Week 46 - Han Elsker Mig

MOST IMPORTANT PART: Our friend Martin is on date to be baptized THIS SUNDAY. With all of the no-gathering laws being passed it has been hard to keep spirits up, but we know we can do it!!! PLEASE PRAY FOR MARTIN. We believe in miracles!

"But the laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion; for if they labor for money they shall perish,"
-2 Nephi 26:31

Hmm,, Welcome back to another episode of: søster Felt stares at the keyboard, and asks herself, "what the heck happened this week?"

Hmm.

Sister Webb and I are trying to be as creative as possible out here. We have offered free beginning Danish lessons over Skype, and have actually had a ton of people reach out to us who are interested.

We have been contacting a lot of old friends and teaching lessons to members over Skype.

We also got the chance to skype home and teach a lesson to our families this week! That was really cool. After meeting a lot of confused and sad kids it meant a lot to hear my siblings share they're knowledge of who God is and his plan for us.

Sister Webb and I made dinner for a lady in our ward. We made soup in a giant pot and left it on her doorstep. She returned the pot to our doorstep. The next day we found out that she and her family have the corona virus. That pot has been through bleach, handwipes, hand sanitizer, dish soap, and scolding water. It now remains banished in a corner where we gaze upon it in fear from time to time.

The walls are thin here, and our neighbors listen to a lot of Justin Bieber. So now, we never say never, bob our heads to love yourself, and rap to Boyfriend. We are considering it a blessing.

Everyone freaks out and is so excited when they hear sister Webb and I went to the same high school. One member, when we told them over the phone, reacted by swearing and exclaiming that "it's like a big slumber party!" Yes Frank. Yes it is.

Oh yeah, also we have to sisters from the Rødovre area coming to live with us. I guess President doesn't want companionships to kill each other during Quarentine or something cause he is making sure theres four missionaries in each apartment. Crazy times!

I am so happy to be here on my mission. I love the work, I love Jesus Christ, and I love helping others come closer to him. I love helping people learn about who God is. I know that God lives, loves you, and wants to answer your prayers. I know that if we have faith, he will!

Jeg ved at Gud lever. Jeg ved at han elsker dig, og ligesom det store i det gamle testamente, hans kærlighed blev vidste da han sendte sin søn til jorden.

Elsker jer!

Med kærlige hilsen,

A sister that hates long weeklies but makes them herself,

Søster Felt🇩🇰🦋

Week 45 - Thy Boys are Back

Hope everyone is doing well back home! This week was another crazy one. Heres the important points:

-Sister Jones and I made a treasure hunt! Set up clues and a Book of Mormon at the end, someone found it and texted us it went great!

-Sister Jones and her group got sent home (because of travel restrictions and what not) leaving us now with only a total of 13 sisters and 28 elders in the country.

-I am now comps with my old comp sister Webb!!

Best quotes of the week (points if you can guess which comp said what):

"He has a hard time focusing, you know, because of his ACDC,"

"Wait who is this guy Nicmo??"

"'What kind of car did you drive?' 'A Toyota Corona,'"

Elsker jer!!

Mkh søster Felt

Week 44 - The Jailhouse Rock

"Lad derfor jeres hjerter finde trøst med hensyn til Zion, for alt kød er i mine hænder; vær rolig og vid, at jeg er Gud,"
-Lære og Pagter 101:16

"Therefore, let your hearts be comforted concerning Zion; for all flesh is in mine hands; be still and know that I am God,"
-Doctrine and Covenants 101:16

As many of you probably already know, we are no longer permitted to go out and do missionary work as we normally would. Instead we are trying to be creative and find new ways to do missionary work from inside our apartment.

I'm working on a few projects. Some see this situation as a hindrance,, yet I see it as a craft-ertunity! *insert Andy Bernard singing 'rididididoo'* my work will make all of the pinterest using mom's and relief society counselors want to burn their former creations. It will impress the Danish people so much they will feel nothing but a strong compulsion to read the Book of Mormon (with the help of the spirit of course). I won't reveal just yet what I am working on, just know that glowsticks are involved.

