Hei Hei
Alle Sammen!
I seriously can't even express and put into
words how much I absolutely love my mission! It’s the greatest thing in
the entire world and I'm so happy that I can't even contain it all...so good
thing I'm called to go spread the happiness!
The rest of P-Day last week we went and played
volleyball, and I would love to report
that I'm getting better but...yea I'm going to have to save that for another
week because there is no improvement ..I guess some people can't play
volleyball no matter how tall they are:) We also ended the day with getting
slushies which was a good ending to our P-Day!
We went and visited an older woman who is just
phenomenal! We were talking about her own missionary experiences and
literally I just want to be like her when I’m old!! She is always talking to
everyone and anyone about the church, offering Books of Mormon and Ensigns to
those who take care of her and clean her room (Old Folks Home) and she is just
amazing! She is so incredibly strong and her testimony is a solid as a
rock! But as I was sitting there I kept thinking about Oldemor (her great-grandma)
and I literally almost began crying just sitting there. I could only imagine
that that is exactly how Oldemor would've been if she was a member while here
on earth. She would've been just as stubborn and persistent in sharing
the gospel and wouldn't have taken no for an answer...her testimony would've
been as solid as a rock and she would've made sure that everyone knew that too!
She would've been one of the greatest missionaries! But although she is
gone, she knows I'm on a mission in Norway and she knows that I'm here
preaching the gospel to those she grew up around. Just like Jeffrey R. Holland
said, "Heaven is cheering you on yesterday, today, and forever" and
that is so incredibly true! Also, walking to this older woman and walking
back home, we contacted and we actually met one girl who gave us her phone
number so we could set up a time to meet! That rarely ever happens so I
was pretty excited! We also found out we're getting a new mission car pretty
soon. We had to go wash our car and take pictures of it to send to the mission
office. We were cracking up in the car wash because those things are much more
intense in Norway than they are in America! Yes I know that that doesn't
seem funny, but we were laughing and praying that our roof wouldn't cave
in! Good times!
On Wednesday we met with a potential investigator
and got an appointment to teach her so...drumroll please! NEW
INVESTIGATOR! Do you think I was pumped about that...yes definitely!!! Later
that night we taught another person and we invited the Elders. One elder was on
a roll and was just asking questions and this person was answering his own
questions at one point just because of the way the elder was leading the
discussion. So we all agreed that the elder is basically a miracle worker
and so we're really excited to see how it all goes!
We had District Meeting on
Thursday and spent a lot of the time playing a get to know you game because we
got a new elder. Then we talked more about the Book of Mormon! I love
District Meeting and I will send a picture of our entire District hopefully
next week! After District Meeting, we were going to do weekly planning
but we got a call from someone who is sick,
so we went to visit that person and brought chocolate and watched
Finding Faith in Christ. If you haven't seen that movie then I highly highly
suggest you watch it! It is amazing! I couldn't help but wonder how
amazing it would've been to see all of Christ's miracles first hand! Then
it showed his atonement and crucifixion and how much he suffered and I was
thinking too that if you were the only person on the entire earth, just YOU, He
still would've suffered all of that just for YOU because He loves YOU that much,
and wants YOU to come back and return to live with Him and our Father in
Heaven! That's one thing that I've loved seeing grow on my mission, my
testimony of Jesus Christ. He is my everything, my Redeemer, my Savior,
my older brother, my best friend, and I KNOW that Jesus is the Christ and if
that's the only thing that I can tell some people on my mission, then I will
know that it was enough because through Him everything is possible. Later that
evening we went and had a dinner appointment at a members house, and she had
brought a friend and we taught that person the Restoration. That person wants
to learn more so that will probably be another NEW INVESTIGATOR !That means
that we have the potential of having 8 INVESTIGATORS (that's including someone
else that I don't know but my companion does) HOW AMAZING IS THAT!? Norway has
had 33 baptisms this year so far! AMAZING!
Today was filled with service
and it was amazing! What better way to serve the Lord than serving His
children! We helped a woman in our ward with her yard and guess what
Dad!? I MOWED THE LAWN! I didn't do the entire thing because the grass was
above my ankles but I indeed mowed the lawn! Then later that evening we
went and helped another member sand the cabinets in the kitchen and our entire
District got hamburgers and milkshakes and it was so much fun! A non-member
came also and the elders shared the spiritual thought using the Mormon Message
"Mountain to Climb" and it was really good! Also, today was my
first day driving in Norway! It's pretty stressful but thank heavens for
a GPS!
Saturday we played soccer as usual, but this
time we had so many people come that actually knew how to play soccer.
Søster Love doesn't know how to play soccer so this game was a little
hectic...but wait for it! I SCORED A GOAL! The goalie totally moved
out of the way so I could score, but I'll take the pity! But I did also
feel like I was 5 because the goalie moved out of the way and literally
everyone on the field cheered and one elder was giving me a high five! So
I guess I'm 19 going on 5! Who knew! After that we went and got a fan for our
apartment which was much needed, because we live in a saunaJ We
also played a game while eating dinner! You know the game I always play
where I say a word and you have to think of a song? So we played tha, but it
had to be a hymn or a primary song, and we got way into it! The losers had to do the dishes! My one companion would
literally just blurt out the first thing that came to mind so she said "
Priesthood Power" instead of "Scripture Power", and the best
part was that we didn't even catch it until we started singing the next line
and realized that wasn't it! We were dying laughing..and I mean all three of us
in tears and not breathing and it was the funniest thing! So we decided
that we have three news songs...Heaven Is A Place on Earth (which also gave us
a real good laugh because that doesn't even make sense), Priesthood Power and
Speed Kindly Light! Fun fun! My companion and I even have a song
that we sing every time we see someone in a hat! Can you just imagine how
much fun we have every day?!
On Sunday a potential investigator came to
church and it was wonderful! She said that she could feel the Spirit and
wants to learn more, so we are super excited to start teaching her more!
Later that night we had a dinner appointment.It was just a girls dinner! Us
girls and the women and their daughters! They were telling us how they met their
husbands and all sorts of stories! It was so much fun! Anyway, then
later we called people to make appointments and we had lots of people answer
and solidify appointments which was awesome!
Today is P-Day and we've taken our time and
done fancy hair dos and gone shopping for things we needed! It's been a
relaxing P-Day ,but it's raining today, so we haven't done much! Anyway,
that was this week! I'm happy happy happy and love my mission more and
more every single day!
Love you all tons and tons and miss you and pray for you
every day! Keep the emails coming!
My scripture for this week is 1 Nephi 11:17
My scripture for this week is 1 Nephi 11:17
1. Me and my favorite teacher at the MTC
2. Me and my companions playing soccer...
3,4 Me and my companions
5. Our district
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