Story time! So there is this green tank of gas sitting in the trunk that every missionary has been told is ''backup gas''. It's been in the car for like a year and Elder Enniss even finished filling it up with gas so we'd have some backup. Well we used in on Saturday... turns out the original gas that was in their that was given to the missionaries as ''backup gas'' was either Diesel or something worse. It's frustrating cause I know the difference between Diesel and normal gas so I tried smelling it but it smelled like normal gas because Elder Enniss had put a bunch of regular gas in it on top of the Diesel. Long story short, we had a very interesting day involving walking over 15 kilometers and getting picked up by an emergency roadside assistance vehicle. Whatever was mixed into that gas destroyed the engine. I always have my camera ready to go so I snagged this while I steered the car onto the emergency pickup truck :)
Fun fun fun. It kind of ruins our plans for the next little bit while it's getting fixed which is to bad cause our area is doing GREAT!
I kind of have a goal not to use the work Investigator cause it makes my relationship with the people I talk to about the church feel a little off to me personally... however our ward had five people in church for guest class which was fantastic! Wesley experienced some sickness because of the work the nurses are still doing with him so he didn't make it. However it was a great week. We've had major progress with two of our friends, one is an atheist but he agreed to try a personal prayer for the first time in his life! He got out a notepad and wrote down the four steps we gave him to pray... it was great. He's super logical and really smart which means he always asks great questions and wants a good answer. We tried to convey the fact that God understands us perfectly so even if we say a few of the words wrong or mess up what we meant to say it's perfectly fine! I think he was kind of nervous to try it but we'll see how it goes. Also a lady named Linda (who is the FUNNIEST lady you'll ever meet) came to church and loved it! She believes in reincarnation which although is an interesting theory has never made sense to me all... anyway we brought her ice cream as a joke because I always ask her if we can do anything for her and she always says no. Finally she said the only service we could do her was to give her ice cream. I don't think she really expected me to come through on that one but she got a good laugh when we came with tricolor ice cream in hand! She opened up a lot to us and even asked some questions about baptism. She's like my favorite person ever.
We also found a big red field like the yellow ones that were here a month or two ago. We threw on our companionship glasses and beanie for a picture. Yes we're dorks. No we don't wear those while we work... they stay hidden in our car. Well I guess actually our apartment now... the car is dead.
Let's see... I started writing down the interesting things that happen throughout the week on Monday's note page in my planner so I can remember all the stories.
The old Turkish man we are talking with told Elder Enniss that if he wants to he's welcome to join him on a vacation to Turkey next month and that he'd make sure there were girls there. I died of laughter, it was way too funny.
A lady told me that if I bring her an armbånd (bracelet? I feel like there should be a better word for it in english...) that I've worn than she can tell me exactly what our apartment looks like even though she's never been there. Challenge accepted, next appointment I'm bringing one that I wear around the apartment each night now.
A member gave us a drink called ''Princesse Vand'' or Princess Water. It was pink and super carbonated and the nastiest thing I've ever tasted in my life. Stear clear if you ever come to Denmark.
We drove down to the bottom coast of Sjælland this week to see who the less actives down there were. Turns out they are all related and got baptized at the same time around thirty five years ago in Copenhagen by a certain Elder Monson. Unfortunately his first name was Kevin. Anyone know if he's related? It's sad because they had some trouble with a few members and with rumors and grudges and they left the church because they say the members mistreated them. They were super nice though! I almost died of second hand smoke but we had a good talk about old cars and which direction was really north and the temple in Copenhagen.
A girl we're meeting with wants to stop smoking so we're trying to help her in anyway we can. Other than that it's just been normal good old missioanry work as far as I can remember. Denmark didn't even make the world cup so that's not even a thing here :(
Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven. So make sure you're always sacrificing, even in Utah ;)
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