We have had many lessons over facetime and phonecall which was super great. The work continues on!!

I'm thankful for you all and all of the encouraging emails! I can definitely use them as we spend A LOT of time inside haha!

I know President Nelson is a profet of God. I know if we follow his counsel we will have no need to worry-we will be watched over and the Lord will help us.

Have a great week! Elsker jer!

With fingers scratched from all the crafting og kærlige hilsen,

Søster Felt🇩🇰🦋

Week 43 - Rite of Spring

Bros I don't even know how to write about this week we were soooooo busy.

We taught a lot of good lessons, ate a lot of Ben and Jerry's, and listened to a lot of classical music. Luckily Sister Jones shares my deep appreciation for classical music, so she gets to stay. For now. We also teach and find wayyy good together. It's really nice.

I spoke in church on Sunday, we taught a lot of people, we accidentally walked into someone's house (we thought it was an apartment complex). We had mission leadership conference, where we at some cake and talked about missionary stuff.

We had a big blitz splits with the members in Ballerup,, I was with a girl named Lærke who recently returned from her mission in Peru! It was way fun. We had some success!!

Life is good! Some days are hard but I am happy to be here.

I know God hears and answers prayers:)

Elsker Jer, Med kærlige hilsen,

Søster Felt🇩🇰

Week 42 - Long Live

Tuesday: Lesson with Rebecca!! Honestly one of the best lessons ever. She really opened up to us and told us about her concerns. We were able to help her and give her tips and answers from the scriptures and she took our answers very seriously! She is very believing and humble.

Wednesday: It SNOWWEDD!!!

Had a lesson with Maj. Not gonna lie it was way weird. I think she might have the Corona Virus, the woman was super sick. Don't worry mom I washed my hands. It was hard to be focused during the whole thing, as her chihuahuas were very much in love and she had no problem with them running around and barking all over the place. Paint whatever picture you want with that description. Things FINALLY settled down a bit when we watched the Restoration film together and bore testimony of it. Then a man just came barging into her house, grabbed a cup of coffee and plopped down onto the couch. The conversation went like this-
"What are these young ladies doing talking to this old lady?" -Johnny
"We're talking about God and Jesus Christ," -Maj
"Oh Explicit €&%$@!" -Johnny
*awkward silence*
"So are y'all Jehovah's Witnesses?"-Johnny
"No"-us
"Oh thank goodness!!"

And with that we carried on. The spirit was in and out with that one, but I think we ended on a good note.

Thursday: We had an eating appointment at a members house! This one was way special. It was with the member that we went finding with who doesn't speak much English. She made like WAY GOOD authentic Italian food. Oh my gosh those people do food so right. Luckily her husband speaks really good English, so we could talk to him. But we still made a big effort to involve Andreia in the conversation by speaking slowly and clearly. You should've seen how happy she was. The dinner was fun, and then after we shared a spiritual thought about feasting upon the words of Christ. We asked Andreia to read it in Spanish, and the spirit was so strong. Tears were shed, and she thanked us for everything we had done for her. She told us she was feeling very depressed when we started dropping by and asking her to come finding with us. But with us, she could feel the same spirit so strongly that she remembered what she needed to be doing to find happiness again. I'm going to miss her.

Friday: We thought it would be a day like any other day. We went for a run, ate some muesli for breakfast, and had a good personal study. Then to our suprise, during companionship study, president called. The day before transfers. I almost threw up. The news was that although last minute, he felt strongly that elders were needed in Herning. Thus, we must prepare the area and prepare ourselves for departure. ???!!??!?!?!? Its fine. I spent the rest of the day in a weird daze trying to get a hold of everyone and let them know what's going on and trying to get phone numbers, maps, keys, etc in order for the new elders.

We also helped out at the stables. We repaired an old fence and said goodbye to a few of our friends there.

