September 24, 2012
Godt dag mine venner! Jeg elske dig! Men det er
ingenting jeg kan tænk om
til velkomme dig med det er forskellig. godt nok.
Just a little Danish practice. This week can be summed
up like this. Hugge
i halv. Cut in half. Ældste Arts had an allergic
reaction to something on
Onsdag, (e he'd aged 50 years. We could not go out and
work because we
have the missionary reputation to uphold, and he did not
look his best. So
for 3 days of our week we sat in the apartment, and
waited til the allergy
medicine kicked in. He's all better now, but those were
a LONG 3 days. To
help with his allergies we've been leaving the window
open to air it out,
and it's been really cold lately... Glad I have a heavy
pair of blankets. My
nose is still quite cold in the morning. Oh, did you
know that freezing
tempatures kill dust mites? So lately my companion has
put his sheets and
pillow in our downstairs freezer... I guess it's working
because we haven't
had any problems. In my spare time, while we were
waiting, I went through
all the investigator records for the past 8 years, and
found a few that are
worth stopping by. That's a great activity at least.
We had a fantastic Zone Conference this week as well. I
love those. Being
able to see other missionary's help you to know that you
are not alone. One
of our teachers was an old missionary, and he taught us
lots of small ways
to be better at contacting. When you go up to somebody,
whether on the
train, bus or on the street, don't start out with the
gospel, but try and
find something to mention before you bring up the
gospel. Like on the bus,
ask somebody if you can sit next to them, or just
somehow engage in a
normal conversation. Somehow, the topic will always come
back to the
gospel. Think about it. When you first meet somebody,
you can talk about
the weather, certain events etc. but somehow it will
usually always come
back to who you are, and what you are doing. That will
be a great
opportunity to introduce the gospel. Everybody, no
matter who you are,
missionary or not, can use this tactic. It's a lot less
awkward too. Real
application.
The AP(assistants to the president) had an interesting
activity. Instead of
normal role playing, in theme with contacting practice,
they had us grab a
partner and hit the streets. Deploying 1/2 of the entire
missionary force
in a mission within a 3 mile radius can get a LOT done
in a short time.
Elder Baily and I even had some success giving away a
book. There is a
certain excitement and ecstasy that you get when you
teach as a missionary.
After a successful lesson. You feel...Upbeat. Energetic.
Electrified. Sprit
filled. You are helping the cause of truth to go forth,
even in the little
successes. Fantastic!
Our Mission president gave his segment at the end. The
Sprit is often so
powerful when he talks and instructs that I don't dare
move an inch. He is
a incredibly spirit fill and guided man. And once again
he emphasized and
expounded upon fuldkommen eller samlet lydighed.
(Perfect or total
obedience.) Somehow he can make a whole unplanned lesson
on just page 8 og
9 in the missionary handbook. But what was really interesting
was how he
pointed out the Spirit in such cases, even in just
calling your companion or
other missionary's by their last name. There was an
interesting example. He
asked how do we feel when we have the Holy Ghost. The
answers followed.
Joyful. At peace. Enlightened. Refreshed. Rejuvenated.
Then he asked us
what it feels like when the Holy Ghost was NOT present.
Answers followed.
Frustrated. Angry. Empty. Lonely. Uncomfortable. I believe
that this is
incredible to be able to recognize that and then point
it out to help us
recognize it. Then he did this example. He called two
elders by just their
last name. He asked how does that feel? and I recognized
that there was a n
uncomfortable feeling associated with it. A sort of...
lack of respect in
it. The he called them by their full proper titles.
Elder 'X' or Elder 'y'.
That good feeling returned. That respect back a again.
It was a simple, but
very clear example of the Holy Ghost and obedience.
The adventure home was fun. We got a ride from the
AP's(assistants to the
president) part of the way, but somehow in following the
GPS, it lead us
onto a random dirt road. This concerned us, so we
stopped by this random
farm for directions. The Elders went up to the door,
introduced themselves
with a book of Mormon in hand, and before they could ask
for directions the
guys slammed the door in their faces. ooops. So they
tried another door,
this time asking directions very first, and somehow
after managed to give a
Book of Mormon away. Woo! Super cool!
So that was this week. The quote of this week, as told
by our Elders Quorum
President is ''An apple a day keeps the doctor away if
you know how to hit
him!'' Throwing skills are valuable here. ;-)
Bestest wishes from the land whose flag fell from heaven,
(It did
literally. Look it up.)
Ældste Tyler Christensen
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