Splits x3, Thanksgiving and the Spirit

Hollaaa! What's good everybody!?

I don't have too much time, so I'm gonna fly through this email.

I went on 3 splits/exchanges this week. It was tiring, honestly, but it kept things interesting and made the week go by quickly. I started off in Herning with Ældste Møller from Denmark. We had a cool experience where we were meeting with a girl who is about to start the mission process and her mom walked in and asked for a blessing. It was my first time meeting them. During the blessing, I felt the Spirit pretty strong and afterward the mom was like, "Wow. You don't even know me...." PRIESTHOOD POWER PEOPLE. Then, the day after, we headed south to Odense where I went on splits with Ældste Paulsen. Nothing too crazy there, just an eating appointment and some finding. We had a training at the Odense District Council. I was nervous at first because it was my first training as a zone leader, but all went well and it was a confidence booster. Then, I finished the week off in Aalborg with Ældste Cousins. We did some service and set up a lesson with an old friend I met on Facebook a while ago. We gave her a Book of Mormon in Nepalese and answered her questions about the church. It went pretty well. We're hoping to get her connected with the elders up there. 

On splits with Ældste Møller

Now for the whackest part haha. We were driving back from splits through Randers when we get a random call from a number we didn't recognize. So, we answered it, of course. The guy told us that his apartment was...well...haunted. And, he said that his son was seeing some funky things. I guess our new friend had met with missionaries before and had our number. He wanted a blessing for him and his son, as well as a dedication of his home. We found out on the phone that he is actually a less active member of the church. So, of course, we drove an hour out of our way and pulled up at his house. I was mega excited! I thought it would be fun...new experiences. The house seemed chill (in a good way). Didn't feel weird at all. But, the stories we kept hearing were something out of a horror movie, pretty freakyyyyy. When we went upstairs, it was colder and darker. It just didn't feel quite right. At this point, I wasn't so excited anymore. :) As we talked upstairs, I could see Elder Langmann getting a little more uncomfortable too, and then our new swaggy friend says, "Yeah, sometimes we feel like there's someone standing over there behind Elder Langmann."  At this point, Elder Langmann is like, "DUDE! I feel like there has been someone behind me the whole time!" Ya...that was a little too freaky haha. So, we blessed the house and our new friends and prescribed a heavy dose of scripture reading and family prayer.

Thanksgiving was great! We ate with a member family and they even made pumpkin pie! I felt so blessed and happy. They were awesome and their little daughter became my BFF. She was a sweetheart.

We had some other good appointments too. We worked with some less actives and gave blessings to more people in 1 week than I have in the last 16 months! Crazy town!

Have a fire week! I'm thankful for so much but especially for my mission and the learning experiences it provides!

Love from Grenå, Odense and Aalborg, 

Ældste Modersitzki 

With Ældste Langmann

With Ældste Cousins

Thorvaldsen Thanksgiving, Copenhagen Christmas

Tate in front of the Kristus statue

Hejjjjjjj! This week was so fun! I hope this email stays short because I want to tell so many stories. Let's get into it.

First off, I had splits with my boy Ældste Appleby and we had a good time in Aarhus. ALSO, am finally semi-legal in Denmark (long story) but I tried to get stuff done with becoming fully integrated into Danish government systems and all this stuff..... I was unsuccessful after 2 phone calls, a couple of in-person meetings and a couple of desperation calls to our immigration senior missionary..... Let's just say working with governmental stuff is hard.... both in the US and in Denmark. Shout out to Corona for making it even more difficult hahah.

