Elder Jeremy Pike

Happy Holidays!

Hey guys! It was super great to skype with you and see you on christmas! Totally made my day! Also shout out to Cam for getting your patriarchal blessing. I remember getting mine and it has really been a blessing to me. At the time especially it answered a ton of questions/concerns I had and continues to be a comfort to me every time I read it.

This week was just a blast! The members really took care of us this year! We had an appointment with members everyday this week! It was just super great to just hygge with them all day 8) Also our investigator Lise is still on track to be baptized this Saturday!! We have been rushing like crazy to get everything ready to make sure everything goes down perfectly. That is also the big fokus again this week. Also its Nyår this week and Danmark is just crazy about fireworks. Ill definitely have to send some sort of video next week cuz its the bomb! (haha punny) Anyway, I hope you all have another great week! Love you tons!

Ældste Pike

Eating at a member's home

Zone Conference

Lucky winner with the whole almond in the Ris Alamande

A Visit from Julemand

Glædelig Jul!‏

Merry Christmas yall!

So this week was just so crazy. It actually didnt start out to good because on Tuesday my companion totally just had a seizure that lasted like 3 minutes or so. I had never seen anyone have a seizure so it was pretty terrifying for me but luckily my lifeguarding skills finally paid off and I actually kinda knew what to do. My companion is alright now but we went to the hospital in an ambulance and he had to stay overnight to see kinda what caused it and stuff. Because of that he ended up mission the Sjælland zone konference which was the NeXT day so he went to Århus on the weekend to catch that one. I stayed here and was on splits for a couple days with one of the zone leaders.

On a happier note, We had the Ward Christmas party on Saturday which was a blast! I seriously love the Danish Christmas traditions. One thing they do is dance around the Christmas tree (yes exactly like on the grinch!) and run all of the house and its a blast! There are a ton of traditions like that though and its just so fun!

Speaking of Christmas though, I should be skyping home around 6-8 yalls time. Sorry thats kinda a big window. Have a great Christmas though! Love you tons!

Ældste Pike

The Three Wisemen at the Christmas Party

December 14, 2015

This week has been pretty great. We have been doing a ton of christmas stuff which has been a lot of fun. Our investigator Lise has been doing great. She brought her 7 year old daughter Charlotte to church yesterday and to the Christmas concert we had this past week and they both really enjoyed it. Last time we met she said that she was just so overwhelmed after church (the first time she went) she really got emotional because the spirit was so strong. She said that it is definitely something she wants to continue coming to. She has also said that things have just been falling into place since we've been meeting and she has really gained a ton of answers to questions and stuff. We actually invited her to baptism for January 2nd and she said yes but would like to pray about it. So its set as kind of a goal for her right now but could change. But she is doing super great and the ward has just been really great in getting to know her (Which has truly been a miracle because the ward hasnt been super great at doing that). So its been awesome getting to teach her the past couple weeks.

Thank you guys for the prayers on my behalf. It really makes a difference. Have a great week and Ill talk to yall soon!

Love, Ældste Pike

December 6, 2015

Hey Yall! To start I want to give a big shout out to my Grandma Pike. Tillykke med fødselsdag!! I love you tons!!

This week was pretty solid. We have been teaching a lady named Lise lately and she is super positive! We knocked into her using Family history but then she said that she was actually looking for a church as well. Great! We provide those services too! So we have been teaching her and yesterday she came to church and loved it! The members were super great as well and really helped her out and stuff. We hope to invite her to baptism this week! I just love how much she loves learning about the gospel.

I guess the best part about the past couple weeks is that I have really been focusing on praying for miracles. Both weeks now I have seen small miracles happen almost everyday and we have really been blessed with a lot of success. I know that God hears and answers prayers and I am just so grateful to be here in Denmark on a mission to share that knowledge with others and see that change their lives as well.

Love you Guys tons! Have another great week!

Meget Kærlighed, Ældste Pike

Attitude of Gratitude‏

Hey Guys! I am way glad it was a good turkey weekend!

So another transfer has gone by and I am staying here in Køge with Elder Thurman so nothing crazy there. We have really had a successful week this week though and seen a lot of miracles. I have truly been humbled this week to really see the lords hand in the Work and in my life this week. We started teaching several more people this week including a girl named Sofie. A couple weeks ago we knocked on her door but she said she was busy and wasnt really interested. So we kept on knocking and as we were knocking the last door of the opgang she ran Down and asked for a pamphlet or something. We gave it to her and went on our way. Well a couple weeks later we finally caught her home Again and it was basically the same thing. She said she read a Little from the pamphlet, but was busy and honestly didnt really sound to interested in meeting. So we left kind of bummed but a few hours later she randomly called us and said she really wanted to meet as soon as possible. We made an appointment for a couple days later (because it was late that night and the zone training was the Next day) but anyways, we met and it went really great! She told us that the first day we knocked on her door she had been in the folke kirke in køge and had prayed to know what church was the true church. Then less than 3 hours later we knocked on the door! It was really a humbling experience for me too just knowing that the Lord trusts us to teach her the gospel.

We also got to go Down to this town called Faxe Ladeplads and it was such a beautiful drive. We really got to just drive all throughout the Danish Countryside and see all the windmills and stuff. We also just randomly found 2 Castles as well! But ya it really just made me feel really grateful to be here in Denmark and really live in the moment a Little bit. For me it was not a coincidence that Thanksgiving was this week because it really just helped me to see the small miracles everyday, live in the moment and have an attitude of gratitude.

Love you Guys tons! Have another great week!

Meget Kærlighed,

Ældste Pike

Vikings

Hey yall! I love hearing whats going on every week! I am so excited for what is going on back home!! The move will be great!

This week was a lot of fun for me as well. We had an eating appointment with a lady named Rigmor WHO is Norwegian and speaks flat out Norwegian to us. I was super pumped because I can totally understand Norwegian!! The languages are pretty similar but the pronunciation of Words are different and there are a few Words that are the same but it was just way fun to be able to say I can also understand Norsk!

Speaking of the Nordic lands we had our distrikt activity this week and we all went to the Viking Museum in Roskilde (BTW, Roskilde was like the viking Capital almost back in the day). So that was a lot of fun.

Also we had our first snow storm here on Saturday and boy was it a doozy. We got around a foot to a foot and a half of snow in 1 day! Like seriously it was like Chaos in the streets as like every single dinky Little car was slipping and sliding all over the place, it was hilarious to Watch. They even cancelled church on Sunday because of it.

Anyways, the past couple of week we have been meeting with a couple named Samantha and Kim and they are just the greatest. They are literally some of the funnest people to meet with. They have been "investigating" for like 2 years now but havent been taught in like a year and a half before we started meeting with them Again. They have an awesome story how about how they found the church and although they have not come to church or met with missionaries for over a year, they Watch general conference, read the book of mormon and do everything mormons do. Literally the only thing different is they are not baptized yet. So they are probably are most positive people right now and we are working to get them baptized.

Anyway, you Guys have a great week!! Love you so much and thank you for all the support. It helps me so much!

Meget Kærlighed,

Ældste Pike