First Week in Aalborg!

Hello Everyone, 

This week was lovely and I am happy to be in this area! There are a lot of members and a lot of cool people to meet! We had some great lessons and did some good work! Here are some of the highlights:

We had an "institute class" where everyone reads scriptures and we discuss them as a class. We had a record breaking number of people and I really enjoyed the lesson. We brought some of our friends to the institute class and they loved it. One of them is named William. He is so awesome and loves reading about scriptures. He is searching for an answer about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. He loves the ideals of the church and highly respects the way it works. He is currently reading the scriptures quite often and we are excited about that!

Another friend is named Kathrine. She met a missionary from Denmark in England a bit ago and then came back home to Denmark only to see that the missionary she met lived in Aalborg and had returned from his mission! Definitely a miracle! 

This week we also had splits with the elders from Randers. They came down and we had a good time playing soccer and volleyball with some members and friends we invited! This ward is really the best! 

All in all this week was a great week. Adding to the goodness....we made great food...including but not limited to: Rice noodle stir fry, Alfredo, and plenty more. 

We are excited to continue to serve and bring joy to the people in Denmark. We are thankful for your prayers! I hope that everyone has an amazing week! 

Vi ses

Love,

Elder Lines

Aalborg!

Hello Everyone,

I am officially in Aalborg! I have moved areas and this week has been an adventure in getting here! Traveling took in total two days with some fun events along the way. Here are some of the highlights of my week.

We got to eat with the two families in my last area that are the best. They gave us some really good food and I gotta try some fun non-alcoholic beverages and play some scripture flashcard games in Danish! It was great and I will come to miss the people down there. I hope to see them again someday. It's hard saying see ya later!

This week has also been a good time for our friend! We have had quite a few lessons with newer people and were able to talk a lot about the principle of faith. We had some people that just wanted to share their beliefs and some people that actually wanted to learn about the Church. We also finally had a lesson with Lena, the sister who was at one point on date for baptism. We met and talked and she will still be getting baptized at a future point. We will keep meeting and planning a time where we can help her out! I am so thankful for the opportunity to teach people like her. She is really an amazing person.

As a part of transfers the event that happened along the way was a stake conference in Aarhus, my first area and the zone I'm back in! We got to see all the missionaries that live on Jylland and Fyn. There was a big lunch provided by the amazing senior couples and we were blessed to see all the people from Aarhus! It was so fun seeing all my friends from Aarhus. That was really meaningful to me. That was my first area and I really will always love those people.  I sure do love Jylland so far and am grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this mission. My new companion is Elder Jespen from Pocatello, Idaho. He's really nice, fun and ready to work. 

Something this week that was spiritually special was being able to hear the spiritual thought of our branch president. He does such a good job at inviting the spirit and I love hearing him speak. He just thanked us for our work and said that when we work hard the Lord recognizes it and gives line upon line. We have seen a lot more success since the opening of the area and we have loved every minute of it!!  Now my old area will have 4 elders. We started with two, then 3 and now 4!!! Great work is ahead for them. 

Well everyone, I am again thankful for all of your prayers! I hope that everyone's week goes well and that you can find comfort in your thoughts this week! 

Vi ses! 

Love,

Elder Lines

Transfers og en god uge!

Hello Everyone! 

This week has been filled with really good experiences and a lot of hard work. We are definetely see the fruit of our labors and just loving the people in this land even more!

This week I learned where I will be in the next transfer and I will be moving to Aalborg up on Jylland on th bigger part of Denmark. I am very excited to serve there and get to meet more people!

We had splits with the Zls in our area just a day after our P day that was on Tuesday! We played some table tennis and a good time with the branch and some friends! I was with my companion from the MTC, Elder Kim, so we had a blast getting to talk and have some fun! I am realizing I will miss the people in this area and hope that I can continue strong in the next area. I really love the people here and will really miss them. 

We had some good lessons this week both in Danish and in English! We were able to teach and help them sees Gods love and the church that he has organized in the world! A good lesson we had went all over the place but it all came down our friend wantinng to learn more. In the end, after all the questions, we found somethnig that really resonanted with him. He felt God's love and so did I. That is what is important.

For P day today we went to Gedser and got to be in the most southern part of Denmark! Soon up in Aalborg I will be in the most North place in Denmark! That I am excited for! 

We thank you all for all of your prayers and we are excited to continue on here in Denmark! 

Love,

Elder Lines

Elder Christofferson and the Temple!

 Hello Everyone, 

This week we have had a great time and been able to do quite a lot both in our area and in other areas! We had splits on Thursday and were not in our area much on Tuesday or Wednesday. We had a fun time getting to be in other places but missed home a bit by the end. We love our little town. Here are some of the fun experiences from the week:

We went on splits up in Slagelse which is the area above ours. That was really fun and we played Ticket to Ride North Lights...a fun variation! Most importantly, It was an amazing time with missionary work as we got to see some miracles as we were out searching. Some people were perfectly placed for us to talk to. I am still amazed at how even in finding we still find miracles...even though we do it a lot!

After splits, we came back to our area to enjoy our time finding and having lessons. We had some good times and have planned some good lessons for next week. On Sunday ,however, we had to drive to Copenahgen in order to see Elder Christofferson the next day! That meant a lot of driving and listening to some bomb talks. We got to sleep with the APs and it was fun cause there were 7 elders in one apartment. Always have a good time with that many elders.

The next day was the most important because we got to go to the meeting with Elder Christofferson. We shook his hand and lined up for a big group picture! Afterwards, we were able  to hear him share his thoughts with us and he  blessed us with two things. He said that we are perfectly placed and that if we follow the leaders of the Church we will be guided to do what is right! He said that we can receive the power of the Atonement of Christ by remembering to repent daily. He said that just because we served a mission doesn't mean that it will automatically bless us with a perfect life! Enduring often means finding joy in the moment even when the times are hard. A great message for the missionaries that work in this mission. There was a very powerful spirit and I felt so blessed to be taught by him. I will never forget this experience. 

After, we had the opportunity to go inside the temple and sit in the different rooms and just think.They literally opened the temple just for us. We didn't do any temple work, but were able to wander around all the rooms, sit and do some really deep pondering.  I realized that the temple is the best place in the entire world and that we can really come closer to God than any other place. I love the time that we had with Elder C and I am thankful for the peaceful meditation that we had in the temple. There really is nothing more calming than being in the house of the Lord. It was the perfect way to end our day. Plus, the temple is soooo beautiful.

Well everyone, it has been an amazing week! I am very thankful for all the opportunities and for all the lessons. I am thankful for your prayers and I hope that you have a good week! 

Love to all of you,

Elder Lines

Here are some cool pictures of our Mission Conference and some good pictures of the Nykobing environment!