Week #85 Taastrup

Wow! What a week!!! I have never been so busy and tired on my whole mission haha! But get ready for a pretty wild week full of miracles!!!

Zone Hype!!! 

So when Elder Erickson and I found out we were going to be companions, we started going way hard to scheme up a zone goal to get everyone on board with. We started scheming from last Sunday night all the way to 10 15 at night the day before we were going to present it to the zone. So it came, and it was UNITY!!! We want the whole zone to be united and we want members to be united with the missionaries. When we presented this to the different districts we shared what happened in 4th Nephi how there was no contention in the land and how they were seeing miracles, and they were so happy and very blessed! Like it says in 4th Nephi 18 How blessed were they! With an exclamation point and how many times in the scriptures are there exclamation points! So the whole idea of the goal is to get everyone pumped for our investigators through the zone and through the members. And so for eating appointments we are going to teach the Plan of Salvation because that is the focus in the mission right now and President Monson has promised if we teach members the plan of Salvation the mission will get more baptisms and plus we will get better at teaching the Plan of Salvation. And we have a zone prayer list for the zone to pray for every morning. Some scriptures we talked about were Mosiah 27 14, Helaman 3 25-27, 3 Nephi 18 20 so we don't underestimate the power of prayer!! And we started a miracle text list and i kid you not we had like ten different miracles in the zone just yesterday! And we are seeing the fruits of these miracles and unity by having four new people on date and all the people who are on date are way positive so they will be a lot of baptisms this transfer in the zone! And another cool thing is that MLC was all about the Plan of Salvation and companionship unity! Also stake  conference focused a little on missionaries and members united so it is way cool to see that our goal was inspired because that is the focus in the mission and with the members!!  

Taastrup Life

So Taastrup is a way bumping place! I haven't talked to so many immigrants in a long while and i love it! We found out that there are some huts in our area so we are going to knock them and find some humble people hahahaha! I am so stoked! We have a little miracle! So A is on baptismal date here and he is 19. Right when he got put on date last week he said he wanted a pause but the zone kept praying for him! Well he texted us out of the blue yesterday and says he wants to keep investigating the church and work towards his date of the 13th of May!!!!! Jo tak!! We just experienced a miracle! We got burned by a bro named Jonathan last week who was way positive and he is sitting right by us in the library right now so we just set an appointment with him! He should be on baptismal date this week! YEET! We have another older Dane named Mikkel who loves American football and has a strong testimony in Christ. He said he really wants to repent and change his life and will get baptized if he finds out it is true! Oh and I got to see C who i did the baptismal interview for! Funny story. So C lives with S her mother in law and they met me like 2 months ago. Well we wanted to see if they still remembered me and so Elder Erickson said I was completely new to Denmark and they were way nice to me and spoke English to me then I spoke Danish with a way American accent and they thought I was new haha! It lasted like 20 minutes until we just broke and started laughing! That was a classic memory! And we taught and ate with C a bro from China who is married to a member the Plan of Salvation and he is a total bro!

I saw a bro from the MTC who is serving in Sweden so that was pretty cool to see each other. He was just going to the temple. And Neil L. Andersen is coming to Denmark in a month!!! We might have a mission conference. He has given Denmark a shout out many times in training videos so we are hoping we can have a mission conference. Health is good just have been way tired from all the traveling. Funny story! We got to Slagelse late for district meeting so we had to take a bus and i never took a bus in Slagelse before and they told me to take the 901. Well before you knew it, Elder Erickson and I were in the middle of Korsør when we had to get off a bus and go the other direction! so that was an adventure. The zone has 13 people on date so that is pretty good! We got around by bus and train but we need a car! They just don't have one for us. And yea Elder Dibble is related to that guy! We had stake conference yesterday so I haven't met the ward yet but I heard it is huge! And M is still going strong. She came to stake conference! W is doing great! I still have been texting him because I have the same phone! I saw him on Thursday and Sunday last week. And Jace looks like a stud! That is a pretty swagin flamigo shirt lolz. And that is awesome you guys are going to be starting in the temple next week! And I will keep on looking for good deals! Elder Erickson and I found this low key suit store with these pretty stylish blue suits for 1000 kroner so that is pretty sweet! And haha i like the tight shirts mom! :) Well I love you family! And can you pray for Andreas and Jonathan in our area every night! That would be awesome! D & C 29: 6 And, as it is written—Whatsoever ye shall ask in faith, being united in prayer according to my command, ye shall receive. I know this is true that if we are all united in pray, with faith, miracles will happen!

