Esbjerg is awesome and Søster Holbrook is loving it there!

Søster Holbrook is really loving being in Esbjerg. She is very busy and it is hard for her to think of anything at home so that is why we have a lack of long emails or any emails some weeks ;o)

This is a tree where "kids" place their pacifiers. They give them up to the tree. Very Danish and really fun !

 Søster Baird and Søster Holbrook!!!

 You can serve the Lord in many ways but He loves when you serve Him with Music.

 Hard working missionaries can also have a little time for fun. Here it is Frisbee time with the Elders.

 Funny Picture with Søster Holbrook by the yellow face of course.

Søster Holbrook is on a bench that says these words in Danish" Cozy relaxing bench". I LOVE IT!


Another fun week in Esbjerg for Søster Holbrook. We are glad that she is having a great time on the mission. She is AMAZING!!

 

Esbjerg is AWESOME Søster Holbrook is loving it there!

Søster Holbrook is loving serving in Esbjerg! She is thinking it is pretty cool to serve in an area that her Daddy served in and is really enjoying her time there!

The BEST hotdogs in the "world" is made in Denmark... Trust me they are amazing and the best brand is Danish Crown. LOOK at that crown on her head ;o)

 

Søster Baird loves music and she is really good at it. So fun for Søster Holbrook to share that with her.

 We LOVE this sister missionary.

 

These two sisters are just awesome. It does look a little cold in Denmark this time of year.

Email from Søster Holbrook this week:

Hey Everyone!

Thanks for all the emails and letters that you send me. The support and prayers help more than you can possibly know.

Spring is coming and so is the rain and I just love it all.

Life in Esbjerg is wonderful! I wish I could share with you every incredible, spiritual, and funny experiences that we have. But because I am almost out of time, I will just share a funny story from last week. (sorry to those of you who will have read this twice)

Both sister Baird and my bike broke at the same time this week while we were trying to find a potential investigators house so we spent an hour lugging our bike to the closest bike shop, only to have them fix both of our bikes in about 60 seconds because the problems were actually really small. HA-HA-HA-HA we felt like we had "Yes we are dumb Americans" written on our forehead. Ha-ha just gotta laugh it off right?

Sister Baird and I get along great and are super comparable teachers. I have never felt so spiritually capable and in tune and powerful. The Lord sure has blessed me with her as my companion! I am grateful that Lord has given me many opportunities to shape me into becoming a better missionary.

John 14:12 "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also." find someone to serve this week and I can promise you will be happier!

Love you all!
Søster Holbrook

 Søster Holbrook and our sweet family friend Mikkel Jensen. AWESOME picture

What a great week it has been for Søster Holbrook in Esbjerg! She is just such a sweet missionary and we LOVE her. THANKS sweetheart for being such a wonderful example to our family!!

First week in Esbjerg for Søster Holbrook and it is where her Daddy served the last 4 months of his mission in Denmark.

Yep... It is true Søster Holbrook is now serving in Esbjerg and that is where her Daddy ended his mission in Denmark and it was his last area. He severed there for four months and now she is there to share in his joy. What a treat that is and sweet thing to happen to her and him.

 They finally gave in and could not last any longer. Søster Holbrook's favorite shoes and in and done for. Now she will have to find some new ones.

 She is not looking too happy about new shoes. Change is hard but she will make it through this one too ;o)

 

 One last treat with Søster Nelson before she boarding the train that is taking her to Esbjerg.

 And she is traveling to the other side of Denmark.

This week's email from Søster Holbrook:

Hey everyone!

Last week I transferred to Esbjerg!!! It is a fishing city all the way west on Jylland! So I went from coast to coast! The members are AWESOME. I am going to love my time here. Especially when it gets SUPER green later in the spring!

