So there was another hurricane this week. Both this storm and the last one where classified as category one hurricanes. The fun part about this one was that it struck during our December combined zone training. We were clear up in Århus, which means off my Island of Fyn and clear up the main part of Jylland. We had to leave early which meant we didn't get to Watch a movie and try and beat the hurricane home. Bad idea. A semi-truck was thrown over by the Wind and blocked the bridge. Our train couldn't continue to the Island of Fyn and so all ten of us had to spend the night with the Elders in Fredericia. No sleep was had. At least they had Settlers of Catan though so the night wasn't a complete waste. After we got back to the appartment the next day the assistants called us and told us they were going to come on splits with us because they couldn't drive back to Copenhagen in the storm. Their splits entailed using our shower, eating our food, and then leaving. Lame.
Odense has been gearing up for the Christmas season this week though. They are building a Little Christmas village by the Christmas tree outside of our apartment. I hope they finish it soon so I can grab a Picture.
Also apparently they decorate fields here in Denmark with fire. See below.
The fire torches just chill outside on the field. I like them.
So we went back to Christina's house this week to teach her about this whole Baptism thing that she needs to go through and we brought a member. She lives super far away but we had a good lesson and set January 18th as a goal for her to get baptized! She is ready to commit, and all that is left is to help her break her smoking addiction. Unfortunately I won't be here for that... I just learned I'm getting transfered from my perfect home in Odense. It's sad cause I have seen so much progress here with Elder Merrill... We have three people with baptisimal dates that need help, but I guess I'll just have to trust that that can happen without me. I don't know where I'm going yet, just that Elder Merrill will be training an Elder from Bornholm (another Island in Denmark) Who is fluent in Danish. Basically my dream. I hope I am close enough that I can come back for their Baptisms when they happen. Elder Merrill knows where I'm getting transfered but he won't tell me. Lame. I've had it super nice here in Odense so I'll probably go to the Northern most tip of Denmark to endure the long winter with a companion who eats his own toenail clippings. I'm looking forward to it.
Me and Elder Merrill were both sick yesterday, church was hard but I am realizing just how much my Danish has improved. I can understand almost everything said in Sacrament and Elders Quorum and can read the Danish Mormons Bog without the English Book of Mormon at the side now as well. That was exciting. To celebrate living through being sick we bought a kanelstang (Cinnamon Stick) that was about the size of my face.
If you can imagine the best thing you've ever had for dessert, that is how good dirt would taste if you rubbed Kanelstang on it.
After church we took a member named Zacharias to drop by a lady from Iraq we knocked into. She told us that she was raelly busy with Work and her kids, so we would need to give her 3 or 4 weeks before she could finish the Book of Mormon. What?!?! Yeah so we were excited to go see how much she had read but she totally wasn't home. Lame.
This hasn't been the most ridiculous week, with zone training and being sick we haven't been able to do a whole lot. But while we were waiting for the bus after the Iraqi lady burned us we saw this funny poster. It's funnier if you speak Danish as well... basically the Word for Sunday is Søndag and so if you take that part out it looks like they're advertising feces for Sunday. It really translates to Sundays Hit though, unfortunate coincidence haha :)
Wish me luck with Transfers, keep letting me know everything that's happening!
Love you all.
At lege er at leve. That's Odense's motto and I love it. I will forever be an Odenseaner.
-Ældste Durrant
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