Aalborg Adventures Episode 7: Blessed Baptism
March 20, 2018
Halløj Kære Familie! Hvordan har I det? Jeg kan ikke lide engelsk så meget så jeg har besluttet mig at kun tale dansk. Jeg skal ikke skifte så det betyder at I er alle sammen nødt til at lære dansk hvis I vil gerne forstå mig. Heheh jeg laver bare sjovt :)
Danish Word of the Week: Folketinget. It's the name of parliament here and translates to ''the people thing.''
Danish Fun Fact: water is not free at restaurants. Don't make my mistake and leave your water bottle at home.
This week was incredible. Every single day was amazing. We really wanted to go hard for Sister Dietch's last week ever being a missionary, and go hard we did. We had the Hammerum sisters up here on splits and we had a BLAST!! We knocked and knocked and it was way fun. We found some really awesome people that we very interested in our message. I feel so blessed to be involved with a work that lets me meet all sorts of different people united by a common force. We all want to know who we are and why we are.
On Wednesday we had a funeral for our two ''dying'' missionaries, Sister Dietch and Elder Erickson. Our district leader put together a program with regards to them and Prince Henrik of Denmark who recently passed away. It was the funniest experience that I have ever experienced. We had them each lay across a table and some chairs and we draped them in the Danish flag, gently laying flowers upon their bodies. We had memories and musical numbers, the whole shebang. It was wonderful.
Tina, our dear wonderful investigator, was baptized this Saturday! She looked radiant in her baptismal dress and very excited. The program began with me giving a talk about baptism. Afterward, we followed them down the hall and into the baptismal room. Tina is generally on the more quiet side, but after she got up out of the water she loudly said that she felt great! She also got confirmed which we were pleasantly surprised about. That was a great start to a great day. I'm so happy for Tina and her decision to follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized.
Also shoutout to my brother Saul for getting his mission call! HE IS GOING TO THE BACOLOD PHILIPPINES MISSION!! HE IS GOING TO KILL IT!!!!!!! I'm one proud older sister.
We had stake conference on Sunday and it was so fun to see all of the members from Herning, my first area! It felt like a little family reunion.
Yesterday we had transfers. I said goodbye to my dearest darlingest Sister Dietch from the train station in Aarhus. That was definitely one of the hardest goodbye's probably ever in my life. I love her more than fries love ketchup. She's going to continue being incredible in good old Provo. I spent the day in Aarhus with some other missionaries shopping and eating pastries while I waited for my new companion Sister Matheson! She is in my MTC group and so we're already besties. She's incredible and I'm so excited to see what this transfer has in store!
All in all, this week has been one filled with beauty and emotions. There was one night that Sister Dietch and I stood on a bridge overlooking Aalborg. The shining stars coupled with the twinkling city lights on the dark water made for a grand masterpiece. How can people, having seen a sight like that, still not believe in a god? The greatest evidence and testament of a greater power is right before our eyes. How wonderful it is to live in such a majestic creation. That's one thing I tried to appreciate this week.
Tusind tak for alt hvad I har gjort for mig. Jeg kan godt mærke jeres bønner og jeres støtte. Jeg holder meget af jer og håber at I har en god uge!
MKH, Søster Esplin
raya.esplin@myldsmail.net
Halløj Kære Familie! Hvordan har I det? Jeg kan ikke lide engelsk så meget så jeg har besluttet mig at kun tale dansk. Jeg skal ikke skifte så det betyder at I er alle sammen nødt til at lære dansk hvis I vil gerne forstå mig. Heheh jeg laver bare sjovt :)
Danish Word of the Week: Folketinget. It's the name of parliament here and translates to ''the people thing.''
Danish Fun Fact: water is not free at restaurants. Don't make my mistake and leave your water bottle at home.
This week was incredible. Every single day was amazing. We really wanted to go hard for Sister Dietch's last week ever being a missionary, and go hard we did. We had the Hammerum sisters up here on splits and we had a BLAST!! We knocked and knocked and it was way fun. We found some really awesome people that we very interested in our message. I feel so blessed to be involved with a work that lets me meet all sorts of different people united by a common force. We all want to know who we are and why we are.
On Wednesday we had a funeral for our two ''dying'' missionaries, Sister Dietch and Elder Erickson. Our district leader put together a program with regards to them and Prince Henrik of Denmark who recently passed away. It was the funniest experience that I have ever experienced. We had them each lay across a table and some chairs and we draped them in the Danish flag, gently laying flowers upon their bodies. We had memories and musical numbers, the whole shebang. It was wonderful.
Tina, our dear wonderful investigator, was baptized this Saturday! She looked radiant in her baptismal dress and very excited. The program began with me giving a talk about baptism. Afterward, we followed them down the hall and into the baptismal room. Tina is generally on the more quiet side, but after she got up out of the water she loudly said that she felt great! She also got confirmed which we were pleasantly surprised about. That was a great start to a great day. I'm so happy for Tina and her decision to follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized.
Also shoutout to my brother Saul for getting his mission call! HE IS GOING TO THE BACOLOD PHILIPPINES MISSION!! HE IS GOING TO KILL IT!!!!!!! I'm one proud older sister.
We had stake conference on Sunday and it was so fun to see all of the members from Herning, my first area! It felt like a little family reunion.
Yesterday we had transfers. I said goodbye to my dearest darlingest Sister Dietch from the train station in Aarhus. That was definitely one of the hardest goodbye's probably ever in my life. I love her more than fries love ketchup. She's going to continue being incredible in good old Provo. I spent the day in Aarhus with some other missionaries shopping and eating pastries while I waited for my new companion Sister Matheson! She is in my MTC group and so we're already besties. She's incredible and I'm so excited to see what this transfer has in store!
All in all, this week has been one filled with beauty and emotions. There was one night that Sister Dietch and I stood on a bridge overlooking Aalborg. The shining stars coupled with the twinkling city lights on the dark water made for a grand masterpiece. How can people, having seen a sight like that, still not believe in a god? The greatest evidence and testament of a greater power is right before our eyes. How wonderful it is to live in such a majestic creation. That's one thing I tried to appreciate this week.
Tusind tak for alt hvad I har gjort for mig. Jeg kan godt mærke jeres bønner og jeres støtte. Jeg holder meget af jer og håber at I har en god uge!
MKH, Søster Esplin
raya.esplin@myldsmail.net
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