This is
basically like a sequel to last transfer, but more as a preface to the next
couple weeks. It's been a strange week with a lot of teaching which is kind of
setting up the rest of the transfer.
Monday was
quite basic. We had P-day stuff with people transfering around us. We went to
send off the Sisters in the morning, then we basically just did normal things
until we all met at Steffan's house to eat. Sister Thorpe is happy to be here,
and is used to the weirdness of the Elder-Sister (fælles) area, so that's good.
After Steffan, Ældste Bailey and I had to finish Weekly Planning because it got
cut short (again) last week. So it was a pretty relaxed day.
Tuesday was
exciting-ish. The Sisters were having bike problems, so we were called in as
reinforcements. Turned out they needed a new tube, so they headed off to get
one but picked up the wrong one... Eventually we told them what they would need
and basically headed our way so we could try to do missionary work. But we
came back later to help put everything back together anyways. Then for just a
half hour before Coordination Meeting, we biked over to Martin's house and just
knocked a couple of his neighboring buildings. While we were there, we were let
in by a Romanian family! Constantin (father), Mihaela (mom), Albert (18, but
wasn't there), and Simon (13). We explained why we were there and Simon just
bore his testimony of how Jesus Christ is the greatest man in the world!
They're all Christian Orthodox, but told us thank you for coming by and
teaching them more. They're super open and really want to meet! We're super
stoked to be working with them. It's mostly in English, but sometimes we have
to translate through Simon so his dad understands. (Simon-Danish, English,
Constantin-some English, Mihaela- Romanian, Albert- English) We then had
Coordination meeting and then went knocking afterwards.
Wednesday we
had a couple appointments, but they were cancelled. So we were out finding the
whole time until UV (young adults) that night. We had quite a few really cool
people talk with us and made several appointments. For UV, we played Never Have
I Ever, but we didn't run around a switch chairs or anything. It was ok, but
mostly fun when people had stories.
Thursday was
District Council, which was fun. Then we went out finding in the pouring rain.
We got literally soaked, but had a couple people let us in! One lady named
Karen let us in and talked with us. She's basically an older cat lady, so that
was pretty chill. That evening, Don and Solveig Miller had us over to eat! We
also had Kim Andreasen there, and he shared his conversion story, which was
super cool!! It was really fun! Don is from Rose Park, so it was an interesting
mix of Danish and English the whole night.
Friday was
miraculous! We had just finding most of the day, so we went to Fyrparken. While
there, we had some amazing conversations and found quite a few people who set
appointments with us! We're going back Monday to teach a couple of them. It was
really cool! One guy named Klaus seemed like he was going to be a punk guy, but
he already had Mormons Bog and was super open to talk about religion. We'll see
how well that goes for us. We then ate with Steffan again! He made an amazing
flæskesteg. After that, we hurried over to Constantin's and taught those four
again. We had some Romanian materials so we could fluidly teach the Restoration
to them. Constantin also asked us if we could help him stop smoking and
drinking because he knows it's bad! It was a super cool lesson and the Spirit
was quite strong even with a language barrier. They also said they wanted to
come to church on Sunday! It was super fun!
Saturday was
good too. We had a lesson with Faris again, and he brought a friend, Hassan!
They're both from Iraq and are interested in learning what we believe. They
listened very intently to us in Danish but sometimes have to ask us to clarify
in English (which they are fluent in anyways). That was fun! We then had Weekly
Planning and headed to Martin Nielsen's to teach. It was basically the same
thing on repeat. He couldn't really remember anything we had taught him, told
us the same stories, and asked the same questions. So we're questioning how
much he wants to learn. But he said he wanted to come to church, so that's
fine.
Sunday was
hectic and insane! We went to choir in the morning, but had to call Martin to
make sure we wouldn't come pick him up for no reason, but he said he would get
ready. So Don drove us over so we could pick him up. Martin was totally drunk,
which was scary because he wasn't too much different. We had to help him with a
white shirt and tie and then we finally made it out the door and to church.
Martin came in and sat down easily enough, but during the Sacrament he told us
he was leaving and then just walked out. We waited until after the Sacrament
and then chased him outside. He was smoking, so we just talked with him. He was
ready to leave, but I wasn't sure how to get him home safely... But the Lord
did! Literally right then a taxi pulled into the church! Martin said he would
take that home, so that was all fine. And then out of the taxi comes the
Romanian family!! All four of them!! They all stayed for the rest of Sacrament
Meeting and Guest Class (which was in English that day). The Sisters also had
their friend, Jonas, come to church, so we were his friends during Priesthood.
He had a ton of questions after a lesson about Priesthood Blessings and such,
so we were there for a long time afterwards. After we left the church, we went
knocking for a little while and got some more appointments through some
miraculous (Dale Carnegie) methods. Then we hopped on a train for ten minutes
to eat with Christina and Torben Buur Pedersen! They're super cool!!
As for a
spiritual thought, I've been reading a lot about Joseph Smith lately. In "The
Articles of Faith" by James E. Talmage, he discussed several claims to
Joseph's authority as a prophet. It's really good! Just by studying more about
Joseph Smith can help build your testimony that he is truly a prophet of God!
One thing I thought was interesting is the amount of time between the First
Vision and when Moroni comes. That takes a lot of patience and perseverance!
I hope you
all have a great week though! Keep being awesome and look forward to
Christmas!! It's just around the corner!
--
Ældste
Bryant Jepsen
-We ate at
the Buur Pedersen Family's and they took our picture.
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