Well well where to begin!? This week was another incredible week and we have had so much fun! My District is hilarious and it's been a blast down here in the East!
Monday
Well... last Monday we went down to Sandvika to play in the Turkey Bowl which was a lot of fun! My team totally lost but it's all good because we're not supposed to keep track of points anyway haha! But it was fun to see so many people from the mission! Then after that we went and had a dinner appointment with a family in the ward and that was a lot of fun! We went out and knocked doors in a city called Åsan or something like that and then the first door we knocked on took the Book of Mormon and he said that we could come back! This old lady that was next door let us in and she was super old but she let us in and then found out that we were Mormons and she was not a fan of that one let me tell ya that! But it was a good experience haha! But there were a lot of people that were answering the doors so that was a good sign!
Tuesday
Today we did a lot of work in the area book with potentials so that we could find addresses so we could start visiting people... and then we went out to a place called Lørenskog to go banking and it was FREEZING!! But there was one lady that we talked to that wasn't interested in our message but she was so nice and was just chatting with us which was really appreciated, because not many people even let us talk haha! We also talked to this guy on the street and as soon as Sister Madsen started talking to him then I literally almost biffed it because I slipped on ice but then I caught myself haha! Typisk!!! Then we went with the Elders to meet with another member in our ward and we just had a spiritual thought about prayer and scriptures and church!
Wednesday
Today we had District Meeting and we were talking about what it means to be a successful missionary and patience! We did our studies and we had one of our appointments fall through... so then we went banking and we knocked like 10 houses and we found someone that took the Book of Mormon and said that we could come back anytime... and she was super awesome!! The guy that lived next door had gotten the Book of Mormon 10 years ago...had met with the missionaries before... and said we could come back and had meet with him! After that we were supposed to have a dinner appointment but she forgot about it so we just had dinner ourselves!
Thursday
Today we had a lesson with a potential investigator and we taught him about the Plan of Salvation and he was asking such good questions and was super positivie! I love it when we get to teach people that are actually really interested and are seeking for that knowledge! It's so much fun! Then we were driving out to go and visit a less active and we could not find her house to save our lives! Our GPS led us to a weird gågate and then we couldn't figure out where we were going and then we finally got to the apartment building.... but then none of the apartment buildings had numbers or street signs... so we just started banking to figure out where this less active lived. We found it!!! We shared the Christmas initiative and she was telling us how she shares the gospel with all her friends but that she didn't understand anything from the Book of Mormon because it was Norweigan and her first language is Burmese! So the poor girl just doesn't understand because no one got her a Book of Mormon in her language! After that we had a dinner appointment with a ward memember and that was a lot of fun! He was telling us all sorts of stories of his life!
Friday
Today we taught one of our investigators and we taught her about the importance of following the prophet! It was a really good lesson and she has been reading in the Book of Mormon... but we also found out that there are parts of the Restoration that she doesn't understand so that is what we are going back to next time! We did our practice presentations for the high school presentation and then we had an appointment with some less actives and talked to them about keeping the Sabbath Day Holy and that was a really good lesson! They were so willing to try better with keeping the sabbath day holy and were identifying how they could improve! Then we celebrated Elder Dial's birthday by eating cake and mac and cheese!!
Saturday
Today was VERGAS'S BAPTISM!!!(My investigator in Bergen) I was able to skype in for the baptism and I had pictures taken of him holding the ipad with me on it:)) I haven't gotten those pictures yet though! But I will send them when I have gotten them! It was so incredible to see him be baptized! It's so crazy that he went from a guy on the street in August to a guy getting baptized in December! God is a God of Miracles! It was so incredible! He thanked us and said that if it weren't for us then he never would've found the right path again which was really cool to hear! So I got to talk to him over skype plus a lot of other members in Bergen that were telling me to come back because I was missed! I miss Bergen so much! It was really hard for me to leave that area! Then we had Jul I Toner and that took up the rest of the day! But I got to see people from Asker and Drammen!
Sunday
Today we had church and it was my last fast Sunday in Norway!!! So I bore my testimony about how God is a God of Miracles and how we get to be a part of the gospel is a miracle! Then we had MMK and then it was Jul I Toner once again that took up the rest of the day! And I saw more people from Asker and Drammen!
Monday
We did our high school presentation today and it was so much fun! The presentations went really well and it was cool because you could see the kids that were actually paying attention! We got some really good questions and then we got some really wacky questions like if girls always have to wear skirts and if Joseph Smith translated the plates with magic glasses...so it was an entertaining time! But it was so much fun! There were sooo many kids who took the Book of Mormon and we actually have a potential investigator from that as well! We also got asked to come back next Friday to do another presentation for two other classes! Then we had studies and then we contacted to the train station and back! I also cut Elder Dial's hair because he was willing to take the risk of having a sister missionary cut it instead of paying 200 kroner to get it cut and it actually turned out! But I was pretty stressed out the whole time, probably because he was stressing himself out!:)) His hair means a lot to him haha!
Tuesday
Today was Christmas Zone Conference and I love Christmas Zone Conference!!! It's the best one! We talked about a mighty change of heart and then we had skits that we did in groups, musical numbers and slideshows! It was so much fun! But it did hit me that my time is coming to an end because I had to give my "burnimony" because I'm "dying" in the mission so I shared D&C 68:6 which is one of my, if not my very favorite, scripture and talked about joy! It's so weird that I'm a "departing missionary" and I'm not a fan of that! I've cried multiple times this week because of that haha! Emotional roller coaster! But Christmas conference was good! Then we helped the Relief Society set up for an activity!
Today
Today we have no idea what we are doing...maybe going shopping!
Love you lots and miss you tons! Also, next Monday wil be my last P Day! The 18th will be my last Monday in Norway but Sister Davis and I will not have a P Day on the 18th! :)
Love you all lots and miss you tons!!!
Pictures of
Kylee and the senior missionary couple in Bergen
Kylee and her new companion
From the Turkey bowl in Sandvika
Elder Dial's cake
From her apartment
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