Week 28 - Hearts on Fire

Oh hey.

Friends and family, it was a good week. You wanna know why? BECAUSE WE FOUND SOMEONE.

Oh my gosh I can't even tell you how happy I am. Her name is Carmen and she is so prepared. Sister Semadeni knocked on her door the other day when I was on splits in Vejle. She invited us to come over and had her bible all ready and told us about her religious background. She grew up catholic, but didn't really practice it. Her mom would let missionaries in all the time growing up so she is very comfortable with us coming and talking!! We of course have a long way to go, but it just seems so promising! She told us, "I believe in God, there's just some things in the scriptures I dont totally understand yet. I would love to get your help with that. I just ask so many priests about the same part of the Bible and they all have completely different answers, how can I find out what is true?" skchskksnznskaakhxhis yeah keep her in your prayers. And me. My heart is on the line. We have a return appointment for this week, we're hoping it goes well to say the least.

We have also found a couple other potential friends that might be meeting with us very soon!! The find grind is finally starting to pay off *knock on wood* Søster Semadeni and I celebrated the evening after Carmen's lesson by making some de-litchoussss curry and mango smoothies. It was a fun night.

Ohhh and on Wednesday the sun came out and shined for a good TWO HOURS!!! the sky was so blue and the light on my face ugh it was too good. Definitely a blessing.

On Sunday I tried translating and ohhhh my gosh it was so bad lol fat rip. Definitely the joke of the week.

So yeah this week was good. We are, still, out here vibin'. Har det godt. Jeg elsker dig!

Søster Felt🇩🇰

Week 27 - We Built this City

Halløjså familie og venner! Jeg håber I alle har det godt. Jeg ville meget gerne invitere jer til at kig på den små velsignelser du har denne uge:) og set pris på dem!!

Splits with in Vejle: Went on Splits in Vejle with my used to be trainer/new sister training leader sister Webb on Wednesday. It was supppeerrr fuunnnn. I loved being able to contact with her now that I can actually be apart of the conversations lol. It was cool to see how we've both changed for the better in the past couple months and just send it in the work ya know?

Timothy? Present: Okay this was hands down my favorite part of the week. So the Elders in Skive got invited to be a part of a "religion day" at their local high school. President Olsen asked us to join them to hold a booth where we could answer questions and pass out book of mormons. So we went with the other sisters and to our surprise we were actually expected to give a full on presentation on our church which literally none of us were prepared for. (But on a more spiritual sense, we were more prepared than a eagle scout😏). Lol but seriously scary. So here we are, this room full of kids, and us six missionaries. Two new in the mission struggling with Danish, one with a crippling fear of public speaking, one with a speech impediment, and one fresh from Iceland trying to figure out what talking even is. So after stumbling through some rocky beginnings, basically every head turns to me. I'm like "well hello boys and girls,, hope your ready for the presentation that will change your life," (in a Danish and in a more professional way of course) as the elders write the name of our church on the board behind me in crappy handwriting. Lol it was literally all of these old people with big official presentations and then us six, literally the same age as the audience, with a book of mormon and a testimony. Actually perfect. The dude chilling at the projector wanted to know how to get to our slide show and I was just like, "oh no that won't be necessary" I played it off like a power move when really we just didn't have our lives together at this point hahaha.
So I just taught about our churches background and Joseph Smith's vision of God and Jesus Christ. I then talked about why it was so important- and talked about Gods great plan for us. The other sisters jumped in and helped a bunch and it went really well. We did it 3 more times with different groups and loved it!! They asked us great questions, some of my favorites were,

"So I've heard what you guys don't do because you're Mormon, but what DO you do because you're Mormon?"

"You kept saying God communicates personally with us, how does that feel? What is it like?"

"So what happens when you as Mormons make mistakes? What can you do to get back from it?"

Great questions. Maybe ones you all can think over this week too!;)

Viking Cemetery: We had a mission-wide mandated 3hr fun fest on Thursday in celebration of achieving our mission goal of helping 50 souls come closer to Christ through the waters of Baptism this year. President Olsen is a big believer in "rejoicing and giving thanks when we are blessed" and as a result stated that missionary clothing would be "strictly prohibited" during those 3 hours and instead "cowboy pants" (🤣?) Would be required. So us and the missionaries nearby showed off our finest and only pairs of Jean's and went to a Viking Cemetery in Aalborg. Super fun. We also ate dinner (hosted by some too-kind members) at the church there with some wayyyy good Danish food. Sausage, cabbage, potatos, the works. You know, gotta have that hearty food that will fatten you up and keep you warm in these insane winters.

