Hey Everyone,
Thanks, this week was even better too. Yeah it is pretty
funny, although I really don't eat that much, I guess I can just eat
large quantities and I eat more on average than other people. I've lost
about 6 pounds since getting here though, so I can't be eating too much
haha. Yeah it was pretty crazy that they lost all that info, but I got
my cards today so I am now a legal resident of Denmark, so I'm
pretty happy about that. And well, I've been in quite a few public parks
and to a beach or two, and I've never seen that, and no one here says
missionaries can't go to public parks. My companion did tell me in some
areas they were in they saw people doing that though, but I guess it was
unavoidable to see that, so depending on where I go in Denmark I might
have to get good at checking the time on my watch haha. I haven't seen
two many Danes soaking in the sunshine to be honest, but then again I'm
kind of in a small town area and I don't spend too much time in public
parks. There are a lot of really grossly tan Danes in the summertime
though, and there are tanning salons everywhere. I'm glad the
family reunion went well too. It sounds like it was pretty fun. And I
look forward to those letters and I'll definitely email James too. I'm
surprised uncle Mike beat Dad in sock wrestling too, getting old
eh... haha.
OK now I'll answer the questions of the week.
1. My companion is leaving the area on the 15th of August. He's
spending a week all over Denmark with his family then before heading
out.
2. We haven't had anything much happen. We talk to her and we're
definitely friends, but its not like she wants to be taught the lessons.
We're planning on inviting her to church this week though.
3. Hmm... good question. I'll give you two good experiences I had
this week. The first was I think on Tuesday. We were in Hedehusene and
had tried to meet with some people there and had knocked previously for
an hour or two, and we were both pretty tired. we still had 45 minutes
before we needed to go home though. Neither of us really wanted to do
much more especially if it involved knocking on doors, but I felt like
we should go knock an apartment building I saw in the distance... so we
did. One of the first doors we knocked on belonged to an older lady
named Lyna. It so happens that she had been to an LDS church a few times
before and even met with a senior missionary couple for a while. She
agreed to meet with us this week and we have an appointment on Thursday.
So that was a good experience for me. When we were tired and kinda just
wanted to go home, I followed a prompting and kept working hard, and we
found someone to meet with that has a lot of potential.
I think my other good experience of the week was I went on
companionship exchange with Ældste Strong. We just had a really good
time. We didn't have tons of missionary work success, but I just had a
lot of fun, which I unfortunately haven't had in awhile. I think that's
why I've had a hard time some weeks honestly, my companion and I don't
talk much or have fun. But I'm doing my best and some days are still
great. I'm glad to be here though, and I'm excited for the coming weeks.
4. Hahaha we went to a conveyor belt sushi place and you pay a set
price and then you get to eat as much as you want. So we had a little
extra money for the month and went there.
5. Yep. From what I've heard it's extremely easy though. The only
reason they have it is because there are a bunch of immigrants that come
to Denmark never even try to learn Danish and can't communicate well.
So its pretty much just to prevent that from happening.
6. Not really anything specific right now no.
I do still have the name brother Bigelow gave me though, but I'd
have to be in that part of Denmark to contact them. I was thinking about
giving it to the office as a referral, but I thought brother Bigelow
míght want me specifically to contact her. Oh and another random thing.
Have you heard about all the changes they mad recently for the
missionary dress code? The most annoying thing is we're no longer allowed
to use backpacks. We have to by shoulder bags. I bought one for 10
dollars at a Genbrug (Danish thrift shop) but wearing it at all even when
I have very little in it kills my shoulder haha, so I'm a bit annoyed
at that change. We can also wear lighter colors of pants like khakis now,
so that's kinda sweet. There are a decent number of changes though, so
you should look them up sometime. I think that's it for now though. Have a
great week.
-Ældste Redd
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