The Start of Spring and the Power of the Savior

Hello everyone, 

This week has already been amazing and we are working really hard to make it even better! We have had a lot of lesson and are getting a lot of social media referrals.

This week started off pretty normal as we had a lot of time to find and get some lessons in! We have had a lot of time to find each other due to some flakiness on our friends' side! We have accepted that as the opportunity to go out and find others that are interested in learning about the Gospel. We have had some extremely good conversations and really felt a strong push to speak with everyone. The Gospel is going forward in latter days by the hands of young men and women and faithful members! It would not be possible without you all though! Find ways to help your local missionaries! Please! 

Thursday this week marked the start of the new transfer and we had a really good day getting you to set our focuses on the things that we want to do better at! We had some finding time and ate some really good Kebab! We then went to the institute class where they had some amazing food and a bunch of Americans showed up! They were from a wedding that had happened to some members up in Aalborg where I served before. It was fun to have them there.

The high points of this week was definitely on Saturday when we went to play Soccer and basketball! We felt like we wouldn't have any time to find and that it wouldn't mean anything. We were very wrong as we ended up having the best conversations ever and it was just a subtle reminder that God is always there and that he is always preparing people for the Gospel! 

Sunday was also a great day with the eating appointment with the Senior couples! I realized how much I hate the metric system although it makes sense. I mixed what I thought was the correct amount of water with the Brownie mix only to realize that I had added 10 times too much! We had an extra box but it was still disappointing to say the least! 

As the title of the email states, spring has begun! We have seen nature coming back and people are looking brighter! Spring in Denmark however is even more important because there is the biggest difference from Winter and Spring! Nature comes back and we get to see the scenery become filled with life and light again. Everything really does point towards Christ and it is easy to see the symbolism and meaning even in the small things! 

But that's the week's wrap! We had a good time! Thank you everyone for the support and prayers! See yall next week!

Love,

Elder Lines

Here are some pictures of the nature and the season, along with me and my companion!

 

The beginning of the end!

Hello everyone! 

This week has been quite amazing! We have had many things to do! As the title states this has been the last full week of this transfer thus marking the beginning of the end! I enter my final transfer of my mission this week and I'm so excited to work hard and give it my all.

As for the rest of the week, we have been in contact with a lot of people and have had a really good job at planning. We are working on active daily contact as a way for us to work with our friends! We have been seeing a lot of success from these news methods. Just a text, email, drop by, etc. Consistency. 

This week, although we had a lot of time to find, it felt like it went by very fast! We had some amazing splits in the beginning of the week and got to enjoy our time together with these amazing Elders! Splits was definitely the reason why it went so fast but also because of the constant contact we always felt like there was something to do! It's good to keep things moving and to fill our day with important work.

One spiritual thing that really helped us this week was a lesson we had! This friend has sacrificed a lot to be where he is today and knows that the effect the Gospel will have on his life is extremely important! He has come to a great understanding but due to some hardships he cannot risk changing faiths as of right now!.We have been praying for him. I would encourage you all to do the same! 

One fun thing that happened this week was that we went to play basketball with one of the sister's friends! I am not good at basketball but we had a blast talking to him and getting to know him! We realized just how important these normal and natural ways are in our missionary work! It is important to always try and find the right opportunities to share the Gospel. Even through basketball. 

Thank you all for the support and I wish you a great week.

Love,

Elder Lines

The Vision to Baptize!

 Hello everyone! This week has been filled with some fun stuff so let's get right to the chase...

We had some time and a couple of lessons. We taught one of the sister's friends, Daniel, and then went to a lesson with another friend. We had dinner with him at a Burger place and it was delicious. We ask that you guys pray for him and his life. He has some important decisions to make! 

As the title of the email states, we were invited the week before during our District council meeting to focus on baptism. We were invited to mention baptism or covenants in every single lesson that we taught in order to help them follow and understand the commitment. We saw two particular miracles from this. Due to this invitation we invited two of our friends to be baptized and put them on date. Their names are Leslie and Alexandru. They are in two completely different situations but the way we taught them just made it feel right. Keep them in your prayers too as they work towards this! 

I would like to take a bit of time in this email also to mention the power of revelation for yourself and revelation that others can give you! It really is powerful to see how much we can learn from the promptings of the spirit. One prompting was definitely the change made in our standards that mentions bringing a member to every lesson. It has been such a blessing to have this opportunity! 

