Monday:
Transfer Day! Obviously, within all logic, I had to leave at 5:30 in the
morning with all four of the Esbjerg missionaries and travel all the way north
to Aarhus in order to drop off Ældste Bailey, then take a different train from
there over to København (Copenhagen). Basically, everyone was tired, but we all
made it there alive. Also, lots of luggage, everywhere. Once I got into KBH,
the Nykøbing Falster Sisters (one of which simply switched areas with Ældste
Throckmorton) drove Ældste Throckmorton and I over to Amager (pronounced like "I'm Iro(n)") and basically
dropped us off. Then we were on our own! They had pointed out the library and
showed us which keys were for which lock/door, then we figured everything else
out! Monday was thus just hectic. We basically went contacting to find stores
we needed, but luckily talked with a cool guy named Henrik who had met
missionaries before (likes us, but isn't interested in learning more). Then we
spent some time fixing the bikes which haven't been used for months, which also
required store contacting for some bike patches. And then we biked to the
library to email to end the day.
Tuesday, we
contacted over to the church to see what it was like. Also bought some more
parts for the bikes. Then we basically called everyone we could from the Area
Book. We got a hold of quite a few people and set up appointments and such.
Then we went and bought some food for the week and finished off by contacting.
Basically our little island is a ton of tall apartment buildings at the top and
then turns to houses as you bike southward. We also have the airport on the
east side of the island, which takes a lot of space, but is surprisingly
quiet.
On Wednesday
we had a lesson with Emil, who is a 33 yr old man who lived with a part-member
family in Texas for a couple years. Currently he is having a problem smoking,
but wants to be baptized. His plan is to quit by 35, but he also agreed it
won't be problematic to stop earlier. ;) He wants to be taught in English, so
we're going to ease him into Danish so he feels more comfortable in a Danish
branch. We testified about the Atonement of Christ, and the Spirit was quite strong
in the lesson. He accepted to try and read Mormons Bog instead of smoking, and
also to try dipping a cigarette in milk (apparently tastes worse?). We also had
another appointment with a lady and a member. But we were waiting at the church
and the member, Palle Foss, came but the lady didn't. Then to end the evening,
we ate at our Mission Leader's house, Torben (and Vicki) Valgren. He's Danish
and she's English. It was fun.
Thursday was
mostly a finding day. We were out contacting and knocking! The Sisters had a
knocking book, but they usually contacted, so we pretty much have the entire
island we can freely knock! We were down in Lufthavnsparken, and may or may not
have accidentally biked all the way to the airport's doors... But we didn't go
inside, don't worry.
Friday was
District Council at the office! It's been about a year since I've been there,
so that was weird. We biked over there in record timing as well (about 20
minutes). We have an awesome District! Ældste Wright as District Leader with
Ældste Moulton both in Frederiksberg, Ældste Haruch and Ældste Steffensen in
Taastrup, Søster Tanner and Søster Peel in Rødovre, and Ældste Gottfredson and
Ældste Kreuger on Bornholm (they just Skype in though). After the meeting, we
biked back home and did some great knocking out in Postparken. We're
consistently finding potentials, so that's good!
Saturday was
pretty open as well. We were out contacting, which usually turns into walking
down new streets, talking with as many people that are there, and then trying
to find our way back home from there. We keep finding new, big, and cool
apartment buildings. Sadly, a lot of them are locked, which makes it hard to
knock. We also had Weekly Planning, which was mostly a calling session.
Sunday was
exciting! There were quite a few members who didn't know we were switching out
the sisters, so it was a surprise! We were often complimented about our Danish,
so that was a plus! Our branch is about 30-40 people without any missionaries.
Then we have 10 missionaries! Only Ældste Throckmorton and I are under 20
though. The others include Ældste and Søster Gleason (shout out to Brad Clayson
for being known by your Stake President!) who are serving in the Mission
office, Ældste and Søster Wolfgramm who are in the temple, Ældste and Søster
Sorensen also in the temple, and a couple other married couple missionaries in
the temple mission. The branch is mostly older members, but we have some young
families and then one newly married couple who are really cool! After church,
President Henrik Olsen (our branch president) took us home (to Ballerup) for
dinner. It was super fun! He's married to Hanne Korsgaard who is the daughter
of Verner and Inge(?) Korsgaard from Skive! Ældste and Søster Gleason also came
along, which was nice because they could drive us home. After we got back, we
did some stop by's on Postparken and knocked some more. T'was good! Also had a
phone call from a guy who didn't want to meet because "the black night is
over" but after talking he said we could meet sometime but he was busy so
he'd have to let us know. (#DaleCarnegie)
Spiritual
Thought: This week has been just giving my all, and honestly that's super
relaxing! As we've done our best to talk to people and get to know everything
we can, we are able and blessed to ask the Lord to strengthen us! I haven't
been worried about not knowing the area, because I know that as long as I do my
best, then everything will work according to God's plan. It's been really fun
and faith building, as life should be! There are things we need to do, so do
your best and you'll be blessed!
I hope you
all have a wonderful week! I also hope you have some random snow storms like we
had today, snowing but not too cold (basically the best)!
--
Ældste
Bryant Jepsen
-(First picture was sent by a Las Vegas man
and his wife who are vacationing in Denmark and stopped the missionaries on the
street to say hello! So kind of them to send the photo to us!)
-A pretty
street corner (looks like Copenhagen)
-Vor
Frelsers Kirke on Christianshavn with a super pretty organ!
-Christiania is where the most drugs are in Denmark, just by the way
-District Council and Nougat Bit challenge
-District Council and Nougat Bit challenge
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