Grundtvig's Church, Copenhagen |
So today's been a weird day. I just dropped Ældste
Merrill off at the Copenhagen Central Station and now I'm with Ældste Crank and
Ældste Mogensen for the week. Safe travels to Ældste Merrill!
Because it was Ældste Merrill's last week we spent a lot
of it visiting members and saying goodbye. We had a lot of great discussions
with the members and it actually was a great way to build up our relationships with
the members. I got to know a lot of them more personally and we were able to
get them excited about missionary work.
Whole District: Elders Wawro, Merrill, Crank & Mogensen Sisters Rigby and Murrey |
I had splits with Ældste Mogensen and it was great! It
was a lot of fun to be working with one of my old companions again and to see
how we've both grown as missionaries. We had an appointment with *Henry* [name changed for privacy]. *Henry* is a
member who has been recently returning to church after a long lapse in activitiy.
He's decided it's time to come back. We showed him a plan that Ældste Crank and
d Ældste Mogensen made for him to get to the temple and he loved that. We also
talked about prayer and how it would bless him in all aspects in his life. He
seemed to realize how prayer could help him strengthen his struggling relationship
with his girlfriend *Lucy* and asked us also to pray for them. This was a
testimony to us about prayer because just a couple days later he and *Lucy*
came to church together!
We also met with another man named *Joseph*. He's an
inactive member and is very well read in the scriptures. We were trying to read
out of the Book of Mormon with him but he kept questioning how the Book of
Mormon quoted the passages in the New Testament even though the Book of Mormon
records were written before the events of the New Testament. This has been a
significant struggle for him and we are having difficulty helping him to see
that the Book of Mormon prophets were shown those New Testament events by way
of revelation and visions. I hope
something happens to soften his heart so that he can see more with eyes of
faith!
Ældste Mogensen and I also visited *James* and *Jenny*.
They were investigators that Ældste Mogensen's Mom found when she was a
missionary here! They are so nice. They're actually coming with us to the ward
picnic this Saturday so we hope that will be a good experience for them!
Elder Teixeira teaching at Mission Conference |
We got to go to the Temple this week and see the newest of
the Temple Videos! It's always so great to go to that temple. I hope you get to
experience it, the Temple is beautiful. And actually, I saw one my Zone Leaders
who was in the MTC with me! He is a missionary in Sweden and because he is
serving in the southern part of Sweden those missionaries go to the Copenhagen
Temple instead of Stockholm. We've been on our missions about the same amount
of time, he's 2 weeks ahead of me. It was way fun to see him. It was also our
last activity as a district so that was special.
We had the amazing experience of having my first Mission
Conference this week. Elder Teixeira from the Quorum of the 70 and the Europe
Area President came and spoke to us. Let's just say, he set some very high
expectations and standards which we are all excited to start working towards
and applying! He really was so great. One of my favorite parts was when he
expressed his gratitude towards President Sederholm and how all missions are
blessed with good Mission Presidents, but President Sederholm is special. He
said that the Prophet, the Quorum of the 12, and the Quorum of the 70 all love
President Sederholm and keep an eye on the special work that he does. So I'm
very grateful for President Sederholm. :)
Training at Zone Conference |
Now, answering some of your questions:
Yes, Elder Merrill went home today. So I'll get my new
companion next week.
At our Zone Conferences we (the Zone Leaders) train, the
Sister Training Leaders train, and President Sederholm train. We train on the
Chapter from Preach my Gospel that President Sederholm assigns, but then the
Zone Leaders decide what we need to focus on in that chapter. We make plans,
set goals, and learn how we can improve. This last Zone Training was on Chapter
11, “Commitments.” President Sederholm interviews us personally quarterly.
I love you all! Thanks for writing, even though it was so
late in the night! I hope you have a great week!
MKH,
-Ældste Wawro
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