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Monday, September 23, 2013
Sunday, September 22, 2013
The Queen
Kære søskende ("dear siblings"... but you can say
that to everyone
because we are all one big family),
So this week, we received a call that there was someone in
Jelling
(about 30 minutes away) who wanted a Book of Mormon. We were
trying to
figure out when to go visit them and then happened to get a
call from
a less active member in our ward who said he would love to
take us to
Jelling to see the Queen of Denmark because it happened to
be the
anniversary of the Jelling stone! So we went out there, got
to see the
queen fly in (by helicopter) and were only about 5 feet away
from her
at a couple points when she came to look at the Jelling
stone! It was
a great experience because the member we were with helped us
talk to
many people around us and we found someone who lives in
Vejle that we
are going to go back to visit this week!
Another highlight this week was teaching Anne Lise. She has
so much
faith and says she knows all she knows because of the spirit
that she
feels and that she knows the church is true.
Anyway, we find out about transfers this week. I love Vejle,
I'd love
to stay here another transfer, but I am happy to go
somewhere else,
too if the Lord needs me some where else. We'll see what
happens.
MKH,
Søster Orgill
Blond, Brunette, and Redhead
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Me with my companions (Sister Handley and Sister Ripplinger)
on a windy day! :)
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Sister Swett made me an "O" pancake for Orgill :)
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| Pluck your own apple! |
Pluck Your Own Apple
Mine Familie og venner,
Well the week started off with Splits in Horsens with the Sister Training Leaders. It
was great! They are very kind and we all learned what we could do to be better
missionaries.
Oh and when we were in Horsens ,
we walked by a house with a sign that said we could pluck our own apples. They
had three apple trees, completely full. Guess they wanted to get rid of some.
Anyway, when picked one each and ate it. Fun times :)
Also this week... I received Word from Sister Hadley (my
former companion who is now in Aalborg ) week
that, the guy that bought me an apple juice on the train a could weeks ago who
I talked to about the church in English, has been meeting with the missionaries
each week with his family! That is great news and I am so happy the Lord
trusted me to be his instrument that day I met him on the train.
Trains are awesome! We met someone else on a train this
week. His name was Mol. Sister Ripplinger and I both had this strong prompting
that we should talk to him. I waited for a little bit trying to figure out what
to say. Then I asked him how to pronounce a word in Danish. I told him about
why we were here and he said he had seen missionaries in San Francisco before. Unfortunately, this was
when the doors opened and we had to get off the train (without even knowing
where he is from) but we gave him a mormon.org card and he said he would look
it up. We kept him in out prayers the whole day. I hope one day soon he is able
to get directed to the church again.
Last thing, Friday night I started to get a sore throat, but
hoped it would go away. By Saturday night, after one of our lessons, I was
feeling really sick to my stomach and exhausted. We came home a little early
because I felt so sick. I took a shower and even though water was warm, I had
the chills, like I was freezing and I kept shaking uncontrollably, even when I
got out of the shower which lasted about 15 minutes. We also found out my
temperature was 103. Anyway, Sister Handley called the mission nurse and she
said I should probably go to the hospital by the morning especially because of
my temperature. Two ward members came over and gave me a blessing. As soon as
they had finished the blessing, I really did feel like my fever had stopped
climbing and I went to bed. In the morning, my fever was gone and I just had
left over flu/ cold symptoms, but we were able to go to church. When I saw
Bishop, he told me that he was surprised I was there and that it was a miracle.
I am grateful for priesthood blessings that come straight from our Father in
Heaven.
Med kærligste hilsener,
Søster Orgill
All Things Happen for a Reason
Mine Familier og Venner,
So, last Tuesday, it was my 6th month mark on my mission. As
you can see in the picture attached, I started a new tradition, "candles
in a molten lava cake of the number of months you have left" instead of
the old elder tradition of burning a shirt and a suit,...
mine is just at 6 months out- make a wish (on 12 candles) to
how you want the next 12 months to go.
and at 12 months- make a wish (on 6 candles) to how you want
the next 6 months to go.
Yep, yep. Anyway.
Oh and we attended the Medieval Festival in Horsens this week! It was amazing! There were
so many people there who were dressed up! It was AWESOME! :) I've been to two
medieval festivals in the U.S. ,
but not were as "legit" as this! Even the trash cans looked like they
were from the Medieval ages! They has people jousting and everything they sold
looked super authentic. The people came from all over Europe .
There was a medieval band from Czech
Republic
Miracle of the week:
We had a lesson/dinner appointment with a less active. We
ended up arriving about 30 minutes early, so we tried to visit 1 less active
and Grethe (a previous investigator) in the area. I have met Grethe before.
Rewind in time:
The first time, she told me she was not interested, but then
somehow started talking about her family and I asked if I could see a picture
of them, she got really excited and showed a couple to us. She said she didn't
want to meet, but would appreciate it if we kept her in our prayers. The next
time we came, she invited us in and we chatted for about 5-10 minutes. We
couldn't tell if she was interested, but asked if would could come back to
share a message (since her friend had just got there). She didn't want to
commit to anything though... so we tried again the next week and she wasn't
home.
Okay, back to where I left off in the first paragraph:
So we tried the less active, she was not home. We headed to
Grethe's. On the way there, our investigator Jamshid ran into us and told us he
has something wrong with his hand and he doesn't want to meet with us the next
week. We asked if we could reschedule and he said, "Nej, tak." We
figure we will try to stop by again in a month or two just to see if anything
has changed.
So we knock on Grethe's door, she lets us in and immediately
starts telling us all about the cancer she has and that she doesn't understand
why she has it, or what the purpose is. She says that she is confused because
"shouldn't [her] faith in Christ make her not have cancer?" And then
she said she was worried about her kids and grandchildren because the doctors
don't think she will live for much longer. She told us that she thought we were
the ones that were destined to help her understand. We didn't have much time,
but we started sharing a small portion of the plan of salvation and then asked
if we could come back to tell her more the next week. The problem... we were
COMPLETELY booked for the next eight days due to splits, zone training and
other scheduled appointments, many are further out. She told us she was only
home on the weekends. Then we remembered that Jamshid had cancelled his
appointment with us and so that would be the only time we could fit her in if
it was possibly a good time for her. It happened to be on FRIDAY! And she said
it was perfect! What a miracle!
We won't forget able Jamshid, but right now, I think Grethe
needs the gospel and we hope we can help her and her family see Heavenly
Father's plan for them.
Jeg elsker jer!
meaning... I love you -plural form ;)
Med kærliste hilsener,
Søster Orgill
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