This week we also had the opportunity to participate in Zone Konference! We heard some really good messages about the Book of Mormon and using it in our conversations and conversions! The focus was on giving invitations and working more closely with your wards. We even played Book of Mormon jeopardy and our team won!! A quick mention goes to the Social Media fast that we are holding this week as we are very excited to have a strong focus this week on sharing the Gospel on a more personal level!

The rest of the week was pretty slow as we had a lot of planning to get done and sadly my back was hurting quite a lot! We hope that we come back to full strength here this week so we can get even more done. There is even more delicious food to be made and eaten! Even better will be the people that we can talk to and the places we can see! Food is still up there though...

Thank you everyone for the support and prayers! I will post some pictures from our P-day today and then some of us throughout the week. I look forward to writing next week! 

Love,

Elder Lines

Sunshine and Sugar

Hello Everyone,

This week has been amazing! We have had a great time and look forward to being able to work for another week! Here is what happened! 

We began this week with a little bit of chaos as we had a couple of appointments and even more service!. A big theme of this week was definitely service and getting to help those who can't help themselves. Throughout the entire week we had a total of three service projects and did a lot of yard work! 

Another one of the highlights of the week was definitely the splits that we had on Wednesday! I went to Frederiksberg and had a split with Elder Franklin. He was an amazing missionary and loves being a ZL. We had a lot of good conversations with random people and just gotta have some fun! We did a very long lesson with a friend who has definitely had some challenges in life. The Gospel is a light! 

Speaking of another form of light, the sun was shining the entire week! It meant that biking and walking around everywhere wasn't as annoying as it usually is! We got to enjoy the good weather and felt like people were getting a bit happier. Although it felt too warm for a coat and too cold to go without a coat! We are waiting for the warmth to come permanently.

There were two things this week that were a little more challenging. First thing was the raw amount of sugar that we had eaten! With all of the sodas, candy, and pastries I feel like we need a sugar fast for a year! The second thing was our bad planning because we put all of our appointments on one day! It was honestly not the end of the world and we are happy that we are still standing. Good lessons were learned and the spirit was felt in abundance. Life is really good, 

Thank you everyone for all the prayers! I hope you have an amazing weeks! 

Love,

Elder Lines

Interviews with the President and the Trench Coat

 

In the Service of our Fellow Beings

Hello everyone! 

This week has been pretty amazing and I love getting the opportunity to share what has happened. This week has been a lot of service and providing both physical and spiritual aid. With a few lessons mixed in. 

The beginning of this week started kind of chaotically as we were trying to confirm our lesson times! We have had some amazing lessons throughout the week and we hope to teach even more. The best lessons were definetly the one with Behnam on Wednesday and with Amir on Friday. We taught some really cool principles most of them very simple but they are life changing principles! Though the gospel of Jesus Christ has many layers, it comes down to knowing who we are as children of God and trying to become like Jesus Christ. It is a message of hope.

The theme that we are focusing on this transfer is the Book of Mormon! That means that we are challenging ourselves to use it more and study it more. I loved the quote from President Benson a while ago when he said,"Not only do we need to SAY more aboout the Book of Mormon, but we need to DO more with it." We need to act so that people can act! That is one thing we have seen this week. We need to reach out and we need to set the example so that others can see it. You don't get anything done just by talking about it (sadly).

As for other things this week, we had a lot of service appointments. We got to serve a member who recently had his foot amputated and helped clean his apartment. Second, we had an appointment where we helped this family with some gardening. We have loved the opportunities to serve and we hope to serve more.

An honorable mention this week goes to Social Media work as we are part of the team that creates ads in Danish! It is such a cool thing to see technology change the mission in ways that have never been seen before! Facebook refferals are one of the best ways to find people now. 

One of the funner things we did this week was have a district meeting and eating appointment! We had a taco bar and it was delicious. Nothing is better than spiritually uplifting each other just to eat some delicious food right after! We had a blast and then went strong into Sunday! Sunday was also amazing because we had a bunch of our friends come to Church. It was amazing to see so many people that were so interested in the gospel! We really hope this continues.

Thank you all for the emails! Only 9 left! I look forward to writing again next week! Thank you all for your prayers and for the support! 

Love,

Elder Lines