September 8

Apparently Elder Vance is a pro basketball player

So the baptism for ------ will be in three or four weeks he is trying to stop smoking and has to make it to church a couple of more times before he can be baptized but I still email with him and send him some specific scriptures that I find in my personal study for him. I think it might cost about 40 dollars round trip IDK if I am allowed to use my discount card on a personal expense but Ill figure it out and let ya'll know. And that is the miracle story of my best friend in Denmark.

Just finished Alma 13 sounds like you are gaining on me I’ll pick up the pace then. 

What is the bread like there? (Someone from Norway told me our bread tastes like cake.)

The bread for the most part is super dense rye stuff or whole grain. Even the white is not even white but more of a wheat, I like it because it is more filling and a lot more healthy. 

I have bought a coat but I am looking for a light water proof jacket.  I will see what I can find in the Genbrugs (DIs). I will be fine without boots but I would like to get a nice suit before I come home, after Christmas they have really good deals so I will have a couple opportunities to try and find a good price. I also will be keeping an eye out for some good shoes that will go one sale. ECCO from Denmark is really sick and they last forever so I will see what I can find. The shirts that you tailored are great, they are nowhere near the European skin tight things but they are really good to work in.

I can print off sheet music and that would be greatly appreciated, I can’t think of anything else that I want for Christmas mostly just pictures of life on the outside so I don't forget people. I also don't need a bike wrench, I found one in a store the other day for cheap. 

I won't know if I will train until the week before transfers but there are only two elders coming in so IDK If I will be chosen to turn around train but I hope that I will. I heard that if pushes you harder and faster than anything else in the mission. We do not have a CO2 monitor as of right know but we are in the process of getting one. 

What is the best/worst food you have had so far?

The ice cream here is all Italian Gelato,so much better than anything else I have had in my life. The best dish I have had is called Engle Kage, it is a desert like angel cake but the bottom is not a cake but a pastry that just melts and dissolves in your mouth, shear greatness. The worst is liver paste. I had some the other day at an investigators house and I had to excuse myself and went to the bathroom and threw it backup that stuff is just no bueno. 

The ward is boss at fellowshipping and they are really nice. I have eaten with all of them multiple times. They could just be my home away from home. Well 1/8th of my mission is already gone and there is 7/8th left to work. 

So Elder Bednar. To start, there is no way in the world to type all that was discussed in our three hour question and answer session with him but I will write part of the most common theme. 

Faith is a principle of action

-we pray with faith but we have to move forward with action for there to be any promise with the Lord. We are agents and have the ability to choose we are not objects to be acted upon. When we pray we show our desires but when we sit back and wait to be acted upon by the God we become objects and not agents. It is said for missionaries that when we open our mouths we will have the words needed for our investigators but I have never thought about it. We have to open our mouths for them to be filled. We have to show our intent to act. There are many examples in church history but to point out one of the most important would be the Restoration. When the prayer was said in the grove it was not just to know which church was true but to know which church was true so he could join it. It will so important for us to consecrate our prayers with action as well.

Like I said there was 3 hours and this was just the first five minutes but I have a great set of notes that I will be studying for the next couple of months.

The week has been strange, the first couple of days were spent fixing my comps bike over and over and over he had a total of 8 flat tires. Don't ask me how or why, he claims he is like Job but I told him he just doesn't look where he is riding but I love getting my hands dirty so I have perfected the pit stop tire change. I hope you all have a great week love you.

Ældste Vance