This has
been an abnormal week, as usual. I've also been informed that I write too much,
so I'll try to be a little more concise with my information.
Monday, we
didn't really do much. We did the necessities and then some work. We had a
couple lessons planned, but none of them happened. David has sadly dropped us
because he's wife doesn't want him meeting with us. (That was a bummer.) Then
we were out doing stop by's and such. Later that evening, the four missionaries
went and cleaned the church building in preparation for TV2 Echo the next
day. We basically blasted Danish music while we ran room to room vacuuming and
organizing. T'was enjoyable at least.
Tuesday was
really hard to plan! We didn't know what time we were going to be filming, so
we were just waiting for Martin to call us and tell us to come. We were
knocking close to the church, but then went home to eat lunch before we got a
call. Basically, the crew just wanted to film Martin working with us
missionaries. So we went out knocking and they just filmed us as we talked to
people on the doorstep. But they wanted Martin to do most of the talking, so we
honestly did less than we usually do. Met a cool guy from Cuba though! Got to
use a couple Spanish words, which was pretty patheticly remembered. (Listen in
class everyone!) The rest of the day was very normal.
Wednesday
included some crazy stuff! We went over to Fredericia for a Zone Training where
President Olsen and President Rosenkilde (counselor in Mission Presidency)
taught us a bunch of people skills! It was super cool! We had all read from
Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People" and then we
applied some basic things there. It was super fun and really helpful! After
that, we had some Zone activity time which included American Football. Then we
split up for Blitz Splits! I drove up to Vejle and was on splits with Ældste
Throckmorton! We found two ladies, taught them a couple principles, and set appointments
for the Sisters to come back again! It was super fun and I felt like we applied
steps from the training very well. We then all had some kebabs to celebrate and
we headed home. We arrived at 10:45 due to some exciting transportation, but it
was a good day.
Thursday was
Thanksgiving!! Although it was pretty normal. We went a worked, knocked, etc.
But then to celebrate, we had an Elders Quorum Christmas party! (Denmark loves
their Christmas!) We made some julestjerne (Christmas stars), ate delicious
Christmas food, and had a present game (included dice and stealing gifts from
others. Taken very seriously here). It was super fun!
Friday was
exciting. We had weekly planning, ate some æbleskiver with Steffan, and knocked
out in Hjerting. We had to take a bus out there because it took less time, so
that was exciting. We had some fun conversations with some people and stopped
by some who Ældste Bailey had found on splits.
Saturday was
super busy! First off, transfer calls. Nothing is happening to Ældste Bailey
and I, so we're just keeping on keeping on! We had a lesson with a man named
Faris. He's from Iraq and not the best at Danish, but he can speak English
fairly well and wants to read in the Book of Mormon, so that's cool! We then
headed to Sofie (mom with two daughters) and we had a member, Poul Erik Bohr,
with us. But she didn't answer, so we just did some stop by's and set up
appointments instead. Then we had a lesson with Mettemarie and Lars, who are a
young married couple with one son and one on the way. Mettemarie had read the
first couple pages of Mormons Bog, and had quite a few detailed questions.
They're very open and happy to talk to us. We're going to keep meeting with
them, luckily. Hopefully Moana just won't be on in the background again, that's
super distracting! After that, we visited Martin Hansen (the one with guns). He
hadn't read in the pamphlet, so we read some with him and he still wants to
try. I'm a little skeptical about his motives, but we're at least visiting once
again. He also gave Ældste Bailey a super cool old Bible and offered my a
really fancy Koran. (I don't speak Arabic though, desværre.) And then we
skipped over to Martin Rusbjerg's new apartment for dinner and Coordination
Meeting! It was super fun! We made burgers and such. It was just super
hyggeligt and fun. He also said that we have one of the best relations he's had
with missionaries before, so that was super cool!
Sunday was
also crazy! We had choir that morning, which is always fun! Steffan and Kim
(back from Thailand) both came to church! Kim was very proud of his new suit
that he bought in Thailand. He was pretty schnazzy (not sure how to spell
that...). Then we brought Erik the sacrament, which is always super fun! We
also ate with Jonathon the Jew again! He's grown a beard, which looks really
good. Not much different with him though. We had some contacting afterwards,
but not much other than tons of Christmas lights everywhere.
Spiritual thought!
Read in The Book of Mormon because it's awesome! In Alma 27 I found it
interesting with King Lamoni and Ammon's diologue about taking the people out
of the Lamanites' land. The King says that he will wilingly take his people if
the Lord says to and he also knows that Ammon wants them to flee to safety. It
takes a lot of trust in Ammon and the Lord to carry your people away from your
own land in hopes that your friend's people will accept you. Just some food for
thought there.
Have a
wonderful week! I hope that Thanksgiving was incredible for you! Keep being
thankful, it pays off now and later!
--
Ældste
Bryant Jepsen
-Christmas
is officially here (That's the town square with a giant ice rink in the middle)
-Selfies of
Ældste Bailey and I
-TV2 Filming
Crew (Mathias and Lasse)
-Dinner at
Martin's (The Elders helped cook, so the Sisters cleaned) LtoR: Steffan Christensen, Ældste Bailey, Dennis, Lars Kjær, Poul Erik Bohr, Ældste Jepsen, Lukas Pedersen, Kim Andreasen, Joakim Nielsen
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