The spirit is a party animal

Odense is exploding! Ok not really we have like five investigators... but they all wanna get baptized haha!

 

First I'll start with Thomas because that way all the people that read halfway through my long emails then give up will at least know how awesome this man is. So Thomas has died twice. Yeah, you thought your life was hard. Well his is harder. He has several physical handicaps that have confined him to a Wheel chair with the use of his neck, head, and fingers. He can kind of move his arms but not really. Thomas finally met with me and Elder Merrill a couple of weeks ago but apparently doesn't have a lot of free time in the care center he lives and Works in. He told us though this last time we met with him on Friday that he believes Christ saved him for a reason. I asked what he thought that was and what he could do as missionaries to help him and he said that he wants to get baptized so he can recieve Christ's love! I told him that if he wanted to get baptized it would require using some of the 8 hours he is allowed every month to leave the care center, but he said that wasn't important. He's has such a great Desire to do whats right! The problem is getting him to church. I suggested Skype and he thought that was perfecty. After that he asked about handicapped missionaries in the states and told us if he became a missionary more peole would listen to him because he's handicapped... Sad but true.

 

Anyway, he Skyped into fast and testimony meeting and I was worried because that meeting is always a Little unfocused but it was great! He loved it so much and was tocuhed by it and told us he had prayed all day about a date and wants to get baptized on the 28th of February which is his Dad's birthday! I doubt I'll still be in Odense... but I'll definitely come back here to be at his baptism! He is such an example to me and I love talking to him. I can really feel the spirit when he bares his testimony. He has a very strong desire to do the right and I do think he was saved for a reason.

 

 

Ok, Things are getting a little too serious up in here, let's break it up with this super weird Picture we found in Ikea. 

 

 

Also we've been teaching my good friend Andreas! He really likes to talk with us and speaking English with us, and is interested in the Book of Mormon. He's 21 and after talking to him about the characters of Christs people discussed baptism and he said ''I think I'm gonna do it'' he wants to be a good person, and he really is. He's the nicest guy ever and we've set a goal for Jan 4th for his baptism. We still have a lot of Things we need to talk about but his Desire is there and just like Alma 32:27 (best scricpture ever!) explains I can work with a Desire!

 

Also we've been teaching a woman named Christina, but we couldn't meet with her because she was out of laundry detergent.

 

Yes I know, worst excuse ever but it was the one she chose. Apparently she would be embarresed to have us over while her house smelt like clothes.  Anyway she thinks she's already a member of the church and she told a few people at church that she was a member... so we've just got to kind of explain the Whole baptism thing to her on Wednesday. Problem is that she lives just South of nowhere and is a single lady so it's hard to teach her. She's working on giving up smoking though and we're going to talk to her about the ways baptism could bless her life! She already knows that happiness doesn't come from drinking and she told us she used to have quite a bit of Money but realized thats not where happiness comes from either. She has a lot of potential and we hope she'll find the strength to give us her last vice of smoking so she can actually become a member haha, because she really enjoyed Relief Society apparently... I wouldn't know cause I wasn't there.

 

At church though we were talking about following spiritual promptings and after a recent convert from Britain used the phrase ''The Spirit is a Party Animal'' I just thought I'd share that Little tid bit of news with you all. He's a party animal.

 

 

There are weird statues all over the place... here was a freaky one we found in Ejby. My good friend Ældste DeMordaunt thought he'd strike a pose.

 

 

Also a lot of you have asked about Danish Christmas traditions... well to sum it all up pretty much it's all the good Things about Christmas in America times ten.

 

They dance around the Christmas tree, that's funny. And also the big day for them is the 24th, not the morning of the 25th. If I'm still in Odense NeXT transfer I'll spend Christmas with the stake presidents Family and the 25th with someone else to Skype, and eat all the wonderful Christmas foods for days on end :) There are a few days here where we stop working because nobody will meet during that Christmas week haha!

 

Anyway, love you all! If you're worried about Christmas presents, I would never say no to a scarf or a tie ;)

 

MKH, Ældste Durrant

Oh ok, I forgot to tell you about Kim. The guy I contacted on the bus last week.

 

Basically he's a tad on the crazy side. I know we could just confuse him into getting baptized. But that would be wrong. He said several Things that contradicted himself and somehow knows ridiculous Things about our church like the age we get priesthood and baptisms for the dead. Which he claims he has already done. We're meeting with him Again tomorrow... I'll keep you posted.

 

See ya later