So Tuesday
we came back with the Zone Leaders, Ældster Smith and Pihl (which is actually
spelled Peel in English). We waited out in the stairwell to the apartment and
it was really cold. Ældste Pihl conducted the interview and decided that it would
be best for her to wait. He gave us a few things to focus on with her which
included an abortion situation that was kind of confusing on what actually happened.
So we're now coordinating with President O'Bryant with her. We also had an
appointment with Helle that afternoon, but she didn't show up to Carl's house.
Then we picked up the Randers Elders for splits and went to Finn and Dorthe's house
for dinner. We had an awesome lesson about the Stripling warriors and their
mothers to answer Dorthe's question about women in the Book of Mormon, which
led really well into committing them to read it every day! But they were really
hesitant and almost defensive when we asked them. They said it wasn't the same
reading it without us there, so we'll have to work on that. It was just kind of
a rough day with all the investigators we have.
Wednesday
was a day of finding! We went knocking in Viborg. It was way fun for me to work
with Ældste Schaffer! He's a way fun, animated, and positive guy! But they had
to leave that afternoon, afterwhich, Ældste Saviano and I came back to Skive
and found two potential investigators. One is named Elvis! Well kind of... He's
not actually named Elvis, but his name is super hard so everyone else calls him
Elvis! He and his neighbor are from the Yugoslavia area so they didn't grow up
with religion. Elvis is very curious why people have religion and he's quite
interested. We're now trying to find them both a Serbian Book of Mormon so they
can read it in their native tongue.
Thursday was
Zone Conference day! It's always a super long day, but this time I couldn't
sleep on the way there. We had some winter tires in our apartment and they
didn't fit our car, so we drove them to Aarhus! Road Trip! We watched the sun
rise over some lakes on our drive early in the morning. It was basically gorgeous!
And the speed limits were great!! I got to drive 130 kilometers per hour! It
was pretty cool even though that's basically 80 mph still. Ældste Saviano and I
had some good conversations on the drive and we jammed to some awesome EFY and
David Archuletta songs. (If you haven't heard David Archuletta's Son of Man
with the Nashville Tribute Band, go listen to it! It's awesome!!)
Friday was
supposed to be our perfect day. A perfect day for our mission is a goal to have
3 lessons (one with a member), 6 hours of finding or teaching, receive one
referral, and a couple other things I can't remember. But we had all the hard
stuff lined up and planned for the day! Then the Slippery Fish swam away. Our
appointment with Elna fell through and a return appointment Ældste Saviano set
up on Wednesday burned us as well. Luckily Helle wanted us to come earlier than
planned to move her couch, so after eating a sack lunch and playing soccer with
a lighter, we headed over there. The couch was insanely heavy, but Ældste
Saviano is "large in stature" so it worked out quite well. We then
had an awesome (unplanned) lesson with Helle focused on Repentance, which was
our Zone Conference topic. We addressed her two main concerns with being
baptized and set a baptismal date with her! It was awesome!! And Carl helped
teach her as well!! It was the best part of the day, by far. Especially because
we were then dropped by another potential that we were excited to work with.
Saturday was
interesting. We had an appointment with Elna, but once we drove to Viborg, she
was gone. So we had to drive home to organize some things with our district and
have weekly planning. Then we were told we would be spending the night in
Aarhus because of Stake Conference in Vejle the next morning, so we had to get
things together for that. The we had an appointment with Rune Pedersen, back in
Viborg. We had an awesome talk with him about why he wasn't active anymore.
Ældste Saviano told him that the branch needed him there. Which is completely
true. The missionaries have a big responsibility in keeping the branch together
because we travel around the most, so we see the members often more than they
see each other. Rune would make a stark difference in the dynamics of such an
elder ward. It was a really spiritual experience. We're hoping to get Rune
thinking about the priorities. We then traveled to Aarhus, by train this time.
We had dinner and basically had a six man apartment for the evening with Ældste
Smith, Pihl, Christensen Jr, and Campell. We also found out that Ældste
Christensen was going home for medical reasons this week, so it was a farewell
splits for him. I really look up to him too, so it's hard to see him
leave.
Sunday was
extremely long. We took the train down to Vejle for an awesome Stake
conference. Then there was a leadership meeting for the missionary leadership
in Fredericia, so we went down there, and then came all the way back to Skive.
We also missed breakfast, so we ate for the first time at 7 when we got back to
Skive.
This Monday
was awesome though!! But I'll tell you about our adventures in next week's
email. It was a little weird because the Missionary Portal was down this
morning, so we switched around our P-Day time, so that's why this email is
later. But we had quite the adventure!
Spiritual
Thought: Proverbs 3:5-6 has a footnote about acknowledging God. The footnote is
about Trustworthiness. I thought that was interesting, but it really hit me
that God is completely and perfectly trustworthy. If we put our trust in Him,
He will always make the most of what we do.
Thanks for
reading (or skimming)! Thanks for all your support!! Vi ses!
--
Ældste
Bryant Jepsen
-A selfie
on a bridge in Viborg
-We were waiting for a train in Struer, so we took pictures with this tower we found
-We played on a park in Viborg
-I got a coat and it's quite hyggeligt! (cozy)
-We were waiting for a train in Struer, so we took pictures with this tower we found
-We played on a park in Viborg
-I got a coat and it's quite hyggeligt! (cozy)
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