Another week
in the rain! Winter is officially reached Danish status, so it's usually wet,
foggy, raining, misting, or a combination of them all.
Monday, we
emailed and then met the Fonnesbecks over at the Sisters' apartment to put
together a new bike for Søster Thorpe. Then they took us out to lunch! It was
really fun! Ældste and Søster Fonnesbeck are really funny. After they left, we
worked. We had some appointments with Klaus and Lene up in Fyrparken, so we
biked out there to them. Joakim Nielsen also met us there to come with us. But
neither of them answered, so we instead went knocking.
Tuesday, we
went out contacting and saw Marco on the street! So we talked to him for a
while and then kept going. Not much else there. We had an appointment with a
man that afternoon, but he wasn't home either so we just left a card. We
contacted over to Martin's for Coordination Meeting and afterwards knocked a
little over in that area of the city. We talked to a Muslim guy named Sala for
a while. He's super nice! We also taught a bit about the Plan of Salvation to
an older lady named Jonna. She took a pamphlet and said we could bring her a
book next time. We also had a mom, Camilla, and her young daughter say they
would like a Mormons Bog. (We only had one book at the time, so we had to start
taking orders to bring them back a book.) Then walking home, we saw Marco
again! He's so cool! He's super fun and nice to talk to. Anytime we see him on
the street he waves to us.
Wednesday
was our Christmas All Mission Conference! Luckily it was in Fredericia, so it
only took us an hour train ride to get there. It was super fun! We had even
flown the Elders from Iceland down to come. We had some trainings about what to
do around Christmas time, keeping healthy, and some follow up with previous
trainings. Then we had Danish Christmas dinner and watched The Incredibles 2.
It was a good movie. There were a lot of deep tones with technology, families,
and egoism. Very interesting. We also talked with Ældste and Søster Hess
(assigned to working on Bornholm) who came over to Esbjerg to visit Ældste
Hess' old area. They're super nice!
Thursday
morning, the Hesses called us and said they had something for us. So we met
them and talked a bit. They had gotten us some pastries, which are delicious.
We had a good amount of time today to stop by people we hadn't seen in a while.
It was pretty good! We talked with both Klaus and Lene (from Monday). Then we
got a message from Constantin that said he was in the hospital! We visited him
there and he explained that he was having some heart problems. His wife was
there with him, and we gave him a Priesthood blessing. I'm not sure how much he
understood, but afterwards he was tearing up a bit and told us thank you several
times.
Friday was
an adventure. We went out contacting a bit that morning, but we left for
Sønderborg that afternoon. We had Blitz Splits scheduled so that the Sisters
and us would help work down there. We missed our first train which made us late
for our second train. We spent some time in Lunderskov (super little town in
the middle of Jylland) and tried some finding there. Then we hopped on a train
headed towards Germany and got off in Rødekro (also a really small town). The
Sønderborg Elders picked us all up there and then we knocked in Sønderborg. It
was quite the adventure. I got to work with Ældste Hosac, which was super fun!
We had some really good conversations and just enjoyed it! We got home late
that evening because of train schedules again, but it was fine. I've officially
seen more of Southern Jylland than neccesary.
Saturday was
pretty basic. We had Weekly Planning then went out knocking. The Sisters needed
a third man for a lesson with Jonas (came to church last week) so we met at the
church, but then he was late and had to cancel. So then we went back to Camilla
and Jonna to give them a book! We set up appointments with both of them, so
we're excited to teach.
Sunday
started with Christmas Choir, as usual. It's our last practice before the
concert this coming Friday. Jonas came to church as well, which was fun!
Everything we learned was about prophets! The talks in Sacrament Meeting, the
Guest Class lesson, and the Priesthood lesson! It was a really good topic
though! We then took the sacrament to Erik and had an appointment with Kim
Assmussen. But Kim wasn't home, so we just came home and contacted around for a
bit. I had a sore throat, so I went to bed early. (Hopefully it goes away
before we sing later this week.)
Spiritual
thoughts would include our experience with Constantin. As we gave a blessing, I
realized that he probably wouldn't understand most of the words we said. But
after the blessing, his reaction testified that although he might have
understood the details, he knew that it was from God. Sometimes I think I get
caught up in little details where the big picture is really to know that God is
in control. He does know the details of my life and will help me do my best. I
also know that He wants to bless us in our trials.
Have a
wonderful week! It is the most wonderful time of the year, after all!
--
Ældste
Bryant Jepsen
-Some
pictures from the train to Mission Conference
-We also saw
a fox, so we tried to track it down
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