Uge 54 – Pepper kills people, Esbjerg is realllly windy, Sister Missionaries are really tired.

Well, a funny crazy week it has been! I’m not totally sure where to start….

I’m discovering that sometimes as a missionary so many things happen that you don’t remember half af anything…and things are a lot more funny than they really should be. But, I have learned a few things this week!

1. Sønderjysk is realllllllllllllllly rough. It’s like, the Kentucky hick style accent of Danmark.

2. I don’t understand German.

3. Sometimes I wish I could still be a new missionary and not understand some things. Yeesh.

4. Following the spirit is a MUST!

5. Elders, even though they are elders, will still be annoying little brothers and give you wet willies. Seriously.

6. I can fall asleep in basically any position – even more so than when I was dancing. Impressive, I know.

7. I would not have looked good if I had lived in Jesus time. I cannot keep those head things on me to save my life!

8. Pepper kills people.

9. I should learn my missionary primary songs. ASAP!

10. Sometimes we’re both so tired that we don’t know whether to laugh or to cry or to just go use the bathroom! Ha!

Basically, what I’m trying to say is…..holy smokes it’s been a week! A really good one at that though Kristina has officially dubbed monday as missionary day and I’m totally good with that! She makes us dinner and we eat it and hygge and talk about the gospel. It rocks! And tonight we’re watching a movie – The Testaments I’m excited! And we get to play with cute little Freja again I’m so excited for that!

And you know, something that I am sooooo incredibly grateful for? This week. It’s EASTER WEEK! Or Påske as it’s known in Danmark. And you know why? Because we get to focus on the fact that Christ lives, and He lives for us! I know that He was here on this earth, I know that He suffered a lot, I know that He really was in Gethsasmene and felt all of those things for us, and that He hung on the cross and felt those things again, and was then burried in the tomb. And there is so much that we can learn from all that! And so much about this life that we can come to know through studying that. Just take for eksempel, His attitude during all of it. Did He ever once complain? Nope. Not once. But ever more important than all of that is the fact that on Sunday, the tomb was empty. He had risen. He rose for us! And He continues to live for us! So that we can be happy! So that we can have somewhere to go when life gets hard, so that we can be strengthened. So that we have a hope of returning to live with our Father in Heaven again, together with our families! He has provided us with that opportunity! It is now up to us whether or not we will take Him up on that. I often think, did He do all of that for nothing? Did He suffer, just because? Did He pray the ultimate price, just for fun? Just to do it? Or was there a point, and if there was, and I know there was, what am I doing about it? Am I letting His gift just sit there on the table as if it meant nothing? As if it were just a piece of paper sitting there waiting to be thrown out? Or am I going to pick it up and use it for all it’s worth – the way He intended it to be. For me, I’m choosing to use it. And I am so grateful for that opportunity and that gift! I know that He lives, I know that He loves me and I know that this is His work. And for that I am SO incredibly grateful!!

I hope you all have a wonderful week! Remember the Savior, especially this week.

I love you!!

MKH,

Søster Rigby

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