(Hello family and
friends)
So this week was probably
the toughest week at the MTC. However I
know that the Lord wants me to be here and that he does hear and answer prayers
because he has definitely been helping me so much!! This week was very emotional, stressful, and
just rough, but also very humbling. The
language is difficult and I felt like I haven't been progressing and I still
can't roll my r's which really frustrates me!! Haha. I know that with patience, hard work, faith
and trust in the Lord he will help me though! Søster House and I asked one of
our favorite teachers Bror (Brother) Smith who is so awesome if we could talk
to him because we were both having a rough day.
At first we talked about how we were doing when we teach our
investigators and the first thing he said (not knowing we were having concerns)
was that the lesson we had just given was the best he had ever seen us do and
it was the best Norwegian he had ever heard us speak. I literally burst into tears because it made
me so happy and was an answer to my prayers!
He helps all of us out so much and is just so inspiring and knows
exactly what to say! So in my last email
I totally forgot to say that Søster House and I are the Sister District
Training Leaders!! Way exciting!! (Except on Sundays because we have to wake up
extra early to go to meetings) As district training leaders we are in charge of
the søsters in our district! We talk to them, make sure they are doing okay, attend
meetings, etc... This Sunday we got to watch the Ogden Temple get dedicated as
a temple of our church. That was an experience that was so cool!! It was
awesome to see and hear the prophet of our church Thomas S. Monson speak! We also had M. Russell Ballard speak to us at
our devotional on Tuesday! He talked
about missionaries and how he wants to make sure we know that we are on the
Lord's errand and we are being servants for Him! He also focused on making sure we knew that
EVERY soul is great in the sight of God and that everyone is a son or daughter
of God. Being a missionary is seriously
the best thing ever! Yes, there are hard
times, but the good definately outweigh the bad!
It is such a life changing experience and I am growing and learning so much! I have a new love and appreciation for the
church! It is so awesome to think that
the Lord needs me in Norway and that he has called me to go there for a reason! Something awesome happened the other
day! We were doing an activity in class
and our teacher told us to write down a question that we wanted to be answered
than we were to go off on our own and just take our scriptures with us and see
if we could find our answer. I had no
idea where to even start to read, so I prayed then closed my eyes and opened to
a random page and just started reading and GUESS WHAT!!! The answer to my
question was literally right there!! It was soo cool!! Søster House and I are
becoming better at teaching our investigators and started not to rely on our
notes as much and just listen and go with what the Spirit is telling us to
say! When we do that, our lessons have
been so much better and more of a conversation than us reading from almost a
script.
Jordan's Tidbits:
·
I saw Elder Chris Isaac this week!!! So great to
have him here!
·
Søster House and I memorized our first scripture
in Norsk! Moroni 10:5
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I definitely know how people gain weight
here.... All you do is eat and sit in a classroom and teach!
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The food is slowly becoming unappetizing....
·
I absolutely love love love everyone's letters
and packages!! Thank you, thank you so much! I cannot express how much I love
them!! I'm trying to write everyone back, so if I don't write you back right
away I will soon!
·
It is never a dull moment in the Residence hall
with my Søsters! hahaha
·
My grandparents sent us this big glass bottle of
cider to celebrate our halfway mark so of course we were going to go out with a
bang! However, we had a little
difficulty opening the bottle... and when we finally popped the top off - it
exploded everywhere and on everyone and everything!! We were all dying!!
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| Halfway done in the MTC! |
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| Sharing my goodies! |
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Søster House and I tried to run and bump bellies
with pillows in our shirts. We full on
sprinted from opposite sides of the rooms and her being so much taller than me,
I totally bounced off her and flew onto my back!! All the Søsters were dying
laughing!!!
·
My district is seriously the best! The Eldste's
(Elders) and Søsters are so awesome and are so helpful! I don't know what I
would do without them!
(Clarification:
District is the eldste's and soster's going to Norway. Zone is the missionaries
going to Norway, Netherlands, Sweden, and West Indies)
·
There are 4 elders and 11 sisters in my district
and about 40 plus missionaries in my zone
·
I do not go outside very much, when I do it's to
walk to other buildings or for class activities and even when we are outside
literally everywhere we walk has coverings above us. So I don't get much sunlight....
·
I was asked if I sing a lot..... hahaha!! Søster House loved that question because we
literally sing all the time and she isn't a fan of singing! However; we have to sing in Norwegian, but
it's nice to sing in English when we have meetings or devotionals with all the
missionaries in the MTC
·
The friendships I am making here are seriously
going to last a lifetime!!
·
A mission is the best thing ever!!!
·
I'm nicknamed as the "Sister who gets all
the letters" haha
I would like to invite
those that would like, to do a Book of Mormon challenge with me! I will be starting today and reading the Book
of Mormon from start to finish. I will
be reading a couple of chapters a day, however; you can read just one or just
read for time like 15 min a day. If you
do not have a Book of Mormon and would like one - email my mom at
texaspetersons@gmail.com and she would love to get one for you!
Any questions or
curiosity about the LDS church go to www.lds.org!
Thank you everyone for
all the love and support!!!
Jeg elsker dere,
Søster Peterson
General Questions I have been asked:
1. What
is your schedule every day?
Every
day I wake up at 6:30, personal study time till 8, breakfast at 8, then gym
from 8:30-9:15, then class and teaching instruction with teachers for 6 hours
-basically for the rest of the day including lunch and dinner and personal
study time, companion study time, and language study time
2. What
do you do on your "P-Day"?
We
email, relax, basically do what we want, than we go to the temple and then
after dinner at 6:30 we have class
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| We dress "comfy" on P-Day!! |
3. Does
a General Authority speak to you every week?
A
General Authority doesn’t always come, we have just been really lucky!!
4. Is
Monday still a "no English" day?
All day?
No.
there’s not a “no English rule”, but sometimes our teachers make us and we do a
thing called SYL which is “speak your language” and we have to speak Norsk, but
the words we don't know we can use English
5. How
many hours of sleep do you get a night?
I
usually get 6 hours of sleep a night
6. What
are your favorite foods there at the MTC?
The
food is kinda gross!! hahaha
Mom sent a box of Oreos and peanut butter!!! Jordan's favorite!!
Thanks for all the packages and treats!!
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