Everybody Loves Tuesday
September 3, 2018
Danish Word of the Week: Dæk. It means tire.
Danish Fun Fact: Because of the large number of bikers, in bigger cities there tend to be free bike pumps scattered around the city. Some work, but most don't.
Denmark is RAINY. It has been super rainy for the past few days, but we are not daunted by rain. We are strong missionaries. Nothing phases us, except for, perhaps, bike problems. Our woes are not yet over, because on Tuesday (yet again) we were on our merry way to our favorite contacting spot in the form of DTU campus. We pulled out of our bike parking lot and low and behold, Sister Calame's back tire is flat. So we pumped it up with a wimpy bike pump and kept going. We make it all the way up the great and lengthy hill and are about to turn onto campus when POP. There goes her front tire. Luckily, we have tools and patches with us. We fix the front tire in under 20 minutes. Just in the nick of time to make it to an appointment with some members. Our original spiritual thought idea didn't work out so I whipped out Alma 8 and shared verse 18 where it talks about Alma coming into Ammonihah by a different way. The member all of the sudden gasps and says, ''That's your solution! You need to come up to DTU campus a different way!'' and we all laughed about that. Maybe she's right though. We'll let you know.
In other news, Kim is doing SO well! He is so happy to be a member. He is just so happy for it all. Thank you for your prayers with him!
Another fun experience this week was BLITZ SPLITZ!! A lot of missionaries came from around Denmark to Copenhagen to take this culture class that is required for all foreigners on a religious visa, and President wanted to make the most out of that lost time, so he sent missionaries to nearby areas to work when they had a break. I got to go with Sister Dorman and we knocked up the whole city of Virum. We met some pretty cool people and got to have some pretty cool conversations. It was also really fun to see some missionaries that I haven't seen in a really long time! Oh do I love my mission family.
We have found some new friends this week, and dropped some other friends. Our Where's Waldo friend is not really that open and pretty convinced that God doesn't exist, so we said farewell to him for a while. That is okay, because we still have friends that we meet with. The work continues. Also, we got transfer calls and Sister Calame and I will be staying together. Woot Woot! :)
I really just appreciate this time that we have been given to be disciples of Christ. We often get caught up in thinking about the past and the future, but I've been trying really hard to focus on the RIGHT NOW. Just enjoying the beauty of where am I and how far I've come has brought a great peace and happiness into my life and into the work. I do love what I do.
Tak for alt! ha' en god uge!
MKH, Søster Esplin
raya.esplin@myldsmail.net
Danish Word of the Week: Dæk. It means tire.
Danish Fun Fact: Because of the large number of bikers, in bigger cities there tend to be free bike pumps scattered around the city. Some work, but most don't.
Denmark is RAINY. It has been super rainy for the past few days, but we are not daunted by rain. We are strong missionaries. Nothing phases us, except for, perhaps, bike problems. Our woes are not yet over, because on Tuesday (yet again) we were on our merry way to our favorite contacting spot in the form of DTU campus. We pulled out of our bike parking lot and low and behold, Sister Calame's back tire is flat. So we pumped it up with a wimpy bike pump and kept going. We make it all the way up the great and lengthy hill and are about to turn onto campus when POP. There goes her front tire. Luckily, we have tools and patches with us. We fix the front tire in under 20 minutes. Just in the nick of time to make it to an appointment with some members. Our original spiritual thought idea didn't work out so I whipped out Alma 8 and shared verse 18 where it talks about Alma coming into Ammonihah by a different way. The member all of the sudden gasps and says, ''That's your solution! You need to come up to DTU campus a different way!'' and we all laughed about that. Maybe she's right though. We'll let you know.
In other news, Kim is doing SO well! He is so happy to be a member. He is just so happy for it all. Thank you for your prayers with him!
Another fun experience this week was BLITZ SPLITZ!! A lot of missionaries came from around Denmark to Copenhagen to take this culture class that is required for all foreigners on a religious visa, and President wanted to make the most out of that lost time, so he sent missionaries to nearby areas to work when they had a break. I got to go with Sister Dorman and we knocked up the whole city of Virum. We met some pretty cool people and got to have some pretty cool conversations. It was also really fun to see some missionaries that I haven't seen in a really long time! Oh do I love my mission family.
We have found some new friends this week, and dropped some other friends. Our Where's Waldo friend is not really that open and pretty convinced that God doesn't exist, so we said farewell to him for a while. That is okay, because we still have friends that we meet with. The work continues. Also, we got transfer calls and Sister Calame and I will be staying together. Woot Woot! :)
I really just appreciate this time that we have been given to be disciples of Christ. We often get caught up in thinking about the past and the future, but I've been trying really hard to focus on the RIGHT NOW. Just enjoying the beauty of where am I and how far I've come has brought a great peace and happiness into my life and into the work. I do love what I do.
Tak for alt! ha' en god uge!
MKH, Søster Esplin
raya.esplin@myldsmail.net
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