So this past week was AMAZING! If there is anything that I've learned this past week, it's that the Lord is truly in the details of our lives and the author of this work. Small miracles happen all the time!!
Monday
So this last P-Day...yea it was just boring. There isn't much to do here at this time of year because there is still snow so you can't really go hiking..... so we basically just hung around the church, played some basketball, tried teaching Elder Mitchell how to play the piano...that was the most entertaining part of the day... but we have a plan for today's P-Day so that will be so much better! Then we did preparation for the rest of the week with songs and spiritual thoughts!
Tuesday
So today we had an appointment scheduled with a new guy...who didn't show up at all... so we decided to go and visit a referral that we had gotten from the Elders in Bodø. We went to visi them...but they weren't home ...so instead we decided to go and knock doors around the area. Sister Sorensen did her first "banking"! The first person opened the door....and we gave a Plan of Salvation pamphlet and the person was super friendly!!...which isn't your typical door result but it was great!! We kept banking for about 40 minutes until our bus came to take us back to the church! We had gotten on the bus for our dinner appointment but the bus had decided to not go up where it was supposed to so we had to get off and Besse ended us driving us to our dinner appointment which was super nice!! We had dinner with a lady in the ward and then Sister Sorensen sang "Come Unto Jesus" and we shared a scripture that went with the hymn. After that we had an appointmen....but it got cancelled..so we decided to go back and visit the referral again. He wasn't interested in meeting with us but took a Book of Mormon and Plan of Salvation pamphlet and was super friendly so you never know! Maybe later down the road! Then we went home and did 12 week!
Wednesday
Today we had a WebEx meeting with our entire mission and just talked about the new Easter Initiative that is coming out on Friday and talked about how we can use that when we are visiting members, investigators, or contacting people on the street. Then we had District Meeting and we just talked about inviting people to be baptized and extending those invitations and then we talked about the blessings that had come into our life from being baptized members of the church. We were asked to write down 50 blessings just when we were sitting there and it was so cool! I did it later in my personal study and it's incredible to see all the blessings that come from being a member of the church...my life would be completely different and literally all I have and all I am, I owe to the gospel. Then after that we had an appointment with an investigator... but she wasn't home... so we decided to go banking and then try again later. We had one Book of Mormon and prayed that we would be able to give that one book out and that we would be led. We had lots of interesting conversations and on the last house, I had a feeling that we needed to go to the house next door which I thought was weird because I had banked on that door earlier and it wasn't too long ago, but I did it anyway and she was the one that took the Book of Mormon! If you are listening for the promptings of the Spirit, you will hear them. They are there. Like I said earlier in the morning, the Lord is in the details of our lives. We then tried our investigator again, but she still wasn't home, so we had dinner at the church and then practiced singing for stake conference and then went to young womens!
Thursday
So today we decided to go back and try our investigator one more time and she was home!!! So we read the Introduction of the Book of Mormon with her and then taught her the Restoration and watched the Restoration film with her. She was asking lots of questions, but there were many questions that didn't really have to do with the Restoration. So we're not actually sure if she is truly interested, or if she lets us in because we are missionaries. So we're going to try and meet with her again this coming week! But 2 of our 3 investigators right now are also meeting with JW's so...That doesn't exactly make it easy either. Then we went from her house to a family in the ward for our dinner appointment.... and we talked about standing a witness of God.... and we invited them to share something about the church on social media when we were sitting there... and then had to show us when they were done:) Way effective commitment! Then we went home and did 12 week and then Sister Ralphs and Sister Dransfield came here on splits!
Friday
Miracles from splits is a real thing! Sister Ralphs and I started out the day by contacting on the street and within 10 minutes we had handed out 2 Books of Mormon and that doesn't happen every day! Usually we can't even get one out! But the first guy we talked to, I started talking to him by asking him about prophets and then he said that there wasn't really a reason to believe there was a God.... so then I asked if I could share a scripture with him and it was Alma 30:44 about how all things denote there is a God.... and then we asked if we could meet and he said he wasn't interested but he took the Book of Mormon! Then the next person that took the Book of Mormon actually worked for the Bragernes church and said she was going to bring it to work! Then we stopped this one lady on the street and she said that she wasn't really sure why she felt she needed to talk to us... but she then told us about how she had been on a spiritual journey and how she had lost one of her kids.... and so we got her number and she is so prepared to hear the gospel!!!! Little miracles like this is what proves to me that God exists. He is there! He is aware of each and every one of this! He is in the details of our lives! I could feel the Spirit so strongly after talking to her...I was so happy! The joy the gospel brings is literally indescribable! There is nothing on this earth that will ever bring that joy, except for the gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm so grateful that I have the chance to share it every single day!! I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!!! Then we helped vacuum the cultural hall in the church and then Sister Dransfield and I went to Mommo and Besse for dinner and talked about the Sabbath Day. It was a great visit!! Then we tried banking on a couple of doors that Sister Dransfield knew when she served in this area but they weren't home. Then we did splits review!
Saturday
Today we went and visited our neighbor just for a short little visit in the middle of the day and so we just listened to music and chatted with her for a little while..... and then we got Sister Sorensen a vocabulary book from the city and we had dinner and weekly planning! We are setting ourselves up for a way good week!
Sunday
Today we had MMK and church which is always great! We had dinner with all the missionaries at a member''s hours and that was super good! After dinner we went and visited a lady in the ward. We talked to her about Mosiah 24:14-16 and bearing our burdens because that poor lady has so much on her plate right now. She is probably one of the strongest people I know! She told us that she is just going about it "the viking way" She said that she would be coming to General Conference with us this Saturday so that is super exciting! It was a great visit!
Today
Today we are actually going to Elve Parken and having a picnic and playing volleyball and soccer! The weather is SO NICE! Yesterday is was in the 60s outside and today it's supposed to be around the same!! So we're going out to soak in the sun!
Love you all lots and miss you tons!!!! Thanks for all the love and support! It means a lot! :)
1) We got new pillows from mommo...hopefully no more stiff necks!
2) My companion is obsessed with Norwegian waffles:))
3) Me and Sister Sorenson...ready to hand out free hotdogs and Book of Mormons
4)Us:))
5) On splits!!
6) Our non-member fun neighbor loves hats...so, of course we had to try them on:))
1) We got new pillows from mommo...hopefully no more stiff necks!
2) My companion is obsessed with Norwegian waffles:))
3) Me and Sister Sorenson...ready to hand out free hotdogs and Book of Mormons
4)Us:))
5) On splits!!
6) Our non-member fun neighbor loves hats...so, of course we had to try them on:))