"The force is strong with this one!" -Learning Danish

First off I apologize for the people who have not been receiving my emails. Starting off with Brother Pullon. Realized I typed in the wrong addresses to that's going to be my project next p-day haha.

Well Week 2 in Birkerød. We are doing amazing! This Thursday we are having a baptism for a Nigerian woman named Bunmi. We are so excited! Last Saturday we were able to teach an investigator named Lona. Super Solid investigator. We went in planning to teach the Plan of Salvation. We ended up teaching about the Atonement. She was really concerned for not being able to have relief from previous stressful things in her life. We taught and the spirit was so strong there that we invited her for Baptism also. We were praying about it before visiting her. Again we were considering November 23rd I believe, maybe the 22nd anyways that Saturday. We tried praying for that day for her but that date couldn't be said in our prayers. We both ended the prayer and noticed that we were both thinking of the 16th of November. We knew that was our answer. So we invited her to Baptism on the 16th of November. She was surprised and shocked. She thought is was so soon. Well I guess we could have said this weekend, but she needs to come to church and this week would be soon haha. We were directed on what to pray about. And she accepted. What's pretty unique is that every time that we have a Baptismal date set, President Sederholm wants to know about it that Day. So we had the privilege of calling our mission president. Turned out that when he answered he just landed in Iceland to visit the Iceland missionaries and the church up there. So that was cool.

We are working super hard with one of our investigators named Finn. He is about 60-70ish years old and Awesome. He had a previous date but got really stressed and cancelled. We are working with him slowly. Hoping to get a date this week. He is so cool. Played a song on the guitar and is super Danish. I have a hard time understanding him because he has a really heavy accent.

Well that's been the most stressful thing her in Denmark. I love it here but understanding and talking has been the biggest struggle. Why shouldn't it be? Totally knew thing to do. When we called President Sederholm about the baptism last Saturday he gave my a lot of encouraging words. Told me it will come. I know it will because I know the Lord has blessed me so much in the language already. I can understand Danish people more and more everyday. I get a good portion of what is being said but again a lot of key words I miss. I know that it WILL come. I have been blessed so much with the Gift of Tongues because I am able to read Danish, especially in Mormons Bog and I am slowly understanding the people. I am so grateful for the spirit of the Lord we have been able to teach so many people and Testify in Danish. Been a huge blessing for me.

Last week we stopped by a previous investigator. We call him 'Dan the Man' Couldn't understand huge things about his life but when it got gospel oriented I could understand. Eventually he switched over to English so he could get his message across. He knew that it is good to have faith and hope in life. He has hope that there is a God. But he doesn't understand his purpose in life. We told him we can answer those questions of why are we here on this Earth, Where did we come from and where we are going after this life. We showed him Moroni 10:3-5. He started reading than the environment changed he thought that was fake and bologna (the meat sandwich, don't know how to spell haha.) He got really defensive than tried to prove us wrong of what we were doing. Immediately President Ezra Taft Bensons words came to my mind to 'use the Book of Mormon to handle all objections''. I tried speaking in Danish. Than I reverted back to English so I could get my point across. I testified that our message is either true or it false. You ask yourself if these things to be true. Why not ask God? A perfect ALL knowing being. You would think that he would have the answers to these questions. I told him I respect what he believes. Our job is to bring people to the knowledge and truth that Jesus Christ Church has been restored again. And it is our job to INVITE others to Come unto Christ. He didn't have much objections with it, a little taken back with my remarks haha. He was still set in his ways, we closed with a prayer and began our departure. I remember him saying to us first to Elder King ''I don't think I made a dent in you (me), but I do think that I did you you (Elder King)'' His original intentions was to make us disbelieve what we knew to be true. Maybe one day he will come around. At first I felt bad for Elder King, thinking Dan the Man made him feel kind of weak. But than I knew why I was sad it was because a Son of God has rejected the truth. And it is sad that he has read the Book of Mormon and has rejected a glorious and amazing thing. There was nothing else we could do. We testified and the spirit was super strong. He has his agency to choose. And we have no control over that. One day he will come around I am sure of it. As we walked out the door he patted me on the back and said ''The Force is Strong with this one'' But we really know what that was. The Spirit of the Lord was with us and it was powerful in there cool experience but sad at the same time. I am so grateful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It's amazing how the spirit works through us to get to the investigators. You can truly see a change in these people when they accept the gospel.

I have been thinking a lot on Elder Hollands words and if anyone is having a hard time they can revert back to this talk. Same one I shared at my farewell talk. October 2012 we have put our hand to the plow and we will NEVER look back ''Our message is not a feeble one, it is not a fleeting task.... it is not hapless, it is not hopeless... it is the work of the Almighty God and it is the Change the world!!!'' I encourage everyone also to take Elder Ballard's Challenge and find 1 person before Christmas. Someone who would be interested in hearing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. A friend, family member, less active. We are all children of God. Brothers and Sisters. We all need the Gospel! It has been revealed to us through the prophets that it needs to come through the members. We cannot do our job as missionaries with out you. We all love you and we know what will happen as you open your own homes to your friends and family and let the missionaries talk with everyone. Your Testimonies and Spirit's bring so much more to lessons than what we missionaries can do on things like knocking on Doors. People are more receptive to the gospel when they have a friend and someone to talk to. The work truly does need to Hasten. The Harvest is here. It is everyone's job to invite and to testify. It is the missionaries job to teach and preach the gospel (to those who are only kept from the truth because they know not where to find it). No matter what happens as we work together in testifying, the spirit will help guide and direct us. You will be blessed to bring many people unto Christ. You will see many marvelous miracles in your lives. I know this work to be true and I know that we are all family. I love you all. And wish you success on you missionary efforts.