Hei Hei Fra Asker!
First of all I want to apologize for the
hectic emails last week! Also, I want to apologize to all the people who have
written me personally and I haven't gotten back to you yet..I'm trying to get
through them as quickly as possible because I do want to write each one of you
back! I do appreciate all the love and support I get from home and from
my family and friends! It truly helps me push through the week! So
the emails are coming I promise!
Anyway..so I made list of all the stuff that I
was going to update you guys on that happened this past week but I left it in
my apartment so...that's not going to help me any! But I shall try my
best!
Tuesday
This was the day of our first District Meeting
and it was a blast! I absolutely love my District and we have so much fun
no matter what we are doing! We talked about the Book of Mormon and just
listening to the testimonies and experiences that my District had had, were
phenomenal and I just think that the Book of Mormon is the coolest book in the
entire world! I loved it! We then had lunch with our District and
then taught an investigator. I loved the lesson because I felt
that I really understood how the Savior feels when we are sad or going through
trials...so let me just say that He cares and loves us a lot more than we think
at times! After that we went out and did contacting for the first time in
my mission! We went to like a town square type thing and just started
talking to people and I was scared out of my mind at first but once I did it
once I was good to go!
Wednesday
We spent a lot of the day contacting this day
as well because we're in the process of trying to find new investigators and
there are some days that we have really good conversations and everything is
going well and days that are more challenging.Contacting is hard and it takes a toll on you some days but there are
other moments that make it worth it! We also had a dinner appointment with a
sweet lady.
Thursday
Today we met with an investigator again and basically
just talked about hope and using the Atonement of Jesus Christ to get through trials and afflicitions, and we watched the Mormon Message Mountans to Climb, and I would highly suggest watching that because it's phenomenal! Oh and this was the
first lesson where I actually led out the lesson! Then later we had an appointment with one who has a daughter who is not a member. So our goal was to get her a baptismal date and WE DID! I couldn't stop smiling
the rest of the day!
Friday
Today we had a double dinner! Our first
dinner was with a sweet lady and we shared the Testimony of Jeffrey R. Holland
with her and talked about the Book of Mormon! Then we went to another dinner! We played the piano and Sister Peterson
played the violin! We showed the Come Unto Christ video and chatted
about it and honestly I'm amazed at how much these members teach me when I'm
supposed to be teaching them!
This day was
completely planned for contacting and playing soccer with our District but we
had the worst rain that Oslo has had in the past 35 years and I sent pictures
of what I could! But we went and played soccer anyway and it was a
BLAST! We had so much fun! It was absolutely hilarious and I'm
actually getting better at it! Athleticism here we come! After that
we went contacting in Sandvika when the rain had sort of stopped and we met one guy who spoke English and he
had been to our church in the Phillipinnes and so we taught him the First
Vision on the street and the Spirit was so strong! It was amazing!
Highlight of the day! Makes everything else worth it!!
Sunday
Sunday we went to church and had Fast and
Testimony meeting and the members here are seriously phenomenal! They are
so incredibly strong! Then we went and contacted and we actually saw
three guys that we were a little afraid to talk to. Sister Petersen started the
conversation and we actually ended up placing a Book of Mormon which was just a
testament to me that you should never judge and that it is not up to us as to
who needs the gospel! Talk to anyone and everyone! Then we had
dinner with the elders at the church because we were running
out of food so we had spaghetti and boller and we had a
blast! We laughed so hard that our stomach literally hurt and we were
crying!
Today we are helping a lady move and playing
volleyball! We also have a dinner appointment! We have 6 dinner
appointments this week!! We got a lot to do this week but I'm excited!
My challenge for this week is to just talk to
the missionaries! Invite them over, go talk to them, give them referrals,
let them know if someone needs help, service opportunities! The
missionaries depend so much on the members and they can't do it without you!
Love you lots and lots
and miss you!!!!!
Ponderize Scripture: 1
Nephi 19:9
I'm seriously the happiest
I've ever been and I literally laugh so hard everyday that my stomach hurts and
I'm crying!
Pictures 1-6 from her 3 1/2hr hike
Pictures 7-8 is taken right outside her apartment...and her car
Pictures 9-11 is from Asker...obviously a cold and windy day:)
Where she sleeps and studies. Because they are 3, she sleeps on the couch:)
Kylee loves to send pictures of the food she eats so I can be jealous:))
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