Zone Conference and Stake Conference

Hello Everyone, I am doing really well and am very happy! I really enjoy being a missionary. This week has been a lot of work in order to prepare for zone conference and stake conference, which were both being held in may area, Aarhus. The zone confernce was a lot of fun as we got to work with mission leaders and see all the fun plans they had for us during the gathering. The conference included all the missionaries from Jylland and Odense which was around 24 of us. During the Zone conference there was an example of an apple tree that represented a friend or someone we are teaching. This tree did not have ripe apples but was starting to produce fruit. This tree was not ready for harvesting but instead of rejecting and not caring for it they pruned it and took care of the vines growing everywhere on it. This example was really meaningful as a lot of people we teach do not have the desire to progress but throwing them out, so to say, does not help! We can still find ways to nurture! At the stake conference, we got a completely new stake presidency and got to say goodbye to the last ones that served so well. The new stake president gave the people a challenge to feed the missionaries everyday during the month of October. We loved that part but we also loved all the faith that he already has about his service and his duty to the people of Denmark. I can say we are very lucky to have such amazing members and leaders in Denmark. We also had splits with the AP's before zone conference which was fun because the entire time was spent getting to lessons and trying to contact in new ways. The AP's are definitely good at Danish and it was a good experience to get to see their skills and approaches to speaking Danish. I was with Ældste Willis who has been out for 8 month and trained my current trainer. He is also basically a body builder and he is huge. I obviously thought that we pretty cool. I had a good lesson with Eldste Willis. We taught one of our friends that is on baptismal date. He has been trying to find the time to come closer to God and talked to us about the path he knows he needs to take but simply hasn't been able to find the path. It has been great for him to start making more commitments and learn about God and how he can become whole through Christ. I am amazed at the level of knowledge he has and know that baptism will help him reach another level. We were able to do some service with the Ravn Petersens which are members of the ward. We have done it a couple of times with them before, too, but this time we got to chop wood the entire time and just had a blast! There is no better feeling than splitting a log that looks huge in just one swing. It makes me feel invincible. Today for our P-day we were able to go to a Viking Museum. Super fun to have time to see some sights and visit a museum. I sure love Denmark. Thank you everyone for your support and prayers and we'll see ya next week! Love, Elder Lines