Week 40

4/3/17

Hey all! 

This week was awesome ! We had a lot of opportunities to do a lot of work, and we had so many miracles! 

We got to watch General Conference, and if I'm being completely honest, I love general conference! I love being able to take questions to the Lord,  that I have, and in some time  throughout the  conference,  whether its during or after,  I always get an answer to my quesitons. I love reading the notes I took of  general conference too! It boosts my testimony beyond belief! 

This week we had an appointment with an investigator , it started  off, as we went to leave, With a flat tire, so I quickly borrowed other sisters who were doing weekly planning. They said yes, so we took off for our appointment! Our investigator was late, when we called him he was still sleeping so we rescheduled (  it would take him about 45 minutes before he could make it to our appointment) . We were a little bummed, but we decided to go knocking before our next appointment at 2pm...  we were biking by an inactive members house on our way to our knocking place, we stopped because we saw tons of yard equipment. we biked quickly back by so we could "wait it out" for a few minutes so we could help them but if they refused, we wouldnt have to take a different way to our knocking place. So we stopped our bikes a little down the street, then we saw the nonmember wife come out and start working in the yard again.(the inactive member (he has no legs). so we "biked by" again and we stop and talk with the nonmember wife for a few minutes. Turns out she just had all of her teeth removed a little bit ago. so we offer our help to help in the yard, and so she let us! We worked for about 45 minutes or so before our next appointemnt, and then we went to our next appointment where we had a wonderful conversation and she was so positive! Then we went back to the inactives house and helped his wife again for about another 2 hours or so and talked as well. it was so great! It was a miracle that the other sister missionaries were just weekly planning and going contacting the last part of the day, because instead of me borrowing the bike for like 2 or 3 hours, we ended up using the bike for about 7 or 8 that day... It was such an amazing experience helping the sister with her yard work! I definitely know that God works in mysterious ways sometimes,  he will always provide us with what we need! I hope you all had an amazing week like I did, and that it was spiritually enriching! God loves us all as his children! Love you all tons!

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Sister Kemiella Quinton

Denmark Copenhagen Mission

Week 39

3/27/17 Hey all! 

I hope your week has gone wonderful! We had 2 baptisms in Odense this week! It was so amazing and wonderful they have great things in store for them :) we had Lizette and then we had Mati who were baptized. it was so great! One of our investigators came to one of the baptisms, and his face was so excited and you could just see the pure joy on his face he was so amazed! When I talked to him right after they were baptized, I asked him what he thought and all he could say was Hold op! Det var meget spændende! Which basically means wow that was way wonderful! It was such an amazing experience and I'm excited to see how our investigator Thorbjørn does in his journey in coming to Christ as well! 

This week we also had our ward talent show but it was 2 wards combined, and I sang with 2 of the other sister missionaries and a girl named Isabella who played guitar. We sang "I  will rise" by Chris Tomlin and it went well! I had a couple compliments say that I sang  good so that made me feel nice. haha. 

Its always sweet when people compliment you on your voice! It was sunny almost all week this week! We had weird weather last week, but it only rained 2 times this week and for very short periods of time. the rest of the week was warm, sunny and all that fun stuff! I forgot what it feels like to bike without a big winter jacket haha. 

Not much else happened this week , The 2 baptisms are the highlight ! 

 I know this coming week will also be amazing as well ! Have a beautiful sunny week!

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Sister Kemiella Quinton

Denmark Copenhagen Mission

Week 38

3-24-2017

Hello everyone! This week has been a great week! I've been doing great here in Denmark,  a lot of great expereinces this week! One of being we got our "investigator" on a baptismal date which is awesome! It's super exciting! And we actually have 2 baptisms this wek in our ward, so that's also way sweet! We're working hard over here in Odense!

We had dinner with a family on Monday and while we were at dinner, my companion and my  phone started ringing... they told me to go answer it because it could be an investigator. So I answered it, and it was a lady who lived next door to our church building and some how someone had forgotten to take the big Denmark flag down, and in Denmark you aren't allowed to leave the Danish flag up after dark, it goes down with the sun.  It's  considered disrespectful if you leave it up. I thanked her told the members  what happened, they freaked out, and we had to paused dinner so that we could find someone  to go into the city to take it down.  We were a 45 minute bike ride away.. We found someone to take it down, but it was a way crazy situation! It's a Big deal here. Whew!

We also had another eating appointment this week where, our member, Charlotte told us all these crazy stories that happneed on her mission it was way wellll crazy! Basicallly, Charlotte is a saint she is so wondeful and is  amazing!  anywhoo, I hope you all had a wonderful week and that you think about sharing the light of Christ with someone this week!
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Sister Kemiella Quinton
Denmark Copenhagen Mission
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                                                    The new District Group

                                                   Bike Dancing... you don't see that every day

2-17 Sister Whitlock, Thorbjørn, Emil and Helen Held

Week 37

3/13/17

This week has been wonderful! Sister Hansen and I have been doign great things here in Odense! We had a lesson with our investigator Thorbjørn and we talked about living day prophets and praying and scriptures and all that it was way exciting and he is just doing way well!  We also taught a guy named Miki who we couldn't get in contact with for a little bit, and our lesson actually went very well! We talked about baptism and how he really can have Gods help in his life and all that and he was touched by it , so that went so well too! our week was wonderful!

