As you can see from my
title, THE DARKNESS IS COMING BACK!!! I feel like it happened over night!! We
were going to bed the other night and as we were laying there we go *oh my
gosh... it is dark! It is actually dark right now!!** It was a very sad realization
because now that the darkness is beginning to happen, it means winter isn't too
far away.....
Mandag:
- went on a walk with
Brenda and talked about the Plan of Salvation!!!
- met with Kelly! She
said I was her best friend(: so glad she is back! She is a hoot!! We asked her
if she would pray every day this week and she goes no, not every day!! haha it
is a work in progress, but I love her!!(:
Tirsdag:
- Visited with Bianca and
she is so good!! She is so cute and has tabs and scripture markers and
everything. I love her!!!!
- We have been trying
this whole transfer to find and visit a less active named Åshild. Well we had
some time so we decided to go try again!
I wasn't paying attention so we missed the bus stop we needed and got
off at the next one.... except the next one was like a mile down the road and
to get back to where we needed to go we had to walk literally on the side of
the freeway with no sidewalk..... Mom you would not have been very happy about
that, but we didn't have a choice haha.
Åshild wasn't home, but hopefully we
can get in contact with her soon! Since Åshild wasn't home we decided to go
back to the guy’s house that lived close by who talked to us last time we went
banking and he told us we could come back. Well we went back and he came to the
door, I saw him through the glass and he walked away.... rude!!!!!!!
Onsdag:
WE FLEW TO BERGEN!!!!!! We
had a general authority come to visit Norway!! Elder Johnson came so we had a
two zone Conference in Bergen!! It was the West and the North zone!! It was so
fun!! We took our P-day in Bergen with all the other missionaries and it was a
blast!! We roamed the city and the senior couples did a BBQ with hotdogs for
us! It was so fun to be back in Bergen again!! AND I finally got to see Sister
Boud!!! I hadn't seen her since the MTC!!
HOUSE, ME, BOUD, AND FIRTH WERE ALL
TOGETHER!!! IT WAS A GLORIOUS REUNION!!! Man I love those girls!! For proselyting
time they split all the missionaries up with different companions and I was with
Sister Boud!! Sister Boud, Elder Dalton, Elder Witbeck and I went to Else's a
member who I visited a couple times when I was in Bergen to eat dinner! She
made us Norwegian waffles!!! She is so cute and awesome!! She has some amazing
insight too!! We gave a spiritual thought about the sacrament and her input was
mind-blowing!! Something she said that I loved was: *every week we promise to
take upon us the Lord's name and not use his name in vain. Many people think
not using his name in vain is not swearing or having unclean language or
thoughts, but really not taking the Lord's name in vain is not doing anything
that would draw us away from the Lord and it includes our actions as well*. She is so amazing!!
Some of us sisters slept
at the Bergs house and that family is so awesome and cute!! Their house is like
a Pinterest house too!!! They totally gave up their rooms for us and just had
mattresses everywhere!! It was so nice of them!! She gave us American candy too!
Funny Story: So at like three in the morning I heard a
noise, but didn't think anything of it, then I heard scratching at our bedroom
door and it was the cat and then it started to throw its body against the
door!!! I just ignored it and went back to bed.... than the door opens and the
cat comes in! Søster Wadley who is on the floor on a mattress flies up and goes
guys... there is a cat on my bed! Søster Nielsen hates cats and jumps in the
corner of her bed and is yelling at us to get it out! I am dying laughing - scared to touch the cat, but it walks out by
itself... than like 5 minutes later it is back at the door again!!! So I opened
it and Søster Wadley and I were huddled on my bed under the sheets scared the
cat was going to claw us and Sister Nielsen is freaking out!! Mind you this is
all at three in the morning..... Luckily we get the cat out again and it
doesn't bug us.... until I go to the bathroom and it corners me in a corner and
I am just scared to death waiting for this cat to leave me alone so I can go
back into the room! Good times I tell ya!!!
Torsdag:
Elder Johnson blew my
mind!! It was an amazing Conference!! Seriously I felt like it was directed right
at me! So many questions and prayers I have had especially from last transfer
were answered! It was such an amazing experience and I learned so much!!
Fredag:
- Literally felt like I
had jet lag all over again!! Bad thing about traveling is you don't get to catch
up on the sleep you lost!!!
Lørdag:
- We went back to Gier's
house and he was totally home and didn't open for us.... that was a total
bummer....
- Met With AJ, and he is
really coming along!!! He has been keeping the Reading Challenge we gave him
and even could summarize for us what he read instead of making it up! AND he
came to Church!! We are really proud of him!
- Met with Anita and
brought up baptism...... she doesn't have any desire to change or be baptized
and kinda wants to just be a free person and go to whatever church she wants,
whenever she wants.... that was a total bummer because we really thought she
was progressing!
Søndag:
The Primary Program was
today and I had a total of 4 children which are all siblings take part in
it. I was the music leader and it was
so fun!! Those kids are so cute!!!
We visited Linda tonight
and her countenance was changed!! She was so happy and lit right up when we
came inside!!!
So I love being in a
trio!! These girls are so much fun and we work hard, but have so much fun at
the same time!! This week I have been so exhausted and it was because we came
to the realization that we literally work so hard!! We are out all day and are
only are sitting down if we are eating or teaching someone. These two sisters have
taught me so much and I am so grateful I get to be in a trio!!
Jordan's Tidbits:
·
We were cleaning the apartment and the vacuum
has been having issues so we decided to try to see how to clean it out........ Oh
my gosh!!! It was the grossest thing in the world!!!! I don't think that thing
has ever been cleaned out before!!! It was disgusting!!!!
·
The taxi ride to the airport was quite the
experience. Our bus driver turned on blue
glow lights and sang to us!!!
·
People for the love please send me pictures when
you email me! Some of you are awesome at it! And some of you I haven't seen or
gotten pictures in 12 months....... I love you and want to see you!
·
I am not a fan of stopping men between the ages
of 18 and 35, but this week Søster Nielsen and Wadley have been helping me
overcome that fear and it has gotten a lot better!
·
I got to see the Whitakers and the Allpins!!! I
love them!!
Åndelig Tanker:
Let obedience come naturally, don't let it be a
burden!
I had an awesome experience this week where I was able to see someone as God sees them! It was the coolest thing ever and I will never forget it(: We were talking to a man who was smoking and drinking and as I got to talking to him, my whole perception of him changed and I saw him as God sees and loves him! It was the coolest thing ever!! Never judge someone or assume. See them and treat them as God would and get to know them first!!
From Henry B Eyring:
When they brought the
young man in he was suddenly given an amazing spiritual gift. He saw, not the young man as he was, but
instead he saw this amazing all-in-radiant-white valiant son of God. He called it the "gift of seeing divine
potential." I have been working on
that... trying to see everyone I meet as a person who kept his first estate and
is a child of God with divine potential.
It doesn't always work but it has made me a lot less judgmental and a
lot more interested in trying to get to know someone.
glad i dere!! ha en fin
uke!!!
Xoxo
Søster Peterson
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