Monday was pretty normal. We did a
bunch of normal P-day stuff, including buying some cheap socks, getting Ældste
Jensen's guitar repaired, and emailing. We then met with a former member named
Kim Asmussen. He's really nice and wants to be rebaptized, so that's cool! He's
mom made him promise that he would take his records out and not join as long as
she was alive. So kind of awkward situation, so we're figuring out what we can
do there. He likes us though! Other than that, we went contacting. We also had
kebabs that evening, which was super good!
Tuesday was really wet too! We tried
some contacting, but there weren't too many people that wanted to talk in the
rain. So we went knocking! And may have accidentally knocked into a member, who
is the Stake Patriarch... It was super funny. He basically opened the door and
said "come in, see if you can convert us!" So we shared an impromptu
spiritual thought with them and then headed on our way. That night, we had
Coordination Meeting at Martin's house. It was really fun. Good stuff! Then we
biked home in the dark to eat our calzones!
Wednesday was Zone Conference! So we
headed to Fredericia! It was super fun going back to the church again! The
entire conference was about Being One in Christ. It introduced more frequent
Blitz Splits, which means more missionaries come to an area and just go to work
for a couple hours in that area. (We have Blitz Splits coming to Esbjerg this
coming Tuesday.) We also talked a lot about how we can be more unified as
missionaries and with members. It was really good! President and Sister Olsen
drove the Sisters and us home, which was fun! Once we got home, we did some
contacting! We met one young girl named Kamille, who wasn't very religious but
was open to trying! She talked to us for quite a while and took a Mormons Bog!
We're still trying to get in contact with her. (Why do people give out their
emails?!)
Thursday was pretty random. We went
contacting, met a lady named Rose who took a Book of Mormon. We also went
knocking, where we talked the longest with a young Jehovah Witness dad. He was
super nice and let us explain, but didn't want to test Mormons Bog. So he gave
us some soda when we left instead. We ate dinner at a member's house. He's
named Jens Ole Byskov. He told us a bunch of stories of going to other countries
and basically adopting people! One young 13 yr old he met in Nepal, Jens paid
for him to learn English, got him interested in the church, brought him to
visit Denmark where the ward then payed for his mission to India, and now he is
working in Nepal and has baptized two of his siblings! That's just one story,
but it's super cool!
Friday was long. We did some knocking
in a kollegium (or young housing/dorms) which turned out to be international
student housing! So we did everything in English!! It was super weird!! We got
quite a few fun conversations and a lot of super nice people! We also ate with
Kaj. We thought it would be more time effective to eat as well, so we could use
time later. However, it was in vain. We basically helped him cook all the food,
then had a short lesson before we ate. It took a really long time.
Saturday was a day of finding! We
went contacting and knocking in a variety of places. We also checked out some
places to knock next Tuesday for Blitz Splits. It was a pretty uneventful day.
We also had weekly planning, which was fine.
Sunday was super though!! We drove
to Aarhus with the Kjær family: Lars (dad), Marianne (mom), and Natasha
(daughter). It was pretty fun! Then I got to see a ton of people that I know!!
About 80% of the mission was there, along with members from Skive, Fredericia,
and Frederikshavn!! It was incredibly fun saying hi to everyone!! It was also
really nice to see that people remembered me! I talked quite a bit with Kurt
and Arne Holm Larsen (Frederikshavn) and then Joshua Bornemann (Fredericia)
chased me down to say hi too! It was super fun! Stake Conference is basically
the most hyggeligt thing on the planet! After we got home, we did some
contacting and knocking, so it was a good day!!
My spiritual thought comes from
Stake Conference. The visiting Area 70 (I don't remember his name) talked about
Jarius when Christ was on his way to heal his daughter, but was then
interrupted by another woman who was healed. He discussed that often, we feel
like we're entitled to have the "first ticket" or to see results
sooner than others. He testified that the Lord does remember and keep His
promises as we are patient and worthy. It was also said that hard times are to
come, but as we hold to the covenants that we've made, we are assured that
Christ will save us and God will exalt us! It was a really powerful statement,
which is completely true. As we do what we're asked, all we need to do is trust
that the Lord will fulfill His promises.
Thanks for tuning in! We'll see you
all next week for the next episode of Mission Denmark!
--
Ældste Bryant Jepsen
-There was some
medieval festival when we had to look up some addresses at the library...
Needless to say, we couldn't do anything effectively there, but it was fun to
see!
- We also took some pictures of our
church building for pass-along cards. We're definitely using this one. ;)
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