Norway just has my
heart!! I seriously love this place!! I don't even want to think about leaving
this place.....
We had ZLT this week!!
Which meant all of the missionaries in our zone got to come to Trondheim!!
Which also meant I got to see my peeps and that there were 11 sisters staying
in our apartment. Man was that a fun night!!! I got to see my last two
companions and Sister House and Sister Boud!! It was the best thing
ever!!!
ZLT was all about member
missionary work and I learned a lot!! It is so important to work and use
members!! Without members we cannot do this. We need the members and we need to
all work together. When we work with the members our work will improve and we
will have better success!
So Thursday was so fun!!!
We had the sisters here and we all took on Trondheim and went on contacting
splits! Man oh man was it miracles on miracles!!! Seriously Heavenly Father
does hear and answer prayers. We really needed some new investigators and I said
a prayer on the bridge while we looked at the view and he totally came
through!!
When we do our part, he will do his. We went and ate at McDonalds and
had a ton of laughs and a grand ol time! While Sister Wadley and I were
together two miracles happened right after another!! First we stopped a man and
got his number and an appointment and then right after we stopped a girl and
got her number and appointment!! Funny story.... I thought I had saved her
number in my phone and after we started walking away it was gone! So I took off
sprinting down the street yelling her name (Isabella) to get her number again!
I have the strongest
testimony that when you put in your effort, do all you can, and have faith that
the Lord will help you, HE WILL HELP YOU!!!!!
So during our big contact
session with all the other sisters. Sister Sorensen met a girl named Irene and
got an appointment with her and she is so prepared and positive!! I am so
excited to meet with her again! She is from the Philippines and is really
interested in the Book of Mormon.
Mido, we taught him this
week and he came to church!! He is really starting to understand the purpose of
God and Jesus Christ and of why we need the Book of Mormon. He really loved the
hymns at church.
We visited the cutest old
lady and man in the ward who live in a nursing home. We call them Bestamor and
Bestafar. Bestafar had us give our spiritual thought and prayer twice because
he couldn't remember that we did it already. Bestamor Ingrid is just the cutest thing
ever!!!
I am so grateful for my
Mission President. Many people say that missionaries are called to their areas
and assigned to their Mission President. I do not doubt that. I am so grateful
and blessed to be with President and Sister Hill. They are amazing and
remarkable people. I look up to them so much.
So we found a stash of
approved church movies we are allowed to watch and went crazy!! So we have been
having dinner and a movie the past couple of nights. Let me tell you, these
church movies are HILARIOUS!!! We are dying laughing while we watch these! (Especially
the ones about missionaries.) They are like spot on with the jokes! We usually
take dinner at 8 and then we are in for the night because planning starts at 9
so for dinner and a movie we change into comfy clothes and then for planning
just put skirts on over our sweat pants hahaha!
One of our investigators
Maybritt literally lives up this forever long straight up hill!! We taught her
the plan of salvation with this visual aid and the spirit was so strong and we
all taught together and went off of one another so well!!
After visiting a less
active Birgit who by the way is hilarious!! She was totally serenading us and
singing and dancing to us! She was watching skal vi danse (Shall We Dance) when
we came so afterwards, Sister Sorensen taught me how to waltz while we were
walking home. Sister Allen was getting a great laugh from that!
(As we were walking out
of Birgit's house I totally called her the wrong name and yelled bye Maybritt!!
She is kinda old and so funny and was like IM BIRGIT!! hahaha uff da!! I was so
embarrassed!! (And then at church I called her Maybritt again!!)
The cute Texan member (she
is from Tyler, Texas. Her husband is
Norwegian and not a member) invited us over to her house and OH MY GOSH I about
died!! American fall at its finest!! She also has the two cutest little boys
and had made us homemade American cookies!! I just love Kristil!! She is so
cute!! Made me miss home a lot though!
So I had to renew my visa
so I can stay in Norway and it expires in October, but the earliest I could get
an appointment was November...... hopefully that doesn't cause a problem...
There is a man here who
is a “free spirit” and doesn't care what people think about him that dances
around on rollerblades. I really liked the song he was dancing to, so I walked
up to him and asked him what it was called…. hahaha He was a way happy dude!
