Hey ma and pa
So I broke my camera..... :P I biffed it on my bike and when my bag flew around I landed right on it. The card is ok, and the camera still turns on, there is just something wrong with the lens or the screen or something because the options come up on the screen but there is no picture... Should I just buy a cheap new one? I'm having Elder Lester take pictures of me in the meantime, but just let me know.
I'm really excited that ya'll get to meet Sister Rogers...
Or should I say Breanna... That's weird ;) She is a great missionary, and
was a lot of fun to be around. Tell her hi for me.
Oh yeah! You guys are talking about ‘S’! He's
great, we actually just had our second appointment with him today. There
are just a few more hang ups, but he knows that this is what he needs to
do. Such an incredible story.
His parents were members when he was young, he grew up in
primary, then they separated, and he lost his way. He had a crazy life
style, but since finding the missionaries has made a complete turnaround in his
life. He is planning on getting baptized before the end of the year, and
even sooner if he can get around this one last hiccup. He plays in an
ACDC cover band. He's just awesome :) I don't know about the meet the Mormons
movie yet, but I'll be sure to ask at the next zone thing.
So I've heard that this whole mission thing is supposed to go by a lot faster once you get to the year mark, and I must say, that now I understand why. I am just trying as hard as I can to make sure that I'm always counting UP to 2 years, and never counting down from the half way mark.
This week I got to go to a little moto cross thing for kids
since my companion is so handy with that stuff and a less active in our ward's
sons are really into it. Basically all we did for an hour was pick little
kids up out of the mud and get there bikes started again, but we had a lot of
fun.
We also had a humbling experience with contacting one man on
the street who had just recently lost his wife earlier that week. He
wasn't able to understand much of what we were saying, only spoke a little
Danish and no English, but he explained as best as he could in a thick Serbian
accent that his wife had just recently passed away, and that his grandson down
the street could help translate. As we walked he burst into tears, and I
got the strong impression to just put my arm around him. We walked, and
he talked about how sad he was, and I just reassured him that everything would
be ok.
When we got to the shop his grandson was at he started
translating as we tried to tell him about the happy message we had that his
wife would be with him again. He wasn't interested in talking about
anything religious, but he was grateful for the comfort.
No big miracle story, but I felt better about myself after,
and I could tell that it was what he needed at that moment.
We also were contacted by a Jehovah's Witness missionary
(not uncommon) to come to a bible study group. I normally am not into
going to those kind of things, but we decided we would try and see since we had
recently contacted a JW couple who were interested in what we had to say, and
figured there might be a good chance that they would be there.
The JW's burned our appointment though. Turns out they don't
really meet there when they say they do. Oh well, we might try back in a few
weeks.
It's been a great first week for me here in Helsingør! I'm
loving my new area and my new companion and new people. I really felt like this
fresh start in a new area was really good for me.
Elder Lester and I are working hard to make this a changed
area. There seem to be a lot of old habits from previous visits that I'm
starting to notice, and that we both want to change. I'm really looking forward
to seeing the change in this area and myself over the next few weeks.
Love you both.
Ældste Pitcher
