🇩🇰 MTC week 3 "I like suffering"
Hvordan har I det?
This week has been pretty routine mostly just learning more danish and learning how to be better teachers.
We went through each of the Principles of the Gospel (Faith in Jesus Christ, Repentance, Baptism, the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and Enduring to the End) in English to make sure we all actually understood what we believe and will be teaching. I loved our deep discussions about why and how each principle is vital for us and our eternal lives.
Then we went through each of the Gospel Principles på dansk, (Tro på Jesus Kristus, Omvendelse, Dåb, Helligåndsgaven, og Holde ud til enden). We understood them significantly less på dansk... Our teaching sounded pretty rehearsed haha I guess that is why we practice!
We got to teach our first lesson in Danish too! It actually went super well, our friend was super patient with us and we had a lot of fun. We taught her about the restoration and how to find peace in Christ.
Our tongue twisters are getting slightly more coherent here is the latest: "gud går gennem gaden, og gud giver gult guld gåder. en glad gås glemmer guleroden" = "God walks through the street and gives yellow gold riddles. a happy goose forgets the carrot."
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Spiritual Thought: As we prepared to teach our practice lesson this week, we found a scripture to share with our friend. This is one of my favorite scriptures. I love how unafraid Joseph was to Ask God. In our secular world it can be difficult to have the courage to ask God. Sometimes we fear we won't receive an answer, sometimes we are afraid we will and will be forced to chose to change the way we are living.
Joseph Smith History 1:11-13
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Danish Word of the Week: Ugh the Danes just do it better than us, på dansk if you want to say you like something you say kan lide. For example, you can say "det kan jeg lide."="I like that." But the literal translation of 'kan lide' is 'can suffer'. So I guess the Danes don't actually like anything they just always suffer through things. True Viking Style.
Pictures!!!
1. Mormons Bog og Mig!
2. Min Mor og Jeg like the first time outside in a billion weeks
3. Winston (Diaper Head Dog) can't figure out how to put on a face mask smh, his snout is too long.
Glad everyone is staying safe out there! If anyone you feel even slightly inclined even if we haven't talked in a long time, please please reach out to me anytime throughout the week, I absolutely love hearing from you all!
Hej Hej!
This week has been pretty routine mostly just learning more danish and learning how to be better teachers.
We went through each of the Principles of the Gospel (Faith in Jesus Christ, Repentance, Baptism, the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and Enduring to the End) in English to make sure we all actually understood what we believe and will be teaching. I loved our deep discussions about why and how each principle is vital for us and our eternal lives.
Then we went through each of the Gospel Principles på dansk, (Tro på Jesus Kristus, Omvendelse, Dåb, Helligåndsgaven, og Holde ud til enden). We understood them significantly less på dansk... Our teaching sounded pretty rehearsed haha I guess that is why we practice!
We got to teach our first lesson in Danish too! It actually went super well, our friend was super patient with us and we had a lot of fun. We taught her about the restoration and how to find peace in Christ.
Our tongue twisters are getting slightly more coherent here is the latest: "gud går gennem gaden, og gud giver gult guld gåder. en glad gås glemmer guleroden" = "God walks through the street and gives yellow gold riddles. a happy goose forgets the carrot."
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Spiritual Thought: As we prepared to teach our practice lesson this week, we found a scripture to share with our friend. This is one of my favorite scriptures. I love how unafraid Joseph was to Ask God. In our secular world it can be difficult to have the courage to ask God. Sometimes we fear we won't receive an answer, sometimes we are afraid we will and will be forced to chose to change the way we are living.
Joseph Smith History 1:11-13
11 While I was laboring under the extreme difficulties caused by the contests of these parties of religionists, I was one day reading the Epistle of James, first chapter and fifth verse, which reads: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
12 Never did any passage of scripture come with more power to the heart of man than this did at this time to mine. It seemed to enter with great force into every feeling of my heart. I reflected on it again and again, knowing that if any person needed wisdom from God, I did; for how to act I did not know, and unless I could get more wisdom than I then had, I would never know; for the teachers of religion of the different sects understood the same passages of scripture so differently as to destroy all confidence in settling the question by an appeal to the Bible.
13 At length I came to the conclusion that I must either remain in darkness and confusion, or else I must do as James directs, that is, ask of God. I at length came to the determination to “ask of God,” concluding that if he gave wisdom to them that lacked wisdom, and would give liberally, and not upbraid, I might venture.
I know Joseph Smith seems like an idealization of what can happen when we ask God. But his experience should further inspire and remind us that God is eager to hear from us. It does not matter what path or circumstance of life we come to him from. All are invited to come unto him. Let me know about an experience you have had asking God and how you have heard him in your life, I want to hear about it!**************************************************************************************
Danish Word of the Week: Ugh the Danes just do it better than us, på dansk if you want to say you like something you say kan lide. For example, you can say "det kan jeg lide."="I like that." But the literal translation of 'kan lide' is 'can suffer'. So I guess the Danes don't actually like anything they just always suffer through things. True Viking Style.
Pictures!!!
1. Mormons Bog og Mig!
2. Min Mor og Jeg like the first time outside in a billion weeks
3. Winston (Diaper Head Dog) can't figure out how to put on a face mask smh, his snout is too long.
Glad everyone is staying safe out there! If anyone you feel even slightly inclined even if we haven't talked in a long time, please please reach out to me anytime throughout the week, I absolutely love hearing from you all!
Hej Hej!
❤️Søster Severson
(megan.severson@missionary.org)
(megan.severson@missionary.org)
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