Highlight of the week!!!
We got to go on a boat!!
Elder Dalton has been dying to go on this Fjord Cruise so we all went! It
toured around the Fjord and Bergen and oh my goodness it was unbelievable!!
Pictures do not do it justice! Actually pictures never do Norway justice!! It
was incredible!! It was very windy, but the sun was shining and that was a
miracle!
Søster J and I went to
visit this cute couple, Frank and Maybritts. They are so sweet and so funny!
They are hoping to get married in the temple in the fall, so we are helping
them prepare and get ready for that! They live kinda far away, but it is a
beautiful ride to get there! However on the way home there were no buses going
back to the city for 4 hours, so we luckily found a train we could get on!
Søster J and I get on the train, hand them our cards to pay and they were
rejected!! Apparently they don't take debit and the cards we have been given
are debit!! Luckily my wonderful parents had given me a credit card for
emergencies!! This was an emergency so we paid with that and were not kicked
off the train in the middle of nowhere! Hallelujah!! After that we had dinner
with the other missionaries so that was a grand ole time! hahaha Søster Muren
thought it would be funny to put the left over veggies in Søster J's bed......
Yeah I have learned NEVER to mess with her!
On Sunday some reporters
came to church and interviewed us and wanted to know more about missionaries, what
we do, etc.. So that was fun! Sunday was also Testimony meeting and it was
really cool to see the reporter’s reactions and how I could tell that they felt
the Spirit! The ward is way big here, but for the first time when I got up to
bear my testimony I was calm! It was the coolest thing! Usually I am terrified,
don't get me wrong I still was, but this time it was different. I love the
church and this gospel! I am so grateful for my savior Jesus Christ and all he
has done for me personally! I am so grateful to know that I am a daughter of
God and that He knows me personally! The church is true everyone!!
Søster J and I met with 2
awesome guys this week! One has heard about the church before and is super nice
and open to meeting with us (jan olav)! The other already had a Book of Mormon
and he is really positive and loves meeting with us! Hopefully he will come to
church with us this Sunday! He is very open and loves learning (trulls)!
Friday was a sunny day
filled with lots and lots of service. We started out pretty early and went over
to this old lady's house. She's moving like.. 3 doors down in her apartment
complex, so luckily we didn't have to move her stuff very far and it was
inside! We lucked out! It was fun, especially since she let us use her extra
wheelchairs to carry things and of course each other! So after that we went out
to eat pizza at Pepe's. It was so yummy! After that we hopped on a bus and went
to visit a lady in the ward, Tricia with the elders! I may or may not have
gotten us lost along the way haha but we got some good exercise! We helped her
clean up her yard than she BBQ'd for us! She was so sweet and it was a lot of
fun!! hahaha her little girl had some friends over and they cornered me, Søster
J, Elder Dalton, and Elder Rial in a corner with water guns! That was a sight!
We were literally huddled in a corner, scared for our lives!! hahah 20 and 19
year old's were terrified of three 10 year old girls.
Jordan's Tidbits:
- Groceries..... It is
funny because no one really drives here; they all take public transportation or
walk. So when we go grocery shopping we walk with all of our groceries! It will
be so weird to drive with them when I am back in Amerika!
-Russ!! Where to
begin.... Russ is a thing that the “seniors” here do, but schooling here is
different and they are 19 when they are done with school and school here isn't
like America. Russ is basically where they can party and go crazy and do
whatever they want and it is beginning now!! They do all sorts of crazy things
to get pins and wear these red overalls every day all day till the 17th of Mai
which is Norway Day!! It is really big around here! Let me say I have never
been more scared of Russ kids before in my life because they have pins they can
get that involve doing things to missionaries.... Hopefully I don't have to be
a part of that!
-Cobblestones!!!! The
cobblestones and I are bittersweet friends... I love them and think they are so
pretty! But... They make me trip and fall ALL the time!! Søster J acts like she
doesn't know me when that happens...
- I saw Meet the Mormons
for the first time!! I encourage everyone to watch it!! It is so great!!
- Norwegians love wearing
New York Yankee ball caps, but they have no interest in the baseball team
itself......
- The Bunad's are coming
out!! Norwegians have these traditional beautiful outfits they wear on special
occasions and on the 17th of Mai!! People are beginning to wear them in the
city!! I am so excited to see them all in a couple of weeks!
- American bad words
(cuss words) are not the same in Norway.... hahaha so it is very weird and I am
still not used to hearing Norwegians drop words that are considered cuss words
in America like it is a normal everyday word!
- In the words of Søster
J “TIME FLIES. Whether you're having fun or not. It's insane. I was just in the
MTC last week, right?!”
***Moves calls are on
sunday!! I hope I am staying in Bergen!!!*** I cannot believe I have already
been here for 6 weeks!! No way!!
MOTHER'S DAY IS THIS WEEK
and to a missionary that is a very special day because...... I GET TO SKYPE
HOME!!!! I AM SO EXCITED I CAN'T WAIT!!!!
Åndelig Tanker:
*When in doubt,
confusion, hard times, good times, etc... Inquire of the Lord!! Talk to Him and
tell Him and ask Him about what is on your mind! *Ask in faith, believing that
ye shall receive, with diligence in keeping my commandments and surely these
things shall be made known unto you!** (1 Nephi)
**You don't always have
to pray when things are rough or bad, you can pray and just talk to Him when
things are going good!
Ha en fin uke!! Glad I
dere!!!
xoxo
Søster Peterson
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