HALLO as usuall to EVERYONE!
This week has been a great week and as any other missionaries can be in agreeance that sometimes you just dont realize where time has gone? then you read through your journal and you can then say....That is where my time has went! we Truly have had a great week and have been quite busy! we have had some interesting mirakles take place and its so great to look back on and see how the Lord had truly blessed us in MO! Well i just want to add some sad news in that we were not able to find a place to watch Conference seeing that we are 8 hrs ahead and most places close around 4 and conference is at 6 here which i will never be used to! We also woke up yesterday to 2ft of snow and crazy wind going in every which direction! the snow was almost finally gone and its been raining like no ones business here in MO! annd then we had some nice days and it was 10c one day and now its 0 again:) haha well thats norway for you! its weather is like utah to a degree!
well this week as well with other weeks has been the normal finding of course:) but with mirakles mixed in with that!! we have been getting alot of try backs with people and people that will willingly accept a book of mormon! all though one thing i may make clear is that easter is a HUGE HOLIDAY in Norway with 11 days off of school and also most businesses are closed! so no one wants to stay here for Påske(easter) so they all leave and so its been interesting and still will be! well while knocking this week we met a lady and she said that she has read a book about mormons for the past 11 years...first thought to a missionary.....oh great anti material! actually no...she had been reading over and over a book called "who are mormons" by president Gordon B. Hinkley! absolutely incredible and we had a great teach and we have another appointment this week since she left for vacation! she was so interested and was so excited to get the book of Mormon! we are finally getting those investigators that we have been praying about!:):)
well to add to that we had contacted a lady in the city from Iran who was a new convert to Christianity and wanted to know more! we hadn't been able to get a hold of here but to find out our phone hadn't been receiving her text saying she wanted to meet up! well we ended up knocking in to her after missing a tiny street with two houses that we hadn't knocked and actually prayed and had been led there! the man opened the door not knowing Norwegian or English and invited us in! walked in and saw the wife who does speak great Norwegian! culture fact for everyone make sure if and eastern European invites you in that you don't refuse to eat food and just eat everything they give you! THEY ARE SO NICE! they will give you what ever you want with out even asking for it! we had a little discussion since it was late and we came back the next day and they served us a MASSIVE meal which was so good! They love having us over and want to keep learning and she is so prepared although the husband is traditional but we will see how that goes! we reached our goal of 20 other teaches this week and ended with 3 new investigators and many potentials! so this week has been so good!
well i wish i could have seen conference but we are trying our best to watch it and hopefully we can spend a day at a members home and see it! for all of you that got to watch it....what have you learned? did you take notes? did you listen to the precious advice that our beloved profet had to offer us? think back on what you learned and how to apply it for the next 6 months! i have learned to love conference and the message it contains! its truly modern day spricture just like the book of mormon which is meant for our time! read and reflect these words is my challenge to you and they will help you in current circumstances! i love you all and i know this church is true! i love serving even though its the hardest challenge at times but i know the lord is here to bless us! have a great week everyone!!
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