August 27, 2012

It was an interesting week for me. (Wait... that's a stereotypical way to

begin a update.) Lots of stuff going on. Forgive my normal style of

writing, but different weeks very on what is worth being told of... wait...

maybe that almost makes sense to me. But yea. It almost feels like a normal

week. Which is bad. Normal is boring. Maybe I've just been busy. A lot. The

daily routine has been absolutely scrambled of late, so that's good enough

reason for me!

Lots of catching up to do on many things, mostly journal writing. Ældste

Arts was sick with allergies this Wednesday, so basically we were stuck in the

apartment the whole day. Poor guy. Glad he's better now.

We worked in the middle of no where this week! Nothing could been seen as far

as the eye could see, and here in flatland Denmark, you can see pretty darn

far. We went to this town that we completely knocked in literally in an

hour. Gave away one book of Mormon. Maybe the only person who would've

taken one out there. Woo! Following the hand of the Lord! That is the only

way to work. The trick is figuring out how. Faith maybe? hehe.

There was this really big dog in the middle of this small road we were

knocking that we were going to have to pass in order to finish knocking the

street. It was stoic, big and staring at us like it wanted to eat us.

Luckily, we managed to pass by it just fine, though it still sat there

starting at us. It was probably totally domesticated, but still... I wonder

if missionaries just look more appetizing to those guys?

 We knocked a coligium, a place where college kids live. That seemed pretty

positive, but there seems to be a curious pattern to who listens to us. Its

always the young teenage girls. Hmm... Should I be concerned, flattered or

just happy somebody listened to us? Pås på Ældste...

Ran into ANOTHER drunk guy who wanted to talk to us. That's the 2nd one this

week. Not exactly the best situation, but we sat down and talked to him.

Come to find out he'd actually listened to the missionaries before, and had

them over at his place before. Whoa! He gave us his address and phone

number and invited us to come over sometime. So.. that works for me. And

even more interesting enough, when we called him later, his number was

already in our phone. It is a REALLY old phone. Fun. So very good guy to go

hunt down sometime. But why is it always the drunk people? Word of Wisdom

people! Blesses your lives! That's what the gospel does for you! Follow it!

We met with two of our investigators this week, and they were both positive.

 We extended to invitation to (name withheld) to be baptized and he

agreed, though we didn't quite set a date yet. It was the closest invite to

a hard date based invitation you could get, so next time we meet, we'll

have a baptismal date! Woo! Super exciting! It seems that if you just give

some time and solid effort to any area, you can find success. We showed

(name withheld) the Restoration movie we had, and the Spirit was totally in there.

Pretty strongly too, I know she could feel it. We met with (name withheld) this week,

a less active member we've been trying to meet up with. Basically we just got

to know him better. He's a super cool guy that is VERY into video games and

Magic cards and stuff like that. I can relate to him very easily. I hope we

can continue to meet with him and work with him.

Ok, creepy story for the week. The past week or so, there has been this one

house with one window that has been of interest to us. When we look out our

back window, because we are on the 2nd floor of the building, we see over

the block. And during the evenings, every evening, the light in the window

flashes on and off. Its goes at a constant rate, and goes all night. It

then stops when morning comes around. We can't see anyone from our angle.

Nobody has fixed it yet, and we aren't even sure if anyone lives there. But

it is always there. One of these days, I'm going over to find out what it

is... very very strange.

Spiritual snippet. Alma 32. A Hope of Faith. Probably one of my most favorite

chapters because it talks so much about Faith. Fascinating topic to learn

about and apply. Also patience and humbleness... hmm... I think that its

turning into just a building of Christ like attributes. With Humbleness

comes Hope. And in prayers, ask for understanding! Totally ok to do.

Oh, and some language advice to those who are learning it. Don't just say

'yea' when ordering food, or talking to anyone else. You'll accidentally

order more then you bargained for. Or agree to something else... ha-ha...

yeah, my fault.

 But the mish is going great! I'm learning! I hope! I'm not exactly

fantastic at self review. But that's ok! Glad to hear from everyone! Sounds

like things are kicking into high gear out there! Det er digeligt!

Vises! Hej hej!

Ældste Christensen