Mission president and his wife - President O'Bryant, Søster Perkins, me, Sister O'Bryant |
hej, goddag! <that's what i say to everyone as I bike past them in my new area of Slagelse on the island of Sjælland. West Sjælland to be exact. The same isalnd that København is on. It's incredible. The cobblestone streets are breathtaking, there's a huge Catholic church right in the middle a 5 minute ride from our cute little apartment that rings bells on the hour. Sorry if my english is terrible. Now that all I hear is danish I can't use good english nor can i use good danish haha oh well. c'est la vie. that's french..
Søster Perkins and I in this quaint and adorable path... |
Fun Facts about Danmark -
1. it's always a head wind, even when you have to turn around you turn back around somehow into a head wind. So fun.
2. danish moms leave their babies in strollers (fancy bassinet strollers I might add) outside with a baby monitor everywhere - grocery stores, church, their own homes, everywhere. It's supposedly supposed to make their babies stronger or something. Like a crazy danish super baby or something..
3. The food is incredible. cheese, and pork, and potatoes, and this crazy rød grød that you put cream and sugar on, and kebabs, and ugh it's all so good. except for peas and carrots.
4. The people here are kinda friendly...
5. the language is dang hard. I cannot understand anything that is being said to me - it's a blasty blast.
6. The weather is cold, windy, windy, rainy, cold, windy, and windy. The sun shines sometimes. That's nice.
A cute park in Denmark |
Fun stories from the week:
1. While going around kontakting people earlier this week we would stop and ask people how they found peace in their lives. One older gentleman replies back "I stick my finger in my belly button!" starts laughing super hard, pats me on the shoulder and bumbles away. Søster Perkins and I were dying.
2. Slagelse Ward Primary Program - Danish wards sure know how to put on a primary program. There are maybe 10 primary kids in our ward of 60. And they were a HOOT. one little boy had a stuff dinosaur and when he went up to share his part the dinosaur went up with him and good thing the little boy (his name is Hannibal, hopefully he's not a cannibal, but anyways...) Hannibal had to stop the dinosaur from eating the microphone! Hannibal to the rescue! The kids are so cute. It's so fun.
3. The bishop asked me to bear my testimony during sacrament meeting to introduce myself and whatnot. It went well...also a fun thing about the church in Denmark is everyone addresses each other by their first name. The Bishop introduced himself to me as Michæl which is always a fun time.
got to visit the actualy Kristus in Fredericksborg our first day. It's an incredible thing with an increible spirit about it.
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Ok now down to business. I am in Slagelse. The Slagelse Ward is pretty much the entire western half of Sjælland which is crazy. We bike. We bike everywhere. Luckily, we have another companionship of elders in our area and they're the zone leaders with a car so they cover the super far parts and we cover the not so far parts but my legs are tired. My companion is Søster Perkins and she is great. I love her so much, we work hard and have fun and I'm so grateful for her.
The Kristus.
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Statues of the other 12 |
We have a few investigator friends that we teach and lots of inactive members we teach and visit. They're so friendly and lovely and I just love these people so much. I love this opportunity I have to be here in this incredible country. It is so great. Come wind or rain or snow or sun I know I this is where I'm supposed to be. It's incredible.
Love you all! I'll send some pic swips in a minute. There's a few...have a happy Monday and a safe week and make somebody else happy today!
When we love we can come closer to our Savior because Christ is love. When we love others we show our love for Him. Keep it in mind and share it with the worlddddd
love you alllll
last picture of the zone at the MTC - provo temple holla |
just trying to get in the dansk spirit |
Kærelighed,
Søster Chesley
Taylor you are the best! This sure made me smile.
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