Guess what everyone!? The sun came out AGAIN!! MULTIPLE times this week even! And I'm convinced that the fact that the sun came out and that God is good all the time, that is why we had the greatest week ever!!
Monday
So last Monday we went and got Kebab with our District and it was actually really good! We came back to the church and played "Around the World Ping Pong" and that is the most hilarious game with our District! We were all laughing so hard that we were just about in tears! Funniest thing! Sister Cook and I shared a Ben and Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream and it tasted like America!:)) We headed home after P-Day and continued to work in our area book!
Tuesday
Today was the day that the SUN came out!!!:)) We went out and contacted people in the city and almost every single person we talked to wanted to stand and chat!!:) It was because the sun was out I swear! The first person we talked to, we talked about the Plan of Salvation and what happens to us after we die and gave him the pamphlet for it, and that was probably a 15 minute conversation! We talked to a few others that weren't interested.. but still friendly conversations... and then we talked to another guy that was actually Muslim... but he was so interested to hear about what we believed about Christ. We explained the Atonement and gave him the pamphlet too! After that we met with a lady who we found in our phone. We had our lesson with her and just got to know her a little bit. She is from Kenya and is the only one from her family here in Norway. She is very religious and literally everything she talked about is what our church believes! She talked a lot and is super friendly and sweet and we are so excited to teach her! Then we caught our bus to go to dinner at a members house and we watched Finding Faith in Christ with them and that was great! They are the coolest family!!
Wednesday
We had District Meeting today and I was teaching the doctrine portion this time! We talked about the Book of Mormon and how we need to use it against objections and that if one truly believes the Book of Mormon then there is nothing else holding them back from gaining a testimony. If the Book of Mormon is true, then Joseph Smith was a prophet and so on and so forth. We also talked about how if someone really believes the Bible, then they would believe in the Book of Mormon... because it talks about it in the bible! We tried to visit a former investigator but she wasn't home so then we tried to visit another former investigator, but we will just have to go back to both! We had a lesson with another new investigator... and we taught him about God and about prayer! He said the closing prayer in the lesson and it was the coolest experience!! The Spirit was so strong! It really puts into perspective the relationship we have with our Heavenly Father when we invite investigators to pray... and it's one of my favorite parts of teaching a lesson! After that we went to Young Womens and continued to work on their High School Musical songs! They're pretty good if I do say so myself!
Thursday
Today we met with former investigators to figure out if they were interested in learning more or if they were done. They were honest and told us how confused they were with everything and so they are just going to take things on their own. But we hope they come back one day! We also met with a new investigator and taught him about the Plan of Salvation! He had lots of ideas and deep deep questions so it was quite the lesson... but it was good..and we're teaching the Restoration this week! After that appointment we had our studies for the day because we had to leave early in the morning... and then we went and visited our neighbors! It was her birthday the next day so we had made brownies and had a little birthday celebration! It was so fun!!
Friday
Today we had weekly planning and then worked in the area book...every single former in that area book has been contacted now!! Yes!!! We got quite a few that are interested in meeting and then a ton that aren't interested, but we found the ones that are prepared within the mix! We had dinner and met with a lady in the ward and watched Meet the Mormons with her... and it was so cool! She told us how she could relate with all these people and told us how big of a blessing the gospel is in her life and how it was all changed because of the missionaries. The last part in Meet the Mormons is about a missionary so of course that made us cry! The Spirit was so strong and it was a super cool experience!
Saturday
Today we went to a sweet family in the ward for breakfast!! Delicious! We walked all the way up the Stenseth hill! Now none of you guys know what this hill even looks like but it's basically a neighborhood on a mountain so we sure got our workout with that one! We watched the silent interview of Christ with them and it was such a good visit! We did our studies for the day because we had to travel this morning and then we went to my grandparents! We had a way good dinner and then we showed the mormon message about the blessings of the temple and how they can look forward to that and being sealed in the temple! It was such a good lesson and so fun to hear the excitement! Temples are truly the biggest blessing and the blessing that we can be with our families forever is amazing!! Because of temples and God's authority and power on the earth, it's all possible!! That in itself is the greatest message anyone could share!
Sunday
We had MMK and church today and then we did our studies, had our meal times and then went through the whole area book and organized it all. We sent messages and gave referrals to other missionaries in the mission and what goes around comes around because we got a referral! So that's super exciting too! More people to teach!!!
Monday
Today we are emailing and honestly probably playing ping pong again because we had a blast last time:))!!!
Love you all lots and miss you all tons!!!!
1. From Drammen
2. Splits in Skien
3. View from the apartment
4. Studying and late dinner
5.My little Viking:)
6.Too much fun at the bus stop
7.Two girls having a lot of fun:)
8. Kylee and Sis. Cook
9. "Oh how I loooove the sun!!"
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