Danish Word of the Week: Opstandelsen (op-stan-el-sen) The Resurrection
My
new companion is Sister
Perkins! We were in the MTC together, and we lived in the same apartment
our first transfer in Denmark. I'm so excited to be her companion. Yay!
This
week was super weird but good. I was together with the Sisters from Vejle, and we had our lives all figured out as
to how we were going to evenly spread the love between our two areas, but
then-as always happens in missionary work-absolutely nothing went right.
Sister Soelberg got extremely sick our first day together. We were at a Family
Home Evening with a member and the Elders (one of our investigators was
supposed to be there but then she cancelled at the last minute...so that was a
little awkward.) But anyways, Sister Soelberg's heartrate got up to 140
bpm while she was just sitting there in the living room. And she felt
really dizzy and sick so we were like-okay, time to leave. When we woke up
the next morning and went on a walk to the grocery store, her whole body
started hurting and she had to sit on the grass for like 15 minutes before we
could make the walk home. Basically we have no idea what was wrong with her, but it
was bad enough that she had to go get a blood test and we had to stay inside for two days. Inside. For two. days.
That was the most bizarre feeling in the world. We did a lot of organizing of the book area, cleaning, baking, and we watched
the Testaments in multiple languages. Sister Woster also cut my hair. It looks
great. :)
Luckily,
by the end of the week everyone was feeling good again, so we were able to go
out and do some good work. We visited a
refugee camp in Vejle and found a really sweet family from Burma who became
Christian because of a missionary who translated the Bible into Burmese several
years ago, and they were really open to hearing about the Book of Mormon.
There
were also a lot of people from Syria who
didn't speak Danish or English, and they all kept calling the same woman to
come translate for them. I think she got a little annoyed with us after the
fifth family called her and said something in Arabic probably like, 'There are these three weird girls on my
doorstep pantomiming something about a book; can you come help me out?' It
was pretty funny. But really-pray for Syria. There are some
scary things happening in that country.
We
had a great Zone Conference. We
got to watch Meet the Mormons! It didn't have quite the same impact as Frozen
did during our Christmas Zone Conference, but it was still a good time.
President had me sing I Know that My Redeemer Lives. I am always so grateful for the chances that I get
to sing. I feel like it's the best way I can share my testimony. The
church is coming out with a new Easter video in a couple of weeks
that bears testimony that Jesus Christ lives. He can be an active part of
our lives today, if we let him in.
This
is my new favorite scripture about the resurrection. I like it because it's
true, and also because it's one of the only scriptures about the resurrection
that doesn't end with a terrifying statement about how the wicked will be
burned as stubble at the great and terrible day. So. Here is a rare, 100% uplifting scripture about the
resurrection of Christ. :)
7 And if Christ had not risen from the dead, or have
broken the bands of death that the grave should have no victory, and that death
should have no sting, there could have been no resurrection.
8 But there is a resurrection, therefore the grave hath
no victory, and the sting of death is swallowed up in Christ.
9 He is the light and the life of the world; yea, a
light that is endless, that can never be darkened; yea, and also a life which
is endless, that there can be no more death.
Mosiah
16:7-9
I love you all so much! Thank you for being
wonderful.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!! I have a present for
you if I ever remember to buy a stamp :)
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