GODT NYTT ÅR!
It was a really fun week here for me and my companion! Someone told me a few months ago that the food you eat between Christmas Eve and New Years doesn't count. Not that I'm too worried about it, but that would probably be a good thing considering how much pinnekjøtt and ribbe and turkey we have eaten this week! We ate a lot of good food and spent a lot of time with great people. I also got to skype my family last week which was awesome! Also, I received a bunch of Christmas cards all at once in the mail yesterday from family and friends at home, so I want to say thanks to all of you! It is great to hear from you (:
Celebrating new years eve last night was super fun! A Filipino lady named Jennifer invited a bunch of people and the 4 missionaries in Haugesund over to her house to eat food and have a hyggelig stund. We stayed up until midnight and watched an amazing show of fireworks! It was dark and cloudy and rainy but the fireworks were lighting up the sky and it was super fun! Norwegians know how to do fireworks!
Some other random highlights: We walked by a pet store yesterday and decided to take a look inside. We found some parrots that could talk and it blew our minds. This morning, we helped Ismo (the branch president) move some stuff to help him build a sauna in his basement. No, thats not normal in Norway, but he is Finnish so maybe that's why... He showed us his huge gun collection and medieval armor. We were driving with him and he took us to a place called Haraldshaugen which is the final resting place of the first viking king of Norway. That was pretty awesome! Another random thing: We have a member here from Nigeria who is studying here. He has the most skikkelig African dialect I have ever heard. I was trying to mimic him and he said I have a good Nigerian accent and I could fit in there.
Ha det bra dokker
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