The Week Before Christmas (and a very cold new year)

Hello everyone,

This week has been really good! We have had a lot of things to do that were not in our area. We had some activities for my companion's visa and some meetings with our district! Overall, the experiences this week have been special and have helped me understand the purposes of the work we do. The days are short on light and it's cold, but we are staying warm and turning on our "happy light" each evening.

We got to go and have a district meeting together which included lunch and just having some fun. We talked about the guideings of the spirit and shared some ways for us to focus more on that. We really had a good conversation and just being in person makes it a lot more personal! Our district is small, but we are mighty. 

We went to a place near Copenhagen for Elder Hacking to do a language test! It was fun to spend some time with the Danish Elder in the mission and learn some methods of contacting people! We also got to buy some good food and had an amazing lunch! It was a fun day trip. 

We have had quite a few experiences this week but one of the saddest ones was that we had to stop meeting with one of our friends because of his intentions. We realized it was necessary and made the decision to do it in person. We hope that he can change his heart and try to learn!  On a happier note...we have been able to visit and teach with a sweet lady from Peru. She is such a good person and we hope she can continue to feel the love of Christ in her life. 

As a good part of this week we also went into the new transfer! We got to see some of the new missionaries and where they were assigned! This mission is growing surely but slowly and I'm happy to see the work progressing in so many ways. We are up past 80 missionaries I think and a whole entire new zone will be opening (my area!!!). 

I feel grateful this Christmas season to be a missionary and share the good news of Jesus Christ. I feel grateful for my amazing mission companion, Elder Hacking, as well. We are a good team and it's good to be serving together. Our small branch takes good care of us and we are very blessed.

On that note everybody I thank you so much for an amazing week and we will see you next week around Christmas Time!

Love,

Elder Lines

These are pictures of the place we visited today (near a Viking graveyard and cool stone structure) along with some pictures of the 108 door we knocked in a day!