#84 Taastrup

I am taking my talents too..... Well I am sadly peacing out of Slagelse and leaving the squad! And I got a lot more responsibility.... stay tuned!!!!! And Monique is getting baptized on May 13th!!!!!

Nykøbing Life!!

So we went on splits with the Nykøbing Elders on Monday and we had family home evening at the Johansens house. I met their son in the MTC who is on Iceland and their other son in Randers and their other kids in Odense when I gave the fireside! So it was way chill and Elder Dibble served there for 6 months so it was a good time! Then Tuesday we contacted and taught an older lady who said she would come to church after we had to explain to her about mulit wives #classic haha then we bounced back to the promised land of Slagelse! 

Slagelse Life

We taught Inga this week and she said she knows the Book of Mormon is true, Joseph Smith is a prophet of God, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the true church but she won't get baptized again... we were way confused and asked her where the Dansk Folk Kirke got their authority and she said from a scripture in the Bible and we explained the laying on of hands and explained church. She called us Saturday night and said she would come but she never showed... oh well! I think she will be baptized this transfer. On Thursday Elder Beck gave his last District Meeting and it was the best district meeting I have ever been to! He put a chair in the middle of the room and said Jesus is sitting there and we had to bear our testimonies to him. One of the most powerful and spiritual times of my mission. We taught Monique in the room a couple hours after and the spirit was still thick! After District Meeting we had a district activity where we had a bonfire and bbqed some hamburgers! We also burned Burt! Haha it isElder Dibble and my teddy bear in the slagelse apartment which has been through a lot... haha! Got some pretty epic pics from it! Then we hustled to the church and taught Monique with William. Another highlight lesson of the mission. So we asked her if she read and she said she did and she brought up why did the spirit command Nephi to slay Laban. I went way hard trying to solve her concern reading the next verse how it is better that one man perish then a whole nation in unbelief.. Then how Soddam and Gommora was destroyed, the people in Noas day were killed... that wasn't sufficient enough... then i brought up how it was around the time of the law of Moses and Laban stole from Nephi and his bros and so buy the law of Moses he should have been put to death so it wasn't unrighteous at all. But that wasn't the answer she wanted either... So we said Isaih's words, Gods ways are higher then our ways. Then we dived in to the Plan of Salvation! It was way spiritual and we just emphasized Jesus Christ and his role in everything and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. After talking about the Atonement we read Alma 7: 11-16 which is a clutch tool of bearing testimony of the Savior, inviting to repent and be baptized and promising blessings. Elder Dibble asked if she would be baptized and she brought up her concerns which were the life changes she would have to make... Clutch that we had William there and he bore testimony how he is more happier and free that he is following the law of Chasity and the Word of Wisdom! Then she said she isn't ready to repent right now and that is where our training from zone training kicked in. And i compared to if my coach said i had a game tomorrow, I am out of shape I havn't shot a basketball religoulsy over a sister mission, but if my coach told me that the game is in 4 weeks and i could practice often, he would be there for me, I would play in four weeks. And we compared it to her baptism and she said yes for the 13th of May!!! After William said she posted on facebook how she just felt the spirit for the first time since China!! And at church I said I would see her at her baptism in a month and she got excited that I am coming back so she is getting baptized!!! Other highlights on Friday we had an easter American sandwhich lunch at Frank's house with two less active members so that was chill. And then we ate with Inga and Inge Liza who are the older ladies we were teaching! Then Saturday we played ping pong for sport because it was pouring rain and ate with William at a way nice Chinese restaurant for one last time!!! SO that was my last couple days in Slagelse!!!