Did another street stand
this week!! Those are so fun!! You meet some interesting people that is for
sure.
We had two investigators
in church this week!!! That was way exciting and a huge answer to prayers!!!
Mido and Lars are two of our investigators and Lars came with his wife who is a
member and their cute baby!!
The *what are the odds
game* has become quite the favor with us three while we are contacting and even
at home!! That game is hilarious and definitely makes us step out of our
comfort zone!
Sister Sorensen and I may
have accidentally made Sister Allen throw up.... ooops!!! She lost to what are
the odds and had to do the cinnamon challenge and she threw up!! Sister
Sorensen and I were in the kitchen after we had videoed her and it had been
awhile and we opened the bathroom door and Sister Allen was head first in the
toilet throwing up.....
I FINISHED THE NEW
TESTAMENT!!!! I started it from the beginning to end!!!
Due to the time
difference with conference this weekend we (the missionaries) are going to stay
up til midnight Sunday night to watch conference!!! PJ party!!! I am so
excited!! It is so crazy to think that this time last year I was in the MTC
watching conference!! I cannot believe how fast the time has gone by! I am so
so excited for conference this week and for the guidance and council from the
prophet and his apostles!
Jordan's Tidbits:
- I can't believe this
week it hits Oktober!!! NO WAY!!!!
-Some people have asked
me what my apartment looks like. So here
are some pictures. We live right across
from the church! That is awesome!
- So one of my companions
Sister Allen says *hot poop* Sister Sorensen and I died when she said that!!
She was so confused as to why we thought that phrase was so weird! Apparently
she says it whenever something is cool or awesome or along those lines. We told
her that it was not a normal phrase and she said oh... maybe it's just a family
thing hahahaha
- Since there are three
of us and it is fall, we were trying to find a former (investigator) and the
neighborhood he lived in looked exactly like a Halloween neighborhood!! It was
so cool!! So of course we had to do the Hocus Pocus walk down the street hahah
man I love these girls!!!
- We called ourselves the
Power Puff Girls and of course my blondness kicked in and on our board in our
apartment I wrote *Powdered Puff Jenter* (jenter means girls) I didn't even
notice that I had written it wrong until they started dying laughing.....
- I have converted Sister
Sorensen to saying ya'll!!!!!
- Sister Sorensen judged
Sister Allen and I for having certain things we need to sleep with every night
hahaha
- Sister Allen taught me
a phrase I had never heard before *YOMO* It means; YOU ONLY MISSION ONCE
- My companions are the
best and so awesome and hilarious and I love them!
Random pics from the week:
The cutest bicycle shop!
Gotta love it!!
11 girls sharing a bathroom!! Yikes!!
Love this town!!!
Outside of the Art Museum
Mailbox... hint hint... write me :)
Forever Friends!!
Trondheim at night
Åndelig Tanker:
**Turn your heart to the
Lord: Lift up your soul in prayer and explain to your Heavenly Father what you
are feeling. Acknowledge your shortcomings. Pour out your heart and express
your gratitude. Let him know of the trials you are facing. Plead with Him in
Christ's name for strength and support. Ask that your ears may be opened, that
you may hear His voice. Ask that your eyes may be opened, that you may see his
light!**
*Even with the trials of
life, because of the Savior's Atonement and His grace, righteous living will be
rewarded with personal peace.
*Lift up your hearts in
praise to God, let your rejoicings never cease. Though tribulations rage
abroad, Christ says *In me ye shall have peace!*
*In Doctrine and
Covenants section 82 verse 10, We are taught that if we do things the Lord's
way, He is bound to bless us and we have claim to His promises; and if not His
way, we have no promise!
INVITATION:
So General Conference is
this weekend!! I would invite ALL of you reading this; members or non-members
to check it out!!(: You can go to lds.org and watch it online or ask a Mormon
and you can watch it at their house!! We are going to hear from the prophet and
apostles!!! This is something you don't want to miss out on trust me!!!
ha en fin uke!!!
xoxo
Søster Jordan Peterson
check out my mission
presidents wife’s blog: thehillsinnorway.com
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