Mandag:
- packed, said goodbye to
people and watched Brother Bear(:
So glad I got to say goodbye to Dingaan
Love these two!!
Tirsdag:
- My last day in Tromsø
was the greatest and nicest weather I have had!!! It was sunshine and short
sleeve shirts and I wasn't even chilly at all, which was a first. We took a
boat to visit our investigator Cedric who lives in on an island called Finnsnes
and to contact there and get a change of scenery. It was so fun!!!
Than that
night I said goodbye to a couple more people and finished packing which was a
nightmare...... Seriously flying for transfers is so stressful!!! So our teach
with Cedric was AWESOME!!! We taught him about the word of wisdom and law of
chastity..... and lots of other things since when we usually teach him it is
over skype or when he gets the chance to come into town. He is doing so awesome
and I am so proud of him!! I am going to miss teaching him!! He is helping
manage this restaurant and gave us free food for dinner so that was way nice of
him!! With our extra time, we banked and didn't have much success, but it was
nice to have a change of scenery to contact and talk to different people.
Onsdag:
- Transfer day is always
stressful, but fun! After arriving in Trondheim, I met one of my companions
Sister Allen who was on the same plane as me. I wish all of you could have seen
us with our luggage trying to get to the train station....... man was I
sweating!! It took us so many trips and to go back and forth to get all of our
luggage, it was a sight for sore eyes that is for sure hahaha.
When we finally
got to the train station we had to wait an hour and then it was like an hour
train ride to the city where Sister Sorensen our other companion and two of the
elders were waiting for us to help us walk our bags to the apartment. Of course
one of my wheels on my suitcase was broken so I was like dragging my suitcase
throughout the city hahaha. It was a workout let me tell ya! I felt really bad
for the elder who had to drag my other suitcases...... The Trondheim apartment
is right across the street from the church so that is way nice and the
apartment is so cute!!! I will send pics next week. We ate dinner with the
elders and got kebabs and ate by the water! Seeing greenies fresh from the MTC
is always so funny! We had an appointment with a guy in his early 20's named
Andreas and he was way nice, but so quiet so it was basically us three missionaries
talking the whole time.
Torsdag:
- We had weekly planning
which is always long.................... but you gotta get a weekly planning
snack so we did that and I had musli and biola! Man I love that stuff!! And we
had Institute!! It is so weird to have church activities to go to!! It is way
nice!! We got served dinner and then had a lesson. Sister Rappleye and Elder
Rappleye (the senior couple) are way awesome!! She is an amazing cook too!! I
love them already!!
Fredag:
- Taught a man and I
won't give much details other than he literally drained all of us and we were
so exhausted after teaching him because he wouldn't listen and wanted to kinda
bible bash
- We had a dinner
appointment with a member and her less active son who is way chill! We are
trying to get him involved in the YSA activities so hopefully that will help!
She made us the most delicious meal I have had and it was Philippine food! It
was seriously to die for!! We had this salad, and purple rice, meatballs, meat
and sauce, chicken, and spring rolls. Dang was it good!!! After we shared a
spiritual thought, we checked the time and had 5 minutes to get to the bus
which was not close..... So we had to literally SPRINT to make the bus or we
would have been stranded for 45 minutes..... It was pouring rain and my stomach
was not happy with me.... BUT we made it to the bus stop just as the bus
rounded the corner!!! Heavenly Father loves us. We looked like wet dogs,
actually, out of breath wet dogs when we got on the bus hahaha. Than that night
we went out to contact and see if a less active was home and it was pouring!!!!
We were so wet!!! I learned to bring an umbrella with me every time I leave the
house and a scarf.....
Lørdag:
-THEY HAVE SPORT HERE!!!!
But it got canceled, but we have sport here!! So that is way exciting! They
play soccer! We visited Hell (a city here) and met with an investigator and of
course I fell asleep on the car ride back to the city (the Rappleyes drove us)
- We visited an
investigator who doesn't speak much English or Norwegian so that is kinda hard,
but we have a member from Stavanger who skypes in and translates Burmese for us
so that is way nice!!
****Man do I LOVE
Trondheim!! The city is so big! Sister Allen and I both came from small towns
with branches, so we feel like country girls moving to New York City!! Man have
I missed the city life!! It is so weird, but awesome to have a real church building,
more than 20 members, activities to go to the church, lots of missionaries, and
not having to contact all day everyday
Jordan's Tidbits:
- There are the cutest
babies here and I CAN’T HOLD THEM!!! It is driving me nuts!!!
- I love love love
Trios!! These girls are so awesome!
- The streets here at nighttime
are literally dead.... so that makes contacting a little difficult, but we like
to play what are the odds, so that makes contacting fun and interesting!!
- I love love love the
city!! I have missed it!
-There is a really beautiful cathedral here.
**insert from Mom: here is some information on the Cathedral.
Nidaros Cathedral
The cathedral in Trondheim is the national sanctuary of Norway, built over the grave of St. Olav. Work began in 1070, but the oldest parts still in existence date from the middle of the 12th century. In 1869 extensive restorations started, and more than a century later, Nidaros Cathedral is yet to be completed.
-A family from Stavanger
who I LOVE surprised called me yesterday and oh it made my day!!! I love the Gulbrandsen
family!!!!
- Started to get sick
this week...... being sick as a missionary is probably the worst.... but oh
well sånn er livet!!
1 John 5:14: And this is
the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his
will, he heareth us!
- Humility does not mean
weakness!! Humility is the recognition of our dependence upon a higher power, a
constant need for the Lord's support in his work!
**There is a great talk
by Jeffrey R. Holland called, “Lord, I Believe”. He starts it by saying: “Honestly
acknowledge your questions and your concerns, but first and forever fan the
flame of your faith, because all things are possible to them that believe.”
You can go to this link
to read the rest of the talk. It is
wonderful!!
ha en fin uke!!!
xoxo
Søster Peterson
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