The Week I Lost My Duolingo Streak + Elder Conference + Mitt Romney?

Hey everyone! Hope y'all had a fire 24th of July. Not gonna lie, my 24th was the best... I'll tell y'all all about it!

 

I had a sad experience with my Duolingo streak of about 150 days... I forgot to keep it up on Tuesday, and sadly it passed away... Rip Mod's Duolingo streak (2020-2020).

 

Remember how the 4th of July was awful for me? Well, I was expecting the same thing with the 24th... Then we got called up saying we had an Elders only conference in Odense that day... with 2 hours of playing sports. I nearly wept. We had some great ideas and trainings, but playing American football again was the greatest feeling in the world (even though I felt like I was going to puke from the cookies and soda from beforehand....) TMI? Maybe, but that's how it is. I'm still sore from that game even though it was just 2-hand touch... Guess my morning workouts have been lacking, but my team won and I caught 3 TD passes.... So my back hurt from carrying too... Hahahah I'm just kidding. 

 

We had an awesome opportunity to teach and give out a Book of Mormon to a lady we had been doing service for. She was way willing to read and was super happy to accept it! She knows a lot of good things about the church and was happy to talk to us about it! We got a return appointment with her this week for the Plan of Salvation! Big W! We also had another lesson over the phone with a lady we've been teaching for a while! We helped answer some looming questions she had and I think she might come to church next week! Exciting stuff! 

 

I had another burger this week.... Sorry not sorry. It was way good though. 

 

I went on splits with ZL Stowe! He served in my area earlier, and the members here love him, so we visited a bunch of them and ate SO MUCH. I thought I was gonna die. We also went knocking and all that good stuff but it was nice because my relationship with the members was strengthened so much. Little blessings folks. Little blessings. 

 

Speaking of blessings, I get to go through the temple with Ældste Vestergaard for his first time! I'm so excited! I feel like I'm almost a part of his family, hahahah. Add that to the list of things I've been able to be a part of! 

 

I got a letter this week from Mitt Romney. Kinda random, but if any of you who read these remember the one lady that I invited to baptism a while ago, she loved Mitt Romney and sought out the church because of him. He sent me a letter of encouragement! It was sooo cool! 

 

Big shout out to my sister Shae for getting engaged to Colten! Y'all are awesome and I'm super pumped for y'all! 

 

That's it folks. Thanks for reading. Have a great week!

 

Love from the only redneck in Nordsjælland, 

Ældste Modersitzki 

Splits with ZL Stowe

and we're back

The two "Ældste Modersitzkis"

Hey everyone! Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe! Denmark is doing well in relation to Corona so that's awesome! Let's dive in. 

We had zone conference this week and it was awesome! Lots of stuff about revelation and goal setting and it was honestly perfect for what I needed help with. Plus, seeing everybody is super fun! I freaking love the missionaries here. They are super awesome! We also had some FIRE news! We can go and knock on doors again! Of course we can't go in any homes, but I'm excited to try it out and see people's reactions! We also got word that 5 new sisters are coming into our mission from America! Denmark is SO CLOSE people, SO CLOSE to being back to normal! I hope it stays that way. We also got some way nice food as well! 

We taught 2 lessons this week! So that's pretty good! (Remember it's Denmark.) The Plan of Salvation is still straight happiness. Don't you forget it! :) 

We had 4 eating appointments this week with members and ALL of the food was sooooo good! I over ate every time and felt totally okay about it because I'm literally a stick. But man, I love this ward, especially when they cook my companion and I a nice steak. 

We did a ton of service this week because we got our service hours extended to 10 instead of 4! There was lots of hard work and funny experiences. I'm a little sore, not gonna lie. We even got a lesson planned this week because of one of the appointments!

We went and snagged some ice cream one day out at a harbor in a small town. You can bet it was tied for best ice cream I've ever had (square scoop in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. If you know, you know), and we started a convo with a fishing bro. He talked to us about fishing for like 30 minutes and I was LOST. I didn't really catch a whole lot with the fishing terms being tossed around, but it's whatever. Good thing I have a Danish comp! 

I FINALLY finished the Old Testament! I'm super proud of myself and I got a lot of new knowledge and confirmations out of it. Good stuff! That book is true! 

I met Ældste Vestergaard's grandparents in the streets of Hillerød this week! It's kinda funny because I've now met my trainee's parents, siblings, 2 cousins, and both sets of grandparents! What a wild world!

Ældste Vestergaard forgot his name tag to one of our lessons.... so I spotted him with one of mine! I'm the last Elder Modersitzki since my dad served... But on that day we had not one Modersitzki, but TWO. People were a little confused to say the least. Hahaha!

