Hello Ma and Pa :)
1. Turns out I left Sønderborg even better than I
thought! Two people we just barely started teaching (‘O’, and ‘K’) BOTH
accepted baptismal dates this last week. I was going nuts. I'm way
happy about both of them. ‘K’ we found, and ‘O’ was a REALLY positive
investigator who had just been out of the country for a while. I only met
both of them one time before I left, but I had been working hard for both of
them, so it makes me feel good to see the fruit of my labors, even though I'm
gone. 2. Elder Brindley has been out for just one transfer after
me. I didn't realize it was so close to Grover. We had a nice
conversation about that just barely :) 3. I tried to speak Danish with ‘K’
as much as possible. But like a lot of Danes that have lived in the States, she
was a tough cookie to crack ;) Then again, she's been living there for a while
from what I understand. They like to speak English ;) Wonderful lady, and
her faith in her brother is awesome. ‘H’ is doing well, he came to church
this week! We've hooked him up with a ride to church, so I don't think
this will be a one and done thing either. He's working on getting to the
temple, and he's making the small necessary steps, so keep him in your prayers
:) 4. You'll have to be sure to tell Ron hi for me. I haven't seen him
for a while.
My first week in Odense. The ward here is
AWESOME. I already have my good friends, but the people I have only just
gotten to know are so welcoming I already feel like I've been here for a
while.
The work is really good here in Odense. We've had a
lot of service projects, and everything is coordinated through and with the
members when it comes to appointments, activities, assignments. It's a pretty well-oiled
machine, probably the best unit that I've been in for that kind of coordination.
Anyway. We had a good appointment with ‘J’, an older,
recently reactivated, sophisticated artist who we are helping prepare to get to
the temple. He's incredible, I really look forward to working with him
more.
He's basically ready, and he actually taught the high
priests this last week. He just kind of wants a refresher on all the
doctrine before he goes through again. I'm sorry if I'm a little short on
the update.
There was actually quite a bit that happened this week, and
the reason that I'm actually writing to you so late is because Elder Brindley
got allergies, and then it turned into a sore throat, and now we are both kind
of achy, and well....sick.. :P So pray that I'll have energy to get
through this week.
I'm really looking forward to the work here and I don't want
anything to slow me down.
And then we have Elder Vance, a stud from Texas, who I
actually went out contacting with on his first day in Denmark (in Elder Pike's
group) a good friend, and his greenie Elder Poff from Kentucky. Kind of
shy, but whitty with his retorts, and sly sense of humor.
It's a great group. I couldn't be happier than to be a
district leader, and I couldn't ask for a better district. I'm having so
much fun! We actually stood up to sing in sacrament meeting this
week. I made sure to cheat and ask all of the young adults around me to
come up and sing with us (‘R’, ‘N’ {‘R's BF} ;) and some others) and it
went pretty well :) Good first impression in church I feel like.
Anyway... I ended up making it a bit longer after all. So
there you go :)
Loves and stuff
Ældste Pitcher
