7/15/2013

Hej Alle!

Oh boy, what a week! So many exciting things happened! A bit up and down, but you can't enjoy the good without the bad.

This week we had zone training. We had media training which was great. The only problem was, the whole thing was in Danish, which would have been fine, but they made me wear the little translation thing so i could hear the English translation, but the guy translating didn't seem to care at all, and just kept saying "Oh, he just said something about faith. That sounds important" or "He just said a funny joke, too bad you wouldn't understand it" Rude! haha So i didn't get a ton out of it. Good thing we did role plays in English.

We got 3 new investigators this week, which was great! The only problem is i think two of them will be dropping us soon because they are muslim... but, I am hopeful for the last one we got :) His name is Ivan and we found him while we were finishing knocking an apartment complex. It was my turn to begin the approach, and as soon as he answered the door, i noticed that both of my companions had completely backed off, and my trainer had hidden behind the door! Ah! So, i did all i know how to do, i bore my testimony. I said a silent prayer in my heart for help. I told him about the Book of Mormon, about what it contains, and the promise that Moroni gives at the end, that if we read it ourselves, and pray to know for ourselves that it is true, we will recieve an answer. Then, i asked him about his faith and if course i couldn't understand a word he said back, so Søster Christensen stepped in to help. But, he said that we could come back and teach him more! :) So exciting! I know that that was the Lord's way of letting me know that i can talk to people and i can teach them about the gospel, as long as i rely on Him.

So, our ward mission leader isn't exactly our biggest fan just because we're sisters. He's hard on the Elders too, but he's definitely on their side and doesn't hide that. So, we decided this week that we weren't going to give him anything to criticize about so he wouldn't have any excuses :) He randomly texted us and asked us how many push-ups, sit-ups and crunches we could do. None of us actually knew for sure, so we all dropped down and did some push ups so we could tell him in the middle of the parking lot. (I'm not going to tell you how many because sadly, with all of these delicious Danish pastries and other foods, my strength is decreasing and my waistline is not haha) Needless to say, we got a lot of weird looks. There were three 20 year old girls that randomly dropped and started doing pushups in the middle of the parking lot. We must have been a sight! Sadly, the text was not for us and H.C. just laughed at us for even trying. Now we know to work on our pushups and situps so next time we will be much more prepared. Next time, H.C., next time...

Well, it was a good week with lots of good experiences. I am learning a lot and growing in many different ways. Thank you to everyone who sent me letters this week. I very much appreciate mail and i will do my best to write back as soon as we get some time on a p-day. Love you all!

Kære,

Søster Erin Handley