Reed Erickson Round 2

So my new comp is Elder Brennin Erickson from North Ogden Utah and he went to Weber high. He wrestled and played football and we have served around each other a lot on our missions so we are pretty over tight!! And he has been out a little over a year. And the Zealand zones combined so we are zone lords over 36 missionaries!! haha it should be good!!!! We are way stoked! Our scheme is to build some zone unity because we have a huge zone and so that is what we want to focus on. Having everyone pumped for other people's succes and just baptizing people for days! And my home boy Elder Tyler Erickson is AP in my ward so it will be a good time!!! Our area is Taastrup which has the nickname of Bagdad haha! I saw and talked to more foreigners yesterday then my whole time in Slagelse! haha! Oh and I have to bike again so William, Elder Dibble and I had to spend like 2 hours unrusting my bike and getting the lock off because i thought i would never use it again.... So that was fun but I am way stoked to be with Elder Erickson!!! 

That is awesome you guys are tempel workers!!! Jealous!! Well that is all the wisdom i got for today. But I know Jesus Christ ressurected and he Lives!! And that his Atonement is Infinite!!! 

Elder Reed

Week # 83 Slagelse

Jamen davs davs!!! I got my death letter last Monday! Six more months to go that is pretty cra cra!! And we get transfer calls on Saturday which will pretty much tell me how the rest of my mission will pan out... No pressure there haha! Oh and we got a WAY postive YOUNG investigator who will probs get baptized next transfer so get ready!!!

Work Flow and Splits

So we went on splits with the Tåstrup Elders on Wednesday and I got to go with Elder Birch who is a stud! He is in training and he loves sports and the same music I do so we had a great time! I got recapped on all the sports I missed so that was nice and he almost played college football at Bosie State but he ended up getting hurt. We had some good knocking sessions where this old lady who was baptized knew Mormons and tried to give us 50 kroner to buy coffee and tea lol!! Oh and we stopped by I in Korsør and finally got to talk to her after a week and a half because she has been in Falster for the past while for her son in laws retirement party. So we are going to have to push her date back! Then we went do more knocking but it was way awesome to be with a new missionary and give him good old wisdom from a old missionay ;) Training would be soooo fun!!! Then on Thursday we taught K in Kirke Stillinge and tried to teach him and not listen to his stories but it didnt happen haha so we probs won't be coming back to him. He is just caught up on the idea that all religions are trying to get up the mountain and at the end of the day everyone will come back to God..then I asked him why Jesus was baptized and tried to teach him that baptism was the gate way back to the top of the mountain but he wasn't digging it... Then we went up to Kalundborg with Will I Am and taught M. So M was a self referal and she is Canadian but she has lived in Denmark almost her whole life so she is fluent at Danish. So we get to this nice house on the top corner of Zealand and her dad lets us in and he is jsut a normal Canidian bro haha. We waited for M to come all three of us wondering how old she would be and when she came in I thought she was 14... but no worries she ended up being 23! So we asked her how she met the church and she said when she was in China last her for a study abroad she had no friends and knew no one who could speak English... SO she went on Tinder, yes Tinder ;) and swiped on a bro who turns out to be from Canada and he invites her to his church which would be in English. So she goes and it ends up being our church! She goes for the five months she was in Shanghai and loved it! It was her life line and she came to church once here in Slagelse since she has been back and she has read a lot in the Book of Mormon already and watched all of General Conference last weekend before she met us!!! So dope! She knows like all of the doctrine of the church and has Mormon friends all over the world. Talk about a supporting cast right there :) We taught her the Restoration which went well. William bore fire testimony which was awesome! She came to church on Sunday and brought her friend! #alreadydoingmissionarywork So she is really really really postive!! We will try to put her on date this week! The Lord gives me the young people to baptize and I LOVE it! I love working with people my age!!! Blessings!!! Friday we had splits with the office Elders Elder Jensen and Lex. We had a way chill splits and I went with Elder Jensen. We just gooned and talked about life after the mission at BYU and delt Book of Mormons out like candy ;) Then we played Volleyball with like 15 bros from Asia so we are scheeming on them to teach! Oh and I got a hair cut from a bro named Mohammed and he can't really speak Danish or English and he gave me a WAY apostate cut haha! I sent the pic he managed to say sorry at the end haha but everyone is gooning me about it! The worst was in Priesthood haha! On Saturday we ate with Tina a member who is way awesome and helped Frank with a little family history! So the work is going pretty good here! 

