2 Nephi 13:4 - March 27, 2017

Beautiful Danmark

And I will give children unto them to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

Everyone,

We have had lots of fun here in Horsens. There are so many people that we have talked to about the gospel. One of the best parts was yesterday. We met two Americans here both of whom have been in Denmark for about 25 years (I think that when Americans meet Americans here then everyone gets a little happier). They weren't that religious, but one of them got excited when we gave him a Book of Mormon. He said that he had read the Bible once, and our book sounded like a great story. I was a great contact for us.

Mosiah 28:3 - March 20, 2017

Our chili plant!

Now they were desirous that salvation should be declared to every creature, for they could not bear that any human soul should perish; yea, even the very thoughts that any soul should endure endless torment did cause them to quake and tremble.

Spring is almost here!

Everyone,

To start of this weeks email I want to give a big shoutout to my brother Sam who got his mission call to Sweden. I am so excited for him. I have seen Sweden many times across the water while serving here in Denmark, and now he gets to serve over there. 

The Gagade here in Horsens - the widest in Denmark.

(Mother's Note: Sam woke up at 2am and emailed back and forth with Ben for about an hour to share the exciting news! A fun brother-to-brother chat.)

Moroni 8:25, 26 - March 13, 2017

Amazing Sunrise

25 And the first fruits of repentance is baptism; and baptism cometh by faith unto the fulfilling the commandments; and the fulfilling the commandments bringeth remission of sins;

 26 And the remission of sins bringeth meekness, and lowliness of heart; and because of meekness and lowliness of heart cometh the visitation of the Holy Ghost, whichComforter filleth with hope and perfect love, which love endureth by diligence unto prayer, until the end shall come, when all the saints shall dwell with God.

Here is a picture of my district. Elder Yates is taking the picture, and his wife Sister Yates is with the Sisters. This district is for Fredericia ward and Horsens ward.

Everyone,

We had a fun week in Horsens. This is a great city to serve in, and the ward is amazing.

1 Nephi 10:17 - March 6, 2017

Karen Darre with me

17 And it came to pass after I, Nephi, having heard all thewords of my father, concerning the things which he saw in a vision, and also the things which he spake by the power of the Holy Ghost, which power he received by faith on the Son of God—and the Son of God was the Messiah who should come—I, Nephi, was desirous also that I might see, and hear, and know of these things, by the power of theHoly Ghost, which is the gift of God unto all those who diligently seek him, as well in times of old as in the time that he should manifest himself unto the children of men.

Eric and his daughter Laura (this is the first time she has visited him in 18 months)

Everyone,

It was my last week in Randers, but now I am in Horsens. The Danish LegoLand is in my area. I am companions with Elder Gardner who is one transfer older than me, and has been in Horsens for two transfers already.

At the Randers church building

We met with several members this week for eating appointments. It was nice because then I could say goodbye to everyone. Stake Conference was yesterday, and it was a regional conference for northern Europe (Ireland, England, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland). I think that was everyone watching the broadcast.

A Miracle of Protection

Everyone,

You may be wondering why there was a sudden change of apartment here in Randers. It was due to an unfortunate happining at our old apartment on Sunday the 19th of February.

At 2:30 Sunday morning some people started banging on our door. We had had the same thing happen one week earlier where a young man in his 20s was looking for a Kristian Østergaard. My companion Elder Adams started calling the police. The banging started getting really hard, and we could hear the glass on the front of our door start shattering. The wood around the lock started splintering, and the lock gave way. The miracle is that they left as soon as they had broken the door.

This was the reason why Randers got a new apartment and that I have been living in Århus for the last two weeks. It was a tramatic experience, and that is why action was taken so quickly.

Many have asked why they left when the door was broken. I have thought about this these last two weeks, and have had a special spiritual experience. President O'Bryant has told us that there are people looking out for us on both sides of the veil. This is shown in D and C 84:88. After church last week I thought about it, and I recieved the strongest impression that Grandpa Francis was protecting the door that night. It was one of the strongest feelings that I have felt. Later in the week I reflected upon it. It then came that there were really two men there, Grandpa Francis and Jesus Christ.

Please do not be scarred or worried about what has happened. Instead have gratitude that we are both fine, and that the Lord will protect and has protected his missionaries.

I love you all,

Elder Francis

Psalm 97:11 - February 27, 2017

New Car

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Nice church

Everyone,

This week has been a whirlwind of activitly for us. The mission got us a new apartment here in Randers, and they decided to have us live in Århus until we can move in. For the first half of the week we had to use trains and buses to travel back and forth. Then on Friday we got a car, so that is a nice blessing. First time on my mission that I get to use a mission vehicle for an extended period of time. That period will be the rest of this week because next Monday is transfers, and it has been confirmed that I will be leaving.

D&C 18:10 - February 20, 2017

I made pudding

10 Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God

Everyone,

We had a great miracle this week, and it was one of the best spiritual experiences for me. One night while knocking we met this nice man named Morton. He learned about the church from, South Park. Personally he is agnostic, but was interested in learning more about what we beleive. He accepted a Mormons Bog at the end, and was excited to read from it. We left that apartment area because we thought that it might be a good time to change to contacting. About two blocks from the area we felt prompted to return. We went back, and knocked on the two more doors. The second door was a girl named Maria. She sometimes has a faith, but was unsure of it. We testified for her that God is there for us, and had a wonderful time talking with her. As we left I told Elder Adams that that was the reason we needed to return. As we walked away the Spirit was very strong, and both of us felt so happy inside.