Elder Bartholomew and I were tracting one day by a method we called "cykeljagt" when we stopped a young man with his head phones in. I asked him if we could ask him a few questions. I thought that he said "helst ikke" so I asked him "hvorfor ikke?" but Elder Bartholomew knew that he said "helt sikkert" so he took over.

I don't remember if we got his information but we were able to teach him just a little bit there on the street. Another good reason we had companions as missionaries.

The Lord's Timing

I served in Den Danske Mission from July 2003-Nov. 2004. I guess that means that I've been home for 4 years, unbelievable. In that time I graduated from BYU, got married to my husband Mike and about 4 months ago welcomed our little boy, Jack James into our family. We now live in Southern California and love it. The memories and blessings of my time in Denmark fill my life daily.

I remember the evening my Stake President arrived at our home to set me apart as a missionary. During the blessing he promised me that there would be a moment on my mission when I would recognize without a doubt the purposes of the Lord in calling me to Denmark. The months came and went and I experienced countless moments of joy in my service: the Copenhagen temple open house, serving in the area my great-great great grandfather met the missionaries and was baptized, conversions, friendships, the spiritual growth of my family at home and of course my personal devotion to the Savior. It seemed like any number of these things would be reason enough for my call to Denmark.

But the last Sunday before I was returning home I was speaking at the baptism of an 11 year old girl (Maja, now 15 in the picture). As I stood from the pulpit I could see her sitting in the front row all dressed in white, smiling. To her left was Lisa(red coat) and to her right was pernille. Here with one glance I could see the 2 beautiful women and 1 sweet girl that had felt the spirit and gotten baptized since I had been in Horsens. Their families sat by them, sharing in their happiness. As I was speaking, the words of my blessing from my stake president flooded my mind with perfect clarity. The Holy Ghost was confirming to my mind and heart that this was indeed the moment he had been referring to those 18 months earlier. I was overcome, filled with the spirit of joy & gratitude. The Lord had not forgotten about His promise to me. More importantly, I knew that He had not forgotten about His promise to the three sitting before me.

48 hours later I was on a plane headed home, but the powerful lesson about the Lord's timing and His desire for our unyielding diligence in serving His children has stuck with me through the years. I could never have been the person I am today without my mission to Denmark. It was there that I truly became a disciple.

Ashley (MacFarlane) Christensen

MY MISSION MIRACLE

I felt I worked really hard on my mission and only saw the smallest miracles. Even years after my mission I had I wished that I could see the fruit of something I did there. Almost five years after my mission I've witnessed the biggest fruit that could have ever come from what I did their. I had witnessed first hand the conversion of a man. I'm the last of my family who is an active member. Even my parents have fallen from the church. On my mission those small and few miracles I witnessed saved me. I may never know fully the role i Played there but I do know that I did witness the conversion of a man. Me. I would not have the testimony I have with out my mission. With out my mission I would have more than likely followed my family.
Thank you to those I served with.

Tim Odland

Miracles

I've seen a lot of miracles in my life. Most recently my wife Hailey and I have seen the miracle of bringing our little boy Jake into the world. Having Jake has been one of the greatest blessings I've ever received.

One of the many miracles that I saw on my mission came while knocking on doors in Roskilde with Elder Erik Svendsen. We were leaving a building when I felt like we should knock on a door that our record showed had already said they weren't interested. Since we try not to bother people that aren't interested it took us a minute to decide if we should knock on the door. A man named Thorben Idø answered and warmly took our invitation to read the Book of Mormon. The next time we saw him he had read a large portion of it. He said something about how he felt like it was as true if not more true than the Bible. We explained that like the Bible, the Book of Mormon is the word of God. That experience helped strengthen our faith in the Book of Mormon and the power of the Spirit.