Saturday: After 30 minutes of pretending to work out but actually just staring at the phone sister Paras decided enough was enough and went to take a shower. That was good news for me, considering that President times his calls just right and always happens to ring while one companion is in the bathroom. Ten minutes later, like clockwork, the phone rang. Good news! Sister Paras is going to Esbjerg and I am going to Slagelse!! I will be serving with Sister Jones. An old legend in the mission. My next door neighbors are sister Webb and sister Hepworth, so that will be so fun. And I will be back on Sjælland!!! Blessed sjælland. Needless to say I am pumped.

Sunday: We had Stake Conference! And our friend Katja came! Which was huge considering it's all the way out in Århus. One of the speakers was from our branch and she gave me a shout out from the stand, referencing my talk from last week about acting in faith, so that was awesome! #takHelle.
It was our last day in Herning, so we said Goodbye to Elder and Sister Blackham, Lisa, Arja, Andreia, and Celine. It was hard, not gonna lie.

I'm so excited to take on the new adventure in Sjælland! I know it's what I need and where I'm needed! I know God loves us and watches out for us every day.

Elsker jer bare så højt,
Søster Felt🇩🇰

Week 41 - Her Life's A Song

Tuesday:
We went to check and see if it service could be offered at our local stables(Shout out to my sister Nicole for the inspiration). We ventured in and wandered sort of helplessly around what we thought to be the main building where we bumped into one of our Old-Lady friends from knitting club! We were like, what? Hi Benda!!!!! She directly us to one of the indoor areas and instructed that we, "speak with Christina" . We followed her directions and made our way through the stables. On the way we passed some of the most magestical looking horses I have ever seen. And like, some of these buddies were so huge. It was insane. After running into some other riders and asking them for help we found the arena, in which we found Christina, mounted on top of a tall, night black, danish warm blood. She said we were welcome to come back on Thursday to volunteer:) on the way out, I said hi to a couple fjords, a bunch of danish warmbloods, a haflinger, some thoroughbreds, and a stocky brabant. (That one was for you Nicole).

Wednesday:
• Lesson with Maj: We stopped by Majs house and had about 20 minutes to talk and visit. Luckily she answered and let us in! We talked about the Holy Ghost and its influence in our lives.
• District Meeting: We talked about what it means to be a successful missionary. It was good!
• KNITTING CLUB! Otherwise known as the reason I get out of bed every morning. Haha jkjk. I was bummed that it was probs my last one (cus I'll mostly likely be moving in a week) but it was still so fun to talk with all of my grandmas. They legit all roasted me because I thought that my one ball of yarn would be enough to make a scarf. Haha they were laughing so hard! I was like c'mon guys I've never knitted before but they showed no mercy.
Later that day when we were out knocking sister Paras used one of my weaknesses as a finding tool. We were in an apartment building and a woman opened her door wearing a "cocio" shirt. Cocio is the chocolate milk here. I am obsessed with Cocio. So anyways sister Paras outed my chocolate milk addiction to this lady as a way to bond with her and try to share the gospel. I would be mad if it didnt work so well. She ended up laughing with sister Paras so hard at me and my red face that we had a good chat. You know I am cool with it, we all have to make sacrifices to bring about good causes.

Thursday: Boommmbbb day! Started it out at the riding school where we painted stalls and dusted judging booths. It was super fun and sister Paras was happy to be around horses. I liked how it smelled there, reminded me of home!🤣 #allswellinwellsville

We also had a lesson with our new friend Rebecca. We found her phone number in the apartment and decided to try and give her a call-welp she wanted to meet up and we talked about the church and what she has learned about it! She was really excited, at the end, she said that if she felt it was true she would be baptized! She has committed to setting finding an answer as a priority in her life right now. Keep her in your prayers!

