Hi Mom and Dad and everyone else,
I know he's a good person, just...
yeah. Ha ha I'm doing great now though. I guess first I'll answer all
your questions.
1. I actually only have one companion. I'm not sure how
you thought I had two because I went back and read my email and I think
it was pretty clearly said, but I only have one companion Ældste
Metcalf and we're covering both of our areas. In two or three weeks
we're going to get new companions though when the new missionaries get
there visas. So once that happens Ældste Metcalf and I won't be together
anymore and I'll be back in my old apartment in Tåstrup. Right now we
live in the Roskilde apartment but we go to Taastrup every once in a
while so I can check my mail then. I got the letters and pictures from
the family reunion though and I really enjoyed them, so thanks a ton for
that.
2. My companion Ældste Metcalf is from Salt Lake City
Utah. Actually neither of us are senior companions though, because we've
both been out for exactly the same time ha ha. Ældste Metcalf is really
awesome though, he's a really hard worker and super funny. He's super spontaneous too which makes thing fun all the time. I'm a little worried
I'm going to die in a car accident driving with him though, so you
might want to send that driving record of mine sooner than later ha ha.
3. I'm still in the same area, it's just combined with
one other area that is much larger so I have a lot more than what I had
before. I'm going back to just my small area when more missionaries get
to the mission though. I think after that I'll stay for another 4 to 10
Weeks, or possibly more, but I think it's going to become a zone leader
area eventually so I doubt I'll be there for too long.
4. I didn't have any especially spiritual experiences
this past week, but I've felt like I've had the spirit helping me a lot
with Danish. I've been able to understand a lot more than I thought I
could (it's still not all that much ha ha) this week and I've also been
able to speak better than I thought I could as well. I actually gave a
talk in church on Sunday (in Danish ha ha) and I was able to speak much
better during the actual talk than I had when I practiced, and I think
everyone understood me and I got lot's of compliments on my Danish and
my talk afterwards. So that's been pretty cool to see. Hmm... I've had
lots of funny experiences this week. Lets see, one funny one is while we
were knocking in an area, some kids walked by and asked hvad lave i?
(what are you doing), and we said we're missionaries and we talk to
people about God, and a seven-ish year old girl just yelled well then
F... you and they all took off running ha ha. Then when we were walking
back to the car we saw them playing in a playground and when they saw us
they ran away again, and we pretended to chase them for a little bit ha ha. I don't think a lot of people understand what American swear words
mean though because little kids seem to use them a lot ha ha.
5. Well technically I'm not allowed to read that book
because its not in the missionary library... but I read it ha ha. It was
pretty good. There were some things that were really good in it but
there were a few things that were a little ridiculous ha ha, but it was
good.
6. Hmm... one thing that I think would be good to sent
to me would be a pair of fairly good winter gloves that you can still do
things in (not ski gloves, but leather or synthetic material would work). I've looked for gloves here and the only ones I've found weren't
very good but they were over fifty dollars. how much does it cost you to
send stuff though, because I guess it might be cheaper to buy them here
even if they're expensive though. My feet are holding up fine though,
and I really like the new socks you sent. My trainer actually left
behind a pair of Ecco shoes that were too big for him, so I have two
pairs of nice Ecco shoes now and they work great.
Thanks for everyone's letters and emails and support
though. And tell Erik thanks for his as well in case I don't have time
to reply. I'm doing way better now and I'm really having a blast with
Ældste Metcalf. I feel like we're actually working hard now and we're
having tons of fun and learning the language as well. So pretty much things are great. We've been teaching a lot of lessons to great people
and helping out those that are less active. I'm going to send you some pictures now and figure some other things out too, so I hope I have time
after to send more, but if not, have a great week.
-Ældste Redd
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