Im gonna start with last p-day because we had a fun adventure. We were planning a trip to grimstad because Elder Brooks wanted to find this second hand store that was there. Apparently im just awful at transportation. We were supposed to get off the bus along the way to Grimstad and get on a different bus, but i didnt know that. I guess I have gotten too cocky with my bus taking abilities over the last 2-3 months of taking busses every day. So we stayed on the bus too long and by the time i realized our mistake we were miles away from where we wanted to be. So when we realized that, we had a feeling of failure but also we were laughing at ourselves too so it was funny. So we were wondering what we should do when i looked out the window and saw a cool looking mountain. So i we decided to get off the bus right there and climb it. It turned out being really cool and slightly dangerous and cold. I slipped on ice a few times, almost fell off a cliff, and rolled my ankle and pulled a couple muscles. It was super fun though and eventually we made it down and caught a bus back home.
On Tuesday and Wednesday we went on splits with the zone leaders. That was super fun and probably the highlight was tuesday night when I went banking with Elder Wakefield. We banked on one door and a nice younger girl answered but then she said i dont live here and sent out her old Grandpa (we think) who was a crazy preacher from some other church. He grabbed us by the necks and started shaking us telling us we were doing a great job except that we should be sharing the bible with people instead of Mormons Bok. He was very intense and insane and he kept talking about how we have the fire of the holy spirit in us. So that was fun.
On friday we decided to go visit an inactive member who I had never met but Elder Brooks had. Her name is Nuvia and she is from Venezuela. Apparently she got converted and baptized there but the missionaries didnt teach her very well because she knows absolutely nothing about the gospel. She is super nice and chill though and she taught me some spanish. I learned that it is very difficult to learn another language from someone who you can only speak Norwegian with.
On Saturday we had the branch Christmas party and that was super fun! There was a lot of good food and Ylva Stulen insisted that the missionaries take all the leftovers. So now we have all of our meals for the next week (it was a lot of food). The next day i gave another sacrament meeting talk on nestekjærlighet. It doesnt have a direct english translation but its like loving others / charity. I talked a little about service and for an example i talked about picking pears at the church welfare farm back in Oregon.
Thats about it for the week, so God Jul og ha det bra dere!
Bilder:
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| Tower pt. 2 @Nominaijah |
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| Grimstad Kirke / the view from the spontaneous hike we took on pday |
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| Elder Brooks got to be Julenissen at the branch Christmas party |
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