HEIA!!:):)

 

 

  OH WHAT A WEEK!! i can not even try to express my feelings of joy for this past week! it has been so filled and sometimes i could hardly even think! it was such a blessing that everything FOR ONCE worked out just how i wanted it!:) THE BAPTISM WAS INCREDIBLE!! everything went out of hand but that is how the lord wanted it haha! well i will get to telling the details in a sec but i just thought i would give you a little anxiety just to hear that they were baptized:) since i know you were all wondering!! we have had such an incredible week but not only because of the baptism but also because of a lady we came into contact with that is SO GOLDEN and ready for the gospel! ok now that i am done expressing the little things i will give you all the good details!'

 

 Well i will start with the golden lady! we actually got her number a a week and a half ago and we had so much to do we forgot to call her....well anyway we talked with her last monday and apologized and we made appointments and then ended up swallowing the lessons whole and just came out on top and just straight out said i believe everything! we are still making sure that she understands baptizm and so she will most likely have a date by middle of this week!!:) plus she has a daughter that we taught that lives in oslo which is so sentralt to everyting and that  is the best place for 18-30 year olds! so we are super excited! we managed to figure out a ride for her to church and she came still knowing we were not going to be there! she met every person at church and i called her after church and she had received so many invitations to dinners and others things that it was such a blessing to her and to hear for us! the ward took her in and ate her whole:) she is from iraq and actually was born christian and she loves it:) she is going to be a great member!

 

 well saturday we woke up at 5 and drove to moss so that we could clean the baptismalfont and get everyting ready and we also had haircuts scheduled thanks to one of the baptismal canidates whose mom cuts hair! well the hair cut ended up being an hour later than expected and then we had a breakfast planned with a member and that had to be delayed and we were filling up the font as well so we were going back and forth to everything and had to express how hard we were trrying to help everyone and follow up on everything but we managed it all by the end and still managed to be 10 minutes late for our baptism.....haha with me running around with all the baptismal clothes in my hands and hoping that they would fit the girls since the ones that they took home to try on didnt fit so we had to get them from our ward and take them with the day of and hope for the best and i even tried them on to make sure they would fit....so yes i was in a baptismal dress hahaha:) we had a great baptism and i had to baptize the one girl twice since her knee came out of the water.... but it worked out:) we ended up spending the day with them and playing volley with them and then ate amazing food with them and the two others elders that came her that had taught them mom when she was baptized in november! it was intense! but to make it even more intense i got the oppurtunity to confure the holy ghost on laticia infront of everyone in the ward and that was so intense the spirit was so strong!!! i could remember everything in norwegian and then my mind went blank when the blessing part came haha....but i managed!! it turned out well and it was super spiritual! it was not easy to plan stuff with a ward that you dont live in but thanks to good friends that i had before i left....they helped in more ways than i can say! THANK YOU!!

 

 well that is my super crazy week and it may not seem so hectic but it was....well ihope you all had an incredible week and i miss you all! LOVE YOU ALL!!

 

 ELDSTE FARNSWORTH