Zone training and teaching lots of lessons.

Another week has come and gone for Søster Holbrook and it was a great one.

 The field is white ....

 

 AND ready for harvest !!

 Danish Birthday for a sweet friend is always great.

  Still not too old for a fun time with a great friend on the tidier-toddler.

 So BEAUTIFUL.. We LOVE her!!

 

 Always be ready to preach the gospel in any situation :o).

 These two Sister Missionaries are so cute and fun together!

This is the email from Søster Holbrook

Hey everyone!

It was another great week full of success and good experiences! We had one nice and warm day and then it has been pretty rainy and cold the other days. But we love it and don't let it slow us down!

We went and visited this lady in our ward on Wednesday. Like we visited her at the mental hospital where they had to check our bags before they let us in crazy. Well first think she does after hugging us and telling us she loves us is says, "I have a question for you guys", then she proceeds to take off her sock to reveal some not very pretty toenails and asks, "will you guys help me with these?" Unfortunately we didn't have toenail clippers on us and neither did she. Bummer:/ But we said we would next time. If Jesus can wash his disciples feet, I can clip her toenails. 

Later that day we went to visit our friend Lene. The one from last week that lives out in the middle of nowhere. She asked if we'd like to stay for dinner. We said "OF COURSE!" Maybe not the best idea... 4 hours later we were finally able to leave and only on the excuse that we had to pick up some other missionaries who were coming to stay with us. She was like "Next time you guys will have to come when you have more time." More time?! We had already been there FOUR HOURS. Hahaha. That's what we call in our mission a "hygge-monster."

On Thursday we had zone conference and Søster Whitlock and I gave a training on having more effective studies. Søster Whitlock and I didn't have too much time to prepare for it (we had a lot of lessons this week and didn't want to give up our already limited finding time) so we prepared most of it on a 30 minute train ride! Our ideas were just flowing and we came up with a super solid outline no problem! The Lord really did bless us. I know we were able to do a good training because we are trying our best to be the most effective missionaries and prioritizing our time! Although sometimes things just don't go as planned... Like with Lene. ha! President always talks about how we are "agents of Christ" so we taught them that if they want to have better studies they should follow the CIA formula. Study about Christ. Study for your Investigator. and Apply what you learned (aka repent!). We thought we were pretty clever.

So sad news. R and G (our cute little family) dropped us. We had texted them about finding a new time to meet and they said they said they don't want to meet anymore because they can't live the "rules" that are required. So sad day. I know those "rules" are commandments from a loving God. They maybe weren't ready now but hopefully they will be in the future!

I found a scripture that has given me courage and strength the past few weeks. It is 2 Timothy 4:17- "The Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known." I know the Lord stands by Søster Whitlock and I and continues to bless us.

I love you all and have a great week!!! 

Love, 

Søster Holbrook

 

 Zone Training is always great!!

 Burning time on the train to Zone Training.

 Søster Ludlow is a "Good Sport" and having fun with her trainee Søster Holbrook.

 Søster Holbrook and Søster Whitlock doing some of the training at the conference. 

 The Jylland Zone at the training. What a GREAT looking group of missionaries.

She has done it again and it has been another great week for Søster Holbrook. She is loving life and the time she is spending with the people in Denmark.