Zone Conference

So we went to Maglegårds Alle which was my first church building in Ballerup! I think it was exactly a year to the daay that I was last at this church! Crazy how time flies! President and Sister O'Bryant gave some fire trainings on the Plan of Salvation and the why behind everything and the APs trained on baptismal invites. Then we had our interviews with President and he told me I have been a successful missionary and that I might finish my mission training but he doesn't know yet... We will find out on Saturday!! 

So no I didn't have to teach for zone conference and William is doing great! Watched more conference with him this week! And we are still scheming on the brother!That sounds like an awesome time in Utah! Jealous! Oh speaking of shopping I saw a sign in the mall while eating Carls Jr of 75 percent off of the whole store so I bought three swaggin' button up shirts! They are way fly! And too bad that Gonzaga lost... next year I guess!! And the one year I finally get the right two teams in the finals I dont even make a bracket! haha! I got the Easter package thanks! The candy was way clutch! And we are planning on going to Frank's house! He is the American who was baptized last year. :) What are you guys doing?? And I will think about the two options.. Number two sounds better right now haha! And that is cool you taught about the law of consencration. I am way pumped to go harder than ever these last 6 months of the mission. I know miracles will happen if I use faith and concencrate myself before the Lord and serve with all my might mind and strength! And the Infinite Atonement book is amazing!! It has strengthened my testimony on jesus Christ sooo much and his Atonement and his infinite love he has for us! His arms are always stretched out for all of us, we just got to do our part and live the Gospel of Jesus Christ! He suffered for us one by one just like in 3 Nephi he had the Nephites touch his nail marks one by one because he loves us!!! I love you fam!!!! 

Week #82

Happy April Everyone!!!!! And I will be on a plane exactly six months from
today so today is when 6 months to sexy officially begins!!! ;)

*It was a good run.... *

Well I made it over a month without being sick so I mean that was a good
run but don't worry mom, it wasn't Vertigo!! We got a bad cold which caused
tiredness and headaches so we were out Tuesday, Wednesday and half of
Thursday. But the highlights of that would be on Tuesday William telling us
we should get some fresh air and shoot some hoops with him so we came and
his 15 year old brother was there and I guess he is a way good street
baller. Well even though I was sick I balled the bro one on one and did
work haha! So now William's bro respects us and doesn't think William
joined some church with weird bros but that we are normal so that was good!
And on Wednesday Elder Dibble and I looked through our apartment and
collected about 120 krones worth of coins haha and went to buy a pizza, ice
cream, and soda because we were going crazy so that was way clutch! Then
Thursday came around and with our 30 minutes all day in the area of finding
we got a new friend up in Kalundborg which is North Zealand and she is a
way old women who thought we were j dubs and tried to wreck us but she took
a Book of Mormon and is down to read from it and learn more about Jesus
Christ. Then we had a pretty legendary eating appoitment where we talked
about Harry Potter in Danish which was nuts haha and heard how this couple
got engaged and I guess the bro set the marriage date even before they met,
kissed and dated lolz! Pretty legendary! And our young bro M came to
general conference so that was dope!

