Heisann Familie og venner
well how is everyone? how is the weather back home in the promised land? well Norway update... its getting COLD! its been about the same tempeture everday but its been an interesting year here, seeing that we havent got snow and last year they got snow in october and already had a ton of snow and it was already -20c everyday! so its deffinatly not that yet! its been about anywhere from 8+c to -6c in the past week! so its up and down and cant make up its mind! its been quite rainy and wet so i wouldnt doubt that snow is coming soon! i love it here and there is so much todo here in MOSS! we are seeing our efforts start to increase and we are also seeing our trials being laid before us in huge amounts this past week! not a lot has happened this week and the lord has deffinatly been testing us to the edge of every trial! seeing if we will break or keep moving! i have never been pushed to limits as i have this week and there is only more to come....its comes with the package of being a missionary! As we push forward in the work the lord does bless us and will put everything in line after he test us! as in Ether 12:6 we all know its after the trial of our faith that the lord will bless us and later on in verse 27 thats says i"If men come unto me i will show unto them their weakness. i give unto men weakness that they may be humble and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me for if they humble themselves before me and have faith in me then will i make weak things become strong unto them!" now its this scripture that has become one of my favorite scriptures and has helped me through so much as i have been out here!
well this week like i said has been a stuggeling week and we have lost A LOT OF PEOPLE! let me just tell you a little quick story and it begins like this... when you pray for things the lord will give you trials right...right! i prayed for patience.....the next morning we lost half of our investigaters....i told my companion i prayed for patience and for oppertunities to excersize that faith.... he said great what have you done! the story goes dont pray for patience! no im kidding its what needed to happen anyway we need to get people that are really going to investigate and not eternal investigators and the lord knows what will be better for us even though we dont see the whole puzzle he does and he knows what will fit into place and how it will fit into place! oh how the lord will test us and try us! i know that as we try our best and follow the rules with nøyaktighet that we will be blessed and the lord will see our efforts towards him and will put people in our path!
its quite sad to say that i am now not what is considered a "GREENIE" since our transfers are 9 weeks you are considered ONE til the end of 3 months is whats said! so today is my end of an extra hour of studies and now i am a normal missionary! what a said day! well i would like to say that the language is deffinatly getting better and that i am starting to understand more and more everyday! its only the speaking part that is still hard to make a correct sentence even though i still could care less if i am grammaticaly correct i just speak and for the most part i say things mostly correct its just there are better ways of saying it! so thats they update of the language!
Me and elder Lillywhite are having a great time together and we are living by the law! literally and it is one day going to pay off and we are not going to give up! we will show the lord how committed we really are and MOSS is not going to know what hit them when we have a bunch of things going on and they cant even keep up:) i pray for that to happen!
Well to be honest i dont have much to say so i will give you all an awesome challenge to help enlighten your week and try to bring the spirit into your life!i want all who read this to read Ether 12! to go through it and find the challenges that we have in life and to go through them with the strength of the lord! to have charity this week because in moroni 7:47 it says all will be well with those who have charity at the last days! strive to have the spirit with you! pray to have missionary experiances and to be able to share the gospel to friends and families we know who are not in the church or are less active! as we do this the lord will bless our efforts! i love and miss you all and sorry for the short letter! next week will be a better letter i promise that:) i hope you all have a great week and follow up on this little challenge! miss and love you all!
eldste farnsworth!!
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