I got the opportunity to go to the Danish temple this week! I did a whole session in Danish and it was great :) I understood it just fine, and it was a great experience. The temple in Copenhagen is pretty small because the government put a bunch of building restrictions on it, but it definitely made up for it on the inside! Woooow. The two kids that were getting their endowments were way excited and the Kjeddsen family actually took us out to eat at a nice restaraunt in Copenhagen after. What a day!
We had a fun time with a family in the ward that put the elders in our district through a scripture chase. Made the appointment a bit different than most. Normally we're the ones that give the spiritual thought haha!
We had a man from Sri Lanka make his own way to our church. He told Alex, one of the kids we went to the temple with, that he wants to learn about our ''Bible'', but he left without coming to sacrament meeting or talking to us. We were able to visit him a bit later but he was actually in a hospital that takes care of people with mental difficulties. They wanted to learn more about him because they said he was hearing voices. Apparently this guy told them that we were his good friends so the nurse thought we could shed some light on the situation. We told them that we had only just met him and that didn't know a whole lot about him. They let us visit him and the voices they think he is hearing is just the Holy Ghost! Haha the language barrier from the Sri Lanka langauge to English to Danish made them think he was literally hearing voices but he told us that the Holy Ghost speaks to him through the scriptures and gives him good impressions. The doctor thought he was like talking to something in his head and that he was crazy. I'll admit the guy was a very... interesting character... but I don't think he's insane. He is very emphatic about religion though and wants to take a Book of Mormon and show it to everyone he can. His goal is to bring one million people to Christ before he dies. I'm just happy I could explain to the Danish nurse that when he ''speaks with the Holy Ghost'' it means that he gets feelings or impressions he believes to be from God instead of actually conversing with voices in his head.
His name is Wesley and now he wants to come to church and have us talk to his wife and daughter. Wish us luck! He really seems to like the Book of Mormon and that is the most important part for our friends to get a testimony of.
The missionaries from Silkeborg were also able to get this picture for me.
These are two of the three drunk people that let us into their house. The third one that gave me a bear hug just after is taking the shot (He did a pretty good job of centering it for a drunk person I must say). Anyway they loved us so much they took a picture while we were trying to leave. This happened a while ago but they just gave the picture to Elder Lawless last week.
Anyway, as far as Holbæk goes we're doing pretty good. The other elders in our ward are teaching a really great family that has a goal to get baptized around the beginning of next year. They have some severe challenges with the word of wisdom because they have had coffee and cigarettes since they were as young as twelve years old. They love the church though and have made some serious progress! I love being able to get to know them and see them make the journey. They're starting to wear nice shirts and ties to church and have cut down on the cigarette count, and have made a ton of friends. They really love the temple and how beautiful it is. Just shows how much this church can help families. Makes me super pumped to find a family I can help do the same thing!
Love you all, keep being awesome!
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