Hey Mom and Dad and everyone else,
I had a wonderful week this week in Denmark. Not only did I
just have a good time teaching and meeting people, but it was also super
sunny this week. It got up to about 90 degrees on Sunday, and it's also
been extremely humid lately, so I've been burning up haha. This week we
had three eating appointments three days in a row though, so that was
absolutely wonderful. On Monday we had aftensmal (Dinner) with familien
Koch, and we shared a good spiritual thought with them. There cousins
were there so it was a little crazy´, but it was pretty fun. Then on
Tuesday Elder Wright and I met with Vikas in the morning, but he forgot
we were coming so there were a bunch of people sleeping in his
apartment, but he still invited us in and gave us a drink (I guess its a
tradition that Indian people won't let you leave without giving you
something to drink haha). But then we headed to Tune and after a while
had an eating appointment with familien Dalsgård. The Roskilde Elders
were there too, and also two of their investigators Kim and Samantha. So
we had a great time playing with there kids and eating and we actually
had a really great lesson with Kim (in Denmark Kim is a boys name) and
Samantha afterward. I didn't understand everything that happened in the
lesson, but I do know that we were able to answer their questions and
that the spirit was there, and afterward Samantha asked Elder Strong for
a priesthood blessing. So that was really cool, and we have high hopes
for them. They've been to church about 5 times too, and they are very
nice people.
On Wednesday we had District møde in the morning and then we
went with the other elders to a conveyor belt sushi place for lunch, and
this time I ate 40 plates of Sushi hahaha. I've already somehow gained
the reputation of being the biggest eater in the mission and when I meet
other Elders for the first time I generally get, "You're the guy that
eats a ton right" hahaha. I think my companion must be spreading rumors
or something. After that we went and tried to talk some people we met
before though and then we went to dinner with our neighbor and her son
and daughter in law. It went super well, and we had a great time. We're
not really teaching her the lessons or anything, and she's made it a
point that she wants to stay with the Dansk folke kirke, but she and her
son and daughter and law asked a whole ton of questions about the
church and seem very interested. For now we'll keep being their friends
and inviting them to things though, and someday I really wouldn't be
surprised if it makes a difference. Our neighbor wants to teach me
Danish too, the problem is we have to have another man when we visit her
because shes a single woman. So hopefully we'll be able to figure
something out for that, because the more we meet the better, because
every time we meet some question seems to be brought up about the
church.
Oh and we also went to the Høje tåstrup kommune (government
building place) this week too to see if I would ever get my residence
card thing that they were supposedly working on, and it turns out they
had forgotten all about me and lost all records of me even though they
had literally taken about three different copies of my passport and visa
(yeah, terribly run government systems haha). So we had to figure that all
out and hopefully I'll be legal before long and they'll figure it out
this time. We're going to go back and check this week though haha.
I think the only other crazy thing that happened this week is
we went with Vikas on Saturday night to an Indian temple place so he
could show us a little about his beliefs. It was pretty interesting and
we got to wear bandanas and walk around a guy in a turban reading from a
holy book. Then they took us downstairs and we all sat on mats and ate
some epic Indian food that was super good. It was pretty cool, although
very strange, and I didn't understand a whole lot of what was going on,
so I hope I didn't disrespect anyone or their religion in any way. Vikas
gave us some metal bracelet things afterward that protect against bad
dreams and evil spirits too, so now I can prove I was there haha. It was
pretty crazy though, and we ended up getting home late because of it,
but it was a good experience. Vikas actually had to go back to India on
Sunday too because his visa is expired, but hopefully he'll make it back
to Denmark someday, but before he left we talked to his friend who we
gave a book of Mormon to, and he wants to meet with us in three weeks
when he gets back from vacation. So we think something good will come of
it, and maybe Vikas will meet members of our church in India that he
can communicate better with too (its pretty hard to understand him).
Overall though this week was pretty great, and I had a great time. I'm
starting to get better at looking for the good in everything and
trusting in the Lord to help us and build us up when times are hard. I'm
really loving it here, and I wish to all of you a wonderful week.
-Ældste Redd
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