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| A real Danish Christmas dinner |
Happy late Thanksgiving from a place where it was just
another normal winter/fall Thursday! I am very thankful that I can be a
missionary and spread God's light to all of his children! Name a better thing
than that to say around the table on Thanksgiving.... Bet you can't.
Whatta week! It was way cold this week! It started snowing
and of course it didn't stick. Every day is about 35 degrees with a -8 degree
windchill and 95 percent humidity. It's a little cold hahah. I am layering up
to say the least. We had some great experiences and some not so great
experiences so I guess you could say I am in fact... a missionary.... gotta
love it. Start her off strong with the fact that I can hold most kinds of
convos in Danish. So like... W. I have been reading the Book of Mormon in
Danish and wow.... I've never read slower in my life, but that is fine. It
takes about an hour for me to read a page and understand what it means. Small
steps people... small steps.
Thanksgiving dinner this week was a pizza given to us by a
non-member that we helped move. He was way kind and generous. The highlight of
the day was calling the fam though. I got to see all of the cousins at a
get-together and it felt almost like I was there.... Besides the delays and all
that on google hangouts hahahah. The second highlight of the week was that we
were contacting with a member and we talked to this dude... Wearing tight black
leather tights.... and painted nails. He told us that he loved Jesus and that
he was a false priest... he literally said he was a false priest. He then
proceeded to ask Ældste Farr if he could heal his ear (because Ældste Farr is
deaf in one ear). Ældste Farr said, "Well yeah! Of course!" Long
story short, it didn't work because, you know, we are the ones with real Priesthood
power. :) By the end of our conversation he no longer wanted to talk to the
missionaries, just the member to try to intimidate her. She is the strongest
member I have ever met so she stood up for herself and in perfectly respectable
missionary form did not get mad or angry. I was so proud. We left after he said
"Woe unto you" like 75875 times and he also said that Mormon was
Satan so that was fun. All in Danish. He also said he would throw up if we
would sing him a song... I nearly broke out in song but being a conservative
missionary I didn't. So fun. The member was happy that she could have her first
"real missionary" experience.
The same member whose name is Jennifer (she is the best) had
us over for a "real Danish Christmas dinner" on Sunday. It was way
whack but I love trying all of this stuff so I was a happy guy! We had a lot of
meat... like a lot. My favorite part was for sure the blood sausage though.
Sounds way good but kinda tastes like gingerbread, but it's meat... yeah IDK,
but you know I ate a ton.
Sunday was a big miracle. One of our friends
that we were unsure if we should continue teaching or not kept her commitment
to come to church on Sunday! We were so hyped! She came with her daughter and I
think they both really liked it!
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| Birthday lunch for Ældste Farr (maroon beanie) |
Also shout out to Ældste Farr because he had his Bday this
week! We went out to celebrate and eat some burgers in the cold! Gotta love
Denmark! This week went by super fast so I am a happy guy!
Love you all! Remember to think of Christ this Christmas
season!
-Ældste Modersitzki
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| The nativity in front of the Copenhagen temple |