After that we went out finding with a really sweet member, Andreia. She is from Portugal, doesn't speak Danish, and knows little English. So we played a lot of charades!! Haha we were happy to get her out with us and she was sure happy about it too. Finding with the members is the best.
We also had institute that night, where we talked about the importance of studying the scriptures, it was a great night:)

Friday: Mostly finding, went well! Met some kind people and maybe future friends. We also went around to local hospitals and tried to get our names listed as "clergy" for people to call in times of crisis. We just got a lot of hard no´s. So we asked if we could just leave our cards,,, more hard nos. Oh well, at least we tried!

Saturday: Splits with Søster Webb! It was super chill and way fun to go finding with her again.

Sunday: I spoke in church! It was great! I talked about choosing acting in Faith rather than acting out of fear. I wore a cute new dress and my Danish grandmas hyped me up and made me feel like a model.

We had a really great contact today and gave out a Book of Mormon with it! It feels so good to testify of what you know to be true and to do all you can to help others learn about Jesus Christ and true happiness. I am so happy to be here!

I må ha en dejlig uge ya hear. Elsker jer.

Med Kærlige Hilsen,

Søster Felt

Week 40 - Every Storm Runs out of Rain

This week I discovered that if all of my friends jumped off of a cliff, I would indeed jump too.

We spent much of the week all over Denmark AGAIN. Which I guess isn't saying much, since you could literally drive from the west coast to the east in 3 hours, but like, that's just 3 hours where you're not baptizing people, what a waste, am I right?

But anyways, After finally making it back to Herning at the beginning of the week, we headed up north to Frederikshavn and Skane, where we had a meeting with the missionaries up there, interviews with President, and visited a famous lighthouse. I will never forget how hard that wind blew, nor will I forget the comical scene of our district leader Elder Redd doing backflips down one of the sand dune hills as a group of Germans clapped for him and requested "more flips!" In broken English. Klassisk.

We greeted the following day at 4am to head on back to Copenhagen (I drove and did just fine thank you very much,, @søshepworth) where I would take my required language test so I can stay in the country. Dejligt. Test took about 20 minutes and was pretty simple Danish #blessup🙏. Plus I got to be on splits with my true homie, Søster Hepworth #perks.

After we FINALLY were back and settled Sister Paras and I were glad to just jump back into the work. We were blessed to be able to give out 3 copies of the Book of Mormon and even got one phone number and one address! God is so good!!! We also found a little hidden gem of apartment buildings to knock close to our place, we are so blessed!!

Valentine's day isn't huge here, but because of American influence, its popularity is on the rise and people definitely know what it is. Because of that, we decided to try our luck in giving out some Valentine's and use our origin as an excuse to do so. We gave out cookies with scriptures about God's love attached. It was fun! Most people were pretty confused and tried to pay us for the cookies..... but we got some good conversations out of it and made people smile! We also brought some cookies to people we teach, some less actives, and then to the senior missionary couple we ate dinner with later that night. It was a fun day!

I hit my half way mark on Saturday, and we celebrated by getting some Burgers:) its crazy that I've been here that long!!

I really enjoyed church on Sunday. Members here have tough shells, but once you crack them a bit, you're in for life. I have finally been here long enough to feel like I'm close to a lot of the members and I can't tell you how much I love all of my cute Danish grandmas!!! Haha! Translating this Sunday was fun as one of our speakers was a visiter from København(Copenhagen)! Haha he had that fast sharp city accent that took me back to my time in training, and this time I could understand most of it! It was nice to see that I've learned something🤣 We also were able to get a ton of member/missionary finding splits planned for the week and we are way pumped for that, especially cause we don't have any appointments planned yet.

Although we were blessed with a couple days of calm and sunshine, we unfortunately spent those days in Copenhagen and Frederikshavn. Other than that the wind and rain has continued to rage on. Church was cancelled again up north to protect the members safety.

But yeah, jeg elsker jer, I hope you're all loving life and those around you! I know Christ lives!

Med et hjerte fyldt med kærlighed,

Søster Felt🦋🇩🇰