Well I've been in the library for a while now. We got interrupted a little bit during emailing. There's a guy here who I talk with every now and again while emailing who's from Poland. We saw him on the street and had a street lesson type thing and agreed we could talk further next time we were in the library. Well he was here today. He's Jehovah Witness. It ended up getting.... well not quite bashy but just not the ideal spirit was there. He thought he had every answer possible. He gave me an article showing differences between the Bible and the Book of Mormon and said that there were differences, our book is wrong, end of story. I explained each one to him without blinking and he seemed to be unsure of himself and so he reverted to saying that we don't know God's real name. I told him we did, and he asked what it was. I told him I'd prefer not to talk about it in the middle of the library as it is something we hold sacred. He said our church was bad cause we kept it secret. I tried explaining the difference between secret and sacred but he wouldn't hear it... I was trying to tell him that instead of doing all this weird research he'd been doing to find the true name of God and stuff that he could just ask God like one friend would to another, or perhaps better, as a son would his father. While I was trying to get that across a Danish man came up and said the Polish guy was talking way too loud and that we shouldn't talk about all this ridiculous ''løgn'' in public anyway. (Løgn kind of means that it's a joke or nonsense). The Polish guy got angry and told the Dane to sit back down... The last thing I wanted was for us to be involved in a fight in a public library so I told the Dane we'd talk quieter, thanked him for letting us know we were bothering him, and asked the Polish man if we could talk somewhere else in a few days. It worked and they left each other alone... the Polish guy told me he wasn't afraid of the Dane and we should just keep talking and started to open his Bible. I said the reason we didn't want to bother him wasn't because we were scared but because we wanted to be respectful and friendly to those around us. Hopefully he understood =) I think that's one of the first times I've had to be a mediator between two adults... C'mon people! We were talking about Christ! Why let that start a bunch of unchrist-like feelings?!
Anywho. That happened about thirty seconds ago. Good thing Elder Burton had my back, this kid has a big heart.
It's bright as well :)
Haha we've had a great time together. I don't think I've ever met a kid with a more positive attitude. Elder Burton is always happy! It's makes it way easier to keep a positive attitude when your companion is always happy. So that's good.
We've also had quite a few interesting stories already in our companionship. We're teaching the leader of a Christian Biker Group! He gave me one of his Bibles haha, it's called the ''Biker Bible''
It says ''Former President of 666, now I serve Jesus!'' and that's his picture. In between the Biker stories it has the New Testament written in Every Day Danish so it's easier for your everyday Dane to understand. It's also full of prayers already written down by members of the Biker gang to help provide inspiration for those who are seeking answers but aren't sure how to word their pleas for help. There's a specific prayer you can use to help you drive your motorcylce safely, one to help free you from sexual abuse, and one just to help you get faith! There are also basic lessons taught in the back with illustrations of stick figures to help people grasp the basic doctrines the Bible teaches which are often times hard to understand if stick figure pictures are not provided.
Also, if you're wondering if any of this is a joke, it's not. Literally all those things are in the Bible he gave me. It's great! I still like my LDS Edition of the King James Bible better though.
Haha we found Leif because he's the landlord for another one of our friends. He answered the door and told us that our friend was asleep. We were disappointed but it started a conversation and led to him giving us a Bible and talking about his conversion and all sorts of stuff. At the end I asked if he could say a prayer to bless him and to show our thankfulness to God and he said no :( I asked why and he said he doesn't accept prayers from others. Awkward. I asked him if he would say one for us and he lit up and said yeah of course! Then he put his hand on my shoulder and the other one on Elder Burtons and gathered us in a circle. This was made slightly awkward due to the fact that he wasn't wearing a shirt. Just imagine the guy from the picture... shirtless... in a sort of huddle thing with me and my companion... and you have my Saturday morning. Love it! He said a prayers/blessing and sent us on our way. I guess that's just how they do it in the Pentecostal church. We're gonna meet with him in a week or two. I'm way excited haha =)
Speaking of hard-core people, Elder Bednar will aslo be visting our mission here in a little bit! We just got the news today, and I couldn't be more excited. We're all going to have a big conference down in Copenhagen and get taught by an apostle. O_O Not just any apostle, Elder David A. Bednar! I always loved his talks.
That's a good part of my week. Let's see... I've made a goal to read the Book of Mormon this transfer. I'm reading thirteen pages each day and marking each scripture that shows someone coming closer to Christ. Me and Elder Christiansen have been talking a ton about how you can actually do that because it's not done as easily as people might think. It should be a life-long quest. Anyway, just my thought for the week. I'm loving the first 100 pages so far! 13 pages a day will have me finish in 41 days and the transfer is 42 so I should be just fine =) Gonna be great.
Love you all! I'm learning a ton. Hopefully you were spiritually uplifted somehow by my odd stories. Moral of the story is don't mess with Polish guys in libraries, and always make sure Pentecostal Biker Gang leaders have shirts on before you begin a gospel discussion with them. Take notes people!
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