Hei Hei!
So every week in the mission gets better and
better and this week was just another week that I absolutely loved!
We met with this lady on Monday that actually
had a baptismal date in June, but it got pushed off until July, and then it got
pushed off again! We knocked on her door and she invited us right in and was telling us how she
already believes that the Book of Mormon is true and that she already knows
it's right and that her brother took her other Book of Mormon and said,
"Hey..I've been searching for this" and it was just awesome!
She is completely prepared and we got a return appointment as we were sitting
there so NEW INVESTIGATOR! We were pretty excited and the whole way home
all we could say was..."We have a new investigator!"
On Tuesday we had District Meeting as usual
and talked about baptism and confirmation,and then had District lunch! We also,
watched the District as part of my 12 week training and we watched them find
investigators through a ward activity so we are now in the process of planning
a ward activity for October so that we can get our members involved with our less
actives and non members. We are super excited! Later that day one of my
companions went on visiting teaching splits so the other sister and I got Dr.
Pepper and went home and ate Mac and Cheese that she had and it was
delicious! We kept planning our ward activity and it is going so good!
Then we had FHE at a family’s house and a non-member was there as well. We have
to talked to this person before. It was so much fun that this person got to see
how FHE goes:) We had a lesson, activity, treat, the whole bit!
Wednesday was the BEST.
DAY. EVER. So you probably didn't wake up on Wednesday morning and
know that this day was history in the making, but it was PHENOMENAL! So hold onto your hats and make sure you're
sitting down for this one! One of my companions had MLC (Missionary
Leadership Training) in Oslo all day so it was just me and my companion again,
and we decided that we were going to get 2 new investigators in the time that
our second companion was gone, which is a pretty lofty goal, but we were going
for it! So we started out by organizing and cleaning out the creepy
closet (storage closet) and we found a pile of old former investigator
records! So cleaning out that closet was a blessing in disguise!
But we had planned to drop some soup off at a lady's house in our ward who was
sick and then work in the area book and then contact before our dinner appointment.
So we had 5 Books of Mormon, 46 mormon.org cards,
and probably a little less in church building cards and I literally wrote out
our number on all the church ones! We were laughing at ourselves because of how
much we were doing all at one time but it was awesome! So we said our
prayer before we left the house and told Heavenly Father what our goals were
and that we were ready to be led to where we needed to be. My companion
drove and as she was driving I was calling in the area book...SECOND PERSON I
CALLED MADE A RETURN APPOINTMENT! NEW INVESTIGATOR! We kept calling and
then we decided to go to the church and continue to call because it was going
well! We have 7 people who asked us to call them back on specific days
and 4 NEW INVESTIGATORS! We even found a referral for the Elders in
Stavanger! It was soon time to go to our dinner appointment so we left the
church and talked to a guy outside the gas station as we were going in to the
gas station store, and then when driving to our dinner appointment we saw a
lady on the street and my companion said, "We need to go and talk to
her". We literally parked on the side of the road in the neighborhood and
went to talk to her and WE PLACED A BOOK OF MORMON! Literally we were
blown away! We had said a thank you prayer earlier for all the success we had
had and the day was just going perfect! We then had our dinner
appointment (lapskaus and brownies and ice cream) and then we went to go and
pick up our companion at the mission presidents house! We were so excited
to tell them about our day! Oh also 2 of those 4 investigators came from that
pile in the creepy closet! Then we went and visited a young lady who expressed to us that she wasn’t sure if
she wanted to attend church anymore. I wasn't sure what to even say to her to
help her and just said a silent prayer that I would be able to say what she
needed to hear. I then felt prompted to ask about reading the Book of
Mormon together in English (because she wants to learn to read it in English)
and then asked her to bring a notebook to church and take notes...she then told
us that she loved writing and it was that moment that I knew I had said exactly
what I needed to! It was amazing! So we will be meeting with her and
reading the Book of Mormon with her!
Didn't that day just blow your mind!? I was
so, so excited!!
On Thursday we had a
pretty relaxed day. We ran into your friend from high school mom!!! It was so
fun to talk to her! She is the sweetest lady!! I sent you some pictures:)
On Saturday, there was a soccer competition between
some wards in our stake. Our Sandvika ward was just us missionaries and two other
people! Needless to say, we got crushed!!
All the other wards had jerseys, cleats, shin guards and all that, and
we had our P Day clothes and tennis shoes:)
There could only be 7 people on the field so I didn't have to play that
much (2 minutes) which was wonderful! But the fun part was that I saw so
many people from Drammen (because the competition was in Drammen) and I saw so
many people from your home ward mom!! It was fun to talk to so many of them! We
also visited a lady today and she taught my companion and I how to knit!! It's
just a good way for us to connect with her and she gets so excited about
it! She is the sweetest lady and though she is going through a really
hard time, she is still giving everything she has to others. I literally
learn so much from the people here and I just want to be like them!
On Sunday we had our interviews with the
mission president. We had dinner at his house and we also sang our song for the
president… "Savior, Redeemer of My Soul"! We had been
practicing that song a lot and it sounded way good!:)) Then we went to
visit a sweet lady. We were planning on
teaching her about family history but my companion felt like we should share
something from the Book of Mormon but wasn't sure what. So we went into
the appointment and just talked to her and she was talking about her knitting
and then started talking about when she was a cardiac nurse and of course I was
all excited to hear all those stories because I want to go into nursing!
So we could connect with that and the whole time she was talking she was so
happy and excited and I felt prompted to share 2 Nephi 2:25. We then talked
about how our Heavenly Father wants us to find joy in the little things!
As I shared that her daughter asked if she could say something, and told her
mom to listen to what I had said, and how she could see how happy her mom had
been while she was talking to us, and then told her mom she should maybe go
back and pursue nursing. The Spirit just filled the room. That was the moment when I knew that I had
been led by the Spirit and knew that that scripture was exactly what needed to
be shared! It was phenomenal! Those are the moments that make my
mission the greatest thing in the entire world! The joy you feel after
moments like that are indescribable and it's just amazing! I literally
can't put into words how amazing it is!
Today we checked me into the land because my
appointment was today so that wasn't exciting at all actually and we went
grocery shopping. We went to another store and bought yarn and knitting needles
so that we can knit to show these sweet ladies that have taught us. We're all
excited about that!
That's a wrap for this
week...just another great week in the greatest mission in the world proclaiming
the greatest news the world has ever heard!
Love you all lots and
miss you all and pray for you all every day!
Ponderize: 2 Nephi
25:26
Søster Love
1. Kylee and her comapanions
2. Part of her district
3. Kylee and her best friend from high school. Kylee promised that her friend could "go with
her" on her mission.
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