You know what they say about more raindrops on the nametag...

Tate in front of the Copenhagen temple

I can't believe it is already Monday again! Mission time goes by so fast! (but also slow hahah) Kinda weird but another week out here in København! I never know what to put in these emails and I also never know what to put as the subject so just bear with me. Maybe the gift of tongues will kick in through creativity?? Probs not but that's chill.

This week was fun because we have been talking with people and teaching them, and we invited them to a HUGE stake party thing called Generations. Because we had friends that went, we got to go too! Not for the dance :'( but we got some good food and got to talk to a lot of people and interested friends! How about that!

We had Zone Conference this week and that was way fun to meet the other people in Sjælland (aka the smaller island by Sweden). Lots of good stuff but mostly just new rules and all that. Lots of fun though!!

I had my first overnight split in this place called Amager with another Ældste named Ældste Farr! It was fun to talk to him more and be out of Frederiksberg, but I like my area. I miss the fatherly wisdom that Ældste Friedbaum gives me hahahah. Lots of street contacting like usual in Amager and I FINALLY HAD MY FIRST DANISH PASTRY!!! Money in the bank let me tell ya. Way good... then I had to bike back to Frederiksberg which was not so fun. I am still alive, but hardly.

Sundays are soooo weird here. Fast Sunday combined with being new to a country and not understanding anything kinda makes it rough, but the members are so nice to have us over for dinners and all that during the week. I feel bad because I can't really help with the spiritual thoughts and lessons but it will come!!

We've done lots of contacting out in the rain and wind. Fun, but sometimes just the worst because no one is outside and if they are, they don't want to stop and talk in the rain... me neither tbh... It is alright though because I love the rain! If you know what my caption means... shoutout to you.

This week we went on member splits and wanted to try something new... well the member did because she did it on her mission... We walked around for 2 hours with a frying pan... using the line "What is your favorite food to make in a frying pan?" They would tell us, then we would drop a "Well that sounds good, but we know something that has made us happier." Toss a Mormons Bog in that pan and bam! conversion! JkJk but we did give away a BOM and a few cards because of it! The Lord works in mysterious ways I guess...

Danish is coming little by little. It's hard for me because of how much I want to be fluent and so I compare myself to the best Danish speakers. Not a good thing but I guess it's motivation! I can understand most of the missionary Danish but not so much the native Danes. They speak SO FREAKING FAST! København has the fastest speaking Danes in the country so I guess that makes sense. They just slur their words together. Good week though! Love you all!!

-Ældste Mod

Tate recreated a picture his dad took here. Love it!