The Most
Hyggeligt Time of the Year, by far! Sadly deserves a longer update, but I don't
have more time so bear with me.
Monday was
Juleaften. It was basically the easiest P-day because we didn't have many
options to do anything. So we had some Nerf wars in the church, emailed, and
ate German Pancakes. Then we went to Vor Frelsers Kirke which is a Danske
FolkeKirke for a Julegudstjeneste. It was pretty fun! Lots of songs and people,
one of which is not usually in Danish churches. Then we were with the Kjær
family! Lars, Marianne, Liz (Marianne's mom) along with Nicklas (RM son),
Louise, Mishelle, and Natasha. We played Monopoly Deck, which I lost. Then we
ate some amazing Danish Christmas food, which is always good. Then we read the
Christmas story, listened to Christmas hymns, and then they opened presents!!
They gave Ældste Bailey and I some shampoo and deodorant, which was very nice
of them. Liz also gave us 200 dkk (which we'll probably be using to buy Simon a
bike). It was really fun to hang out with them!
Tuesday was
crazy!! Christmas was awesome though! We started off by having Personal study.
Then we headed to Karen Kristensen's to have a lunch with some cool Asylem
seekers. We got to play with some puppies that Karen's daughter has. That was
fun! We played a game to see who could tear the longest, connected paper strip
out of one piece of paper. (Would recommend!) It was really fun! After, Karen
drove us to the church to eat with Johnes Laine. He had gone all out with
decorations and food!! It was honestly scary how much food we had eaten
already. Then he gave us food to take home along with enough sugar to kill a
horse. But we got to talk with our families! It was really fun! Luckily, with any
technical difficulties (not many for me) everyone was able to call. Ældste
Bailey and I then had to figure out how to ride the bus home afterwards.
Wednesday
was a normal day, pretty much. Technically it's Anden Juledag (Second Christmas
Day). We went out contacting and knocking. We had some good conversations, so
that was good! That evening, we ate with Jens Ole Byskov! He's super cool! We
also had Jonas (the Sisters are teaching him), and he's super cool too! It was
a hyggeligt evening!
Thursday was
good. We had District Council. We also taught Constantin! There was a short
version of Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration in Romanian, which was
quite helpful, but not the best translation. After watching that, we explained
more about Joseph Smith. It was a really good lesson! They're sad that we're
leaving (next week), but are totally fine with the Sisters taking over
teaching!
Friday was
interesting. We went finding. Then the Sisters needed some help (or just a
"third man") at their friend, Mostafa's house. So we went and ate
over there. He's from Iran and really likes Jesus, but can't really speak
Danish, so it's slow going with him.
Saturday was
Weekly Planning! We also went out finding, which is always exciting. Not sure
if it was that day, but we talked with a man named Henrik who was basically
paranoid about sinning. We talked on the street for over an hour. It was
honestly really fun talking with him. He had started that day to quite smoking,
and decided to stop gambling after we talked with him as well. He was literally
scared of religion, but we said some things that he really liked and helped
him.
Sunday was
pretty fun. We went to church, which is awesome! We also had a fællesspisning
afterwards! That was pretty fun! We organized a Ping Pong Tournament this
coming Tuesday, so that'll be fun! We also took the sacrament to Erik, which is
always fun!
As a
Spiritual Thought, go watch Bible videos! Sorry, I don't have time to write
more! Have to go to an eating appointment for New Year's Eve!! Have a wonderful
New Years! Be safe! Return with Honor!
--
Ældste
Bryant Jepsen
- Creme
Brulee? We're fancy, don't question.
- We ate
German Pancakes Juleaften in the church. T'was fun.
- Puppies!
- The
Sisters bought us some presents
