HAPPY NEW YEAR DERE!!!!!!
I can't believe it is 2016!! That is so weird to say.....
Mandag:
WE FINALLY WENT
SLEDDING!!!!! They have these little mini sleds here that you just sit on and
they go so fast!! Sledding was a blast!!
Elder Phipps, Miller, Carver, McIntire, Tennant, me, Sister Allen, Dalton
Tirsdag:
Familien Paulsen had us
over for dinner and we had the classic Norwegian Christmas meal. Meat,
potatoes, broccoli, carrots, this purple stuff, jello with vanilla sauce, lots
of chocolate, it was way deilig
- Visited bestamor and
bestafar, they are doing great!
- Visited Helena Ørndal
and she is so sweet!
-Today we organized and
cleaned the apartment
Torsdag: NEW YEARS EVE
- No proselyting....
A member invited all of
us missionaries and a couple of the YSA over for a New Year’s Eve party! Jolina
and her husband have an amazing view of the whole city so it was perfect for
the fireworks! Norway brings in the new year with a bang that is for sure!
Their fireworks are insane! Like 4th of July on steroids! We had a taco
buffett, played card games, and watched the fireworks! I was struggling staying
awake.... It was so hard to stay up! By 11:00 I was laying on the couch haha
Fredag: 2016!! GODT NYTT ÅR!!
- No proselyting
The YSA and ward had an
activity at Korsvika beach. We made a fire and roasted hot dogs and those that
wanted went into the water!! I wish we were allowed to go in!! Those that went
in were FREEZING!!! It was so cold!!! Korsvika beach is so pretty! Pelle, Elder Rappleye, and Faviola went into
the freezing water!! I was a little worried Elder Rappleye was going to freeze
to death! It was way fun to be with the members and have a koselig time
Elder Rappleye
Faviola
Pelle
The Rappleyes invited us
missionaries over for dinner and we had turkey casserole. Man Sister Rappleye
is the best cook ever!! She never ceases to amaze me
We played our annual scum
card games and man that gets intense haha
Lørdag:
We played volleyball
Elder Dalton, Elder
Miller, Sister Allen and I did the street stand... let me tell you I have never
been so cold in my entire life!! I no joke could not feel my toes, fingers, or
knees.... At one point we had to take turns going into the corner store to get
warm for a couple of minutes! We didn't have too much success, but it felt so
nice to be out doing missionary work again! After the stand we got hot
chocolate to warm up!
- Elder Dalton, Miller,
Sister Allen, and I wanted to do service so we cleaned the church
- Familien Dahlø had all
of us missionaries over for dinner. We had mashed potatoes and yummy
reindeer!!! It was so good!! The members here are so awesome and sweet!!
Søndag:
16 months!! I can't
believe I have two months left..... Feels so unreal. I only have one more fast
Sunday in Norway! So crazy!
Met with Jecon finally
after the holidays! He is doing good and we are hoping to get him to start
coming to FHE. I know Jecon knows this is true, he just has to act! Dang
agency.....
***Not too much to report
on this week...... with the holidays and stuff missionary work basically
stopped so hopefully I will have more to say next week!!***
Jordan's Tidbits:
- my black year is over!
- we played so many card
games over the past couple weeks and scum was the popular game we played. We
all love that game and I am a pro at it by now haha
- IT IS GETTING FREEZING
like FREEZING!!!!!!!!! The warm Texas weather sounds nicer and nicer
- I never thought I would
be so happy to be back into the missionary routine!! I have missed it so much!!
Scripture of the week:
From the words of Joseph
Smith:
“I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of
the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me. It no sooner appeared
than I found myself delivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the
light rested upon me I saw two personages, whose brightness and glory defy all
description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling
me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him! My
object in going to inquire of the Lord was to know which of all the sects was
right, that I might know which to join. No sooner, therefore, did I get
possession of myself, so as to be able to speak, than I asked the Personages
who stood above me in the light, which of all the sects was right (for at this
time it had never entered into my heart that all were wrong)—and which I should
join. I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong;
and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an
abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: “they
draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach
for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they
deny the power thereof.”
Åndelig Tanker:
- This is perhaps the
greatest risk anyone of us would take: To be seen as we truly are -Cinderella
- Happy New Year
everyone!!! With the new year comes new goals!! I would like to invite all of
you to make a goal that will bring you closer to Christ or strengthen your
relationship with him. It can be something simple as praying every day, reading
your scriptures before bed, going to church more, etc... It can be whatever you
want and something that will benefit you personally. Don't however make a goal
you know you won't do, make one that you will do and will help you and motivate
you! I promise as you try to come closer to Christ you will see a change in
your life and you will be happier!
- There is a great short
little clip about the New Year and not looking behind you and moving forward!!
PLEASE CHECK IT OUT
There is also a great
talk I read called “The Best is Yet to Be” by one of my favorite apostles Elder
Holland. Some of my favorite things that came from the talk are:
- look ahead and remember
faith is always pointed to the future
- do not dwell on days
now gone nor to yearn vainly for yesterdays, however good those yesterdays may
have been. The past is to be learned from, but not lived in
- do not doubt the lord's
ability to give you something better than what you already have
- you can rise above your
past and truly see who you are and what you can become
- when something is over
and done with, when it has been repented of, when life has moved on as it
should and a lot of other wonderfully good things have happened since then, it
is not right to go back and open some ancient wound that the son of God himself
died to heal
- let people repent. let
people grow. believe that people can change and improve. is that faith? yes! is
that hope? yes! is that charity? yes! If something is buried in the past, leave
it behind
- forgive and do that
which is sometimes harder than to forgive: FORGET! And when it comes to mind
again, forget it again!
***I could go on and on,
but you just need to read the talk****
Movie Clip
Talk
HA EN FINT UKE DERE!!!
xoxo
Søster Jordan Peterson
