Hei Hei!
Just another amazing week in the mission but
what's new!?
Last p-day, after e-mailing, we went and
played sand volleyball with our District and it was a blast! Except you
all know just how athletic and wonderful I am at playing sports so you can
imagine how great I am at volleyball! I may or may not have accidentally
hit one elder in the face with the ball because of my great aim! But he was
forgiving and it turned into a good laugh! We had a dinner appointment later
that day. We had a super fun visit with them! Their family is pretty big
so it was fun being in that family atmosphere, just having dinner and chatting
because we are so far away from our families so it was super nice!
We had our District Meeting and for some
reason it was just super funny! One of the elders was reading out of the
white handbook and it's supposed to be this short little summary but he was
taking forever and he finally said, "Sorry this is taking so long"
and we all just burst out laughing! That probably won't be funny to you
at all but it was hilarious so just laugh anyway! Then we played a few
games and talked about how the Book of Mormon and the Bible work
together! It was really good and we all had a blast! Literally I
just love my District! We all get along so well and we are always
laughing! We were lucky to have another dinner appointment! Lots of
visitors were coming to the house as we were giving our message so it was a lot
of fun! The one dinner appointment we had we literally drove around for
an hour because our GPS had no idea where the street was so there was a lot of
backing up and turning around but rest assured because we finally made
it! And I could see Drammen!!!! (My hometown) I could see the top of the
church by where oldemor (great-grandma) used to live! Oh I just love Norway!!!
We had a cleaning day! All the
missionaries, not just our district, but everybody had apartment cleaning
because they haven't been cleaned in ages, and it was as deep as defrosting the
freezer and cleaning the oven and basically every little nook and cranny of the
apartment. Our apartment is not that big but we were cleaning for 12
HOURS! It was so insanely dirty! I was washing walls and doors and
on all fours scrubbing the floor! Just imagine how beautiful our apartment
looks now! But we did clean for a little too long because we were
all a little out of it...I tried feeding the vacuum cord back into the machine
when there was just a button you had to push for it to go back in, so my companions had a good laugh about that
one! Oh and then I tipped the bowl of soapy water all over the floor so
that was a blast! So in case you were wondering if I'm still embarrassing
and a clutz ...I indeed am!
We have been blessed with lots of dinner
appointments this week! One day we went to go and pick up the elders so that we
could all go to a dinner appointment, but we were delayed a little because
there was a wasp in our car, and there was no way my companion and I were about
to jump in the car with a wasp in there! My other companion was just
standing at the bottom of the hilll just laughing and the Elders got a good
laugh out of it too! This was the funniest time I’ve had so far!! I don’t
think I’ve ever laughed so hard in my whole entire life! We were seriously all
in tears! Loved it!! Later that day I called one person who has been
interested in the church. Unfortunatley this person had gotten into some
anti-material, so we got slammed and criticized about our religion for about 45
minutes! All I could think was to testify because even if this person
didn't believe me, no one could argue with my testimony so that's exactly what
I did. I shared my testimony. I didn’t want this person to get off the
phone without knowing what I know is
true! It was a super simple but strong testimony and I could feel the
Spirit so strongly through my simple testimony. A missionary moment I will never forget! We
were all in tears at the end but it made us stronger as a companionship and
definitely strengthened my testimony.
We had another dinner appointment. Seriously,
these memebers are unbelievable! We are so grateful for everything they do for
us! We had two dinner appointments this day. One was with this great couple. I
felt like I was visiting grandparent. I loved it! While we were sitting in
the car because we were early for our next appointment, there was a bird that
almost flew in the window! On my side! It landed on the windshield
right in front of me and I thought I was going to die! But anyway, it
didn't get in the car but that's still a fun story to tell!
We played soccer again! Even though we play it
every Saturday, I'm still horrible at it and I got hit with the soccer
ball who knows how many times but it was a blast! Then we had a teaching
appointment. We asked this person the baptismal interview questions without
this person knowing, so that we could see where we were at. We had planned to
maybe get a baptismal date. We had discussed before we left that if I felt like
I should ask this person to get baptized, it was all on me ! (because of new
missionary training) The lesson was
going really well and then I knew I was going to ask the baptism question. My
heart was pounding! I was super nervous,
but I asked! The person didn’t feel ready yet. We all feel a little stuck,
because the person knows everything and can explain everything, but we can't
give the person the desire. We're not quite sure what to do. We talked to
another person who feels like there is no hope, so what did I do? Testified
again, and I absolutely love feeling the Spirit working through me! It's
unbelievable! Oh and then we went home and I called every potential in the
phone because we were inviting everyone and anyone to church! So that was
fun!
We had transfer calls
this morning and we are staying a trio!! Sister Petersen got called to be
an STL (sister training leader) and we're all staying in Asker! So I will
for sure be here for the next 6 weeks! I love love love it here so I'm
super excited! We taught the Sunday School lesson about having
faith in Christ, and I basically led out the lesson, which was out of my
comfort zone! Especially when I'm teaching to grown ups and there's a good
handful of them! But we survived!
Even if I was asked to write things on the board and wrote soccer in
German...don't even know how that happened because I don't know German, but I
think it's the same in Spanish too! Anyway, point is, is I still managed
to have something embarrassing happen! After a dinner appointment we went
to a devotional who was a BYU Professor! He basically proved the Book of Mormon
is true through just facts and studies! MIND BLOWN! It was so
incredibly good!
Anyway, today we went shopping and we're going
to go play volleyball again!
I absolutely love my
mission, love every moment, love every day, love life, love how happy I am,
love how much I laugh everyday, love the people I serve, love my
companions,love it all!
Love you all so much
and miss you every day!
Søster Love
Thank You for all the letters and e-mails I’ve gotten!! Thank
you for all the love and support I get! The e-mails and letters help a lot…they
get me through the week! I Love to hear from you!
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