My new companion is Sister Baird! She actually fly over to Denmark with me! She is a very good missionary! We get along great and actually work together VERY well!!!!! She is awesome. :)

Our strongest and most positive investigator is Kevin. He is doing well and is actually on date! The only thing holding him back from getting his answer about the Book of Mormon is this responsibility he feels that he has in his own church. (he belongs to a small church of 15 people that are all 60+). He has been invited by missionaries in the past to make a plan for "what to do if the Book of Mormon is true" and he has had a hard time finding a solution. This week Sister Baird and I felt inspired to invite him to teach (with help from the missionaries) the few members left in his church! He said that if he gets his answer he will! Because of course he wants to bring the people he loves to the truth as well! Problem solved. #preachinginthesynagogues. :) We hadn't planned to ask him to be baptized, but as we were having this conversation I opened my mouth to say something and out came "Kevin, you now have a plan to help your church and feel like you're not just abandoning them. so nothing should be holding you back from getting an answer. Will you prepare yourself to be baptized by someone holding the priesthood authority from God and be baptized on April 9th?" WHAT???? It surprised both Sister Baird and I!!! And the random date that I said is a Sunday, which is the day they typically baptize people here in Esbjerg! It was super special because earlier in the week I prayed to God to have Him fill my mouth with His words, because I don't know if I have ever had an experience where I opened my mouth and it was just filled. Well, God hears our prayers and answers them. I am excited for Kevin. I really feel strongly that he will make this date, despite all the concerns we still face. We fasted for him and some of our other investigators and we came up with some pretty inspired direction on where to go with them. God is good!!!

The work is going to hasten here in Esbjerg and I look forward to being a part of it!!!

Love,
Søster Holbrook

 My Guess is she is still LOVING to bake and is doing it on the mission .

Søster Holbrook and Søster Baird. They look grreat together!

I think I can say that Søster Holbrookhad an awesome first week in Esbjerg. She met some good people and enjoyed seeing new things. She is walking in her Daddy's footsteps and how sweet is that. We are grateful for the gospel and all that it brings to our family.

Last full week on Amager for Søster Holbrook and the 6 months mark for the mission.

So this is the last week for Søster Holbrook on Amager. She has served there for 6 months and that is 1/3of the mission. What a treat it has been and she has really enjoyed it. She is transferring to Esbjerg om the west side of Denmark and it is going to be fun to see what happens there.

 The field is white and ready for harvest!

I just LOVE HER!!

 These two are sweet together.

And she is harvesting the field because it is white and ready for it :o)

 Last lunch date with Mormor and Morfar for a while.

 Morfar is talking as always which is AWESOME!! 

 Two Wonderful missionaries.

Morfar and Søster Holbrook

 She has been on the mission for 6 months so here is burning a pair of nylons!

 Beautiful

 Can they find their way in the field that is white and ready to harvest.

 Søster Holbrook found many great friends on Amager and here is one of those families.

 Emilie and "Mille". We love them both! Stake Conference is great.

 Three sweet ladies. So blessed to be in Denmark and to meet each other.

Another wonderful week on Amager. It has been a great place to start serving in Denmark and now she is off to a place that is very different and new people to meet.

The fruits of the labor what a sweet baptism day for Søster Holbrook

Søster Holbrook has had MANY great days on the mission so far. She is 6 months into the mission and has knocked on MANY doors. But there was a special door Søster Ludlow and her knocked on way back in October. It was Mads' door and he has had the lessons since then with Søster Ludlow, Søster Nelson and Søster Holbrook.

This last week on Saturday he joined the church and was baptized :o) What a sweet day that was and wonderful to see the fruits of the labor for a missionary.

 Finally the special day is here ;o)

 Søster Ludlow, Søster Holbrook, Mads and Søster Nelson.

The week was full of great times. They had a chance to have dinner with BOTH their Grandparents in the Church in Copenhagen. What a fun treat that was :o).

 

 I LOVE this Sister Missionary.

Three BEAUTIFUL women inside and out!!

 Morfar and Mormor.. I miss them LOTS.

 

Morfar, "MILLE" and Mormor. LOVE ALL three of these people deep in my heart!

