(My grandma sent me a pearl necklace and earrings; I guess that is a sign that I am now a lady and growing up! Time to trade in the fruit loop necklace for the pearls!)
So this week......
- I got to watch
Frozen in Norsk, it was the coolest thing ever!!! I even understood most of
it!!! It is way better in Norwegian especially since it takes place in Norway
-We had a Valentines
Party with the YSA (Young Single Adult) and missionaries and our
investigators!! It was so fun!! Definitely a different way to spend Valentine’s
Day, but I loved it!! We made dinner and all hung out!! It was so fun! I love
just hanging out with missionaries and the YSA and our investigators! It is awesome
to see the YSA befriending our investigators!
- Contacting this
week was a little rough at first. In the
beginning of the week it was just like last week! The people were rude, didn't
want to talk, and we were not having any success!! Then Søster Nielsen and
Sorensen came down and we went on splits and had the best day ever!! We taught
so many people on the street and got two new investigators! It was awesome!!! We
are supposed to meet with them this week!
I am so grateful for Søster Nielsen and Sorensen and for them taking
time to help us!
- I think it is so
funny when we ask people if we can pray with them on the street and how they
react!! Since the MTC I always pray in Norwegian, so the times I pray in English
I stutter and forget the words I want to say and it is so embarrassing!
- Our investigator
Louis taught us how to African dance!! I am not a good dancer!! It was so fun!!
He kept telling us to move our whole body and feel the music! Afterwards we
taught him and had the most spiritual lesson ever!! It was so awesome!! He has
such a strong testimony about Jesus Christ and God! The spirit was so strong!!
- There is a little
boy in the ward named Nathan who is 4! He is the cutest little boy ever and is
in love with me!! He gave me a handmade bracelet and heart valentine for
Valentine's Day!!! It was the cutest thing ever! I was so sad to say bye to
him!! He is a cutie!
- This week I was
reminded how important the Holy Ghost is and how we need to always listen to
the small promptings!!!
- Casper is doing
great like always!!! However saying
goodbye to him is going to be so sad!!
TRANSFER REPORT!!!!!! I WILL BE GETTING TRANSFERRED
TO........
TROMSØ WITH SØSTER
HOUSE!!!!! We are going to be opening the area for sisters there!! Can you believe it!! I about
died when I found out!!! I think this is the northernmost
area for sisters in the world!! Pretty
awesome! I about died when I found out!!! I’m so excited to have Søster House as
my new companion!! She was my companion in the MTC and is my
best friend!!! I have been dying to see her!!! I haven't seen her since the MTC
and when I found out we are going to be companions I started to scream and may
have teared up a little bit hahaha. We will be starting from scratch up there,
but I know we are going to do great things!! I am so excited!!!
- Tromsø currently
has one set of elders and a senior couple
- Tromsø is the second most north mission city in Norway, the highest is Alta
- Tromsø is the second most north mission city in Norway, the highest is Alta
- Tromsø has not had
sister missionaries there in a really really long time
- Tromsø has a
branch not a ward so there are about 10 members in Tromsø (big difference from
Stavanger)
- Tromsø is
freezing!!!!!! It is above the Arctic Circle!!
I am so so excited
to serve with Søster House and it is such a privilege that we are opening an
area!! That is a big deal!! However I am sad to leave Stavanger and the
wonderful family and friends I have made here and of course my awesome
companion Søster Heywood!! She is an amazing missionary and such a great
example to me!! Her language skills are incredible and she has helped me so
much!!! I am also sad to leave all of my amazing missionary friends here!! We
are like family!!! However we are all needed elsewhere right now! Stavanger is
like my home!!! I am so blessed to have served here and for the impact the
people had on me! However it isn't a goodbye, but a see you later!!!!
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| At the Bjergas house eating Yummy Boller with crème in the middle |
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| The Meade Family |
I was told to always
leave an area better than when you arrived! I hope that I was able to do that
in Stavanger!! I know that Stavanger has for sure made me better than when I
arrived!
Thank you so much
everyone for all of the wonderful birthday wishes, letters, and packages!!! It
means the world to me!! Ya'll are so thoughtful!!! Thank you, thank you!!! I am
so grateful to have such wonderful people like you in my life!!!
Have a great
week!!!!
xoxo
Søster Peterson
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