Aalborg Adventures Episode 16: Faith Is Like A Little Bug
May 21, 2018
Danish Word of the Week: Kristi Himmelfartsdag. It means The Ascension of Christ in Danish, but in Danglish it means ''The Day of Christ's Heavenly Fart.''
Danish Fun Fact: Wildflowers in Denmark as are common as Mormons in Utah.
So Faith is like a little bug. It you put it in your soup, it multiplies and replenishes. Søster Matheson and I decided to get fancy and make some yummy ramen vegetable asian soup. We sat down to eat and it tasted great. After a few minutes I noticed that Søster Matheson was veeeeery carefully analyzing her bowl. I asked her what was up, and she said to give her a couple minutes so that she could be sure. I started panicking a little bit because I was in charge of the vegetables for that dish. I thought that maybe she found one of my hairs, or that the carrots had the disease of death (they were already pretty risky when I put them in). She sat there for a minute and said, ''I believe that there are bugs in our soup. At first I noticed some little dark flakes and thought to myself, 'oh, those are just herbs. Keep eating.' Then I remembered that we didn't put any herbs into our soup. So I realized that this little black speck on my fork was a bug, but it must be a single fruitfly which isn't surprising because we have a fruitfly problem. Then I started to more carefully inspect my soup, and noticed hundreds of tiny black flecks. Sister Esplin, we have been eating hundreds and hundreds of bugs.'' Turns out, our broccoli was infested. Great way to start off the week!!
This week was absolutely incredible. I don't know if I can capture the essence of incredible it had, but I will try my best. My bike broke on Tuesday so I learned how to fix a tire! Hey Hey, this is my first biking area so don't judge okay? I put on my apron and stuffed all the bike tools we could find in our apartment into my kangaroo pouched and hopped down the stairs to get to work. And work we did. It basically took us the entire day to fix this bike. But we did it! Donner is up and running again. He's glad to be back with his buddy Cupid.
We also had splits this week!! The wonderful Hammerum Sisters, Sister Smith and Sister Dorman, came to visit us! I went with Sister Smith and we had such a lovely time. She is one of my favorite people on the planet. We met with our new convert Tina (who is doing absolutely incredibly) and walked the streets of Aalborg, preaching the gospel. We found some really cool people that were very excited to learn more! I am more than excited to see what happens with these people. While Sister Smith and I were out, Sisters Matheson and Dorman put one of our investigators on baptismal date! Olav, get ready for the water!
Søster Matheson and I spent a lot of time outside this week because 1) that's our job, and 2) the weather was utterly lovely. We strolled the streets and talked the talk to as many as would listen. We found people from all different countries interested in learning more! Germany, the Philippines, Greenland, and of course, Denmark. Sometimes I feel like I'm on an international mission, just stationed in Denmark. It's pretty cool.
The Highlight of the week was definitely Sunday. Our investigator Olav showed up and we thought that he would be the only one present. Right before sacrament meeting began, Erik walked in (a man that Sister Matheson found on splits) and Estela came too (a woman that Sister Smith and I found)! It was so cool to see two people we'd found almost the day before actually come to church. Not only did they come, but they really liked it! It was so fun and so incredible to see people feel the Spirit and start the repentance process. They became new investigators, bringing our total up to 9 this week! I don't think I've ever found so many people in a week before. I know that The Lord is blessing us, despite our shortcomings.
This week I have seen such an exponential increase of faith. After Sister Smith and I found 4 investigators together, I couldn't help but offer up prayers of thanks to Heavenly Father. I've been studying my patriarchal blessings trying to find ways that I can apply it to missionary work, and I have seen the fulfillment of some promises this week. The Lord truly can and will bring about miracles to further His work along. He does work through the most imperfect of people to bring about His perfect plan. He has helped my unbelief in countless ways and I am so grateful for that.
Tak for alt hvad I gør for mig! Jeg holder meget af jer og håber at I kan ha' en fantastisk uge! Vi ses!