I've taken back-2-back Ls in chess so I'm hoping to get my vibe back this week..... 

Have a great week! Love all of you! 

Love from a sub par chess player,

-Ældste Modersitzki

Ældste Vestergaard is not quite feeling himself
with this tag on. :)

"0-12, Low Fade"

Holla Holla wassup? I'm here in Denmark back at ittttt.

This week was uneventful, not gonna lie. We did some good service OF COURSE. Like we always do. Did that hard work. Y'all know what we do hahaha. Garden work and general cleaning... It's lit.

We had another Facebook workshop this week with the district. We did some good work with some workouts with it. Man, my legs were sore and I only did like 35 squats. I guess it's something to work on hahahah. 

We ate with some nice members this week. The people we live with are awesome and we always have a good time with them. We were also able to eat with a member on her birthday! We whipped up to a rip house and I had some fire ribs and a baked potato. Mmmmnnnn it was nice. It was so fun and we surprised her with a card and chocolate. She loved it! Her husband was also with as well and we were just laughing it up with him! Really good people I tell ya.

I hit my 11-month mark this week! Yehaw! Also, Ældste Vestergaard hit his 1 month mark! So that's cool. 

No real good Facebook finding stories this week. Sorry. Also, I'm gonna finish the Old Testament tomorrow... Sorry part 2.

I got a nice fade.... Kinda looks funny to me but I've heard that's the good stuff! It felt nice to finally get a haircut though. 

Today we visited a really cool sand sculpture place. These things were HUGE! Like taller than me! And with so much detail too! It was sooooo sick! Definitely would recommend. I got a flæskesteg sandwich while we were there. If you don't know what that is.... I'm sorry. I hope you get one before you die. They are that good. 

I'm doing good out here. Spreading the hype of the gospel! 

Have a good week! 

Love from Hundested, 

-Ældste Modersitzki

This is Ældste Vestergaard with the flæskesteg sandwich. Now you know. :)

Look at the date on this Book of Mormon! 1851!

Happy America Day!

The full 4th of July outfit

Hey everyone! Hope y'all are doing well! You know who it is, been hearing from me for like forever. Let's hop in!

We made a video this week for Facebook and it was just Elder Vestergaard using his soccer skills and booting a soccer ball for a cross-bar challenge but with a message! It has gotten a bunch of responses and has been pretty successful! So that's a W! Big blessings out here!

We had a pop-up random lesson with a nice lady we have been teaching about our belief in the Bible and the Book of Mormon. It went really well! We were feeling very inspired and felt like we should invite her to church... She said she would come! It was awesome! Then, unfortunately, she got sick a couple of days before and wasn't so sure she could come. So, I brought up the idea of the online meeting from Copenhagen and she watched that! It was great! 

We had another Facebook finding party this week and it was pretty good! It was super effective and it gave me some new ideas! We played some card games as well after. Don't worry Larson fam, we played some Rat Spit / Egyptian Rat Screw and I won. So, I guess I have a little of my mom's side in me, hahah.

We had some nice eating appointments with some members and they keep complimenting my Danish. It was feeding my ego a little too much. So, I guess I'll be working on humility this week; and I'll keep working on my Danish too. 

Also, I haven't kept my Bible study up like I wanted to... But that's okay; I can always improve. I'm in the end of Ezekiel right now and I want to be finished by next week, so I'm telling y'all so I will really do it! Hahahah I hope this works! 

Splits with Neiderman

I had splits this week with my guy ZL Neiderman and he is super cool! We get along really well and we just had a great time, did some good work and played some chess. I've played more chess in the last three weeks than the rest of my life combined (minus the chess merit badge). So, my life is just soooooo lit.

The 4th of July was the worst, to be honest. I love America so I had on my George Washington socks (shout out to my sister, Paige), my blue pants, and my red and white striped tie because patriotism. I just didn't really celebrate much and it rained and was gloomy... Gotta say, Denmark does not do the best America celebrations...  But, like it's fine lol. I'll add some pics below.

I think that's about it! I hit 11 months tomorrow!! That is so wild. I'm kinda an old missionary now. 

Love y'all! Have a good week. 

Love from the land of the Vikings,

-Ældste Modersitzki

My boy George on my socks

A random cool church in Ballerup

A typical Danish Smørrebrød

Coulda started a gardening business...

Whatta week! Not a ton of time but whatever, let's hit it!

We started off the week right with some good old service! We worked on weeding out a hedge for a while and had another lady walk past and ask if we could help her next week! So, I mean, the garden work is picking up. 