Both sets of Grandparents and our Sister Missionaries ;o)

Email from Søster Holbrook this week:

Hey everyone!

MADS WAS BAPTIZED!!!! It was such a special experience! He is so happy and grateful and really just a whole new person! One of his friends that he invited was crying the whole time and she told us "I want to be baptized. I feel like I am coming home." How cool is that?!? We gave her a Mormons Bog, and she's already started reading!!! Her name is P and she is so awesome. S also came to the baptism, and we are meeting with him on Thursday. We've definitely got our hands full this week!

Transfers are coming up! We get the transfer news on Saturday. I have been on Amager for six months now so anything can happen! I came across this scripture and couldn't help but think of transfers: "We have been driven out of the land of our inheritance; but we have been led to a better land." 2 Nephi 10:20. haha I hope to stay because this place is wonderful, but I don't think I would mind some change either. Either way, I trust in the Lord's plan for me. :)

This week we've been battling many forces trying to slow us down. It dumped snow, I crashed my bike TWICE, I tripped down some stairs at an investigators house, my bike broke, and about a thousand other small things but I honestly all I could think was: How wonderful is it to have an all knowing and caring and loving God that knows exactly how to lead us to be the best people we can be??

 I'm learning lots (like don't walk down icy steps without holding on to the railing) and I am so happy! Why? Because I choose to be! :)

Thanks for the support!

Søster Holbrook

BEAUTIFUL Danish old church. There are so many of those kinds of building in Denmark.

 Danish Bakeries are the BEST!! Just look at this FOOD HEAVEN of pasteries. 

 

 AND they got lots of snow!

What a week is has been for our sweet daughter. I am SO proud of her and the woman she is becoming. As parents we could not ask for more. She serves hard and plays hard ;o) We just love her so much. SIX months down and twelve more months to go!!

Lunch with family and lots of fun in Copenhagen

Can I just say i LOVE this picture of Søster Holbrook. It just goes right into your soul. She is BEAUTIFUL.

 I love this one too. They are looking like they are having a good time together.

Søster Holbrook had the chance to meet with Mormor, Morfar and Bjørn and have a wonderful lunch date. What a treat it is for her to be bale to see her loved ones so often. That is a blessing for sure and I am glad that she has had that in Denmark.

Søster Nelson, Søster Holbrook and Uncle Bjørn.

Email from Søster Holbrook this week:

Hey Everyone!!

M is home and is excited for his baptism on Saturday! He said he almost doesn't use his damper at all, so he just needs to take one more step and then he is ready!!!!!! I am so excited. It was been INCREDIBLE to see how much he has changed since we first found him in October. He really is a whole other person.

I love the work here on Amager! Transfers are coming up in two weeks and it is very likely that I will be leaving. It will be bitter-sweet because I certainly love the people here and the work is going strong! But a new place with new opportunities to serve will be exciting as well.

I know that God has a perfect plan for each of us! And He is so incredibly involved even in the smallest details of our life. This Sunday, Sister Nelson and I were each asked to give a 5 minute talk an hour before church. So naturally I was pretty nervous because I struggle with speaking Danish in front of a congregation, and you know what the sacrament hymn was? "There Is a Green Hill Far Away." Which is one of my favorite songs. It was a small Heaven sent blessing that helped me not be as nervous before the talk. Heavenly  Father is aware of our needs, wants, fears, thoughts and everything and He is always sending His love to us.

Have a great week!!!
Søster Holbrook​

 Søster Holbrook loves sushi now and I love it. Looking forward to the times when we go together.

 It says here: "Because you and your bum are something special". That is so Danish ;o)

 Love these two missionaries!

 It really is pretty in Denmark.

Are they in Denmark or Paris with the bridge of locks :o)

Just saying ???? What the ........ And this is so sweet ;o)

  I am thinking she is still likes him just a little ;o)

She has one more week down and done on the mission. We are grateful for her example and for all she is becoming!! She is a true servant of God.