Exciting to hear about all the performances coming up and
that Night on Broadway went so well! I watched the videos and everyone did a
fantastic job!
Weather has been nice here. Way better than before.
Everyone's saying it's been the warmest and shortest winter in a long time. I'm
grateful for that, because it was still really cold for a time!
I think I'm just going to order the scriptures myself. We
have a distribution center here and it's free shipping, so it will be cheaper
that way. Oh, and if you're sending something, you need to do it soon because
transfers are on the 10th of March!
Tuesday we had our weekly Bible Study with the Frikirke.
We invited them all to our Open house on Saturday and we had a good discussion
about the character of Christ. Other than that, nothing to eventful there.
Wednesday we had a lesson with our muslim investigator.
It's going fairly well with him. He made us dinner and he loves to talk to us.
We discussed scripture, particularly the Book of Mormon. We bore testimony of
its importance and how it’s a tool we can use to come closer to God. We also
talked about Joseph Smith and his role as Prophet and Restorer. He was very
accepting and we ended by inviting him as well to the Open House.
Thursday we had Splits with the Elders in Viborg. They
came here to Randers and we were fortunate to be especially busy on that day.
Ældste Syversen and I went to Hobro to teach a lesson to an investigator and
invite others in Hobro to the Open House. The lesson with Bjørn started out
pretty rough. He just wanted to talk about Joseph Smith being a Free Mason and
kept wanting to know why he got gold plates when Moses only got stone tablets.
I don't even know why that's important...but it was to him apparently.
Luckily, we switched the conversation from that to why he
believed in the Bible, and when we did that he really began to open up. We
discussed the Gospel of Jesus Christ and he said he agreed with everything we
said. It ended on a very good note and he is excited for our next visit with
him.
While in Hobro, we also stopped by one of our old
investigators. He had been really positive in the past and almost was baptized,
but his wife talked him out of it every time. When Ældste Syversen got there,
the door opened and a new family was standing there. Apparently, our
investigator had moved and these new people from Africa had moved there just 4
days ago. Luckily, they spoke English very well because they didn't know any
Danish. We ended up starting a conversation with them and he was excited to see
that we were "Preachers." He invited us to come back and he took a
Book of Mormon.
During their appointment with [a female investigator], Ældste Ogden and I
went to the investigator that has the problems with his son to teach him the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. When we got there he had made food for us, so we ate
and discussed the Gospel. He basically believes in everything we believe in,
and I think he wants to become a member, but he doesn't understand that it's
going to be a big lifestyle change. He already believes in God and Jesus Christ
so I don't think he believes that it's much more than just joining our
congregation. He needs to stop smoking and drinking wine. Otherwise, it went
really well!
On Saturday was our Open House, and it looked really
good. Ældste Brindley and I spent a lot of time to make sure we had everything
we needed. It ended up having a pretty good turnout. A lot of members came and
there were about 8 non-members who showed up, one being our investigator Ældste
Ogden and I taught Thursday evening. He loved the baptismal font and told us
that we do baptism right. He got along great with the members as well and told
us he would be coming to church the next day.
We were pretty excited for [the investigator] to come to
church as well as that Brazilian woman. But about 5 minutes before the meeting
began, he texted and said he couldn't come. The Brazilian woman didn't show up
as well. We were really disappointed, but just before the meeting actually
started a person who went in-active since I've been here showed up. I actually
am very grateful that our investigators didn't show up because it gave me the
opportunity to notice her and sit next to her during sacrament meeting. We
became close when I first got her but lost complete contact with her after she
went inactive. We had a really good talk and she stayed for all 3 meetings as
well as choir. I hope that she stays.
That's my week! Unfortunately, I don't have any [new] pictures
to send this week...I'll make sure to take some this next week! Love you all!
MKH,
-Ældste Wawro
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