Sometimes I feel like all the pictures I send home are of
the times I get to take a break from missionary work so you probably think I
just tour castles all the time...
But it's already awkward to stop an atheist on the street
and ask them about God, it'd be more awkward if my companion was taking
snapshots of us the whole time.
Here's one from Zone Training they put on the mission
blog... maybe it's a little better?
It's me and Elder Ockey, he was in my MTC group, and he's
serving as one of our assistants right now.
Anywho we're going through a big change in the mission right
now trying to switch our pattern to start teaching three short lessons a week
to our friends instead of one long lesson. It's hard to get setup and a lot of missionaries
including myself were worried about it. This is a part of the
weekly letter I wrote to my mission president today, I don't have time to
retell it =)
We had a surprisingly (to me at least) successful week
implementing the plan with shorter lessons more frequently. The biggest one had
to have been Familien Steen. That happened on Thursday I believe. The day
started off with a lot of problems and the morning was just incredibly
frustrating, then shortly after we started to bike around Sønderborg and my
bike had complications that ended up wasting a lot of time and we had to revert
back to the car. I was allowing myself to become frustrated and the thought of
meeting this family for the first time and trying to set up three short lessons
with them each week just seemed to add to my negativity. I didn't like it and I
knew my mind and heart wasn't in the right place. I had already knelt down and
prayed about the decision to move lessons in this direction, and I hadn't felt
some overwhelming peace or anything, like with most of my prayers I felt the
answer was that I would see the evidence of my faith in the experiences rather
than having the answer handed to me on a golden platter. On the way to the
lesson I said a silent prayer to give me the confidence to do this without
ruining a great relationship this family has had with missionaries for a long
time. I knew I'd have to have the right attitude and so I prayed for something
just to lift my spirits and make me happier. Well this was one of the fun times
that God answers a needful prayer on the spot in a clear manner - when we were
about ten seconds away from the families door a man walking toward us pulled
out his headphones and looked at me and asked ''Hey can you guys come visit me
so I can learn about your church?'' What the... how often does that happen?
Turns out he's seen stuff about the church on the radio and online and is
really interested. He's also from Greenland and is incredibly friendly. His
name is David. We got his information quickly because he was in a hurry and
were able to make it to the appointment on time. You better believe I was
smiling ear to ear. We were not only able to have a great lesson with the
family in 16 minutes, but we established the pattern that we would come over every
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoon for the foreseeable future because in
their words ''We can always set aside fifteen minutes can't we?''. On top of
that we now have Peter on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and a less active man and
his wife every Tuesday and Saturday. With this approach we now have eleven
lessons scheduled for next week even with Splits and Stake Conference. The
planners are pretty full, and I am now starting to see the benefits of holding
things short. My experiences are now becoming the evidence of my faith like
Elder Bednar said.
That was a fun story, and I love you all, but I've gotta
run. Sorry!
Ældste
Durrant
Borups
Alle 128 1.tv
2000
Frederiksberg
Denmark
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