Holy cow it's almost Christmas. It has been an amazing week! What
an amazing week we have had! We have had the opportunity to have attended a
baptism, Nicole. The Lord is tuly blessing our District. I am so grateful and
happy that I can witness all these miracles. I do know that they have come
because of our willingness to serve.
We have also had the opportunity to teach Kaavah before the baptism on Saturday. We met him and later his
brother, while contacting. (They were converted Muslim to Christiananity because
of their father, who was a previous investigator who we taught) We taught him
the Restortation. Elder King wanted me to do the quote the 1st Vision to him in
Danish. I was so nervous. I tried rehearsing it to Elder King a couple weeks
ago, but found out that my MTC Danish was still far from actual Danish. We got
to talking about Joseph Smith. I remember saying a quick prayer in my heart. It
was amazing! The result was that I was able to feel the Spirit testify so
strongly!! I was grateful because I was able to say the first vision with maybe
a couple of mistakes. We later found out that he had concerns because in the
Bible it says to beware of false prophets. But he took a Book of Mormon and told
us he would read from it. And he wants to come to church and learn more! He is
super postive and we look forward to teaching him. His brother is the same way! Super interested in our message but he was unable to attend our appointment because of work. But our goal and plan is to get ahold of their father again and teach the whole family. I believe they are a family of seven. We are so excited. The Lord is truly blessing Birkerød! I do believe there are people now who need to hear my testimony!
Speaking of Finn, we planned on him getting his interview for the Priesthood yesterday, but was unable to make it because he was with his daughter for the day. We also were able to meet with him saturday night with his daughter. She was smoking and drinking a can of beer when we got there, she's been going through a hard time in her life, and she was staying over with Finn for a couple days. Finn asked us not to talk about religion when she is there. But we were able to go over and she asked questions. Because Finn asked us to come over it opens up new doors. I fully believe one day she will ask more and talk with the missionaries. How great is this work of the Lord!
Another miracle of the week! We went through our Area book and
found a man whose name is Michael Williams (Investigated the church begining of
this year and took a couple of lessons at Bunmi's home). We called him up and he
was interested in hearing our message again. We met with him yesterday. He is from Liberia, Ivory
Coast. And his roommate sat in and watched in the back of the room about our
message. Roommates name is Badu and he's from Ghana!!! Yah Elder Western I found
one! They speak English amazingly and they have a christrian background. We
taguht them the Restoration and they accpted everything we had to say. We
presented them the Book of Mormon and invited them to baptism. They both agreed
to read and find out for themselves. We invited them to Dec. 21st. They were completly shocked.
It's only a month away! Badu thought it was too close. But we gave the assurance
and I remember saying to them, I know without a doubt that if you both put forth
the effort, Read, ponder and ask God, Than you will have an answer before Dec. 21st. Michael Agreed and said that
if he got an answer by than than he will be baptized on that day. We didn't get
much of a confirmation from Badu but they are super postive. We are so excited
for them! We hope to get a date with him next time.
We also met with Adishena, Bunmi's husband who lives on the Farjoes
and was visiting Bunmi. Super positive and accepted everything we had to say. He
wants the same thing that Bunmi has and is willing to do anything. He already
agreed to live the commandments without even talkng about it. We invited him to
baptism and he agreed. He said he would like to. Bunmi punched him and said he
would love too haha. She was so funny. He is flying back to the Farjoes here
maybe this week. But as long as he is taught everything he can be baptized when
he comes back to visit Bunmi! President is planning on coming with us to another
teaching appointment this week to visit him. Because Adishena is under President
Sederholms jurisdiction and President is Adishena's Ecclesastical leader. So we
are super excited for him and his family to all be part of the FULL Gospel of
Jesus Christ! What an exciting time! The Lord is truly blessing our area. I am
so grateful to have a part in this great work.
I love you all! Hope you have a Fantastik week! Have a good one and
always follow your hearts! And LOOK for opportunities to serve!
Love,
-Elder Jantzen Richard Read
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