August 25

So the Call...

It was Tuesday morning and the Horsens elders were over to go to service with us later in the morning and we were in the middle of companionship studies when Elder Oakley got the first call, it was from the President, and it was at this time when I witnessed what elders do when crazy stuff happens. So Elder Oakley the District Leader made the jump straight to Assistant, and it was crazy. I will send pictures next week I forgot the cord that connects the camera to the computer.

 

Our call was short and it just told us that we are not going anywhere. 

 

Next on the list is our Friday Ghost fight. There is a little old lady that took a Book of Mormon two years ago that has not been interested in meeting with us. So we stopped by and talked with her for a little time and somehow it came out that we had the priesthood and there were ghosts nearby that we needed to go over and pray that they leave people alone. She spoke with a very heavy Usk (?) accent so this is all I and my companion could understand. So we went over to this little trail and talked about the priesthood and then we prayed with her. Anyway we set up another appointment for the next day and came back, suddenly my ears were opened and we had a fantastic lesson with her over Joseph Smith and where the book comes from, she agreed to be baptized if she prays and finds out that it is true. Great Right

 

Our meeting and my testimony of the Gift of Tongues. So there was this man that had come to Denmark from Syria to investigate other religions and we just happened to knock on his door one day and set up an appointment. Well we sat down with him and he explained that Danish was hard for him because he has only been there for a little over 10 months, I said I can sympathize, I have been here for six weeks and he lost it. I could speak a lot better then he could and he just didn’t understand how. Well we gave our message and he is super positive on coming to church and accepted the invitation to be baptized and next week we hope to set a date with him. 

 

So The Sunday of all Sundays

To start with our investigator who is on date came to church, he loved it. We talked with him today and he told us of all the miracles that he saw in the meeting, the talks that were given that touched all of his doubts in the gospel it was powerful stuff. We had two member present lessons that day and two other lessons (a record for Silkeborg) and we got two new investigators. It was one of the most packed days that we have had, let me tell you that the work is alive and growing in Silkeborg unlike it has ever been, that is what I am talking about. 

 

To update you on everything else I am doing well with reading but I couldn't read on the train because I talked in Danish to someone for three hours the way up. After my brain was fried but I can see so much progress now, it is like I just gained some traction on the all of the words and I am remembering so many now. I have had many blessings this week and these are only a couple that I could write.

 

For my Goals I want to be able to read all of the Scriptures in this next year cover to cover in Danish.

I want to be able to so 200 straight pushups without stopping

To play any song out of the Danish childrens’ song book on the Guitar

I want to be able to tell my family that I gave all I had on my mission and that I have no regrets a year from now.

I want to call my family twice.

 

Well that all I have this week love you all

Garrett