First of all, I heard that Utah got snow yesterday...HAHA! I'm in Norway and it's been nice all week! I even got a tan line from my watch! So spring is coming!
Monday
So today we went to Elve Parken again and what's Elve Parken without blueberries!? So we had those! But it was incredibly windy so we didn't stay there for very long...so we just headed back to the church and we just all chatted:) After that we went grocery shopping and then we all went to a member's house and watched the last session of General Conference! That Sunday Afternoon session was literally the most perfect session for missionaries and investigators... so we were all just in awe! One of my favorite talks from that session was D. Todd Christofferson.... when he told us that " when we have been warned, it is our responsibility to warn those around us." So share the gospel!
Tuesday
Today we had District Meeting and Elder Nelson had asked me to teach the doctrine portion of District Meeting and it was on the importance of members in missionary work! So I read Dad's conversion story and related that to what it was talking about in Preach My Gospel! Then we did practicals about going through the baptismal interview questions... and we were each given a problem that we had to act like we had when we were the investigator... and so mine was that I spoke no english, no norwegian and didn't understand.:)) If I did speak any of the languages it was very very broken. So then I did the practical with Elder Mitchell and that was the funniest practical of my entire mission!:)) He tried to play sharades, he drew on the board, he even wrapped a tablecloth around his head to try and teach me about prayer haha! It was hilarious! Then we had District lunch, studies... and then contacted people on the street. We also tried to schedule an appointment with one of our investigators, but that didn't work. We banked and the first house we banked on took the Book of Mormon! That doesn't happen every day! Okay this is hilarious! Well at least we thought it was! We needed to get toilet paper at the store right before our bus came so we went in to buy it super fast and then we saw our bus so we started booking it through the city.... and so I am holding the toilet paper in my hand and Sister Sorensen has her waffle mix and every one is just staring at us...people already stare because we are wearing skirts so I can only imagine what everyone else was thinking! Even the bus driver got a laugh out of it, told us it was good exercise!:))
Wednesday
Today we went and visited a less active because it was her birthday.... so we visited her at her work and then we had an appointment with a family in the ward. We had lunch with them and they helped us with the language so we played some games! Lots of fun! After that we had a dinner appointment with a family in the ward and then had ward council for an hour and a half with President Hill and the leaders in the ward. We all went over the mission plan. My favorite quote from ward council was this, "We baptize half a person in this mission, and in England we baptized the whole person and then some"!:))
Thursday-9 MONTH MARK!
We had weekly planning! Then we went to Mommo and Besse and showed them the 3 Mormon Messages from David A. Bednar about the Patterns of Light. We talked about that for a while and then we all bore testimony. Super cool! After that we helped one of the members move which was a lot of fun! Sister Sorensen and I were moving something up the stairs and my shoe came off in the middle of moving so I had to just walk the rest of the way with one shoe on.... and then one of the elders picked it up and said, "You lost your slipper!" Cinderella reference in case you didn't get that!:)))
Friday
Today was great! We went visiting teaching with a member of the ward and visited two other members... so that was a lot of fun! I love going visiting teaching with members..., it helps us to be able to get to know the members better! Plus, I've realized just how important visiting teaching is on my mission! We did our studies and had lunch and then went out and banked. First of all, every time you go banking here... more than half the people open their windows and talk to you instead of coming to the door! So you stand there waiting for the door to open, then you hear the window crack open and you are left to just yell that you are missionaries.... and then usually they tell you no and then close the window!:) There was some old guy that opened up the window with no shirt on...grateful for the window open with that one instead of a door!:)) We had a quick dinner and went and visited our less active and watched Finding Faith in Christ! It was so cool! After that we watched the video "One by One" and committed her to read the Book of Mormon and come to church with us!
Saturday
Today we had a "street stand" in a way! The members had loaned us their ipads so that we could show people the Easter video...you say the word Easter and people do not want to talk to you! It was kind of rough! I don't think I've ever been shut down so fast by people! I got the typical, "I see what it says on your tag" and there was some that were super nice and then I asked them about Easter and they then said, "Oh my gosh! I am not talking to you! Don't even bother!" And then of course people tell you you're wrong all the time! Someone told me, "Søster Love, cute name!" in English and then just walked on and then I got called a "Jesus woman" after some lady had taken a card. But I'm grateful that I have the opportunity to represent Jesus Christ every single day...to have His name right next to mine every moment of the day. It is a great privilege and I learned a lot from just that street stand! Later we went to a family in the ward for dinner and had family home evening. It was a lot of fun! We talked about missions since it's a family of boys and now they're all reading in the Book of Mormon and coming up to us telling us about it in church! Goal accomplished!
Sunday
Today we had MMK and then church and testimony meeting was great! Søster Sorensen went up to bear her testimony and I swear that chapel went silent. Everyone in that room was listening and it was so powerful! It really taught me just how powerful simply testifying can be. Every single sentence that she said was testfying of truth and that's enough for the Spirit to bring the message to the hearts of the people. I'm grateful that I have the opportunity to train! It's a huge blessing! Then I got to watch Besse bless the sacrament for the first time and it was the coolest thing! Let me just say, the gospel changes people. It changes people, it changes lives. It reminds me of the quote from Dallin H. Oaks in conference where he said, "The world thinks it is enough to know something, the gospel challenges us to become something" Then we went to Break the Fast after church and talked to a non member for a really long time (a friend of one of the members) just about church and religion and so hopefully something comes of that! Then we went home and organized our week and then did 12 week!
Today
Today we are walking around the malls!
HAPPY EASTER! Hope you all have an amazing week! Love you lots and miss you tons!
There was a man that walked this earth in simple robes and shoes that no one was worthy to loose. He was a man that began His mortal life in humble beginnings and left it with the greatest act of humility this world has ever known. He was scorned because He sat with sinners. He was mocked because He performed miracles. He was rejected because He claimed to be the Son of God, and crucified because He really is. "If it be possible, let this cup pass from me" were trembled words, "nevertheless, not as I will, but thou wilt" resulted in the greatest miracle known to mankind. There was nothing too great or anything too small that "didn't count" in the atonement for ALL. Every sin has been suffered for so that we don't have to. Every sorrow felt and every burden carried so that we don't have to do it alone. Every "I can't do this", every "It's too hard" has already been experienced by the greatest of them all. His gift continued as He was crowned by plaited thorns. He carried a cross many miles in each of our shoes, so that death wouldn't be the end. He has nail prints in His hands and feet so that we can testify that He lives again! His name has now crossed many lands, many waters. But it holds the same meaning to all who believe in Him. Because of Him there is a thing called second chances, a clean slate, a "get up and try again". Because of Him there is hope where we think there might be none. There is no such thing as an never ending heartache, no such thing as an uncalmed sea. Quitting doesn't exist, giving up is not a thing. There is direction, there is instruction, and there is a path we can follow. There is a "light" in a darkening world. There is everlasting peace, there are family bonds that will last beyond the grave, there is resurrection. There is a reason to carry on, there is a reason to have goals, to press forward, to endure. There is joy found in every day, there is a type of happiness that can't be received anywhere else. There is a reason to rejoice! Because He Is Risen! Our lives were changed and continue to be changed by a man in simple robes and shoes that no one was worthy to loose.
https://www.lds.org/youth/video/because-of-him?lang=eng
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