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| Looking out over the Village of Hobro |
I can't believe Halloween is already right around the
corner! Those cul-de-sac parties were always fun! Too bad I can't help with the
spook alley this year. I think that's so funny about Nathan going AGAIN as
Nacho Libre!! This year I'll be going as a missionary. It's actually pretty
creepy here because it's already completely dark at 5:30 now so the sun starts
setting around 4. I can only imagine what Halloween is going to be like!
Please tell me about the Temple Præsident! So does he live
in Utah Valley or how do you know them?
Things are going really great with Ældste Huffaker. People
can tell that we get along really well and members seem to love us! Actually,
Præsident Sederholm told me that he received a letter from one of the members
in the Randers Branch telling him that he can't transfer either of us until
after Christmas! We keep it fun in our companionship. Sometimes when there's
nobody around we'll start beat-boxing or doing parkour and jumping off of
things. It's great and I'm really grateful for a companion that I get along
with really well!
As I said, this past week was spent in a few other towns in
Denmark, so I will classify my stories with the towns:
Fredericia - Ældste Huffaker and I went down to Fredericia
this past week for the 1 month new missionary training with Præsident
Sederholm. We took a train ride down there and then picked up some of the other
missionaries on the way. The train got so full that we ended up having to stand
for 2 hours as we rode down to Fredericia. After we got off we realized we had
no idea where to go so we had to start asking Danes for directions! After a bit
of time we found another group and started following them. The leader of our
group, a previous AP who was released for his last transfer here in Denmark,
accidentally took us on the wrong bus and we had to walk forever to get to the
church. It was a fun trip.
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| Elder Huffaker Sleeping on a Train |
The meeting itself was great. Ældste Huffaker had a good
time meeting his old friends from the MTC and I got to see some of mine as
well. For the most part they were all older missionaries so it was great to get
to know them a little bit better. I felt so young though! Præsident talked alot
about making faith a principle of power and the ability God has to make up for
our weaknesses. It was great!
Aalborg - We had our distrikt meeting in Aalborg and that is
always fun. I might have already told you this but we switched from the Århus
distrikt to the Nord Jylland Distrikt. Basically I only mentioned this because
I wanted to make the point that we were in a lot of different cities this week,
nothing special really happened in Aalborg.
Hobro -Our biggest miracle that happened was with the lesson
we did have with one of our investigators. Everything just seemed to work out
perfectly so we could meet him. We actually decided to stop in Hobro on our way
back from our district meeting in Aalborg since it was on the way and it would
save time and money. We had a list of some investigators we could stop by, but
on our way up we found a bike on sale. Ældste Huffaker has been in dire need of
a bike so we went in to buy it quickly but found out they didn't accept cards
so we had to run to an ATM. The ATM was giving us problems and we found out
that he couldn't take out all the money he needed in one day because of a
safety block in his bank account, so after a few minutes of messing around with
that we went back to the Bike Shop and asked him to just hold on to the bike
until we could make our way back to Hobro.
We then made our way up and decided to stop by one of our
investigators since he was so close by. We caught him right when he was on his
way out the door and had decided to only drop by his house for a couple
minutes. We had met him in the exact 2 minute time frame that he was home and
we were able to have a lesson with him! Everything happened to work out the way
it did just so we could catch him at the exact right time.
The lesson started off a little rough because he had just
found out that Joseph Smith was a Free Mason and he had some deep concerns
about that. We did the only thing that seemed right and bore testimony that we
knew he was a prophet and all of his concerns could be solved through the Book
of Mormon. He then asked why the Book of Mormon was so important and why God
would need to send more scripture than the Bible. All of these questions and
concern we were able to answer in just the way he needed to hear it. The Spirit
was very strong and his behavior changed from beginning a little hostile and
wanting to bash to sincerely listening to how we live the doctrine of Christ.
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| Village of Hobro |
Another cool thing was while we were in Hobro, Ældste Huffaker and I went inside a Danske
Folke Kirke [translation: Danish Free
Church] and found it was completely empty. There was a piano in the middle
of this hall so I decided to play it. Naturally, I had to play "Praise to
the Man" and actually, it was a way interesting experience. I could feel the
Spirit present. Way cool!
You will also be happy to hear that Hobro is a very
beautiful place so while I was there Ældste Huffaker and I took a lot of great
pictures. It was great to hear from you all again this week! Thank you for
everything and I can't wait to write again next week!
MKH,
Ældste Wawro
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