Hej!
How is everyone doing? Well i hope. This week has been up
and down. First we sent Sister Peterson of to West Virginia to wait for her
visa. It was kind of bittersweet. She's been helping us out so so much. We're
excited for her to be finally going out to serve. She's been here for two weeks
longer than she should have.
So, the Danish is coming. I'm a bit slower at understanding
everything than the rest of my district is, but i'm getting there. I think
being in a companionship of 3 isn't helping, especially since one of our
sisters really gets it and doesn't let me get anything in when we teach the
lessons. We've talked to her about it, and so have our teachers and branch
president, but it doesn't seem to be helping. I've been studying extra hard on
my own. I'm hoping that will help then maybe i'll be able to form Danish
sentences in my head instead of just English.
The "investigators" we were teaching last week are
now our teachers. Brother Williamson, the other district's investigator,
is our teacher. He served in Cowboy Denmark. This is his first time teaching
ever. I think he's doing pretty good. I like how he makes it interesting and we
don't just sit there all day. I have a hard time not falling asleep when i just
have to sit there. It's not that i'm not interested, it's just that i get so
relaxed and i'm always so tired so i fall asleep. I started doodling in my
notebooks, but all i know how to draw is the firefighter maltese cross's and
fire hydrants. The elders make fun of me for it haha But hey, if it helps me
stay awake, it's worth it.
We taught Brother Pullin this week and he took us completely
off course from the notes we had prepared. We prepared a lesson on prayer
because that's what it seemed like he needed when we "contacted" him.
Instead, he needed more of a plan of salvation lesson. I knew exactly what he
was trying to say and i had perfect answers, but they were all in English. It's
a bit difficult for me to make the senteces on the spot. It was killing me! I
went back and wrote out exactly what i wanted to say so that next time i'll
have it somewhere in my brain.
One day we were practicing going contacting outside. We
would contact each other in Danish. We just said all the simple things like
"hi, how are you?" "What is you're name" etc. I was doing
ok, mostly because i had marked the pages in my little book that had all the
sentences i would say, until Sister Bishop asked me what my name was. My first
thought was "Mi llama es..." What? That's spanish! haha I don't even
know where that came from! I haven't taken spanish since elementary school!
Weird...
Sothe elders in our district are hilarous! We have one
companionship that takes the cake, though. They are Elder Madsen and Elder
Wawro. Elder Madsen is the stereotypical jock and Elder Wawro is the
stereotypical drama nerd. THey are polar opposites and they fight like crazy!
In a joking way of course. Well, Elder Madsen always has to one up Elder Wawro
and what not. So one day they were talking about Choir and Football. I'm not
quite sure what they were arguing about this time, but Elder Wawro was getting
frustrated and yelled out "You know what? When Christ was born, God didn't
send down a football teams of angels to welcome him, he sent a CHOIR of
angels!" the room went silent, then we all busted up laughing! We couldn't
stop for at least 10 minutes. Oh, those two crack me up. I always just sit and
watch them. They are my entertainment since i can't watch tv :)
This week was a great mail week :) I got three packages,
which made my day! Thanks to everyone for all the support i've gotten! It's
amazing all that i've been blessed with, great friends and family included. I
hope everyone has a fantastic week! I'll write again next week!
Jeg Elsker Jere!
Sister Handley
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