Monday
Last P-Day we went bowling with our District and a couple of members and it was a blast! Believe it or not...but I scored higher than a hundred in 2/3 games and I took pictures for proof because I know you guys wouldn't believe me otherwise! Then after that Sister Cook and I ate a late lunch and were at the church for a little bit. We went grocery shopping and went to our appointment. Her husband is a member but she is not and she has been taught before. She told us that she would not become a member of the church but she was super nice and invited us to come and watch a bible video with her.. and that she would make popcorn so that was super sweet of her!
Tuesday
Today we spent a good time preparing our lesson for an investigator that is from India. He speaks a little bit of Norwegian but not a ton so we were finding all this stuff in Hindi and then we drew out the whole Restoration on the white board and so that was fun! We went to a family in the ward for dinner. We had looked up the buses and so we got on the bus that it said we could take....but it took us WAYYY farther than it said it was going... so we just got off on a random stop. We could see the Stenseth hill far off in the distance and there was no bus that was coming all the way out there again... so we just started walking back. I can only imagine what all these people thought when they saw two girls walking in skirts in the middle of nowhere. We called the family that we were having dinner with... and we were able to walk to a place that they could put in their GPS... and then they came and picked us up. It was such a fun dinner appointment!! We just sat and chatted and then we shared a spiritual thought about faith and how we can exercise our faith. Then we took the bus back to the church and our appointment didn't show up!!:( So yep..and then we had an apartment inspection
Wednesday
Today we had a lesson with our investigator! This is one of the coolest and most spiritual lessons that I have had on my mission! We planned on teaching him the Restoration by using the Restoration film that is 20 minutes long and then ending it with watching "The Testimony of the Book of Mormon" by Jeffrey R. Holland. As we began watching the video, I prayed that our investigator would be open to the Spirit so that he could feel the Spirit testifying of truth, but I also prayed that I would be able to strengthen my testimony and receive another witness that it was true as well. As it showed the First Vision and Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appearing to Joseph Smith then I could feel the Spirit so strong that I could physically feel it in my heart. Then not to mention, the sun began shining through the window immediately as they started to appear to Joseph Smith. It was one of the strongest times that I have felt the Spirit! It was incredible! And our investigator felt it too! You could tell that he felt it! I know for a surety that Joseph Smith was called as a prophet of God and that he was called to restore the true church back to the earth. I know for a surety that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith and I'm so incredibly grateful for that knowledge and testimony that I have. After that we met with a new investigator. We just got to know her a little bit and then she started asking all these super deep questions about the church. She wasn't bashing and she was sincere in her questions, and a couple of the questions were hard to answer. Our minds were going a thousand miles an hour trying to explain the answers to her questions so we chatted with her for a long time and next time we are just starting the lessons over again! We went to dinner at a member family's house. We just love visiting them! We have become such good friends with their daughter and she loves it when we come! This time we had their daughter and I teach Sister Cook about the Book of Mormon and it was so cool to sit and listen to her testimony of the Book of Mormon even though she is so young!!
Thursday
Today we had District Meeting and talked about faith in Jesus Christ and humility and then related it to the pioneers and them building temples. It was so good! Actually, one of the things that has come up a lot this week is temples, especially since the Drammen ward just went to the temple this past week in Sweden. I've said it multiple times but I miss being able to attend the temple! It is such an incredible blessing and especially with where I am from and being able to get to 6 temples in less than 30 minutes! We should definitely be able to make the small sacrifice of a couple of hours to serve the Lord. Then we did our studies since we had District Meeting early and then we visited a lady.. We just sat and chatted with her and we're having a dessert night with her this week so that will be a party! When we got back to our house went and visited our neighbors and played cards!
Friday
Today we met with another investigator and we watched Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration. I absolutely love that movie and I swear I try to think of every possible situation where that movie can be applied because it is INCREDIBLE!! Every time you finish watching it you just have a burning testimony of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon! It's incredible! Sister Cook and I were in tears at the end! After our visit we went and visited Mommo and Besse and it was a blast! We had lapskaus which is my favorite and then we talked to them about faith which turned into stories about the temple! It was an incredible visit!! After that, we went back home and began weekly planning
Saturday
Today we got invited by the elders to come and play sport! But no one ended up showing up except the missionaries... but we had a good time playing basketball and ping pong! We went and ate lunch and then Sister Cook and I got changed and we went to teach one of our investigators. We talked to her about the Restoration and she believes everything we teach her. We asked her about baptism and she had told us multiple times that she had already been baptized but we explained the authority and following Christ's example. Then she finally said, "Yes...then I can do it the way that Christ did" So we are still working with her and helping her gain more knowledge about the gospel! Then we took a couple of our studies and finished up weekly planning. We watched a little bit of the Face to Face Broadcast and made dinner for us and the elders at the church. The elders were in charge of dessert. Well...I took a picture of what the elders tried making for dessert...we got a good laugh out of that one! It ended up being like a jell muffin pudding thing with chocolate mousse..haha! But they tried:))
Sunday
Today we had MMK and then church... but today we had an area conference with everyone in Northern Europe! So we had L. Whitney Clayton, Linda S. Reeves, M. Russel Ballard and then someone else that spoke to us. It was all in English!:) We had another appointment with a new investigator. She is from Africa and has lived in Norway for 2 years. We were there for about 5 minutes before the Jehovah's Witnesses knocked on the door because they had been visiting our investigator before and were friends with her. So we literally had JW's join our visit for a little while. Book of Mormon on the table, lds.org, mormonchannel.org up on the computer. They didn't stay very long but they were nice. Then we showed the "Testimony of the Book of Mormon" from Holland and invited her to read the Introduction to the Book of Mormon... and we are meeting with her again on Tuesday! Super great!! We went to a family in the ward for dinner and I shared my mission scripture and talked about that for a little while! When we got home we made blueberry muffins because we were craving them!!:)
Today
Well...we're both sick so we aren't doing much today! Probably watching a church movie on our tiny little DVD player at home and eating soup!
Love you all lots and miss you tons!!!
We didn't get any pictures today...she forgot to send them:))
It has been 8 months today since she entered the MTC!! We miss her so much, but we know she is where she is supposed to be....and she is Happy!!
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