Last Christmas in Denmark

Hello everybody! I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!  This week was great!  In Denmark they celebrate with four days of Christmas and we were lucky enough to celebrate each day.  The 23rd we were with the Rosenkilde family and we ate Risengrød, which is a special kind of rice that's cooked with milk and topped with butter and cinnamon sugar...it's pretty darn good.  On Christmas Eve, we spent the night with the Perkins family.  It was awesome!  We had a traditional Danish dinner and then watched the kids open presents and just hung out.  They gave us a few gifts too.  It was a super fun night!  Christmas Day we went to another members house and ate dinner and spent time with her.  It was a great way to spend my last Christmas here in Denmark.  I'll never forget it!

My spiritual thought for this week comes from Helaman 3: 27 & 28.  It says:

27 Thus we may see that the Lord is merciful unto all who will, in the sincerity of their hearts, call upon his Holy name

28 Yes, thus we see that the gate of heaven is open unto all, even to those who will believe on the name of Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God

I came across these scriptures this week.  It made me think how the Book of Mormon is often worded in such a simple but powerful way.  It is the key to a strong testimony.  If you read it daily, you will gain a testimony of the truth of the Book of Mormon which will help you gain a testimony that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, that the church was restored to the Earth and that God lives and Jesus is his son.

I hope you all have a great New Year & can make resolutions that will help you come closer to Christ.

Love you!

Kærlig hilsen

Ældste Fisher

Merry Christmas!

Hello everyone!

This week was a good one! I'm now living in Aarhus and it's been a good time.  I love this big(ish) city and the ward here.  Elder Langmann is super fun to be with.  He's a funny kid...definitely a German in a lot of ways like he's super blunt but hilarious!  We had an eating appointment with a family last night and they have a bunch of kids so it was so much fun to be around them.  I felt like I was right at home because they were all running around being wild.  It's crazy how much you get to love the people of the country you are serving in.  

We had Mission Leadership Conference this week so I got to go back to Slagelse and see Elder Madsen and some other people.  It was awesome!  I also got to see Elder Ngatikaura and Elder Laurence.  It was a great week because I got to see 3 of my homies from the MTC.  

Merry Christmas to everyone and I hope you all remember why we really celebrate.  I want to bear my testimony that I know that Jesus Christ is my Savior and Redeemer.  I know he is the Son of God.  Without him, we would all be lost and I'm so grateful that God loves us enough to send his own son to Earth to lead us, guide us, walk beside us and make eternal life possible.  I challenge all of you to bear your testimony to someone this week! 

I love each and every one of you guys and I'm grateful for you all!

Glædelig jul!

Kærlig hilsen

Ældste Fisher

Goodbye Slagelse, hello Aarhus

Hey guys!  I didn't have much time to write today so this will be short and sweet.  I got transferred from Slagelse to Aarhus!  I was really sad to leave Elder Madsen but I'm grateful that I'll have him as a life long friend.  On the other hand, I'm now with a German companion named Elder Langmann!  He is hilarious hahah.  I will also have two of my best buds in the same district (Elder Ngatikaura and Elder Laurence) which will be fun. 

I know that God knows us individually and loves us.  You can know that too if you will pray about it!  Have a great week...love you all!

Kærlig hilsen

Ældste Fisher 

Bark bark!!

Hey guys...it's been a good couple weeks here in the homeland.  I've been to Copenhagen a couple of times for splits and it's always awesome when I get to go do that.

A funny story was that today we were out grocery shopping and a super drunk guy came out of the store and started yelling at us. So instead of getting mad, I couldn't help myself so we drove by him and gave him a few barks and he flipped us off again and started running towards so I decided to drive around the store and come back and bark at him again.  Don't worry, we were in our streets clothes so he couldn't tell that we were missionaries but I'm not sure he could've figured out who we were even if we were dressed in our Sunday best.  Sometimes you have to make your own fun :) 

I am so grateful to be in Denmark serving a mission.  My life has changed forever because of it. Have a great week!

Kærlig hilsen

Ældste Fisher 

Lots of Copenhagen

Hey everybody! This week was super fun!

We were in Copenhagen on Tuesday and Wednesday and it was fun to be with 2 more elders from my MTC group.  I got to go on splits with a former sister missionary from my grandparents mission on Temple Square.  It was fun to catch up and just to be in Copenhagen!

We had a mission conference and we got to walk around Copenhagen.  It was awesome to be with the other missionaries!  I'm always way more uplifted when I leave them.  I then went on splits with my old trainee, Elder Grabe.  We had a good time! Right as we were about to go to bed I got a call from the APs. They said we need to go help some elders that ran out of gas close to our area 😂  so we got our shoes on, went and got a gas can and drove out to them.  It was hilarious and a fun night hahah!

I loved the video of President Nelson! I know that he is a Prophet of God and he guides our church through direct revelation from God. If you haven't done it yet, take his challenge.  You wont regret it :)  I love you all!  Have a great week!

Kærlig hilsen

Ældste Fisher

Back with the OG

Hey everybody!  The last 2 weeks have been great.  This week I got a new companion, my MTC companion Elder Madsen!  It's been super fun to be with him again.  I've enjoyed it.  This week we put our friend Mette on baptismal date!  She answered all of the baptismal questions perfectly and so we are making a goal for the 16th of January.  I also got to go back to my first area (Randers) and see Niels get baptized.  Back in the day, Elder Millett and myself found Niels and taught him his first lessons so it was super awesome to see him get baptized!  I love the gospel and the opportunity to become better each day.  Use the greatest gift ever of the Atonement and enjoy the blessings!!  I love you all...have a great week :)

Kærlig hilsen

Ældste Fisher

30 days and double splits

Hey everyone!  This week was a super fun one!!  We had a meeting in the mission called 30 days in, where we go to the mission home with the trainers and trainees and then discuss how the first 30 days have gone and then just hang out!  It was good to be with some other missionaries and President and Sister Olsen and to learn a little bit.  After that, I went straight on splits with Elder Madsen and it was super fun.  We spent some time chasing after some ducks and tryna catch them but we failed hahaha. We'll get em next time, update coming.  I then had splits with Elder Millett and that was great too. 

I love the relationships that I've made in Denmark...I'm very grateful for them.  I have seen countless times at eating appointments or whatever it could be, that i really love and care about the people here and in a way i feel like I can see them through Christ's eyes.  I know that Christ lives and loves everyone of us.  Read the scriptures and pray this week it will change your life!  Commit to be better every day :)  I love you all!  Have a great week.

Kærlig hilsen

Ældste Fisher