That night we went to this place called Rungsted and saw these massive houses and I figured out that it was the richest street in Denmark. It was lit! We played the guitar and tossed a football around on a beach with some other missionaries and taught a funny lesson to a lady and her friends. It was an experience I won't forget, hahaha. 

We had zone conference over Zoom and it was nice! I was able to introduce Elder Vestergaard to the mission and the trainings were great!

My dad's bday was on the 25th so I was able to ring home to him and he sponsored a burger run for me and my companion for his bday! He's such a legend! Everybody who knows Marc loves Marc!

Friday was SOOO busy! We had 2 service appointments that we needed special permission to get more service hours for. We took out a lady's whole overgrown garden, threw all but a tree and a bush away, and then flattened and cleaned up the edges to place one of those weed tarps down and cover it with wood chips. It was super professional looking. I should have taken a before and after picture. It was wildly different. Then we went to another lady's house and disassembled some pallets. It took a long time and I was sore after, not gonna lie, and I got super dirty. But a good day's work nevertheless.

Then, we had a lesson after picking up some food from a member. We taught someone I met over Facebook a while ago about the Plan of Salvation and it went way well! 

We also had another lady reach out wanting to learn more and Ældste Vestergaard took that lesson like a champ! 

We also had splits with the APs! We showed them around Hillerød, grabbed a kebab, and saw the castle! We did some Facebook work as well! 

Our mission had a devotional from the man who painted the inside of the Copenhagen temple as well as the mural behind the Christus in Rome. He gave us some fire insights. It was really cool.

Good week! Lots of lessons (for Denmark).

Love from the retirement country of Northern Europe, 

Ældste Modersitzki 

The big 1-9

The Queen's castle

Hey guys! Not much time so I better hop on into it!

I turned 19 this week! We celebrated my birthday by doing some service and getting a pair of socks from a member that was super nice! Then a member wanted to bake me a cake, so we picked that up and it was way good.... Then went to go get some burgers.... of course with milkshakes and fries. I'll drop a pic below... Way fire. Then we walked around the Frederiksberg castle and did some work there, and finished it off with eating with the members we lived with. They gave me some gifts and more cake. They are so nice and they make super good food.... I gotta work out more...

Anywayyyyyysssss

Earlier this week we had a Facebook finding party with the district! It was fun! We took some ping pong, basketball and soccer breaks as well! It was soooo nice. I loved it. Then we got some FIRE burritos from the only Mexican food in the entire country. The meat was marinated in Coca Cola and I fell in love. I miss Mexican food. 

We had some good member lessons and all that, but no real success over Facebook. We will push again this next week! 

We saw the castle that the queen lives in! It is super pretty! I'll drop some pics.

Love y'all and hope all is well! 

Love from castles and hills! 

-Ældste Modersitzki

Ældste Vestergaard at Tate's birthday meal :)

District Facebook finding party

New birthday socks!

East to West (Øst til Vest)

Tate picking up his new companion, Ældste Vestergaard

Hello everybody! This week was odd. I had a gnarly headache/migraine, so this week was long but still good. 

Tuesday was kinda weird. I dropped off Ældste Østegaard and said goodbye. It was kinda sad, but I was excited to pick up Ældste Vestergaard... From his house.... Which was odd. But also way sick! I drove like 3 hours to the other side of the country with the APs. I guess that means I've seen nearly all of Denmark! Kinda crazy. I got to talk to his family and they were able to get some clarity on what this mission is and what we do. They are very cool people as well, so that was fun. It was weird having him say goodbye to his family as I watched, but he will see them again at the temple, because he hasn't gone through yet, and at the airport before he goes to his original assignment in New Zealand. It's funny because I knew his grandparents in Copenhagen long before I knew him. Small world out here.

Food this week : the burgers and fries from a place called Sunset Boulevard were nice. We also had a member make us some fire pulled pork! We eat well. I also made Ældste Vestergaard try a Pop Tart for the first time today. He likes them! Shout out to the USA. 

I've been to a bunch of castles before, but I wanted to go again to show Ældste Vestergaard because he hasn't ever seen them!! How wild! So enjoy some pics! 

We did some service as well this week for a guy who knows some members living in Salt Lake City! After our window washing and hedge trimming I asked to be friends on Facebook and he said yeah, typed in his name and we figured out we have a mutual friend that is a member in Copenhagen. Small world part 2!

I'm whipping Lamentations in my Old Testament grind. Weird but good stuff! 

We had John Bytheway give another devotional to our mission and man, he spits fire and is so funny! There is always something to learn from him. 

District meeting and splits were of course fun! As usual! 

I think that's all folks! Have a fire week! 

Love,

-Ældste Modersitzki