**Also thank you so so
much for the birthday emails, letters, packages, etc..... I appreciated it so
much!! I am so sorry if you don't get a response from me, I have like no time
to email, but just know that I read them and I loved them!***
Mandag:
The missionaries
celebrated Elder Rappleye's and my birthday today. We have the same birthday!
We went out to Peppe's Pizza and then went back to the Rappleyes to hang out
and play card games. The Elders were way nice and bought my lunch for me and
Elder Dalton bought me an oreo milkshake. Then Sister Rappleye made us all
these way yummy valentine cookies!! She is awesome!
Elder Dalton, Phipps and
Sister Gates and I had dinner with the Dunn Family. Thank goodness she made a
light dinner because we were all so full from lunch! She made this yummy fish.
Their family is so cute!
Tirsdag: MY BIRTHDAY:
Wow, I can't believe I am
21.... I feel like I am 16... My birthday was a way awesome day! Sister Gates
made me french toast for breakfast and then Majken had us over for a birthday
treat, then Sister Rappleye made Elder Rappleye and I fruit pizza so we all ate
that, and then Elin had us over for birthday dinner!! I am so grateful for all
the love and the kindness of the members, the missionaries, and my family and
friends! Thank you all so much for making my day a special day(:
Onsdag:
A member in the ward
signed us missionaries up to do service by teaching an English class to the
community for all of the refugees who are coming here. We aren't really sure
what we are doing, but it was so fun and there were 12 people that came! We got
like this fancy badge to get into the building so we feel pretty official haha
Torsdag:
Zone Conference!! It was
my last Zone Conference.... which means all the departing missionaries do a
final testimony.....It used to be called a burnamony, but now it is changed to
a launchamony haha. Like launching into the future. I am proud of myself that I
didn't cry even when we sang the mission song for the last time too!
All the missionaries for
dinner went and got kebabs and dang those things are good, but you get regrets
pretty quickly after eating one of those.
The Tromsø and Ålesund
sisters spent the night and it seriously was like a sleepover party! We had
candy and talked and laughed and just had a grand ol time! I love being with
other sisters!
Fredag:
Sister Bender and her
companion had to wake up at 3:30 in the morning to catch the bus to the
airport.... I woke up with Bender to say goodbye and dang that was a sad and
tender moment......
We went to the nursing home
like always and Ivar was pretty interesting today haha. He wouldn't let me
leave his side! I would try to go to talk to some other elderly folk and he
would yell at me to come back! And then one of the elders was talking to me and
Ivar told him that if he took me from him he would shoot him....... After the
nursing home Sister Gates and I played “where's the elders” because they needed
a key and didn't have a phone, so we were trying to find them throughout the
city! Luckily we found them and everything worked out!
We visited a member named
Ingebrigt! Ironically he has the same birthday as Elder Rappleye and me, so he
had a cake and we celebrated while we talked about preparing him for going to
the temple!
Sister Gates talked to a
man on the bus and he agreed to meet with us that night! Apparently he had met
with missionaries before. He was very nice and had very interesting views on
religion. His name was Håvard. Not sure how things are going to go with him,
but he was very nice and asked good questions and liked learning about what we
believed.
Lørdag:
Instead of volleyball we
played chair soccer and dang is that a workout! It was way fun, however Elder
Carver and Arnold had an advantage because they actually are way good at
soccer.....
THE STREET STAND WAS
AMAZING!!! The best one I have had since I have been in Trondheim. Well first
off Sister Gates stopped this group of Americans because she heard them talking
English and then she called me over and my first thought was that someone was
deaf haha, but two were from Texas! When I said what city I was from one of
them (Colton Davis) started freaking out! He was like I am from Lovejoy!! Which
is pretty close to where I live and I asked him if he knew my two friends from
Lovejoy and he did!!! What are the odds!? They were way nice and hopefully will
stop by next week because they didn't have a lot of time to talk, but one of
them took a Book of Mormon. It was the best thing ever to ask them if they
believed in God and they said *Absolutely!!!* Dang I miss Americana and America
where it is the norm to believe in God. So
this next thing is what made the street stand so awesome!! I was standing by a
bench and Elder Dalton told me to go talk to the man who was behind me sitting
on it. I shrugged my shoulders and was like okay why not? So I started out
asking him if he believed in Christ and he wasn't being very nice and like
mocking me and stuff, but I sat down next to him and continued to talk to him
and then I started to ask him about himself, etc... and when I began to get to
know him the atmosphere changed completely. I truly felt God's love for him and
felt the strongest desire to help him. It was the craziest thing ever. The
spirit was strong and I probably sat there and talked to him for a good 20
minutes or so all by myself. I even walked over to the stand, grabbed a Mormons
Bok, came back, and read him some scriptures. His name was Roy. Roy was so
humble and he said he was willing to try because anything new was better than
the situation he currently was in and he gave me his number and said *well I've
experimented with drugs, so why not this?* I said a prayer with him before he
left and hopefully we will be able to meet with him. Afterwards I just wanted
to cry! I had the strongest feeling that I am in Trondheim for that man. Even
if it doesn't go anywhere, I can't deny the feeling that he was someone I
needed to talk to. That makes this among all of the other miracles and tender
mercies over the past 18 months totally worth it. Words can't describe how I
felt while talking with him, but I truly felt like an instrument in the Lord's
hands.
