So I hit my 15 months
this week and dang I have 12 weeks left and not going to lie, I'm not sure how
I feel about this..... Bittersweet feelings for sure...... The water works have
already started....
Mandag:
My deaf convert in
Stavanger had his one year mark from being baptized!!! Casper is so awesome!!!
He has impacted my mission and made it all worth it from the beginning!
A very nice member Enoch
made the missionaries dinner again!!
We had another
appointment with the JW's...... They are very nice and it is interesting to see
why they believe what they believe.... It is a way awesome opportunity to share
our beliefs and bear our testimony to them as well. Planting seeds for sure!
Tirsdag:
The nursing home was
doing a Christmas Program, so Sister Allen and I went over early in the morning
to help set up and prepare for it. It turned out way cute!! It was so early in
the morning that we had to move studies to later in the day after we were done
and wow..... I do not know what I am going to do when I go home and don't have
my studies every day!! My whole day was off and I felt weird and was just not a
good day!! Never doing that again!!
Elder Rasband bought this
thing that used to be a fox for his mom and was wearing it and I put it on and
it was kinda gross.... Sister Allen was terrified of it and I threw it at her
and she screamed so loud!! It was way funny!
Onsdag:
We visited cute Majken
and Olivia. After we visit them I just want to be a cute young married couple
with a cute baby!!
Met with Mido and went
over the Plan of Salvation. He understood it well for the most part and we were
able to clear up questions he had about oppstandelsen (resurrection) and he may
be bringing a friend next time so that is way exciting! and we are most likely
going to be talking about the law of chastity with him next week... so that
will be fun!
Torsdag:
Visited a member named
Helena Ørndal. She lives at the same place as Bestamor and Bestafar. She
reminds me of my grandmothers. She was so nice and oh my goodness she kept
making these cinnamon roll things for Sister Allen and I and wouldn't stop
making us eat them. Like literally making us eat them even when we told her we
were full, she wouldn't believe us and sent us with chocolate to take home! Her
husband died I think it was 3 years ago and she misses him a lot. She even had
me start crying while she was talking to us.
Bestamor and Bestafar are
doing good! We helped Bestamor with her Christmas tree and decorations and
hanging up lights and boy was that a task!
Went to Institute and
talked about Joseph Smith and Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appearing to
him. It was a way powerful and spirit filled lesson. Of course Sister Rappleye
made really yummy food as always.
Fredag:
Visited Ingebrigt with
the Rappleyes and talked about the Plan of Salvation. He gave us so much
chocolate as well!! Seriously you cannot tell a Norwegian no!! They don't
listen to you haha
During lunch we stopped
by the Nidar chocolate factory and that was cool!! I like Freia chocolate
better, but it was cool to peek inside
Went to the nursing home
and sang Christmas songs again!
Two of our appointments
cancelled today so that was a bummer....
While contacting we met
this way cool Norwegian guy who wanted to meet with us!! We were so excited and
got an appointment for Søndag.... we couldn't understand his name so we called
him red hair guy
Lørdag:
We went to the Rappleyes
for lunch and all brought something to contribute because we were surprising
Enoch who makes us middag and made him dinner!! Sister Rappleye made a way
yummy cashew stir fry!
It was Sister Allen and
I's turn to clean the church and that was a nice service that I enjoyed doing.
We were pretty proud at how pretty we made the church look haha. It also made
me really appreciative that I don't have to clean big buildings on a daily
basis.
Søndag:
It was hurricane weather
today!! Seriously the rain felt like rocks on our faces and the streets were
empty like usual......
I way had to go to the
bathroom and I didn't want to go all the way back to the apartment and waste
time because we were in the middle of the city... In Norway you usually have to
pay to use a public bathroom and it was Sunday so I couldn't do that.... And if
you know me I have a small bladder and I was about to be in trouble... However
it was a miracle that we remembered there was this one McDonald's that you
didn't have to pay!! HALLELUJAH!!!!
All of our appointments
canceled again......... It is way discouraging when you get your hopes up and
then the people don't show up or cancel.... Red head guy was included..... We
confirmed with him the night before and then he never showed......
It was fast Sunday today
and the testimony meeting was way awesome! I can't believe I only have 2 more
of these in Norway!!
MOVES CALL!!! Moves calls
are in and Sister Allen and I will be staying together!!! YAY YAY YAY!!!!!!
Sister Allen and I are
going to be singing in the ward Christmas concert so we have been practicing
and I think it will turn out way cool!! We are singing The First Noel with our
own little twist and harmonizing
***The weather is so
bipolar here!! It will be clear and no snow one day and then the next, pouring
rain, then snow, then hail!!***
*** Spikes for my shoes
have literally saved Sister Allen and I!! They are the best thing ever!!!
**** Norsk people are
very loyal!! Once you become friends, you will be friends for life!
****Even though I am on
my mission – I brought my “teddy bear blankies” and sleep with them every
night!!
Scripture of the week:
John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For
God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world
through him might be saved.
Åndelig Tanker:
A SAVIOR IS BORN
Okay everyone the church
has come out with a new Christmas video called A Savior Is Born and it is
offered in Norwegian and other languages which is way awesome!! Please please
please check out this video and share it with others!!! It is a good reminder on
why we have Christmas and what is most important about Christmas!! I am so
grateful for the Christmas season and for the opportunity I have to be able to
talk to people about Christ. Being a missionary around Christmas is the best!!
We truly get to focus on the Savior and help bring others as well as ourselves
closer to Him.
glad i dere!! lykke til
med eksamen!!! Tis the season!!!
xoxo
Søster Jordan Peterson
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