Mine familier og venner!
Random fact: Tomorrow, I will have officially been out on my
mission for 6 months.
Hmm... if I narrowed it down to two things I would want to
share from this week, it would be these two:
I was sitting on the train across from a guy who had
headphones on. I felt like sometime before I left, I should talk to him, but I
waited a little bit. I was rereading the Plan of Salvation pamphlet as I
overheard him order a beer. Then, a minute later, he slides an apple juice across
the table to me and tells me I can have it. Then, he opens up a can of Pringles
and offers to share them with me. It was way nice of him. I started talking,
but he asked if I could speak English. I did, but then he asked if I could
speak more slowly because it was hard for him to understand. He told me he was
Muslim and on his way to work in Copenhagen
(from Aalborg ). We were just heading back from
a district meeting where our zone leaders had stressed the importance of
keeping the gospel simple in explanation. I tried to explain the restoration in
the simplest I could and gave him a pamphlet in Danish. He said his native
language is Arabic and I told him we could get him a Book of Mormon in that
language and give it to him. He told me he really would like that and wants to
meet with the missionaries! I got his information and gave it to the
missionaries in Aalborg . I'm so happy that
Heavenly Father let me help run His errand to find the man.
This week, an 8 year old boy in the ward had a baptism. We
invited Anne Lise to it. We had one of the members in the ward bring her and it
went great! The member talked to Anne Lise the whole time and answered all of
her questions. I was sitting on the other side of Anne Lise during the baptism.
After it was over, I asked her what she thought of it and how she felt. She
told me that is was a beautiful day and that she was so happy to be there. But
then, she said she was still confused why she would have to be baptized again
if she already has been once in another church. We had previously taught her
about how after the apostles died, God's authority to perform ordinances was no
longer on the earth and about the restoration of the priesthood, so I just
rehashed what we had already discussed. I can't even remember exactly what I
said, but I remember looking at her and it seemed a light bulb had turned on
and she told me it made sense. Then, I told her that we would be having a
baptism on September 21st and asked if she would like to be baptized them and
she said YES!!! I was so so so so excited. Anne Lise told a few people at the
baptism that she had just made the decision and everyone was so exciting and
supportive.
I love the ward here in Fredericia. We hope to one day have
a ward here in Vejle.
Oh and Autumn is coming soon! My favorite season! Can't wait
to officially pull out the sweaters!
Life is beautiful.
Med kærligste hilsener,
Søster Orgill
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