Hi everyone! I hope everything is still going
fantastic with you. Denmark is still the best, although it is getting
awefully Cold. I am now armed with a scarf and a big coat, because the
Wind is unbelievably freezing. But I have the fat from pastries to keep
me warm throughout the Winter.
On to the week! Monday
was a good day. We helped Yaseen move some random furniture from the
middle of nowhere up North. Then we went to an áwesome eating apointment
with Familien Eriksen, where they had this fancy grill looking thing in
the center of the table, where it was more like a Cook your food while
you eat thing. It was super intense, and way good. There was some
chicken, beef, vegetables, deliciousness. Then we had an awesome lesson
with them where we talked about how cool conference was. We also found
out that Tomas (the dad) could have been a professional ballroom dancer
but went on a mission instead!
Tuesday,
we had a good lesson with Andrea. Every time we teach Andrea we sit
under an acorn tree. So, whenever it is windy we can bombarded with
acorns. During this lesson one acorn fell and nailed Andrea in the face.
But other than that, we were just finishing up getting her ready for
baptism. Then we met with Peter, WHO wasn't doing so well. He has to go
through kemo Again, so he was not happy with life and was sick of how he
was living. He was still awesome, and still a boss, but he wasn't his
happy self then. After that we got this Deep dish pizza to make us feel
better, then we stopped by Tai and had a really good discussion with him
on the purpose of life, and why religion. Sadly Tai is still being
himself, and not really giving it a chance because of what he already
believes, but I still think he is the coolest guy ever.
Wednesday
comes around, and this was zone conference. So I got to see Elder
Larsen, Elder Eisert, and Elder Hawkes Again. I also got to see Elder
Durrant, which was awesome. Yet another kid from Mapleton that I knew
before the mission. It was a really good zone training, where we talked
about faith. The Elder Larsen (Grandpa Stewie) shared his last testimony
with the missionaries because he is going home after this transfer. It
was kind of sad, and really weird for me to see another person I know
leave. I'm starting to become one of the old farts here on the mission.
After an awesome familiy reunion except for Elder Walch, me and Elder
Holbrook went back to the South, where we went up to Yaseens and ate
some yummy rugbrød. It's the Classic Danish open sandwhich. But the last
one Elder Holbrook ate was made by Yaseen, and it had a Whole ton of
mayo on it... I'm still impressed that he ate it. Also, there was this
random teenager there, WHO was definitely high, but we started talking
to him about religion. He was like, "In the bible it says Jesus was on
acid", then he said that he got the effects from a cactus. It was one of
the weirdest Things I have ever heard. But... oh well.
We had splits the NeXT day. Going out with our Zone
Leader, Elder Hansen. He is a cool guy, so we tried to stop by some
people, WHO sadly weren't home. Then we had the baptismal interview for
Andrea! Where of course, she is ready. Then I got Elder Johnson, and we
walked, and walked, and walked. We tried stopping by person after person
with no luck, then we got some ice cream and ate dinner. Then we walked
even more to stop by someone WHO wasn't home. Then we ended up getting
lost because I took the wrong turn. I'm pretty sure I walked more than
10 miles that day. I was so pooped that night.
Friday
comes around, we had weekly planning. Then we served Tom, vacuum and
clean up outside. Then we had an awesome lesson with familien Steen,
where we read a chapter with them in the book of mormon, and just
discussed what we liked and what we learned from it. They absolutely
loved this. MaryAnne started marking her scriptures and just going ham
on it. Anders felt really loved when he taught us something from the
chapter. After that we went up to Yaseens and ate some nummy Soup, and
talked about alma 32, and how we need to give place for a seed of faith.
Saturday
was good, we met with andrea, to try and finalize everything which was
good. We found out that Ældste Holbrook with baptize her, and I will be
giving the gift of the holy ghost. I'm a Little nervous, just because It
will be in Danish, but I know that it will be okay. After that we
stopped by some college kids and talked video games with them (The new
pokemon looks sweet), then talked a about the gospel with them. Then we
stopped by Maria, and Dorthe the supposed witch. Then we ended the night
by eating a shepards pie.
Sunday
was a good day at church. 3 less actives were there, 2 investigators,
one of them being MaryAnne Steen. Andrea gave such a good testimony on
her conversion story, and how excited she is to be baptized. Then after
church we waited and met with our branch president and Andrea to
finalize the program. So now it is all set in stone, and we are way
excited for the baptism. After that we went up to Yaseens and watched
the Uchtdorf talk with him, which was good. Yaseen gave me this random
porcelin donkey that looks pretty sweet, I will have to take a Picture
of it. Then we ended that day by eating lasagna and ice cream with Tom.
Thank you for the love and prayers! We are super excited to go Down to Germany on saturday. I will let you know how it goes, and how much Money I spend Down there. :D
Loves,
Ældste Swan
The last picture is with Andrea, the girl that will be baptized. :D
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