Our church's logo

Our mission had a massive Thanksgiving party where we also celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of Thorvaldsen, the guy who sculpted the Kristus statue that the church uses as a logo. We woke up bright and early to make the ferry to Sjælland and drive the rest of the way.... Because of some complications, and address problems we missed the ferry and had to drive three and a half hours.... It was still fine but I was looking forward to the ferry.... Rip. BUT it worked out fine. At this party we got to go around sightseeing in Copenhagen and it was SO SICK. We were in little groups to keep Corona rules and I had my old friend Elder Farr with me and we just joked around the whole time. Copenhagen was straight up magical. Peep the pics. We watched the movie The Fighting Preacher and also learned about the history of the Kristus statue and how it applies to the church. That was sick considering that was part of the sightseeing tour.... Yeah, I've seen the real sculpture of the church's logo.... That's what's up. We also had some Thanksgiving food here in Denmark complete with turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce for dinner. It was so nice. I loved it. And I got to overnight with 5 other elders just outside of Copenhagen. It was a party. Day 2 was more trainings and that kind of stuff. It was cool to see all the missionaries together on Denmark with Iceland on Zoom. Denmark has like 34 missionaries, so it's not like it was a huge gathering, hahah. I said goodbye to my friends Ældste Farr and Ældste Peterson. They are both going home at the end of this transfer... Rip.

On the way back to my area the bridge was closed so we had to camp out for a sec... actually, it was more like an hour, and wait for it to reopen. Apparently the winds were too high.... So I got to chill with some other missionaries including Sister Marie Curtis! Shout out to Lone Peak. That was fun.

Going on splits with some of Tate's friends from Randers

Aarhus is still sick. Lessons this week were not the greatest, but we got to go on member splits and I was with one of my old friends from Randers. We had a great time together!

Today we went to the tallest point in Denmark! It's called Himmelbjerget! It honestly isn't that high... We went from the bottom of the hill to the top and I wasn't even winded, hahaha, but it was pretty!

Anyway, this email is longgggg, sorry. Love y'all lots. Have a good week!

Love from København (Copenhagen),

Ældste Modersitzki 

Statues of the Kristus and the 12 Apostles

The famous Nyhavn in Copenhagen

The tallest point in Denmark - Himmelbjerget.

I LOVE AARHUS + Baptism!

How is everyone doing? This week wasn't too jam packed, but it was a great week nonetheless.

Let me just say it again, I LOVE AARHUS. It's the dopest city ever! There are so many young people who will talk to us a little more and the architecture is wonderful as well. The apartment is bomb. I've told my companion Ældste Langmann I love Aarhus like 8 times a day. He might be sick of it buttttt I'm not hahah.

So 8 months ago I taught a man named Niels in my second area, Randers. He has been taught continuously for the last couple of months and he was baptized yesterday! And because I'm in Aarhus, we also cover Randers! So I got to go back and be a witness to his baptism! I was so stoked. Seeing the branch again was great too! There are lots of good people over there. And luckily, we get to go back every other week! I'm a lucky and blessed missionary!

This week we have a conference in Copenhagen with all the mission and I'm stokkkkked out of my mind for it. I get to give a little Thanksgiving speech too.... So an adventure awaits, hahaha.

A quick spiritual thought comes from Alma 26:2, a short but sweet verse. "And now, I ask, what great blessings has he bestowed upon us? Can ye tell?" We have been given all that we need in this time by a living God. When times are tough, look for blessings. The question "Can ye tell?" has affected me a lot this week. It's made me rethink if I'm looking for God's blessings and acknowledging Him in every good thing. Soooo of course I challenge everyone to do the same. Can't you tell what blessings God has given you? Have you thanked him for it?

Love y'all! I'm doing great!

Love from Strøget,

Ældste Modersitzki

PS I buzzed my head

A WILD WEEK + BAPTISM

Before the buzz cut....

Howdyyyyy! It's been the craziest couple of days everrrr for me, so let's dive in!

First things first! On Wednesday we were playing floorball and Ældste Ngatikaura rolled his ankle way bad so we headed to the hospital. The doctor wouldn't give it an x-ray because of Corona (what? yeah, I was confused), but apparently it wasn't broken, so we chilled there, and that was a wild couple of hours. BUT that's just where the crazy starts.

On Thursday we got a call from our president at 7pm and he said that our city/state is being quarantined/locked down so we had 2 hours to pack, close the apartment, and give the keys to the branch president! We ended up staying in my old area, Randers (holy nostalgia), and we needed to isolate until we were tested for the Rona. On Friday I got tested and on Saturday Ngatikaura was tested. No stress, we're negative.

