Monday last
week was quite interesting. We decided to bike up to the Storecenter, which is
only 3-ish miles away from home, but it was also uphill. Once there, we
basically just looked at stuff and got lunch. We went knocking later that
evening, but the opganges we were planning on were locked, so we found a
different street.
Tuesday was
Zone Conference!! It was awesome!! We had to wake up at about 4:30 in order to
leave on time, but then the time on our train tickets was wrong! We had to wait
for a half hour until the actually train went up to Aarhus! So that was kind of
lame. Luckily, we had some trusty Cocios to keep us energized. ;) (The mission
culture is to drink an energy drink called Booster on the morning of Zone
Conference, so we're starting the chocolate milk revolution!) We learned about
using the Book of Mormon in Baptismal invites, and the communication
relationships of Parent to Child as opposed to Adult to Adult. It was awesome!
We had about a half hour of contacting and then studies when we got home, so it
was pretty good.
On
Wednesday, was pretty normal. We went out contacting and knocking. Not too much
happened though. We knocked out in a little side-town called Rebæk which pretty
much had a ton of really nice houses. There were quite a few nice people, but
they didn't want the gospel yet. One lady talked to us about her King Charles
Spaniel puppy though! It was adorable. She also agreed that my Dad should get
one. ;) (nudge nudge, Dad) I also got a flat front tire on the way home, so we
walked most of the way, but the weather was amazing so it was fine! We also
gave each other hugs to celebrate Valentines Day. That's not actually a big
deal here in Denmark, so that was all that happened.
Thursday's
weather was kind of confusing. It was cold and snowed, but then stopped and
kind of rained. Welcome to Denmark, I guess. We spent some time patching my
bike tube, but our little pumps wouldn't fill the tube up all the way! So we
went street contacting instead. I used one of the other bikes so we could bike
up to Knud Hansens Vej and we knocked for a while. The snow was really fun to
bike in, and I had to use some sunglasses to keep it from getting in my eyes.
It was pretty fun! We also talked to an Israeli woman named Tirsta on the
street that evening. She's quite religious and loves talking about God, but
might not actually want to learn more. We got her address though. Then we made
pancakes for dinner! Also, Ældste Preece (Ældste Saviano's companion) kept
feeling sick and waking up during the night, so they set an appointment with a
doctor. (This is important to the title.)
Friday was
normal as well. We tried stopping by John, but he wasn't home. Then we knocked
a cute little street, but basically no one was home. We had some other
knocking and such for a hours, but not too much happened there. Later, Ældste
Preece and Ældste Saviano came home from the doctor's and said that Ældste
Preece had pneumonia! Sister O'Bryant asked him to stay inside on Saturday and
he was pretty bummed about that. So Ældste Schaffer and I picked up some kebabs
for everyone for dinner, to cheer us all up.
Saturday's
normality was destroyed. We were out contacting that morning when Ældste Preece
got a call from President. There have been a couple other serious cases of
pneumonia in the mission and he didn't want to take any more chances, so Ældste
Preece was sentenced to staying inside until Tuesday!! So, as his sygplejer
(nurse), we had to pick up snacks to last the two of them and also some hand
sanitizer. So that was fun! That's where the Black Lung comes from. We had some
weird Weekly Planning because of that, but we also got to knock some doors again.
I was also officially given some little Lego sets that some Elders had left
behind, so those were fun to mess around with. ;)
Sunday was
pretty weird too! We left for church (without the Zone Leaders) and had a
wonderful time. It was a great meeting where everyone was home from vacation
(they had school off this past week) so the ward was actually there! The
Fonnesbecks also gave us a Crockpot for the apartment, so that was cool! We
came home and did some work outside and basically made sure the other two
Elders hadn't gone crazy yet. We were contacting on the street and we talked to
a guy who had a lot to say about religion. He was very well read in the Bible
and had some interesting theories. For example: Blood holds your personality,
so if you receive blood from someone else, you begin to assimilate their
personality and lose some of your own. Also, the Ice Age is a false doctrine
because the Noah's flood had to occur more recently and therefore ice couldn't
have time to form. Along with, he has 3,000 books and therefore must have a
Book of Mormon. We talked with him for over a half hour and then he declined
any other communication because he 'didn't want to talk.' So that was
interesting...
On a more
spiritual note, we had an awesome talk this Sunday by Joshua (a priest in the
ward) about service. He quoted his dad when he said, "You should never be
too busy to help." Service is a large deal in our church, but it's just
because we want to serve God! There are always little and big things we can do
to help others. So try and find something small to do everyday, or something
big you could do this week. Just look at how you can bless those around you by
giving yourself. Joshua also quoted an apostle who said, "He who gives
money gives a lot. He who gives time gives more. But he who gives himself gives
all."
Thank you
for your support! I hope everything is going well for you! Have a great week!
--
Ældste
Bryant Jepsen
- The joys
of biking in snow!
- Our
apartment and my desk
- Here's a
random selfie in the kitchen!
- Our Cocio
morning on the train! (Also sent a short clip of them on the train with their
chocolate Cocio drinks)
- Ældste
Schaffer and I talked with apples in our mouth for Sprog study. Surprisingly
helpful... (also sent a little video clip of them speaking Danish with an apple
in their mouth!)
- Here's
some random Lego stuff (don't judge too harshly, I only had two little sets to
work with)
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