Last Monday, we had a sweet little
picnic! It took us almost all morning to plan, so it turned into a brunch!
That's where the swing pictures from last week came from. We just ate up on a
hill with a little playground. It was fun! We went knocking later that day. An
old lady let us in but insisted that she 'couldn't buy anything because she
doesn't keep money at home.' Yea, one of those people. But she ended up taking
a Mormons Bog and setting it next to her husband's Ringernes Herre (The Lord of
the Rings) books. It was cool. We also taught Morten! We read a bit in the Book
of Mormon and he really liked it! We invited him to baptism, but he kind of
brushed past saying yes or no, but he's open to it! He then asked if he could
read something before we come next time! It was awesome!
Tuesday was good. We had one lesson
planned with Jakob and Britta, but they had to cancel (again). It was actually
a really funny text. Jakob apologized that they had to cancel,
"again." So we went out knocking all day! We talked to quite a few
people. A lot of younglings took a book. Some turned out to be a 9th grade girl
so her parents called to tell us not to come back, you know how that goes. ;)
It was pretty good though. One guy was pretty irritating that he wouldn't
accept that we had a testimony of the Book of Mormon. That was fun. Ældste
Schaffer and I were by ourselves that evening because the Zone Leaders were in
Copenhagen. It was pretty fun!
Wednesday was normal as far as Wednesdays
go. We knocked out by Højhusene, almost bounced on a big bouncy green bubble,
had to fix Ældste Schaffer's bike (again) because the chain fell off (again).
We got out to a beautiful part of town along the fjord. It wasn't super
positive, but the people were pretty nice! We then had French Toast for dinner
and listened to the Joseph Smith lectures by Truman G. Madsen. They're pretty
cool!
Thursday was pretty eventful. We had
District Meeting, so that was an event. We reviewed the trainings from the
transfer, which I liked. We had an awesome spiritual moment as each of us
shared a faith building experience. It was wonderful! I also got to share
Romans 3:3 (it's awesome!). After we got home, Ældste Preece and I were on
splits, so we went knocking! We met a teenage boy who was being confirmed the
next day (Danish confirmation in the Folke Kirke happens when the child is
older.) He was interested in a Book of Mormon! We all ate at Burger Shack that
evening, which was wonderful!
Friday was interesting. We got to go
to a Konfirmation (that's danish). The hymns were really fun to sing, but the
rest was kind of weird. It was great to see a lot of people doing spiritual
things, just also weird they're doing it a little differently than they
should... Then we had the rest of splits. Not much different there. Then we had
Weekly Planning. Ældste Owen and Ældste Evans from Esbjerg came for splits, so
that was fun!
Saturday rolled around. Transfer
calls came. I was called to go up North to Frederikshavn! I'm super excited!!
I'll be with Ældste Moulton, who is an awesome guy and a hard worker! The rest
of the day was just some knocking and finding. I also packed a bit and such. It
was really fast.
Sunday was really sad! I was really
looking forward to church, but it went by too quickly!! I got to see all the
people I've come to care about, and then we all went home. I was able to share
a quick testimony and help pass the sacrament, so I appreciated that! I also
got some pictures with a couple people. There was a little lunch with some
members afterwards. I sat by an investigator (from Vejle) named Klaus. Then
after, he drove all four Kolding Elders home! We had a lesson with Rosa, which
was my last. She committed to pray daily and keep the Sabbath Holy! It's been
hard lately with her mental state, but she seemed fine and was very happy!! I
also got a picture with her!
Monday, which was yesterday, was
insane!! We woke up and instantly started giving each other haircuts. That was
fun. The most of the morning was packing and doing some thunderstorm
contacting. Then we ate lunch at Lagkagehuset. Finally, Ældste Schaffer an I
headed to Fredericia to send me off officially. I switched trains with seconds
to spare and then rode with a ton of missionaries for most of the way to
Aalborg! It was awesome! I saw a ton of people from my group! Finally
Ældste Danielsen-Jensen, Ældste Newton, and I arrived in Aalborg. So I hopped
onto another train to Frederikshavn! We got there just in time to see all the
stores and library close, so we just went home and unpacked. It was pretty
crazy! But I'm super happy to be here!! I'm really excited to work with Ældste
Moulton and get to know this branch!! Also, Havn means Harbor, that's why the
Harbor is Kolding. ;)
My spiritual thought comes from a
paraphrased quote by Winnie the Pooh. He said (something to the effect of)
"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard."
I definitely experienced that with the Fredericia ward. I didn't think I would
come to care for them so much, but they really felt like I belonged there. They
welcomed me with open arms and loving hearts. I'm going to miss that ward, but
now I get to do the same for others who don't know they belong in God's arms.
So the challenge is, try to open your arms to someone this week. Welcome
someone to wherever you are! Just make them feel like they belong, because they
do! We all belong together as children of God!
Thanks for all of the support!! You
are all wonderful forces of good! Keep it up! Have a great, loving week!
--
Ældste Bryant Jepsen
(my SD card reader isn't being read
by the Frederikshavn library computers, so I'll try to have more recent
pictures next week...)
Pictures!! We found a computer that worked!
- Rosa
- Familien Bornemann
- Niels Iskov Nielsen
- Ældste Moulton!!
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