Monday
So last Monday we walked around a few stores in Bragernes Torg and then we went to a less active's house here in Drammen with Elder Jefferies and Elder Johnson...because she had some canned fish from Sweden...that sounds like a lame story. It's basically like rotten fish in a can and you have to open it outside because it smells so bad!!!... but the elders and my companion wanted to try it, so I was in charge of video taping them:) There was no way that I was putting something that smelled that bad into my mouth!!:)) so I just watched them gag instead!:)) After that event we went back to the apartment and called people in the phone!!
Tuesday
Today was a day filled with trying to find investigators which is actually just everyday! But anyway, we walked around in a different area today because we were trying to not just go in the same spot. We talked to a few people...we met this super sweet old lady and just talked to her for a little bit and then continued on. There were barely any people outside so we decided to go bus contacting. The bus was packed so I asked one lady if I could sit next to her and then I asked where she was headed to strike up a conversation. The minute I said that she just said, "What religion are you?" because she had seen my missionary tag. I then had the lady across from me talk about how she told the missionaries to never come back to her house and then the lady next to me started talking about all the other churches and how we're just "another one":)) So I responded by complimenting the similarities and slipping in my defenses because what they were saying wasn't true... so that was a fun little bus ride! But I gave them a mormon.org card so I guess you never know! A little bit later we had an appointment with just the cutest little lady ever! She had warmed up cinnamon rolls and then I helped her with her family history for a little bit and then shared the scripture in Alma about none of the souls being lost to our Heavenly Father. She told us about her baptism and it was such a great visit! We ended the day with the usual calling!! Need to get through those potentials!
Wednesday
So today was a rough day for me!!! To make a looong story short...I got a phone call from my old area and they told me that we had "lost" our new convert!! She had removed her name. I was heartbroken!! I called and talked to her for a little bit, but she hung up on me. My companion and I even took the train to my old area, knocked on her door, but no luck! My companion then told me to just go and pray and so that's what I did, but I just broke into tears! It was a huge testimony builder to me that our Father in Heaven counts the tears, each and every one. But also, that He truly does hear and answer every prayer, even if it's not audible. It made me think too how much our Heavenly Father truly cares and loves each and every one of us. And also how much our Savior loves us. We know that He would leave the 99 to go and find the 1. I did think that it was my fault at the beginning but I've thought back on it and when we baptized her she was ready. We taught her and we had so many amazing and spiritual experiences and I know that she knew the gospel was true and I did everything in my power to help... but at this point, it is in the Lord's hands and in His timetable and there is nothing I can do about it, so I'm just going to hand it to Him. We had a dinner appointment with a super sweet family in the ward that we don't actually know the last name too...but we know their first names so that's great! We talked to their 11 year old daughter and she loves practicing her English with us, and she had started talking about Leonardo Dicaprio and then she just turns and says, "You know...I just like him" and we just burst out laughing! We then had a delicious dinner and I even learned how to count to ten in French! We then talked to them about missionary work and the 11 year old is talking to people at school about the Book of Mormon and talking about the missionaries! How awesome is that!?!? She is fantastic!!!
Thursday
Today we had District Meeting with our new District! Elder Nelson is our District Leader and he is from Lehi, Utah and that's actually all I know about him haha! We also have Elder Mitchell as one of our new Zone Leaders and he is from Saratoga Springs, Utah so we have lots of mutual friends so it's a blast! We talked about the Book of Mormon and studies in District Meeting and it was really good! Then we had District Lunch! Then after that we did weekly planning and then we had an appointment with our neighbors! We played the same card game that we always do and I literally lose every single time (go figure) and then had lasagna which was delicious!
Friday
Today we had language study with one of my old friends and it was a blast!! We read in the Book of Mormon (3 Nephi 11) and she helped us with our pronunciation and then we had her help us with vowel pronunciation and spelling!! Then we just spent the last little bit and just talked and caught up with what had happened in the past couple weeks! So much fun!! We then tried to print out a talk for a former investigator but the printer wasn't working, so we decided to go and try and visit a less active but she wasn't home, and then the girl who we had an appointment with asked us to come earlier!:) So we went to her house and talked to her and her roommate, and it was so much fun! She showed us pictures from her mission and what she had made on her mission with talks and things and it was awesome! We then watched the Silent Interview of Christ and asked them to write their testimonies in the Book of Mormon so that we could hand it out! Great visit and so much fun! Then we headed home and had dinner and then of course...more calling and working on the area book!!
Saturday
So we got asked to teach Sunday School and Relief Society... so we spent today preparing those lessons which was actually super fun!! We are so excited to teach it!! After that we went to my grandparents's house and had a delicious dinner and dessert!! We talked about joy and how we are on this earth to experience joy and how that plays into the Plan of Salvation. It's called the Plan of Happiness for a reason!! It was a great lesson!! Then we went and visited another member in the ward, and we watched the Silent Interview of Christ with her too.. and she was so touched by it! It was incredible!! If you haven't watched it yet, then you need to go and look it up!! We asked her to write in a Book of Mormon too!! Then we went to have the Elders print out a talk for our lesson for us and by the time we got home the day was over!
Sunday
Today was fantastic!!! We had a great Fast and Testimony meeting and then we talked about Charity in Sunday School which turned into a super cool lesson and there were a lot of awesome thoughts given! Then we went and taught Relief Society which is the one that we were really excited about! We hoped to get the Relief Society excited about missionary work!!! We watched Members and Missionaries and had them write down 10 names that need the gospel and pick one that they were going to contact this week!! We then read parts of our mission calls and had a few of the relief society sisters stand up and read their "own" mission call saying that they were called to be member missionaries in the Norway Oslo Mission. Super cool lesson and we had us all crying so it was great!!:)) After church we went to Break the Fast with the youth which was super fun and we got to get to know the youth a little bit better! When we got home we had our language study and personal study and also called people and guess what!!?!? WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT!!!!! It was a total Best Two Years moment...I was on the phone and it was on speaker phone so my companion could hear his side of the conversation too... and he said he could meet and we set up the appointment and then we hung up and just yelled "YES!!!" and then jumped up and down!! Haha!! Good times!!
Today
Today we are emailing and then going to Gulskogen center and then who knows what else...we want to go up to Spiralen one of these P-Days so maybe that will be next week!!
Love you all lots and miss you all tons!!!!
Kylee's apartment...some of the her companion took before Christmas
Kylee has been out for 7 months!!
Kylee's apartment...some of the her companion took before Christmas
Kylee has been out for 7 months!!
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