Well this week was about normal, or not. Depends on what you think is normal, I guess. Some part of me thinks it's normal to walk around and ask people about their personal relationship to an Almighty Being who is their Father, but apparently it's not as normal as I think... It's still been a good week though! :)
Last Monday, was basically just did logistical
stuff for the four man. We went emailing (had to take care of some for the Zone
Leaders because they were inside) and then bought groceries for all of us. We
basically barely got everything done before we went to an eating appointment
(first one of the transfer!) at the Vestbø's! I just love their family! Bjarne
and Jeanett have four boys, the oldest of which is 18 (then 17 and then some in
the almost preteen age). Both the parents served missions (England or Ireland)
and they're just studs! I talked mostly with Jeanett, and she reminds me a lot
of a family friend I had growing up! (Lisa Huff) She's just fun and you feel
loved around her, but she'll joke with you too! Their family is just fun to be
with!
On Tuesday, we had a lesson with
Rosa! We weren't able to find any members to come, but the Fonnesbecks (the
married couple missionaries in Fredericia) were able to come with us! The
lesson got a little off track because of Ældste Fonnesbeck, but Rosa still like
us being there and commited to coming to church!! She's now planning on coming
next Sunday, the 4th of March. After that we went knocking and just got shut
down over and over. There was a guy that we were trying to follow through a
locked door, but he specifically closed it as I tried to stick my foot in. So
that was fun! ;)
Wednesday was another bike ride up
to Cedervej to visit Alexander! We had knocked into him a while ago, but
haven't been able to meet because he was in København. We taught him a little
more about why the Book of Mormon is relevant for us today and he was actually
really happy about it! He makes sure he understands everything and asks
questions if he doesn't!! It's awesome! He did say he has some doubt, but he's
trying to identify why so we can address it! He's just amazing! After the
lesson we talked about scouts (Spejder) and he showed us his uniform! It was
pretty cool! The rest of the day was also just knocking, but nothing too
special.
Thursday was pretty long. We had
District Meeting that morning, which was great! We talked about using the Book
of Mormon in order to address concerns and answer questions. That way, the
investigator knows that the answers don't come from us as missionaries, but the
scriptures! After District Meeting, Christian (the Elders Quorum President)
came to work on our Quorum song with us. It was honestly, incredible! Ældste
Saviano, Ældste Cannon, and Ældste Schaffer literally just wrote music for a song
right there! It's a piano and double guitar song. Now Ældste Preece, Ældste
Gottfredson, and I are trying to write lyrics and vocals. It was pretty fun! We
went knocking once we came home. Nothing too exciting there.
Friday was splits! Fredericia (Elders)
came here to Kolding, and I was with Ældste Gottfredson. We went knocking and
talked to a lot of super nice people! We also gave out three Book of Mormons
which were basically all to Jehovah's Witnesses, so that was interesting. We
also had a lesson with Tirtsa (Israeli woman). All four of us were there, and
she basically just shot us with questions. It wasn't dangerous, just all over
the place. We tried teaching the Plan of Salvation, but her questions literally
were addressed by each different missionary lesson. It was pretty weird. That
evening, the Sønderborg Elders came on splits with the Zone Leaders. It wasn't
planned to have 8 people, but it worked that way. So, we all ate dinner and
somehow found everyone a place to sleep!
Saturday was pretty freezing. We dropped
off Fredericia (Elders) at the station and then tried contacting home, but no
one was outside! The rest of the day was basically us trying to avoid being
distracted by the other four Elders during Weekly Planning and knocking. We
also visited a Less Active named Rigmor (“Ree-more”) again. She's really having
a hard time and has started smoking again! There wasn't much we could do for
her, but we're going to try to work with the ward on how to help her.
On Sunday, it snowed again! And it
didn't make us late for church! (My favorite!) Church was great, and we had a
fællesspisning afterwards. I was talking with Bent (the older guy with the
chicken coup) and he totally knows who I am! I just thought that was cool. :)
He also asked if we had visited Rigmor, which I thought was interesting. We got
home and tried some contacting, but again, no one wanted to be outside in the
cold. We also recorded our Zone Radio show again. (This was the third
installment.) It was pretty good!
This week has shown more of the
enduring to the end for me. It's very easy to see how all the good things
people do are lost and nullified if we don't endure to the end. So, try this
week, to endure to the end with something specific. Whether it's serving in
little ways every day, just complimenting someone, or writing in your journal
daily. Do it all week!
Thanks for the emails! I hope you
all have a wonderful week!!
--
Ældste Bryant Jepsen
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Here's a fancy dinner we had once
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We did two puzzles, so we took some awesome pictures
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Ældste Schaffer and I wrote this in the snow. It means "Good
Morning!"
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I made an album cover for the song. First single from "The Elders"
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