Danish Word of the Week:
Bank på. (bahnk poe) to knock. on doors.
Hej team! Sounds like Peter Pan was
a blast and that you all had a great week! Shout-out to Gibby and SaruhJane: Frandy wants you to know that he's really
upset that you finished watching Harry Potter without him. I think he's just a
little bitter about still having a bed-time. :)
I sent Sister Barrett home this
morning. She got on a train to Copenhagen all by herself to meet up with
President. She is a rockstar. I loved being her companion. Being with her
really put my mission into perspective. She just wanted to use up every last
minute she had working as hard as she could. It really makes you realize that
this time is so precious and it just
flies! It can be easy to get stuck in a
routine or just do things half-heartedly, but I never want to look back on my
mission and wish that I had worked harder. We never get this time back! I
read a talk called The Fourth Missionary this week-and it was about becoming a
missionary who can honestly say that they serve the lord with all of their
heart, might, mind, and strength. Good missionaries serve with their might and
strength-they're obedient, they work hard, they muscle through it but forget to
find the joy in their work. Consecrated
missionaries (or, the fourth kind of missionary in this talk) serve with their
heart and their mind as well. They are obedient because they love and trust the
Lord, not just because they feel like they have to be. They talk to everyone
because they love the people and love the gospel, not because they want to show
everyone else what a hard worker they are. Being that kind of missionary-or
that kind of ANYTHING-lets us enjoy every minute, find joy in our work, and
shapes us into more Christlike people. It's a really great talk. Everyone
should read it!
So anyways-for this week I'm
combined with the Sisters in Vejle. I'm in a tri-panionship again! Sister
Barrett extended her mission-so that means she ended up having to go home a
week before actual transfers happen. I'll find out who my new companion is on
Thursday at Zone Conference.
Best
knocking story of the week-Sister
Barrett and I knocked on a potential investigator's door in the Esbjerg
Sisters' area (long boring story of why we were there in the first place...),
and she was this tiny little Danish woman with HUGE glasses wearing a
Rastafarian dress. When she saw us, she got all excited and let us right in.
She lived in a little apartment with a main room completely filled by a grand
piano. She said she loves
Mormons because we love to sing! She sat right down at the piano and
started playing Nearer My God to Thee with the most energy I've ever seen put
into that song. She was all over the keys. Sister Barrett and I just stood
there grinning at each other like- who IS this wonderful woman?? And then of
course we sang with her. She was so cute. After we sang a couple of hymns that
she knew she turned to us and said, 'Jeg har altid spillet musik fordi når man
spiller, så kan man aldrig sige noget forkert.' (I have always played music because when you play, you can
never say anything wrong.) Then
she gave us some hot chocolate that burned our throats and sent us on our way.
We are sending the Esbjerg Sisters back to her. She's amazing.
You all are great! Thanks for the love and support!
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