Wow what a week this
was!!!! This week was a great week!!
BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!
President called us and
said that we are going to be a trio!! Sister Wadley who came with Sister Bender
my last companion is coming to be with Sister Nielsen and I on Wednesday!! We
have a sister leaving so we are having a mini moves and a couple other sisters
are getting moved around too. I am way excited to meet her!! Sister Bender
would always talk about her! She sounds awesome and she is coming from Sandnes
which is basically Stavanger!!!
Mandag:
Today we introduced Elder
Hoopes to softis!!! We also all went on a hike in the woods
We got in contact with a
not active member Chilonda!! He is way awesome and Søster Nielsen and I are
basically re-teaching him like a new investigator and hoping we can figure out
why he left and how to get him to come back! He is so cool and it is a miracle
we got in contact with him! He is good friends with John the less active that
is becoming active!
We also went on contact
splits with the elders!! Elder Hoopes and I got some good laughs in because of
how rude and mean the people were to us!
Tirsdag:
Today we tried to find a
less active named Åshild with the Elders, but couldn't find her house, so we
just decided to bank (knock on doors). It wasn't too bad, no one let us in, but
the weather was nice! At one of the houses Søster Nielsen and I banked on, a
guy opened the door and when I saw him I almost fell backwards off the porch!
He looked exactly no joke like my friend Elder Padgett and I couldn't believe
my eyes! His name was Ole and he was pretty nice and talked to us for a bit and
said we could come back! So we will have to go back when Søster Wadley is here
so that way if he does let us in, we can go in!
While trying to find
Åshilds house we thought we found it and actually ended up walking into a
strangers house. Like up their stairs and everything!!! Yeah it was pretty
awkward..... Luckily no one saw us, but the door was wide open and we thought
it was her house!!
So the college in town is
starting school this week and this past week was like a party week..... We were
on a bus on our way home from the hospital visiting a member and literally 60
college kids get on the bus and never have I smelled so much alcohol before!!
They were all so drunk and crazy. To be honest I was a little scared especially
being a missionary. One guy threw up everywhere when he got off the bus! AND
then there was a huge party right next door to where Søster Nielsen and I live
in town...... So needless to say we didn't get a lot of sleep this past
week.....I am so grateful for the Word of Wisdom and the Law of Chastity!!!!
Sister Crabtree made her
famous brownies for District lunch!! Man oh man those things are to die for!
We had District Meeting
and it was way awesome! We talked about how we can focus more on Christ and
having him be more a part of Our lives and missionary work.
We took the Elders to
visit a member who was in the hospital here in Tromsø. We were waiting for
about 2 hours and this nurse showed us to the drinks and food room. As we took
some food and were eating another nurse later on came in and yelled at us and
said we couldn't eat the food... oops! Oh well!
Onsdag:
We went to Benta's a less
active who lives like 2 hours away with the Crabtrees.... ROAD TRIP!!! Søster
Nielsen and I came prepared with pillows for the car ride and Søster Crabtree
had made cookies!! Benta lives on a lot of land and it is so pretty!! She works
so hard there and it made me realize how much work having a farm and land are!
We helped her cut and clear branches, feed the chickens, and we got to taste
some of her strawberries that were growing in her garden!! She is so sweet! Her
mother in law is German and was there and she doesn’t speak English and she was
just the cutest thing! They made us dinner with food only from their garden and
we had this weed salad that was weeds and what the chickens ate and it was actually
pretty good!
Fredag:
We had the Gren Fest on
Friday!! (The branch party) It turned out to be nice weather which is good
because it was outside!! We had Norwegian hot dogs which are amazing!!!!!!! Way
better than American! You put them in this tortilla type thing with Norwegian
potato salad, these onion chip things, and some Norwegian sauces. It is to die
for!! We all played volleyball and just hung out! It was so fun to be around
everyone and have everyone get to know each other. It was especially great
because Kelly and John came!! AND Anita and Jackson two of our investigators
and Brenda and her husband and two sons came!! It was so fun and an awesome way
to get them to meet the Gren and feel comfortable
We taught Emmanuel this
week...... He read some anti on the internet..... However we finished the
Joseph Smith Movie with him and talked about the Book of Mormon. He is interested
in the Book of Mormon and our religion, so we are hoping we will have progress
with him and be able to help him!
To all my non-member
readers - I hope you all know that if you have any questions or are curious about
our church, ask a member of the Church or go to these websites!!! There are so
many things on the internet that aren't true or have twisted the truth!
beta.mormon.org
We taught Anita again! We
met her on the street last week and this is our second time meeting with her.
Boy does she love to talk!! She is probably in her 60's, but she is way cool
and came to church too!! She wasn't too fond on the topic of baptism, but she
has been reading in the Book of Mormon and is interested to keep learning more!
We are hoping the more she learns and through the Holy Ghost her heart and mind
will be changed.
The Pedersens are
back from their vacation and Dingaan
comes back today! It is so great to have them back!!! I missed them!!
On Saturday basically all
of our plans fell through or cancelled so for dinner we called the Elders and
we got sandwiches and ice cream! We were eating outside across from a pub and a
drunk lady was laughing and smiling and taking pictures of us...
Church was a miracle this
week!!! Ramy and Anita came to church AND two girls who just moved here from
school walked into the church because they saw the sign outside!! WHAT!!!! That
doesn’t happen ever!! MIRACLES I TELL YOU!!!!!!!! We talked with them after church
and they are from Nepal, going to school, and looking for a Church!! Søster
Nielsen and I briefly talked about the Book of Mormon, gave them each one, and
got their numbers!! We are so hoping they will want to meet and keep coming to
church!! Sundays in Tromsø never cease to amaze me!
We got invited with the Elders
to visit an African church, but we got lost......... bummer... maybe next week!
Visited the Reynolds on
Sunday with the Elders and wow those kids love the missionaries!! They are
pretty crazy, but so cute and fun! The Elders planned this fun game to teach
them about prophets. We had someone write a sentence and then one person drew a
picture and then covered the sentence and then the next person would have to
write a sentence based on the picture and so on.... than at the end we compared
the last picture to the first sentence to see how close or wrong it was. It was
a great example to teach the kids the important of a prophet to correctly guide
and lead us today
Jordan's Tidbits:
- The Elders are in love
with the softis here (ice cream) and I mean who wouldn't be so we got it a
couple times this week....... Probably going to get sick from all this dairy,
but oh well!! You can't say no to Norwegian ice cream!
- The grocery store next
to our house is having a huge sale and everything is 10 kr!!! That is way cheap
and Søster Nielsen and I are in heaven!!!
- Søster Nielsen has
gotten me to like contacting a little more so that is a good thing!!
- Casper my deaf convert
from Stavanger will be at my house this week...... So jealous he is there
without me!!! Hope my family practiced some Norwegian sign language considering
he doesn’t know English or American Sign Language haha
- It blows my mind how
open and free the Norwegians here are!! Never in my life have I seen so much
nudity.........
- Found out my family
knows some of Elder Hoopes family so that is pretty cool!
Åndelig Tanker:
- Always always live
worthy to have the priesthood and be able to use it in times of need!! How would
you feel if someone was in need of a blessing or needed help and you couldn't
give them a blessing because you weren't worthy?? Just something to think about
- ALWAYS have oil on
you!! You never know when you will need it
- I would like to invite
everyone to do something this week that will help them think about Christ more.
You could put a picture on your mirror, or a quote, or read the scriptures
more, or pray!! I promise just the littlest things will make the biggest
difference!!
ha en fin uke dere!!!
Enjoy your last week or
weeks of summer before school starts!!!
xoxo
Søster Peterson
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