Fredrickstad Report

WHAT A WEEK IT HAS BEEN:))

 

  this week has been a wonderful week! we have been all over the place and have had some great teaches with the members lately! i love having members and that is something i will always be greatful for as a missionary! taking advantage of members is such a strength even with crazy kids running around that does not stop the spirit it from testifying to us about the truths we hear! with real intent and a promising commitment can any truth searcher find what they are looking for:) i am so greatful to be on a mission in one of the best places in the world! i love it here and i would never trade the experiances i have had in the last year!

 

 our three our still on for this saturday and i am so excited for them! we have been with them everyday and the mother has been making incredible brazilain food for us everytime we are there!:) we have been having a lot of activities with them to help strengthen them and to see how great being a member of the church can be! it has been super exciting being with them!

 

  This week again as always we have also put alot of focus on our rollin 5 less actives and we were able to visit them and plus some others and some came to church for the first time in a long time! it truly is like having another baptism to see them coming to church again! god will have everyone come back:) another progressing investigator we have we taught with one of the best families here in fredrikstad and it was a little funny because we hadnt told them what we were going to talk about (yea i know bad planning) but we had planned days in advance what we were going to teach her and it was funny because when they had picked her up they had stopped at a store and the wife ran in and then as they sat in the car him being african turned on some regae and the song was about prayer and he had talked to her a little about prayer and then when we started talking he was amazed and said "NO WAY WES WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT DE":) haha we all laughed and it was just seeing another way of how the lord has answered our prayers and seeing great miracles come into place!:)

 

 if you all would like a little funny story of what happens every once and awhile i will give you a little funny history that may have happened to others on there missions but to be honest it made me smile (way to much) and helped me feel great.........well as we were contacting we were pretty close to the road since we were on a side walk and i saw this man and i stopped him and the first thing he says is.... I HAVE BEEN SAVED....so of course we are like oh that is so awesome how was it?? and he starts going off and basically yelling and then he just stops and is like...GIVE ME YOUR HANDS! so we did and then he just starts going off and praying to jesus.... I ALMOST DIED LAUGHING! it was so funny and not to be disrespectfull but i didnt and just had a massive smile and then he walked off and i couldnt  hold it in anylonger and just laughed for a while:) so a good story to keep us going on the streets:)  This week has turned out so well and i thank the lord for the little miracles we have seen on our way! I love being here and its going by "alt for fort" (way to fast) and i can trying to take enjoyment out of every moment i have:) to see how i have grown in the gospel and to see how i teach is such a big difference in a good way:) i hope you all have an incredible week! hope to hear from you all soon:)