Danish Word of the Week: Biltur (BEEL-toor) Road Trip!
Hey! The Christmas tour starts this week! I'm traveling
to Copenhagen early Thursday morning. We'll rehearse Thursday and Friday, and
then we'll have our first performance on Saturday. We have a fireside every
night for the next 2 1/2 weeks! Mom asked about how we're traveling-the
Assistants have a sweet 9 passenger van, and we are just going to pray really
hard that it can fit 8 missionaries, 2 speakers, 4 microphones, 8 duffel
bags, 8 blankets, a cooler, and a bunch of Book of Mormons. We are going to get
to know each other reeeeeeeeeeally well. I'm just grateful that 8 year
old Andrew isn't going to be riding in the car with us. If I can survive a 9 hour car trip to
Idaho with that kid scream-laughing the entire way, I can survive anything. :)
We had such a fun Thanksgiving! We
had a Zone Conference, a talent show, and a Turkey Bowl! And GUESS WHAT I
CAUGHT THE FOOTBALL LIKE 6 TIMES AND SCORED A TOUCHDOWN! SECRET WEAPON SISTER
VAN ORDEN. Our team killed it. It was so fun. I was sore for like 2 days in my
whole body but it was so worth it.
This is actually one of the happiest
Thanksgivings I've ever had. The zone training was on gratitude (of course),
but also on feeling capable of fulfilling the calling that we have been given.
That part really spoke to me. We watched this video that I sent to Frandy a
couple months ago, and I want you all to go watch it. Don't be alarmed by all
of the yelling. Listen to the words that are being yelled. On Youtube the video
is called-'The Death Crawl Scene from Facing the Giants.'
Go watch it.
This video clip sums up a
missionary's life in the mission. There are so many times when you don't think
you can go anymore, you're so tired and your heart hurts-but we have a coach
who knows our potential and knows that we frequently sell ourselves short. I
love towards the end when he's reminding Brock, 'You promised me your VERY
best.' Brock never would have gotten that far without his coach kneeling
down right beside him, directing him the entire way. I promised Heavenly Father
at the beginning of my mission, and specifically at the beginning of this
calendar year [see letter from week 20], that this year I would find out what it means to serve with all
of my heart, might, mind, and strength. That promise has kept me going
when I could easily give up or slack off. We are capable of so much more than
we think!
As I was watching this video and as
we were talking about it after, I wrote down some of the things that I thought
about and felt like I needed to do in order to finish my mission strong. The
night before, I had asked my Zone Leader, Elder Reber, one of my friends I
served with in Horsens, for a blessing. He gave me a blessing right after this
training. As he was speaking, I noticed that he began quoting-word for word-the
things that I had written down in my journal just a couple hours before. I know
that the Priesthood is real, the Spirit is real, and I felt like that
blessing was a confirmation from my Heavenly Father that he knows exactly
where I am, what I'm thinking, and what I need to hear to keep going.
I love you all so much! I'm glad you
had a happy Thanksgiving! It looked so fun. Have a wonderful week!
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