{"id":10158,"date":"2022-02-01T14:21:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/?p=10158"},"modified":"2022-02-01T20:33:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T20:33:16","slug":"a-film-a-wedding-and-two-baptisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/a-film-a-wedding-and-two-baptisms\/","title":{"rendered":"A Film, a Wedding, and Two Baptisms"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 February 2022 | Mj\u00f8ndalen, Norway [Reidar J. Kvinge with Vanesa Pizzuto]<\/p>\n

Sofie Brandal \u00d8deg\u00e5rd was baptised in the Mj\u00f8ndalen Seventh-day Adventist church, Norway, on New Year\u2019s Day. Her unexpected journey of faith involved a trip to Peru, a transatlantic love story, and the blockbuster movie Hacksaw Ridge.<\/p>\n

Sofie is the sister of Christian \u00d8deg\u00e5rd. Christian had barely heard about Seventh-day Adventists. However, while serving in the Norwegian armed forces, he saw a war movie that made a huge impact on him. The film was Mel Gibson\u2019s Hacksaw Ridge with the young Adventist paramedic, Desmond Doss, as the main character. The way Doss stood up for his Christian convictions really impressed the young Norwegian soldier<\/a> who decided to get baptised and give his life to Jesus.<\/p>\n

Carolyn Azo, a journalist working for the Adventist Media Centre\u00a0in Brazil, read about Christian in a news bulletin. Impressed by the story, Carolyn contacted Christian on social media to interview him and write an article in Spanish<\/a>. Carolyn and Christian stayed in touch and, in time, fell in love. After a long-distance relationship, the couple got married in Peru, Carolyn\u2019s home country.<\/p>\n

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Carolyn and Christian married in Lima, on 2 July 2021 [Photos: supplied by Carolyn \u00d8deg\u00e5rd]<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nWhile Sofie was attending her brother\u2019s wedding, she felt impressed by the way Adventists in Peru lived their faith. Sofie decided to send a text message to the pastor at the Mj\u00f8ndalen Seventh-day Adventist church in Norway, asking to be baptised. And so, on New Year\u2019s Day, during a short leave of absence from her duties at His Majesty The King’s Guard, Sofie was baptised.<\/p>\n
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Sofie Brandal \u00d8deg\u00e5rd was baptised on New Year\u2019s Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The original version of this story was posted on the Norwegian Union Conference news site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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