*København or some European Airport......*

Well Elder Dibble and I had District meeting this week and splits with the
APs so we got to go to Copenhagen on Friday. So District meeting was all
about church and how we could get more bros into church. The Sister
Training Leaders focused on the how and we did the why. We should the vid
That They Do Always Remember Him and we trained on when we invite our
friends to church to explain why we personally come to church and make it
personal. Because the culture here is pretty against coming to church and
have a different idea of church then we do so I think we are going to see
the fruits from this training in the future! On Friday like I said we went
to Copenhagen and the APs told us to take the train all the way to the
Central Station because they had a surprise for us ;) That ended up being
the new mission car which was a HUGE ford silver tank haha! Then I went
with Elder Bennet because it will be the last splits for elder dibble and
Hartmann together and they were comps for three months. So Elder Bennet and
I had a three hour contacting sesh in front of us... The rumors were that
contacting with the APs was the worst thing ever and no one will talk to
you.. Well we taught 90 percent of the time and contacted like 10!! It was
so sweet!! And the reason I said or some European Airport is because we
pretty much only spoke English to the bros we talked to because they were
from Canada, Mexico, Thailand, Iceland, USA, Germany, and Netherlands!!! So
crazy! We gave out like four books in the time. The bro from Canada was way
dope and is Baptist and down to learn more and the bro from the Netherlands
was so dope!! We were talking for like 20 minutes and then we sat down and
taught him and talked with him for like an hour! He was the happiest young
bro I have ever talked to and was way interested in our lives. WE got his
email and we are going to stay in touch with him so that is awesome! Then
Saturday we gave the other District meeting on Amager which is right by
Copenhagen and then found in the sisters area there because they needed
some help. So Elder Bennet and I knocked some college place which was ight.
We had a way long chat with a basketball bro who goes up in Neuro Science
and tried to complex religion way too much. After the hour chat he wouldn't
take a book... I was a little puzzled I mean what does anyone have to lose
to read the book of Mormon and pray about it?? Only so much to gain! So
that was spilts! I was way exhausted after 5 hours of finding but it was
worth it!!

Conference was so FIRE!! Every talk was so clutch! And we watch Sunday
morning at a members and they grilled tenderloin for us! So that was fun! I
loved how the prophet with the few minutes he had talked about charity and
reading the Book of Mormon everyday! So important! And I loved Elders
Bragg, President Neilsens, Elders Bendar, Holland, Gabbin, Ballards.
Andersens talks!! haha! And my favorite was President Uchtdorf's about
leadership!!! Everything was soo good!'

And that sounded so fun going to Utah for Conference! And you guys could
meet Nicks girl ;) And I loved all the pics! And good to hear from Nick!
And I am not pranking I am getting pranked haha! ELder Erickson and Smith
pranked me sooooo hard on April fools day! It was one for the books! Nåh I
totally forgot about Cody! And tight Euro pants for the win! And for flying
home I am cool with whichever! What would you guys prefer??? And I need to
repent and cheer for Gonzaga tonight!!  Have a good week and lets overcome
the world as Elder Andersen taught us and not hide our light under a
bushel!! Love you fam!!!

Week #81 Slagelse

BEVARE NØGLERNE That would be the theme of this week for sure haha! I will get into that in a little bit! 

