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| Stormy Baltic Sea |
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| This was how the sea looked right before we left port yesterday for Copenhagen |
I am currently writing from the big city, Copenhagen! We
have our zone training tomorrow so we needed to come up. But, you see, a giant
storm came and hit the island. Everything was closed down Saturday and most
everyone was just staying indoors. All the ferries were also cancelled except
for one on Sunday at 12:30, so we decided to take that what just in case the
ferries got cancelled the next day and we wouldn't be able to make it to our
Zone Training.
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| This was us on the boat at sea. |
Let me just say, the waters in the Baltic were the roughest
I'd ever seen! Generally its way calm, but this storm really shook things up a
bit! It was bad enough that we couldn't take the usual ferry and had to take a
different boat that's a lot older. This boat takes 2 h 45 min to cross the
water opposed to the usual 1 h 20 min. And guess what that meant about the
ferry ride? That's right, people were throwing up left and right. It was like
being on a roller coaster for over 2 1/2 hours straight! Poor Elder Redd got
way seasick and went through 3 bags of throw-up that I had to throw away for
him because he couldn't stand.
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| Poor Elder Redd ready with his throw-up bag. :( |
We actually had quite a few lessons this past week. We would
have had a ton, because on Saturday we had 6 lessons planned, but all except
for 2 were cancelled because of the terrible storm that hit! But we'll just
have to catch them at some different point in time.
The 4 appointments I would like to talk most about are
these:
*N and *K had us over and told us to bring the Middlemas's
as well. These people really need God in their lives. They've already made some
huge changes so that they can gain full custody of their children again, but so
much more would change if they found a strong faith in Christ. *K actually does
believe in God and always has, although it's been a more passive belief. Our
appointment focused on God's plan and purpose as well as the role of Jesus
Christ in fulfilling God's purpose. We were able to answer a lot of their
questions and concerns and you could definitely feel the Spirit in there. If
anything, I strongly believe we can help them see how much they can be blessed
by incorporating God more into their lives.
We had a day spent in Gudhjem to visit *L and *S as well as *I.
*S is the one who played guitar with me at the Christmas Party. Our good friend
Frants Bøving was with and both appointments were great! We talked about
repentance with Lis and Steen and they told us that they would come to church
with us. Unfortunately, because of the storm they couldn't make it. Then with
Ivan, our investigator who was a sailor, we talked about the Restoration. He
already believed completely in the Apostasy. We had to end right before the
First Vision, so he has something to look forward to next time.
*E is a less active that has some doctrinal questions about
Joseph Smith. He really likes us missionaries, though, and even though our
appointment was Saturday night and it was storming outside, he made us dinner!
We then talked about the church and he expressed more of his concerns. I think
he appreciates that we are listening to him and not just trying to rebuttal
him. We gave some explanations to some of his concerns, and then we invited him
to come to church. We told him that Elder Redd was speaking and that we would
both be singing a musical number together. He said he'd think about it, but he
didn't have his car at the moment so he would have to walk in the storm the
next day. I personally didn't have super high hopes that he would come, but I
sure prayed that he would.
Sacrament meeting came and there were no investigators or
less-actives there. The storm must have kept them all from coming. Elder Middlemas
stood up and then said, "There were some investigators that should have
been here today, and because of the storm they were kept from enjoying coming
to church. We need to remember to constantly pray that we can get the
missionaries investigators to church because we need them!" Then the
meeting continued on. Right at the end of the first talk, the door opens and in
walks *E! The rest of the meeting turned out to be a very spiritual one, and we
could tell that *E was touched by it. It just goes to show, when you put faith
and prayer together, miracles do happen!
I think there is some good progress being made here on
Bornholm. We do need to find some new investigators, so we'll do better at
planning more finding time, but the area has some great potential. We just need
some more faith and prayers that miracles will happen because oh how we need
more members in the branch!
I'll let you know how this next week goes. We're going to be
in Copenhagen until Wednesday evening, so we'll probably have some adventures
to talk about. I love you all so much and hope you have a great week!
MKH,
-Ældste Wawro
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