Danish Word of the Week: Påske (POE-skeh) Easter!
Hey family! Sister Perkins and I had
a great first week together! We've been working really hard-we come home
exhausted every night-seriously, completely drained of energy. But then we
miraculously can wake up on time the next morning and do it all again! The time
is flying. I love this work!
We had some great experiences with
being led to the right place at the right time. One night, at the last minute,
we stopped by a member before heading home. It turned out that she needed a
blessing. She is new in the ward and didn't know that two member families live
right down the street from her! So we were able to call the Priesthood holders
over to her house. She was so grateful that we decided to stop by!
We brought the Relief Society
President out teaching with us the other day, but the appointment we had
scheduled fell through. I remembered another potential investigator we had
found knocking in that same building the week before, so we decided that we
might as well stop by her! She was home and she let us right in! She told us that she had actually
been hoping that we would come by today because she had a lot of questions.
She told us that she wants to find more faith, and she thinks it's beautiful
how much our faith influences our daily lives. She had done a TON of research
on the church. She had all kinds of great questions. It was an awesome meeting.
:) And Pia, our Relief Society President, was perfect to have with. It was way
exciting.
We also went to an Easter market
thing in the city with one of our investigators. She was playing the piano for
this community choir, and there were all kinds of hand-made Easter things that
people were selling. We listened to the choir for a little bit, and walked
around the market. As we were walking, we ran into one of our investigators who
we haven't been able to get ahold of for weeks! We finally got to make an
appointment with her. And then, we ran
into a recent convert. As soon as he saw us, he started crying and asked us to
sit down with him. He had been having a really rough time and needed somebody
to talk to. I was really grateful that we could be there to listen to him and
to let him know that God is aware of him.
I
think those are my favorite moments on my mission-when Heavenly Father
re-arranges our plans because he needs us somewhere else. It's in those moments
that I really feel like I'm fulfilling my purpose as a representative of Jesus
Christ. We have such a unique and wonderful opportunity as missionaries to be
available 24/7 for the Lord to use us to bless His children. It's exhausting,
but there is nothing more rewarding! I love it.
The
church came out with another beautiful video-here's the link! Explore the
website a little bit, too. It's all about the Savior's last week on earth and
how those events matter in our lives today.
I
know that Jesus Christ lives. He is not dead, he is not an old character in a
book of good stories. He is a real person. He is our Savior, our friend, and
our older brother. He loves us and will help us in our daily lives if we let
him in. I know that this is His church on the earth today, and that he leads
it! I'm excited for Easter and Conference! It's going to be a great weekend.
I love you all! Take care of each
other!
P.S. Mom, one of my friends here in Denmark has submitted a
complaint that the blog has not been updated in a long time. :) Also, Grandma
Dixon says that you have been selfish with the emails lately. Haha :) Just
passing on the info. You're a nice lady.
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