Work Flow

The work here is pretty fire I would say. We have been teaching a lot of people but not too many of them are down to follow the Gospel of Jesus Christ and only think faith is enough... Well on that note that takes us to Tuesday where we went to Næstved with J who got his mission call to Switzerland! We taught A who is way old and taught her the Restoration focusing on the Gospel of Jesus Christ and it went way well! The spirit was way strong and she told us that she knows the Book of Mormon is as true as the Bible and that our church is the Restored church of Christ, BUT she has been baptized already and she said faith is enough even though we told her that one needs to follow the rest of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. So the scheme with her is to teach her about not procrastinating the day of her repentance and the best way to repent is by baptism whichi is the first fruits of baptism! Then we taught P but she was sick and she hasn't kept a commitment yet.. so that is pretty jank but it is the norm with our African friends who love Jesus. Oh and in the morning Elder Dibble and I were knocking doors in the morning last Tuesday and only old Danish ladies who were like a thousand years old kept on answering the door and wouldn't give us the time of day.. I was definitely losing my patience haha after an hour of the same old thing and then we FINALLY see a young bro! Perfect timing too because he walks out of his house at the exact same time we get a quick no from a 80 year old Danish lady, and the bro is like whats up and we explain how we are Americans out to spread the good news and he is like I am 100 percent atheist and is about to dip to work out so he had no time. We ask to walk with the bro and he said hes down. SO we are talking with this guy find out his purpose in life is to raise his son as best as he can and we teach him the Restoration! It was way awesome and he took a book and was like so if I read this book and pray SINCERELY I will get an answer! NETOP i said or exactly! I never had a Dane actually get it down on the first time telling him about Moroni's promise so good things are brewing there! Lets get an atheist to believe in God! Operation M was a fail haha I don't want to get into too much detail but I guess he is not adopted by these members he is just living with them and so yea.. it might take a while before he gets baptized but we will see. Elder Beck called on Thursday and said that his train was delayed in Nykøbing so we would have to push district meeting back a little bit so we went by I who is on dåbs dato. We went in and she started talking about every single possible topic a 85 year old could talk about! haha From Donald Trump to how Danish will disappear in 50 years haha but we were trying to save the lesson and tell her that we have a modern day prophet who can guide and counsel us during these questionable times and it still went no where... Then we asked if she has read anything lately and she said she read Moroni 8 about infant baptism and she knows that it is true. That is in an abomination to the Lord and that is the biggest problem here in Denmark. We then explained the Gospel of Jesus Christ and that the first fruits of repentance is baptism and an infant can not repent because they are not responsible for their sins. She knows she has to be baptized again and we have to push the date back a little because she has not been to church yet but no worries there!! We taught A on Friday and again, she believes that our church is the same church Christ had but is not willing to repent. She said thanks for helping her become Christian but she is not willing to repent and read the Book of Mormon and pray. SHe even bought cross earings to show her faith in Jesus Christ so yea... We played sport on Saturday with Will I Am and M and a bro from the Phillipians played too! We got way tight with him and are going to start playing volleyball with him and try to teach him so that should be good! I love working with young bros! And Sunday was an adventure for sure! We met with I at her house and walked to the Holy Ghost church in the morning. THe city was absolutly dead haha probs everyone was hung over... anyways we got to this church and it was so different hahaaha! The priest was a woman who is over the priests and holds keys over them and she was voted to be where she is. She preached about blessings how miracles do not happen anymore or how we can not become like God.. That was a little jank and then everyone got up to take the sacrement and Elder Dibble and I jsut chilled and like 25 people got up and just stared at us for not getting up. ALso all the prayers were recited and there was no testimony born.. Shout out to being apart of the Restored Church of Jesus Christ wow!! And haha we met the priest after and she was way scared to talk to her. Dibs and I thought that she was scared because she knew we could wreck her doctrinally. Bevare nøglerne means preserve the keys meaning the priesthood if you know what I mean ;) Then we sat while everyone ate brunch and explained to everyone that we were fasting and all these old people loved us!! An old lady even gave us a hug after it was all over haha! I love Danish culture so chill all the time! Then we went to our church with I and I L which was way great! They could definitley feel the spirit during the testimony meetings and the ward came in clutch with everyone bearing testimony of the Restoration! It was so clutch!! Oh and we took Will I Am out with us on Saturday to do missionary work which was way fun! 

Take me to København

Temple trip on Friday! SO after a crazy chain of events of praying for a delayed train, having the train be delayed, we made it to the temple. It was great to see Elder Erickson and the rest of the squad there! The session was awesome and it was so school to see three recent converts there! Frank, Margit, and William! And it has been over a year since I have been in the temple and I was on a spiritual high after leaving it was so great! I am definitly going to make it a goal to go to the temple as often as possible when I get home! And after we had a birthday dinner for the homie Elder Erickson because it was his birthday! SO the bro bought us all pizza and we had a great time reliving the dope times we had with William! ! 

Health has been 100 percent. Oh and Elder Dibble and I are running twice a day so we will be thin when we come home! ;) We just went on a 5k with WIlliam in the woods!! The love handles are chizzling away! And that would be so sick to see Jared come to Denmark!! YEa Elder Dibble is going to dance after the mission! And I will keep an eye on you guys during conference ;) No way you get to meet Nick's girl!! Send me pics!! And no way you guys will embarrass him! You guys are too cool! :D Haha and I am down to be a comidian with all of you goons! We all have way crazy personalities so why not! Haha that was so legendary!! I totally forgot about that video! I look sooo little!! Shout out for missions! And Gonzaga might actually do it.... Washington pride i guess!! Well fam I love you so much and life is good! Spring has finally come and the sun is shinning!!!