Rule #1, There are no rules: We got a new Missionary Handbook this week! For those of you who aren't familiar, our classic white handbook held the rules, guidelines, and instructions set in place to help us stay happy and safe as missionaries. It can seem really restrictive, but I have learned that the more we give to the Lord the more he will give us in return. So anyways, in the old white handbook, things were spelled out and lines were drawn very clearly. Very do this, dont do that etc etc. But the new one, which is titled, "Mission Standards for disciples of Jesus Christ," is much more open. It advises us to follow the spirit and do our best to serve God with all our might, mind, heart, and strength. I love that. It gives us much more freedom and, as we learn in the scriptures, "unto whom much is given, much is required,":) if we can focus our efforts on giving God the MOST we can, rather than the least we can, I know we will be blessed for our efforts and grow immensely. "For he that loses his life for my sake shall find it," :)

Taste of Home: Søster Semadeni and I bought some wayyyy cheap chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream from a sketch grocery store the other day. They were full of preservatives and didn't taste very good. It was so American I loved it so much!!!!!! We pigged out.

I tried to make æbleskiver this morning. They were flippin' hard. In that, I mean that flippin' them was the hard part. *old guy in the audience has a heart attack because he is laughing so hard at my clever remark* *paramedics can't get there in time* *we hold a lovely funeral for him later that week*

Anyways, I hope you all had a good morning. And, in case I dont see ya, good afternoon, good evening and goodnight 🤟

Med kærlige hilsen,

Søster Felt🇩🇰

Week 26 - Questing, questing, questing

Halløjså familie:))

This was still pretty slow and cold, but still very good!!

I don't have that much time, not because we were super busy, I just spent a lot of time window shopping and talking to my mom. She's cool. So here goes nothing.

Highlights:
-Søster Semadeni has American laundrey detergent so our clothes smell/feel amazing
- we had zone conference! Ate some good food got some good advice. It was fun to see other missionaries.
- I crushed it at soccer,, even tho it was freezing (be proud)
- Got to help teach a lesson on splits with another sister this week!!! I loved talking about the power of the Book or Mormon. It was so awesome.

I know Jesus Christ lives! I know God answers prayers. I know he loves you and has a plan for you!

Sorry for the short email!!

Jeg elsker alle jer💗

Ps. Spiderman won

Week 25 - I Will Survive

"Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory." -2Timothy 2:10

Hello peeps. This email is going to be difficult to write considering all we did was find this week. Again.

It was cold. Wet. And dark. I'm dying lol.

The temperatures dropped and the wind picked up after October ended. And then there's the death mist,, or this fog that's constantly keeping a thin layer of moisture on ya. Eheshshshshhs I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it. The sun starts setting at about 4:45,, so we got to stack our studies in the evening and take advantage of the light half of the day as best as we can. All of the bars and restaurants just started selling their seasonal Christmas beers (?) so most of the people that are out are slightly if not completely intoxicated.

Søster Semadeni and I might be going slightly insane. Pray for us haha. When we do our daily planning, where we determine what our schedule for the next day will be, we find joy in deciding what time we would like to have lunch. *eye twitch*. Our new motto is "laugh so you don't cry".

We are doing great though hahaha I think. The good news is she and I are like best friends and we both love to talk so we make the long stretches fun. We tell a lot of stories (mostly reenacting our favorite books/movies/TV shows), have a lot of deep gospel discussions, and fail to restrain ourselves from the Christmas pastries. On paper this probably should be my hardest transfer yet, but I don't think I've ever laughed as hard in my life as I have in the past couple of weeks.

Søster Semadeni and Christmas pastry

We did meet one person who seemed pretty positive yesterday. He said he could be interested in learning more about God and gave us his phone number, we're praying he'll meet with us.

We taught the (two) Youth in the branch yesterday. Super fun. We hope they ask us to teach again.

Each evening after we finish our work for the day søster Semadeni and I treat our new found obsession. Brackets. Brackets? You make say, in a puzzled tone. Yes, brackets. I would respond, confidently, yet casually. I would then further explain that we pick a topic of some form of media, and then after a thurrough critical analysis and examination we find which one is the best. And yes, I will publish the results.

Best Disney movie: Lion King
Best Disney Princess: Cinderella
Best Disney Prince: Prince Charming
Most Evil Disney Villian: Evil Queen (still bummed about that one, its definitely Scar)
Best not disney children's movie: How to Train Your Dragon
Best Barbie Movie: The Princess and The Pauper

Results for best Marvel Hero pending. Will be published next Monday.

Søster "wives" 💗

This week I'd like to invite you all to take the time to pray about and ponder what questions you need to find answers for in your life. Sometimes its easy to just be satisfied and comfortable, but God doesn't want us to plateau. Find questions so that you can have something to work on, or work towards. And if you feel like it, let me know how it goes😘

I know that through God nothing is impossible. I know that through Jesus Christ, he will help us find answers to questions, learn how to love our uncooperative neighbor, and even learn a new language. We just need to have the faith and the willingness to act. Put in the work. Pray specifically to achieve your righteous desires. For with God, nothing shall be impossible.

Have a wonderful week,, be excellent to one another.

Jeg elsker dig

Med kærlige hilsen,

Søster Felt 🇩🇰

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