MKH, Søster Esplin
Danish Word of the Week: Kristi Himmelfartsdag. It means The Ascension of Christ in Danish, but in Danglish it means ''The Day of Christ's Heavenly Fart.''
Danish Fun Fact: Wildflowers in Denmark as are common as Mormons in Utah.
So Faith is like a little bug. It you put it in your soup, it multiplies and replenishes. Søster Matheson and I decided to get fancy and make some yummy ramen vegetable asian soup. We sat down to eat and it tasted great. After a few minutes I noticed that Søster Matheson was veeeeery carefully analyzing her bowl. I asked her what was up, and she said to give her a couple minutes so that she could be sure. I started panicking a little bit because I was in charge of the vegetables for that dish. I thought that maybe she found one of my hairs, or that the carrots had the disease of death (they were already pretty risky when I put them in). She sat there for a minute and said, ''I believe that there are bugs in our soup. At first I noticed some little dark flakes and thought to myself, 'oh, those are just herbs. Keep eating.' Then I remembered that we didn't put any herbs into our soup. So I realized that this little black speck on my fork was a bug, but it must be a single fruitfly which isn't surprising because we have a fruitfly problem. Then I started to more carefully inspect my soup, and noticed hundreds of tiny black flecks. Sister Esplin, we have been eating hundreds and hundreds of bugs.'' Turns out, our broccoli was infested. Great way to start off the week!!
This week was absolutely incredible. I don't know if I can capture the essence of incredible it had, but I will try my best. My bike broke on Tuesday so I learned how to fix a tire! Hey Hey, this is my first biking area so don't judge okay? I put on my apron and stuffed all the bike tools we could find in our apartment into my kangaroo pouched and hopped down the stairs to get to work. And work we did. It basically took us the entire day to fix this bike. But we did it! Donner is up and running again. He's glad to be back with his buddy Cupid.
We also had splits this week!! The wonderful Hammerum Sisters, Sister Smith and Sister Dorman, came to visit us! I went with Sister Smith and we had such a lovely time. She is one of my favorite people on the planet. We met with our new convert Tina (who is doing absolutely incredibly) and walked the streets of Aalborg, preaching the gospel. We found some really cool people that were very excited to learn more! I am more than excited to see what happens with these people. While Sister Smith and I were out, Sisters Matheson and Dorman put one of our investigators on baptismal date! Olav, get ready for the water!
Søster Matheson and I spent a lot of time outside this week because 1) that's our job, and 2) the weather was utterly lovely. We strolled the streets and talked the talk to as many as would listen. We found people from all different countries interested in learning more! Germany, the Philippines, Greenland, and of course, Denmark. Sometimes I feel like I'm on an international mission, just stationed in Denmark. It's pretty cool.
The Highlight of the week was definitely Sunday. Our investigator Olav showed up and we thought that he would be the only one present. Right before sacrament meeting began, Erik walked in (a man that Sister Matheson found on splits) and Estela came too (a woman that Sister Smith and I found)! It was so cool to see two people we'd found almost the day before actually come to church. Not only did they come, but they really liked it! It was so fun and so incredible to see people feel the Spirit and start the repentance process. They became new investigators, bringing our total up to 9 this week! I don't think I've ever found so many people in a week before. I know that The Lord is blessing us, despite our shortcomings.
This week I have seen such an exponential increase of faith. After Sister Smith and I found 4 investigators together, I couldn't help but offer up prayers of thanks to Heavenly Father. I've been studying my patriarchal blessings trying to find ways that I can apply it to missionary work, and I have seen the fulfillment of some promises this week. The Lord truly can and will bring about miracles to further His work along. He does work through the most imperfect of people to bring about His perfect plan. He has helped my unbelief in countless ways and I am so grateful for that.
Tak for alt hvad I gør for mig! Jeg holder meget af jer og håber at I kan ha' en fantastisk uge! Vi ses!
MKH, Søster Esplin
raya.esplin@myldsmail.net
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