Halleluja: Følg Ham of find nyt liv‏ - March 28, 2016

Fish bought downstairs below our apartment

Everyone,

This week has been a real rollercoaster starting on Monday. Elder Shuppy popped his knee cap out of place, so we spent Monday night at the hospital. This doctors were able to pop it back in, but they needed x-rays of it. He has a cast and crutches now, and cannot bike. This has really slowed us down, but we have walked quite far this week. The Blackums and the members here have really helped us out several times.

Waiting at the hospital

Tuesday we had two great member present lessons. The first one was with a Syrian family who knows John, our most recent convert, in the branch. It was a different lesson because they couldn't understand our Danish, but when the member would say it they understood it all. They had great questions for us on God. Their religion is a mix a Christian and idol worship. They don't have any sacred texts, and it is spoken to their children. It has been passed down for many generations. It will be a stretch for them to accept our message, but they have shown some interest which is great.

The other lesson was with Micheal. We were grateful for the member who came with us because he asked some hard Frelsesplanen questions. Our lesson was Jesu Kriti Evangelium, and he understood everything we talked about. AT the end he said that many years ago he had prayed that he could find the true church. The next day two missionaries from our church knocked on his door. That was his answer, but he decided back then that it wasn't for him. We committed him to baptism, and he is willing to pray about it. He is a strong Methodist, so he expressed concerns about joining another church.

The Apple Garden

Our district did blitz splits up here to try and help us find more investigators. I was able to spend the day with Elder Perkins. He was in my MTC group, so we had lots of fun together. The blitz worked and we have a knew investigator in Hjørring. This is great because we previously had no one there since we dropped Gitte. We will be meeting with him this week, and he seems golden so far.

Large woodpile

Saturday was a Skagen day. We walked through the gågade to the train station. Hundreds of people were there. They had big speakers, and were blasting non missionary music. We felt like we were leaving Babylon as we took the train to Skagen. Things didn't work out as well in while we were there. Lots of investigators weren't home, or they forgot that we were coming.

From Kilden looking at Frederikshavn

Our lesson with Meratu went really well. He had great questions for us about church. Sadly, he isn't as interested because the church has no materials in his native language. His danish is pretty good, but not up to scripture language yet. There is a difference.

Shrimp statue

My first week we had a lesson with Mia and Thanus. This week Mia set up and appointment with us which was a miracle. We arrived, and both of them had forgotten. We had a good lesson with Thanus on the Easter initiative, but Mia didn't participate. It is so frustrating when you can't convey to your investigators the importance of our message, and how much it can help them.

Street contacting

Easter was wonderful. We had daylight savings Saturday night, so there were only about 20 people in Sacrament. They said the closing prayer, and most of the branch was sitting in the foyer.

Restaurant Moby Dick

The Easter initiative is wonderful. We have had lots of success with it so far. It is intersting to us that at Christmas many people didn't want to talk about Christ, but this last week has gone really well.

https://www.mormon.org/dan/påske

Hav en god uge!

Ældste Francis