Hey Ma and Pa,
Hey, I gave a talk too! Mine was
on Eternal life. I don't have it typed out, and it's in Danish so you
wouldn't be able to read it anyway, but I think it went pretty well. I
got to use Dad's mission experience explaining the plan of salvation, just
translated it directly from my atonement talk, and I had a few people come up
to me afterward saying they liked that new perspective on it. I felt
pretty good about it.
I am feeling awesome. I'm
just happy to be a missionary, and I'm so happy to have seen the changes in
myself as a missionary and as a person over the last two years. I'm
trying to make the greatest amount of growth here in the last few weeks of my
mission, and I feel like the goals that I have will be able to help me see the
specific growth that I'm looking for.
I'm trying to improve my evening
schedule, something that has been a constant struggle for me before and
throughout my time as a missionary. I'm trying to help Elder Jeppson gain an
understanding by seeking out more teaching opportunities throughout the day,
not just in training, and also praying and focusing on my five year plan so
that I can make an easy segue from full time missionary to the new and improved
me back home.
As far as the miracles we've seen
this week goes, our new friend ‘C’ was definitely the highlight. She
called us on Thursday asking about church times and info. Elder Jeppson
and I spent the next few hours racking our brains to figure out when we contacted
a 21 year old ‘C’. Turns out she is just a curious friend of a Mormon girl who
invited her to come to church.
On Saturday we lead ‘C’ on a
church tour with ‘R’ and ‘N’ in our ward, gave her a Book of Mormon, and gave
her a place to read and pray about. She had expressed concern about
losing a child 6 months ago, and we decided something about the plan of
salvation would be best.
The next day she came to our
volleyball activity and asked about how she could know that it was true.
We again invited her to pray, and talked about spiritual confirmations.
She came to church, and stayed
for all three hours. I gave a talk on eternal life, ‘N’ gave a talk on
the plan of salvation, and the guest class focused on the plan of salvation (it
counts to have it in good with the guest class teacher :) She loved church, and
we will be meeting with her again on Tuesday!
Loving it here!
Fun fact. There is a stress
quiz online that all missionaries take towards the beginning of the mission,
and usually when they train. We have the highest percentage of
missionaries in the green.. I am officially in the happiest mission in the
world! :) It's all because of the members and the other missionaries
here.
The relationships between
missionaries here is incredible. I am completely comfortable with going
up to any missionary in this mission and giving them a great big hug (even the
sisters, but we'll save that for when it's appropriate ;) We are a family in
this mission.
I love you both lots and lots.
Love
Ældste Pitcher
