Hey,
This is the only time I will be able to send you on a Saturday. To
answer your question the dear elder site worked. I sent you guys a letter, hope
you get it, I wrote down as much details as I could. My p-day is on Tuesday. My
companion is Elder Durrant. Sometime hard to get him working, he gets side
trackted alot. But he's pretty cool. he's from Mapletown Utah, south of Provo.
All the new Danish missionaries are all from utah besides 1 and he's from New
Jersey. We also have 1 sister missionary who's comapnion is going to the
Netherlands, so she technically is a "solo missionary" I'm in the same area of
where you dropped me off. If you can find a map I'm staying in building 14M. My
roommates are the same one's who went to sacrament with me, besides Elder
Durrant. I'm actually having to much to eat. Yesterday I realized that I haven't really been working off
what I eat. I practically sit in class all day: learn danish, prep to teach and
learn mor danish. Yesterday I got
a stomachache, because I ate to much, and excused myself from class to go barf.
Everybody couldn't believe I could do it on demand. =) I haven't gotten much
sleep until last night. I'm so
happy to be sleeping normally again. I still find Kia hair everywhere. I spot it
sometimes around me on other Elder's suits. I miss that dog.
I've learned more danish than I ever had before coming to the MTC. And
it's only been a couple days. I can speak danish and kind of know what I'm
saying. But with this Danish investigator we're teaching, he's really just an
actor and he does speak greek. But each time we teach him I can pick out more
stuff everytime. He's really fast, even though he said he was speaking slow for
us. It's awesome being in the MTC, but I know I have a lot to learn. The
Icelandic Elders say that it takes about 3 weeks to hold a conversation. The
Swedish elders are always getting after us. Because apparently the Swed and the
Danes dislike eachother so they're carrying on the tradition. We are having our
prayers, personal and companion, in Danish. We are kind of tired of praying for
the same things so we're hoping to find out when we'll be able to pray for more.
It's been stress full. But I keep turning my thoughts to the Lord and remember
what my teacher says (Brother Brown Bird Stacey) "You're on the lords time" So
I'm trying to use every moment I can to learn the language.\
Funny Story, sometimes when elders don't get set apart as
missionaries at home they do it here. so The New Jersey Elder, Elder Carmack,
had to go do this. The guy who set him apart to be a missionary to serve in
Denmark and than said that he will be able to learn Finish and the Fin people
will be very acceptive of him. So hopefully the lord know or we think he might
struggle learning Danish. haha
Almost forgot we are learned the Danish alphabet and how to count to
100 pretty cool. Pais I've been using your abb workout because running on the
jogging track (10 laps for a mile) and 4 square are doing it for me. Gym you can
do basketball, chuch ball with really agresive elders; volleyball, 4 square,
running on the track, weight lifting which stinks, and our own workouts.
Can't wait to get out in the field the lord has blessed my life so much,
especially learning and saying danish. When I was feeling a little sick this morning from last night, I remembered how dad was
beginning to be healed from his foot injury and I turned my thoughts to the
lord. If he can heal my dad with a foot injury than surely he can heal me from
my sickness. The next 20 minutes I was feeling much better. I know this is God's
work and I'm happy to represent Jesus Christ. I know he's my savior and I'm
excited to get out in the field. Love you all!!!!!! Give kia loves for me.
(Paisley look up the #9 in Danish) Monty python... =)
Love Elder Jantzen Read
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