Monday was pretty interesting. I
still had a sore throat and felt a little sick, but it wasn't much of a
problem. Early in the morning, we got a text about a "referral" which
was basically a number and a message from a member saying to call them ASAP.
Long story short, they were from Romania and had to get from Brørup to Esbjerg
but didn't know how. We got him in touch with some good members and it worked
out well. Otherwise, we went to Esbjerg Street Food for lunch, which was
amazing! We had Mexican food made by an Argentinian man named Luis. He was
super nice and it was extremely authentic. We also played Risk with the
Sisters, which was pretty fun. Risk is a fairly anticlimactic game though. That
evening for work, we went out to Ådalsvænget, which was actually pretty cool.
There are a lot of opganges still out there to knock, so that's good.
Tuesday, I was still a bit sick. We
had Coordination Meeting planned, but it was cancelled so that Martin could get
a marriage license (that's important). So Ældste Bailey and I were out finding
all day. We went out to Hjerting and knocked the rest of the complex out there.
We had some fun people to talk with. One teenage boy was on the bus ride with
us both ways, but he awkwardly avoided talking to us after I complimented his
jacket. It was pretty funny.
Wednesday was the sickest day. I
just didn't feel good. But we had interviews with President Olsen, then
District Council, and splits! So it was a very busy day. I was with Ældste
Iversen, and he decided that I just needed to sleep. After a good nap, we all
went out caroling to people the ward members had recommended. It was pretty
fun! We also got to meet the Romanian man, Brother Benga, who is staying with
Anton Danner until he leaves for work in Holland. He's super nice and loves
missionaries. We're going to see if we can use him to translate for Constantin
later. Then we had UV where we played Sequence. Ældste Fonnesbeck loved the
game, and it was pretty fun. But I was just ready to go home and sleep, which I
did afterwards.
Thursday, we did some work in the
morning before the Sønderborg Elders headed off. Then we had a couple
appointments. One, with a lady named Jonna, was interesting. She's an older
lady who is very spiritualist. She loved the Plan of Salvation pamphlet we gave
her and had read the first 34 pages in Mormons Bog! She liked what we talked
about, but is unsure if she can understand and "take" all of
it. Other than that, we went out knocking and such, which was also good.
Then we came inside to call/invite as many people to our Christmas concert as
possible.
Friday, we had some contacting where
we didn't really get a full conversation with anyone. But then we had our
Christmas Concert, which was super fun! We literally ran out of chairs! Every
seat in the church was filled. It was super cool! We sang and danced around the
Christmas tree. There were a lot of refugees invited, so it was fun to talk
with all of them. We ate a lot of æbleskiver as well.
Saturday included Weekly planning
(as usual). We also went out contacting, which was fine. But then we had a
lesson with Constantin! We haven't met with him since we gave him a blessing in
the hospital, and the first thing he told us was that he hasn't smoked since
then! He's been smoking for 36 years and has tried to stop, but couldn't, until
now!! It was super cool! As far as his heart, he is supposed to keep from
working for a couple weeks and take some medication but will be fine! It was an
awesome miracle!!
Sunday was long. We went to church
early to have Coordination Meeting with Johnes Laine (our Assistant Ward
Mission Leader who is taking over for Martin while he's in the US getting
married). While at church, we had two African people come who were interested
from the Christmas Concert, so we (mostly Ældste Bailey) translated for them.
Then we drove out with Martin to carol for some people in Skærbæk and Ribe.
Then we came home and contacted for a couple hours.
Spiritual Thought, read about
Constantin stopping smoking again! It's incredible!! He told us that he
believes it was because of the blessing we gave him too! He's incredibly
faithful!!
Have a wonderful week! Keep that
Christmas Cheer and Light the World!!
--
Ældste Bryant Jepsen
- Fancy picture Martin took at the
Skærbæk church
- Some good Mexican food- The Christmas Concert (dancing around the tree)
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