This week has been phenomenal and I have loved every single second of it! So time to start updating!
Monday
So last Monday we e-mailed and then we attempted to go shopping, but we didn't have much success:( We went to President Hill's house with the missionaries from Drammen and Oslo and had a New Years Party! We had Cafe Rio type food for dinner and then we played lots of minute to win it games with all of us which was a blast! Then we had dessert and then it was time to go home to go to bed! It was so much fun to be able to hang out with all the other missionaries and we had a blast!
Tuesday
Today was my last day in Asker, so it was jam packed full of people to visit so that I could say goodbye! We had District Meeting and we had our Zone Leaders come join us for District Meeting today. We talked about Recognizing the Spirit and I just had a super cool realization:) I don't know why it didn't click before, but it just hit me now, so that's the most important part! So many of us underestimate the power of the Spirit and really just the role the Holy Ghost plays in everything! We would not even be able to experience the joy of the gospel! In Moroni 7 it tells us that everything that inspires us to do good is from God. So we know that everything good comes from God and God communicates to us through the Holy Ghost. So everything that we know is good in the gospel...the happiness that comes from it, the peace, the comfort, everything has to be communicated through the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost is what makes it even possible to be able to experience and feel the gospel. How incredible is that! We visited these two sweet sisters in the ward and read a little bit in the Book of Mormon and then talked about Personal Progress for a little bit. It was a great visit and I will truly miss both of them! Then we went and visited one of the cutest old ladies in our ward! I shared my mission scripture (D&C 84:88) and we just discussed it for a little bit and she shared a really cool spiritual experience that she had had that really made it easy for her to accept the gospel. I have had the coolest experiences come from sharing my mission scripture! Then we went and visited our new convert, and her sweet daughter had made us soup for dinner. We talked about the Holy Ghost with her and how important it is to recognize it. She is a phenomenal member and she is firmly rooted in the gospel! I am so incredibly grateful for all the people that I have met in Asker...my investigators, the members, the people that I have met in the grocery store or in the streets. I can honestly say that I have come to truly love those that I've served, and I'm glad that the Lord needed me in Asker. I think it was also because the Lord knew that I needed Asker. The people and experiences that I have had here have changed my life and like all the missionaries say, there is always something special about your first area:)
Wednesday
MOVING DAY!!!!! So we got packed up and then drove down to Drammen!!! We participated in Drammen's District Meeting for a little bit and then we all had pizza for lunch! Then it was off to the apartment to unpack! I will be taking pictures of the apartment this coming week because I didn't even get a chance to do that, but they are coming! The apartment is super cute and has the wood walls so I kind of feel like I'm living in a log cabin, especially when I look outside and there is snow! So that's fun! But anyway, I unpacked my things and then the Elders drove us to our dinner appointment with a sweet lady in the ward. We had dinner with her and then I was able to share my mission scripture with her as well! It was a great visit! From there we walked to a girl in our ward's apartment because she had been cleaning out her closet and had clothes that she didn't want anymore! She asked us to come look through them.... so now we have all sorts of things that we can wear!:) My companion and I just share all of it! Then we had to get a new drying rack because it was broken and I needed to do laundry.. and then that was the day!
Thursday
Today we went down to Bragernes Torg (town square) and started contacting and went across the bridge and contacted over by the library...now let me tell you it was -12C (10F) and it was the coldest it has been while I've been out on the streets! It was painfully cold! So we had gloves plus hand warmers in our pockets and walking into the library every now and then to try and warm up. We talked to a handful of people but we kept getting "Nei Takk" and then some that wanted to tell us how wrong we were... but my favorites are the ones that just stand and stare at you and then walk away..good times!!:)) Then we went and met a potential investigator, who became a new investigator, and we taught him the Restoration! He doesn't read which kind of limited us on ways to teach him but it was a good lesson and there is real potential! Then we went to a dinner appointment! We shared Alma 26:37-38 and talked about how not one soul is lost to our Heavenly Father. Great visit! Then we did weekly planning!
Friday
Friday we had lunch with our District and interviews with President Hill! We worked on printing out the ward lists and things and then before we knew it it was time for dinner at mommo and besse's (grandparents) Mommo helped us with some info about people we didn't know in the ward..so helpful...so we are excited to get to work!! Then we spent the rest of the time just waiting for the bus, and then another bus..and we had to pick up a package that my companion had gotten!
Saturday
FINDING DAY!!! We had been challenged to have a finding day... and so we got things prepared before we headed out to catch the bus... and then started off our finding day in Bragernes Tog and a little bit in Strømsø. We talked to a bunch of people and we started out with a lot of no's... so that was a little discouraging... but we ended up having 17 gospel conversations and 4 potential investigators!!! We found one family that had moved here just a year ago and didn't have any friends, and so they wanted to come to our church to get to know people and talk to people about their similar beliefs. We also had another guy that asked us what our purpose was as missionaries and we told him and then we asked us what we believed in and we told him Jesus Christ and God and he said..."That's good. That's really good." and then gave us his number so that we could contact him! So that was exciting! It was a really successful finding day and even though it was freezing cold and we are still sore to this day from all the walking and standing on our feet...it was so good!!!
Sunday
First Sunday in Drammen!!! It was amazing!!! I met our new MMK leader (mission leader) and we talked about how things are going with the missionary work in Drammen and our investigators. I got a special welcome from the bishop who told everyone in the ward that I had "deep roots" here in Drammen!:)) Then we went to Sunday School and talked about integrity and then we went to Young Women's for the third hour and talked about the Godhead. It was a great Sunday and I enjoyed every second!! We also have dinner appointments with some awesome families this week... so I'm so so excited!!! After church we talked to a couple of people on the street and then went to dinner at a member's house and had julemiddag (Christmas dinner) and it was really good!!! It was with us and all the Elders so we had a lot of fun! I shared a spiritual thought from Alma and it was a good visit! Then we went home and did companion and språk study because we didn't have time in the morning because of MMK and church. For our companionship study, me and my companion talked about everything from deciding to go on a mission all the way up until getting our calls. We both had the prompting to read our calls again.... so we read them out loud and the Spirit was so strong!! We both just cried because the Spirit just reconfirmed that Norway is where we need to be, and that we both got called to that mission because we both needed to be in Drammen now. We then talked about the title of "Sister Cook" and "Sister Love" and how that holds so much more than just "missionary".... but that is how our investigators know us, the members of the ward, the people that affect us, the people we are now, the challenges we overcome as missionaries and the spirit was so strong!!! It was incredible and something that I will never forget!!
Today we are emailing and then headed to Bragernes to do some shopping because I haven't spent my Christmas money other than getting a bigger backpack and a little jewelery so that'll be fun!! Then we're playing Bananagrams (basically Scrabble) with the Elders later today!
Love you all lots and miss you all tons!! Have a great week!
Some pictures that Kylee sent....The other pictures are of Drammen where she is serving
Some pictures that Kylee sent....The other pictures are of Drammen where she is serving
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