Thursday, June 15 2017

Hallo!
LOL my norske is so good. Im not even kidding. Classes are way fun and I love it. On friday we had to teach our first investigator in Norwegian. It was super hard and I cried forever after it (so did everyone else). But all of our teachers were like CALM DOWN ITS ONLY THE SECOND REAL DAY! but we were just so discouraged haha because i think we all thought that the gift of tongues was an all or nothing thing so we all got way scared that we were not worthy or something hahaha. But now I can write almost all of my journal entries in norske and i can say all of my prayers fluently in norske. I can also understand almost everything my teachers say. - speaking of my teachers, my favorite teacher is Bro. Leighton. HE IS A BRITISH ELDER JOBEAR. THEY LITERALLY LOOK SIMILAR AND HIS ACCENT IS SO FUN.
So we are kind of learning british norske but it is fun. My other teacher is Soster Isaksen and she is a native norwegian so it is scary to teach her (even though we have to everyday because her alt. identity is our investigator named Iselin). But yesterday we found out we have to teach Bro. Leighton and Iselin next week and I told him I was terrified to teach him (because he is not as loving and reassuring as everyone else) and he rolled his eyes and was like "this always happens with the sosters!" it was funny because I was like lol ya you are attractive (i said that in my head of course) but soster wheeler (who is my favorite missionary here) got so mad because he just assumed that all sosters thought he was attractive. but idk it was just funny.
My companion is cool. I like her a lot, we have a lot of good conversations. But she loves to tell people how hard it is and how much "we" are struggling even though it is only her that is struggling (even though shes not, her norske is awesome) but I just have a hard time because I am doing fine and I hate that she verbalizes "our" struggles lol kms but it doesnt matter. Other than that she is an amazing comp.
I have learned so many cool missionary stories here and am stoked that I am a missionary so I can get the same kind of blessings. One story was about these two sosters who were knocking doors and ended up in a place with a ton of bad men, the men took them to the back room and the sisters knew something bad was about to happen so they prayed for help and when they opened their eyes they were standing outside in the alley instead of in the room. Another story was when a typhoon hit the philipines and 205 missionaries got totally wiped out of their houses. They all needed to be relocated. An army helicopter happened to be unloading supplies and the sargeant saw a missionary sitting in the airport and asked him why and the sargeant (who was LDS) offered to transport all 205 missionaries to the MTC. SO COOL. I know that kind of stuff wont happen to me, but it is cool to see how blessed I will be for my mission. There are a ton more stories but I dont have the time to share them.
My district is awesome, and I have so many friends here it is unreal. Aside from feeling discouraged every now and then, I am as happy as I could be. I know that heavenly father is proud of just the effort I am putting in and am amazed at my norwegian already. 
Ya gotta be exactly obedient if you want the gift of tongues to help ya out.
Jeg vet at Himmelske Fader elske meg. Jeg vet at Jesu Kristi Kirke ar sann. Jeg vet at Mormons Bok kan hjelpe oss a folge Jesus Kristus og vi kan laerer om Jesu Kristi evangelium. Jeg vet at en levende profet leder Kirken idag og jeg vet at Himmelske Fader snakke til han og jeg vet at Himmelske Fader kan snakke til meg ogsa gjennom den hellige and.
Lol i got bored of typing in norwegian. Sorry - i dont have a norwegian keyboard in this lab so it is not as fun.
OH and Volleyball is so much fun at the MTC. I am so competitive it is unreal but it is so fun. My team wrecks. also I get to workout twice a day so my life is awesome. At 6 am they have kickboxing or zumba type things for sisters and then for an hour later in the day you can go to the gym. It is good. I keep accidentally breaking the rules and diving for balls though so i ripped my pants RIP. I almost cried about that too.
I miss ya, but also I am so happy so it is not a sad miss, more of a happy miss. but ILY. I GTG <3 I pray for you every night.
<3: Soster Horrocks​






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