Aalborg Adventures Episode 1: Hej Hej Hillerød, Ahoy Aalborg
February 6, 2018
halløj! It's so great to hear from you! I love it so much!!
Danish Word of the Week: Mojn. It baaaasiccally means Hello and it's actually German, but here in Jylland the German language is slowly integrating its way up and infesting itself into the Danish Language. So people sometimes say Mojn.
Danish Fun Fact: The 5 biggest cities in Denmark are Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense, and Esbjerg.
First things first, oh yeah I'm in Jylland. On saturday we got the call that my dearests Søstre Hall and Critchfield will be staying together, and I will be ripped away from them to make the longest sister transfer in the mission. I'm now up in Aalborg at the tippy top of Denmark, with my dearest darlingest Søster Dietch (Diespleen BACK AT IT AGAIN) to fumble my way through being a sister training leader. Prayers are encouraged and accepted.
Our week consisted of numerous hours of my absolute most favorite activity in the world called finding. We talked to person after person, after person, after person and ended meeting some way cool people. Our Tuesday began in shambles due to one reason and another, and we were slightly anxious and frantic by the time our finding blocks came around. We were in such a strange mood that we had to pull over and reevaluate our plans. We didn't really know what to do, and Søster Critchfield suggested we drive down the street we were already on and just get knocking. So we went with it. We ended up giving out a lot of Books of Mormon and making a few appointments! I was just so so grateful that Søster Critchfield was in tune enough with the Spirit to follow its promptings and get us going. That girl really trained me.
This week was one full of goodbyes. Our terrific trio knew that it wasn't too likely that we'd be staying together, so we visited an investigator or two to say goodbye and tell them we loved them. Our investigator T. is one I'm going to miss a ton. She has grown so much since meeting the missionaries. Her non existent faith in Christ has now blossomed into the most beautiful testimony. She bought us chocolate and herbal tea for a farewell present. What a sweetie.
And a miracle happened yesterday. My stuff was packed in the car, and we made a pitstop in the library to get the two sisters a library card before heading to the train station. The library card was taking a very very long time for one reason or another, and while we were waiting we heard the person next to us speaking English with some kind of foreign accent. We leaned over and started chatting to him without really thinking about it. He's from Ireland and moved to Hillerød 5 days beforehand. We talked to him for like 15 min, and he and his girlfriend are going to come to an eating appointment with some members! I was happy to experience this little miracle in the last few minutes of my time in Hillerød.
I'm emailing today because I was on a train for literally the entire day yesterday. We had a little problem when Sister Dietch had to leap like a graceful gazelle off the moving train in order to not be fined. It all worked out okay because I was with other missionaries on the train and there were missionaries around where Sister Dietch was, so we just got off the train in Aarhus, waited for her, and jumped back on the train to Aalborg. I am so excited to be here! Aalborg is the most beautiful places and this is my first time serving in a big city, so watch out boys I'm coming through!
I learned this just how important and influential it is to follow the promptings of the Spirit. If Søster Critchfield hadn't been in tune on Tuesday, we wouldn't have found those cool people. If I hadn't been aware, we could've missed our Irish friend. A lot of things wouldn't have happened without the soft guidance of the third member of the Godhead. I'm going to work on making myself as worthy as possible so that He can always be with me.
That's all for this week folks, but tune in next time to hear what happens to Diespleen in the next episode of The Aalborg Adventures.
Jeg elsker jer alle sammen og håber at I få en god uge! Hej Hej!
MKH, Søster Esplin
raya.esplin@myldsmail.net
halløj! It's so great to hear from you! I love it so much!!
Danish Word of the Week: Mojn. It baaaasiccally means Hello and it's actually German, but here in Jylland the German language is slowly integrating its way up and infesting itself into the Danish Language. So people sometimes say Mojn.
Danish Fun Fact: The 5 biggest cities in Denmark are Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense, and Esbjerg.
First things first, oh yeah I'm in Jylland. On saturday we got the call that my dearests Søstre Hall and Critchfield will be staying together, and I will be ripped away from them to make the longest sister transfer in the mission. I'm now up in Aalborg at the tippy top of Denmark, with my dearest darlingest Søster Dietch (Diespleen BACK AT IT AGAIN) to fumble my way through being a sister training leader. Prayers are encouraged and accepted.
Our week consisted of numerous hours of my absolute most favorite activity in the world called finding. We talked to person after person, after person, after person and ended meeting some way cool people. Our Tuesday began in shambles due to one reason and another, and we were slightly anxious and frantic by the time our finding blocks came around. We were in such a strange mood that we had to pull over and reevaluate our plans. We didn't really know what to do, and Søster Critchfield suggested we drive down the street we were already on and just get knocking. So we went with it. We ended up giving out a lot of Books of Mormon and making a few appointments! I was just so so grateful that Søster Critchfield was in tune enough with the Spirit to follow its promptings and get us going. That girl really trained me.
This week was one full of goodbyes. Our terrific trio knew that it wasn't too likely that we'd be staying together, so we visited an investigator or two to say goodbye and tell them we loved them. Our investigator T. is one I'm going to miss a ton. She has grown so much since meeting the missionaries. Her non existent faith in Christ has now blossomed into the most beautiful testimony. She bought us chocolate and herbal tea for a farewell present. What a sweetie.
And a miracle happened yesterday. My stuff was packed in the car, and we made a pitstop in the library to get the two sisters a library card before heading to the train station. The library card was taking a very very long time for one reason or another, and while we were waiting we heard the person next to us speaking English with some kind of foreign accent. We leaned over and started chatting to him without really thinking about it. He's from Ireland and moved to Hillerød 5 days beforehand. We talked to him for like 15 min, and he and his girlfriend are going to come to an eating appointment with some members! I was happy to experience this little miracle in the last few minutes of my time in Hillerød.
I'm emailing today because I was on a train for literally the entire day yesterday. We had a little problem when Sister Dietch had to leap like a graceful gazelle off the moving train in order to not be fined. It all worked out okay because I was with other missionaries on the train and there were missionaries around where Sister Dietch was, so we just got off the train in Aarhus, waited for her, and jumped back on the train to Aalborg. I am so excited to be here! Aalborg is the most beautiful places and this is my first time serving in a big city, so watch out boys I'm coming through!
I learned this just how important and influential it is to follow the promptings of the Spirit. If Søster Critchfield hadn't been in tune on Tuesday, we wouldn't have found those cool people. If I hadn't been aware, we could've missed our Irish friend. A lot of things wouldn't have happened without the soft guidance of the third member of the Godhead. I'm going to work on making myself as worthy as possible so that He can always be with me.
That's all for this week folks, but tune in next time to hear what happens to Diespleen in the next episode of The Aalborg Adventures.
Jeg elsker jer alle sammen og håber at I få en god uge! Hej Hej!
MKH, Søster Esplin
raya.esplin@myldsmail.net
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