On the way home from the
street stand, we saw the deaf girl we had talked to a couple weeks ago! We
hadn't been able to get ahold of her so it was perfect!! We were able to set up
an appointment and even better Casper is going to skype in and help us teach
her!! I am super pumped to sign again and see Casper! I haven't seen him since
I left Stavanger about a year ago!
Pelle a member who I
consider my uncle had us missionaries over for my birthday! He made way yummy
Norwegian style hot dogs and a beautiful delicious cake!! Pelle is known for
the yummy cakes he makes! I am so grateful for all he does for us and the
kindness he shows us!
Søndag:
Sister Gates and I sang
in sacrament meeting! We sang Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing and Elder
Carver played the piano for us. Sister Gates is way good at singing. It turned
out so good! Our MMK's daughter who is three said she felt all warm inside when
we sang and said it was the Holy Ghost. That made me want to cry!
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| Enoch and Vita |
Sister Gates and I had
two people in church, so that was way exciting! Adam came again and a man that
was in our English class who we saw on the street came to church too!
We had dinner with Ella
and her family!! Oh my goodness they are the sweetest and warmest people I have
ever met! Their home is filled with so much love and they are so respectful and
kind. We had dinner, she made this yummy soup and then we talked about the plan
of salvation. Their grandma even sat in and talked with us. They were so kind
and asked great questions and it was just so cool!
Jordan's Tidbits:
- single digits......
where has the time gone.... 9 more days.... This is a dream!
- Doctrine and Covenants
section 9 verse 14: *Stand fast in the
work where with I have called you, and a hair of your head shall not be
lost.....* Sister Bender sent this scripture to me and we were talking and
we are a little confused.... We must be doing something wrong because at least
the sister missionaries that I know have lost so much hair throughout their
missions!!!
- Quote from a country
song that describes how I feel
You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this
back
You're gonna wish these
days hadn't gone by so fast
These are the good times
So take a good look
around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss
this
- It amazes me how when
we are running on the ice to catch a bus, I never slip or fall, but when I am
just walking I always fall! The Lord works in mysterious ways.....
- It is interesting how
as a missionary it doesn't matter who the person is or what they look like, we
talk to them. Whereas before there are some people that I know I would have
never stopped to talk to. It is crazy how you truly feel God's love for all his
children!! No matter who they are or what they look like or if they may seem
scary or not
Scripture of the week:
3 Nephi chapter 11 verse
14 and 15 (when Chirst visited the people in the American Continents after he
was resurrected)
Arise and come forth unto me, that ye may thrust your hands into my
side, and also that ye may feel the prints of the nails in my hands and in my
feet, that ye may know that I am the God of Israel, and the God of the whole
earth, and have been slain for the sins of the world.
And it came to pass that the multitude went forth, and thrust their
hands into his side, and did feel the prints of the nails in his hands and in
his feet; and this they did do, going forth one by one until they had all gone
forth, and did see with their eyes and did feel with their hands, and did know
of a surety and did bear record, that it was he, of whom it was written by the
prophets, that should come.
Åndelig Tanker:
- When the Nephites were
righteous, the Lord blessed them. When they were proud and forgot the Lord, he
gave them problems to help them remember him
- The irony of the
Atonement is that it is infinite and eternal, yet it is applied individually,
one person at a time
- Doctrine and Covenants
section 18 verse 15: *For precious unto him is the ONE*
- Something that people
often forget is that Jesus suffered WILLINGLY! He could have loosened the pain,
He could have stopped it, but He didn't.
- Patience is the
capacity to endure delay, trouble, opposition, or suffering without becoming angry,
frustrated, or anxious. It is the ability to do God's will and accept His
timing
- You must be patient
with yourself as you work to overcome faults and weaknesses
- Life is full of
difficulties, some minor and others of a more serious nature. There seems to be
an unending supply of challenges for one and all. Our problem is that we often
expect instantaneous solutions to such challenges, forgetting that frequently
the heavenly virtue of patience is required - Thomas S Monson
A poem sent from my Aunt
Sharon
Let your wish become a
prayer
There is no problem too
big and no question too small
Just ask God in faith and
he'll answer them all
Not always at once
So be patient and wait
For God never comes too
soon or too late
So trust in His wisdom
and believe in His word
For no prayers are
unanswered and no prayer is unheard
link to one of my
favorite talks ever!!! Talking all about faith and how it doesn't come by
chance, but by choice!
glad i dere!!! ha en fin
uke!! vi sees om 9 dager!!! ahh!!!
xoxo
søster jordan peterson
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