The line to get tested for COVID

BUTTTTT this sudden move made it so we couldn't attend Grazyna's baptism and they couldn't get technology to work so we couldn't even watch..... Rip, but we called her that night and she told us it was indescribable and she was so happy. That was awesome!

We got transfer calls Saturday morning and I'm going to the big city again! Aarhus! I get to serve with Ældste Langmann as a zone leader. I was way sad to leave Frederikshavn so abruptly and I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye. That was tough, but hopefully I can go back on splits when it opens again.

Best day EVER! Grazyna's baptism.

A quick spiritual thought came from Mark 14:38. "Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak." I thought it was cool that Christ worded it as the spirit is ready, implying that we only need to be willing to let it into our lives. We are the only things in our way.

Anyway, long email... Sorry, but it was crazy. Isolation was 0/10 would not recommend. I got so bored I even buzzed my head... Don't tell my mom... But other than that it was a success with Grazyna's baptism!

Love y'all! Stay safe! Shout out to Shae and Colten on their marriage!  

 Love from Aarhus, 

Ældste Modersitzki 

The buzz cut. Yes, his mom definitely noticed. :/

Spooky szn splits

Splits with Ældste Langmann

Hey hey! What's going on? I am coming back to y'all from Denmark! Decent week this week!

Started it off right by going on splits with Ældste Langmann from Germany. We had a good time together. We actually got a guy's number and he was down to meet sometime, so let's hope that works out! Splits were nice. Nothing too big to report there. We finished it off with a nice district council with the boys down in Aalborg and grabbed a pizza that made me feel soooo nasty after hahah. Tasted nice though.....

We also had splits with my district leader Ældste Cousins. We had a good time doing A TON of service. But honestly, it was good we had that. It made the splits go by faster. Plus, if you know me you know that I genuinely love service. So that was sick and I just got to talk to some members that I like, so I enjoyed that. We went out contacting and ran into this less-active member and had a chance to talk to him. I think it was for sure inspired that we met him. We had a Trunk or Treat activity with some of the families in the branch and that was also a good time. We had a light saber in the apartment so I whipped up as a Jedi, lol, lame I know. It's hard to get creative with a white shirt and tie on hahah. I chatted the night away with a member that has bad dementia and honestly it was so pure. I really enjoyed it. I don't think he will remember it or anything, but I sure will. 

Splits with Ældste Cousins

Halloween was rather mundane. Corona has really killed the vibe, but that's okay. Nobody was really out at all that day to be honest. I was wearing my orange tie though, so don't think I didn't even try to be festive. ;) We decided that night to go grab a nice dinner from an American barbecue place hahah. It cost so much, but it was nice to have some tenderloin, ribs, onion rings, chicken, fries AND ice cream as a celebratory meal. It was also the start of our healthy eating period where we are gonna stop buying so many treats.. lol. Earlier this week we bought some ice cream and were eating it at this lookout thing and we saw a rainbow. Small blessings. Maybe we should keep eating treats? Hmmmm, gotta think over that one. 

We ate with a member family last night and it was so sick. It was like their Halloween Sunday dinner party so the whole extended fam (who are also members) pulled up and we ate some FIRE food. It was so nice and it just felt like we were part of the family! Big W!

Tate loved seeing Ældste Vestergaard's family again

I also saw my trainee's family at church yesterday! They were up here for vacation and I got to talk to them! It was awesome to see them again! 

Our lesson with Grazyna went well yesterday! She has her interview today and she is ready! We're so excited to see her enter into this covenant with God. Look forward to next week's email!

Love from Abildgaard,

Ældste Modersitzki

Also big shout out to my sister Shae and her fiance Colten! They are getting married this week on Friday! Congrats to them! Super thankful for eternal families and for both Shae and Colten for their examples to me! 

Celebrating Halloween with an American dinner.