This week went by so
fast!! Here is a quick rundown of the week!
Mandag:
We went to Familien
Klæbøe for FHE. They have six super cute blond children! We taught them a
lesson about faith. We had a bag full of random things and you had to take
something out and try to guess what it was without using your eyes...
Alma 32:21 - 21 “And now as I said concerning faith—faith is
not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope
for things which are not seen, which are true.”
The grandma had my chap
stick and pulled the lid off and yelled ew in Norwegian! It was so funny!
Tirsdag:
We slept outside!! We
have a deck and Søster J has been dying to sleep outside, so we took our
mattresses and all the denna's we could find and slept outside! It actually was
pretty great! The only bad part was the light because it starts getting light
around like 4 or 5:00 in the morning here! It is crazy! And it doesn't get dark
till after 9:00!
Onsdag:
Today we helped a member
clean her house and get ready to move! It was so fun and her view of the fjord
is amazing!
We sang songs and danced as we cleaned! We made it a good time! On our way home we were on the Bybanen (light
rail public transportation in Bergen) and Søster J saw this moose or some kind
of animal out of her window. She wanted
to go pet it so bad, but I wouldn’t let her.
Torsdag:
Our apartment got a new
toilet! The old one was terrible.... it wouldn’t flush and the toilet seat
wasn't connected. So we finally had our land lord get us a new one! But the
toilet seat isn't connected on this one either....
Lørdag:
Sport!! Playing
volleyball is the best! I wish I could play softball too! The weather was
ridiculous!! Raining cats and dogs!! It made being outside not enjoyable..... but
it was still fun.
Søndag:
KIRKE!!! Oh my, it is so
great to be going to a real church building with a ward again!! I have missed
that so much! Never will I take church for granted ever again! It was fast Sunday
today and dang do I miss Tromsø and bearing my testimony in front of like 10
people! We went to a members house afterwards with all the missionaries to eat
and that was so much fun! The Berg family is so awesome! Søster J and I also
kontakted some sweet people on the street! We also had an old investigator in
church so that was way sweet!
Today! April 13th:
Søster Larsen and I
decided to hike fløyen! Fløyen or Fløyfjellet is the most visited of the seven
mountains that surround the city centre of Bergen, Norway. It has a funicular
system Fløibanen that transports passengers from the centre of Bergen to a
height of 320 metres in roughly 8 minutes.
And oh my gosh!! I about died!! The view was amazing when we finally got
to the top, but getting there was death!! No joke there was one part where I
was crawling....
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Jordan's Tidbits:
- Norwegians pronounce
the letter w like a v and the letter v like a w
- Vaffler is the best
thing in the world!! (Norwegian waffles)
- Boller is the best
thing in the world!! (Boller is like a type of yummy bread roll dessert thing)
-This is the King and Queens vacation house in Bergen
- I don't understand how
Norwegians are so dang skinny with the boller, chocolate, and yummy goodness
they have here!
- I will NEVER be able to
eat American chocolate again
-Elder Dalton and I
-The shopping is awesome
here!! This is Bryggen. Bryggen (Norwegian for the Wharf), also known as
Tyskebryggen (the German Wharf), is a series of Hanseatic commercial buildings
lining the eastern side of the fjord coming into Bergen, Norway. Today, Bryggen
houses museums, shops, restaurants and pubs. Probably one of the most
famous-touristy spots in all of Norway! They have a year round open Christmas
shops. Each building is kind of crooked
so it’s fun to walk around the stores on slanted flooring.
- Søster J is kicking my
booty with språk study, (language study) but I am grateful she is pushing me!
Åndelig Tanker: (spiritual thoughts)
*Even though we may feel
lost in the midst of our current circumstances, God promises the hope of His
light- He promises to illuminate the way before us and show us the way out of
darkness
*If you're not a full
time missionary with a missionary badge pinned on your coat, NOW is the time to
paint one on your heart-painted as Paul said “not with ink, but with the spirit
of the living God”
*Is there not wisdom in
Heavenly Father giving us trials that we might rise above them,
responsibilities that we might achieve, work to harden our muscles, sorrows to
try our souls? Are we not exposed to temptations to test our strength, sickness
that we might learn patience, death that we may be immortalized and glorified?
If all the sick for whom we prayed were healed. If all the righteous were
protected and the wicked destroyed, the whole program of God would be annulled
and the basic principles of the gospel, free agency, would be ended. No one
would have to live by faith! To have faith does not mean we believe our
Heavenly Father will always give us what we ask for when we ask for it. When we
ask in faith for something that is in accordance with the will of God, He will
grant us according to our desires. Heavenly Father knows us, loves us, and
desires everything necessary for us to return to His presence. And sometimes
that includes trials, troubles, and challenges (1 Peter 1:7). We must learn to
trust in God's plan for us and submit our will to His. Just because we have
faith, doesn't mean the Lord has to grant us what we want or help us. He knows
us better than we know ourselves and sometimes he knows we need to learn or
grow from an experience and sometimes he may want to test our faith and
devotion to Him! The Lord loves us and wants and knows what is best for us!
Glad i dere!! Ha en fin
uke!!
(love you!! Have a great week!!)
xoxo
Søster Peterson
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