Fantastic week in Denmark. Finn was baptized last Saturday!!!!!! Yah!!!! Such a
cool time. Such an awesome person. I will send pictures. Well the Lord is
blessing Birkerød. We have been finding and re finding investigators. It has
been amazing here. We were able to skype Bunmi's husband (He lives on the Farjoe
Islands and is a professional soccer player) After Bunmi's baptism we found out
that he wants to be baptized!! Well there is no missionaries on the Farjoe's, so
we got to skype him. He is coming down in 3 weeks to visit Bunmi. We just got
confirmation that if we teach him everything and if he is truly ready we can
baptize him when he get here!!!!!! We are so excited and are hoping for the
best.
Also many people have been put in our way so we can give our message
and invite. We were visiting a previous investigator in Slangerup. We got off
the bus and looked around for a cross walk. A man who got off the bus with us
asked if we were lost. We replied just looking for a cross walk. He didn't hear
us and asked again. We replied the same. He asked are you sure? We came to the
realization that this man was put in our place to receive our message. We
invited him and he was very interested. Gave him a Book of Mormon and our number
and we got his contact information. So crazy!!!! The next day we were on splits
with the Allerød Elders. And the exact same thing happened to Elder King and
Elder Ogden. The Lord is truly blessing us.
We went to Bornholm Monday morning with President Sederholm. We drove through
Copehagen and took the bridge to Sweden. We went in a tunnel under the Ocean
which was cool! Got on the Ferry. I found out I rather Fly a Plane!!!!! I'll
take that 10 minutes of take off and landing over a 1 1/2 roller coaster. We
went when there was a storm coming in and the waves were rocking the boat so
much! last 10 minutes I thought I was going to lose my breakfast. But we all
made it.
Bornholm is beautiful! If I am every transferred there I believe I
might get a little distracted. I was able to be on exchanges with Elder Madsen
(my district leader at the MTC) he showed me around while we contacted in the
streets. Beautiful cities and it has amazing sunrises and sunsets. And that is
the closest place that I could find mountains. They showed us pictures of the
island and if it weren't for the mission rules, I might have gotten in
Canyoneering mode hahaha. So many cliffs on that island.
We traveled out and me and Elder Madsen's companion (Elder Mortenson)
were planning on Contacting after we split up at our mid point bike ride. We got
to the mid point and took some pictures of where this man carved pictures in
stones. Really cool looking. The wind was picking up and my bike fell over and
hit Elder Madsen's bike. We started biking to our areas and found out Elder
Madsen's bike had a flat. Because of my cursed bike, my handle bars sliced and
broke the nozzle where you fill the tires. So Me and Elder Mortenson stayed
behind with the bikes while Elder Madsen and King went to go buy another tube.
They came back after 20 minutes and found out that the mission closed down!!!!
There was a storm coming in and we were told to get indoors immediately. We
split up. Elder King and Madsen went with a member to their appointment and me
and Elder Mortenson booked it home. The wind was so strong that we had to turn
our wheels left so that we could bike straight. Coolest thing but also scary
haha. As soon as we go home, we looked out the window and the rain was pouring
outside. It was a miracle that night. Me and Elder Mortenson did not get hit by
one rain drop what a blessing. On top of that after an hour of studies we had
dinner. Elder King and Madsen joined us and Bornholm got 2 more investigators at
that teaching appointment. What a blessing.
Next morning we found out that the storm has caused a huge mess in
Denmark. Knocking over semi's, lifting up houses, destroying houses. Our
apartments window broke and shattered haha. But we were all safe. We traveled
back to Denmark and the Ferry and it was worse than the other day. Elder King
finally gave up and had to move to the middle of the boat. We got to the middle
and President started feeling sick. He went back to his seat. haha. Elder King
got better though. Man waves were just hitting the side of the ferry like
crazy!!! Again the longest roller coaster of my life. Me and Elder King's heads
are still feeling it. But totally worth it to go to Bornholm haha.
The storm was so crazy that the trains here are shut down. The tracks
are being blocked from debris from houses. Crazy. So we are stuck in Birkerød
today. Still can work though
which is nice. Well I've got to get going. Love you all. Have a good
week.!!!
Ældste Jantzen Richard Read
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