen. I also found out
that another one of the goobers at my schooled arrived. Ridge Durrant is
being trained by my grandfather, Elder Larsen. Which is sweet. But
after district meeting we stopped by Tai to see how he is doing. Then we
went up to Familien Kuntz, where we had an awesome dinner with Andrea
there. Afterwards we shared our baptism experiences and it was a really
awesome lesson. We also had a good time with Tobias Kuntz, the 13 year
old. Talked to him about videogames and all that fun stuff.
Saturday was a very relaxed day. We woke up, made the
weekly newsletter. Ate some pasta for lunch. After that we had another
lesson with Andrea, where we talked about how to pay tithing, as well as
addressing concerns and going over the baptismal interview. After that
we stopped by some people, then headed up to John Sundahls to Watch
conference! It was sooooo awesome! If any of you missed it, I highly
encourage watching it! (this was live for us, 8 pm)
Sunday comes around, the first thing we did was head to
the church, make some crepes, then Watch the saturday night session of
conference while eating some breakfast. After that we had an appointment
with our branch president, Quinten, and Andrea. We had a nice brunch
with them, then shared a lesson on conference and how important it is.
After this we stopped by Christian, WHO sadly said he wasn't interested
anymore. So we went back to the church and watched the priesthood
session. Then we went up to Ernzt, WHO is doing well! For being over 90
he read 8 chapters in the book of mormon. So we had a good lesson with
him. His concern was that the bible isn't translated correctly, and also
that he isn't sure if the book of mormon is translated correctly to
Danish. :P But after that lesson we went back over to Johns and saw the
Sunday morning session! It was a really good week, and I hope you all
saw conference!
Thank you for the love and prayers! I hope everything
is going well! Remember to keep the faith, and that which is shared, is
kept!
Love,
Ældste Swan
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