In general, our week was busy with lots of things to plan and all, but it went good! We didnt have much else besides all the fun missionary experiences we normally have! Except I have realized just HOW bad at soccer I am ahah. I mean I used to be pretty good at one point in life, but I  have just gotten worse and worse haha. Its funny though because when we all play soccer, I've been told I  make the craziest goals, so basically its because I'm so bad. Ahah
  When it comes down to it, I can make the fun crazy goals ahha. they are mostly just pure luck though , honestly.

anywhoo, I hope you all have had a wonderful week and can continue to find the light of the Savior as you go thoughtout  your week.
 Lets jump forward into spring!

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Sister Kemiella Quinton
Denmark Copenhagen Mission

                                               Sunrise at 6:05 am

                                                  Sister Hansen and I

Bike broke down need food before a 2 hour walk back ...pastries

                                

Week 36

3/6/17

Hey all!
This week has been wonderful! I just got a new companion her name is Sister Hansen! She's from paradise Utah and she has 2 trasnfers left on the mission! My last companion and I were together for 4 1/2 months, so a fourth of my mission! haha fun! All is going well here in Odense! We had a way fun week! First off, the elders in my district decided to try teaching like they used to do at the beginning of the church, so they went "soap box" preaching. They stood on a fountain in the area where there is tons of people and they preached repentance to people and taught them about the Book of Mormon! It was sweet sounding aha. I personally don't have the guts to do it, but it was way fun!

This week we taught a woman named Rikke and she belives in something called the third testament, a guy who was named Martinus wrote it. But one thing she believes in is reincarnation. And we were talking about eternal families about how we can be together with those we love for eternity, and I paused, and I felt like I should ask her a question so I  asked her "if it possible with her beliefs to have both , with reincarnation and eternal families how would it work? She answered, and basically she beliefs its only ever about us growing and what not and even though it's her children here and her husband here, that in the next life she won't need them and its just for when shes here so they can help each other grow... I felt So much sadness for this woman who believed that our families now are here only to help us grow because we need to learn something that they mean nothing in the future.  We know that family is so important and they mean everything! I was heartbroken with how sad it made me just to think that she didn't know the things we know and how she thought family would never matter more than just a lifetime. It hit me very hard just how lucky we are to have our families and have the knowledge that we can be together and enjoy our families for eternity because we love them.

 I hope you all have a  wonderful week and remember how blessed you all are to have the connections with family and how they mean so much to us in our lives.

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Sister Kemiella Quinton
Denmark Copenhagen Mission

                                                            Working out/ running

                                                          Saying Goodbye to Sister Whitlock

                                                           Hello Sister HANSEN!!

more pictures

                                            Elder Howe going home in a week

                                              yummy Danish Chocolate

                                                       Ornaments

                                                     a popular christmas herbal tea danish people love

little christmas animals and a mission handkerchief 

Week 35

Feb 27, 2017

Hey all! This week has been good! Had a lot of fun times! As a missionary, sometimes we make mistakes that we regret... one of those, would be when my companion and I ate half a pan of brownies in under 5 minutes once they came out of the oven... BAD decision haha. As a missioanry we are hungry when were going all day and apparently that was one of the starving moments we had.

This week in general, had some good miracles !

We had a rainy week but, it was still wonderful. I'm finding it easier to see the miracles in everyday life.

I took my language test here and I got to go to my old area in Copenhagen.. I didn't realize just how much I missed it until I was back! Its strange how a place can hold much of your heart when you've only been there for 8 months. Copenhagen is that way for me. 

One of the challenging things about the mission is how sad it makes me when someone rejects the restored gospel. Because I have seen it help so much in my life,  When someone looks me in the eye and says, i'm fine wihtout it I have a good life.... Yes, a good life is wonderful but wouldn't a person want ot have more? More happiness, peace and love in your life? It is such a blessing to have the restored gospel and when we think of all the blessings God gives each one of us, for each small (or great) acts. If we reach for, it can strengthen our realtionship with him and our desires are to really be more like Christ and help others on their way. I hope we all can take a moment to remember the small steps and acts of discipleship we have made to come closer to Christ, and what they meant to us at that time, and what they SHOULD mean to us in THIS time of our lives as well. Continue in being wonderful in all you do! :) Share what you know!!

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Sister Kemiella Quinton

Denmark Copenhagen Mission

                                     a missionaries testimony we found in a Book of Mormon

                                              Zenya joined us for a 3 day mini-mission