Sister Abbey Horrocks

A lot happened this week. A LOT. It is one of the most puzzling things about a mission...how can I experience a month's worth of experiences in just one week? I do not know. But I am definteily experiencing life. 1-We went to djupadalen with Sarah for pday. We got to her house and she had a HUGE lunch made. wooowww lucky us. We walked to the lake and swung on the swing and fed ducks and etc. It was so fun. The fall leaves were really pretty-reminded me of home of course. When we got back to her house she gave a bag--in the bag was a USU shirt she bought for me in utah! YES. She also gave us a huuuge wall clock haha. 2-BERGEN. We went to Bergen for zone conference and splits. It was so fun! We took the clock with us. I do not really know why. We thought it was funny. It ended up just being a huge heavy clock we had to carry around hahaha. oops. But, not only did I meet a lot of cool people, but most of my MTC group was there. Of course, it would not be zone conference if I...

This week was very special. I learned A LOT about myself and about my mission and about everything. I really believe that I am becoming perfected.  1-  Monday  we went on a hike with Sarah to the viking memorial again and then the lighthouse thing again. It was fun. I love her so much I do not understand how my heart does not just burst. She told me I am not allowed to tell her I love her anymore though, so I have to keep it all inside. She told me I can only express my love is through little services- i think she is just trying to prepare me for marraige. Sneaky sarah. 2- We met a man on the street. I asked him what makes him happy, he looked at me and told me i had already asked him that before. HAHA OOPS. I asked him what he would ask god if he could ask him any question. He looked down, started crying, and just pondered for almost five minutes. It was really cool to encourage him and promise him that whatever was on his mind, he could get an answer to. We gave ...

With transfers and stuff this week, I thought time would fly by. I could not have been more wrong haha. Not a ton happened at all. Or maybe I just do not really feel like emailing so I cannot rememeber a lot but here it goes. 1- Søster Earl left. I cried. A lot. I get really attached to people haha and it breaks my heart saying goodbye. I was definitely very sad. While we waited for Søster Wheeler to get to Haugesund, Jens bought me a hot dog and we sat and ate together. It was a good time. Then Søster Wheeler came and it was an awesome reunion. That night we went home after a few hours of missionary work. We just sat at our desk and cried. WE ARE BABIES IN THE MISSION and we are ALONE in Haugesund. HAHA. We were so sad that we had to grow up so fast. It was not the best night of my mission.  2- We visited our 78 year old investigator at her house. It was so fun. We sang I am a Child of God to her and she tried to sing along too. We asked her to say the closing pray...

This week was the weirdest week of my entire mission. Almost nothing went as planned haha. We have a saying now though, "If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans." He laughed a lot this week.  1- FIRST AND FOREMOST: god answers prayers. transfers are this week and I GET TO STAY IN HAUGESUND. and not only that but, SØSTER WHEELER IS MY NEW COMPANION. and not only that but, ONE OF THE ELDERS FROM THE MTC IS OUR DISTRICT TOO. It is going to be so much fun. all weekend I prayed for these exact people to come here, and WOW. they did. it literally is too good to be true.  2- We went on a ferry ride with our whole district last monday in stavanger. we all bought a ton of smågodt (norwegian candy) and hopped on the boat. It was a four hour ride up a fjord where we saw prekestolen, rainbows, waterfalls, cities, and amazing mountains. The weather was POURING RAIN and SO WINDY. We refused to not be outside though. It was so funny because we could try our hardest to fa...

Min Kjære Familie, This week has been a dream and a half. Of course it has still been hard, but I have kind of accepted that (or at least have been trying to accept it). I wake up every morning at 6:28 (TWO MINUTES BEFORE MY ALARM :( ) and am in complete shock that i am still on a mission. I shed a tear or two, get down on my knees, pray for help, and get on my way. It has been interesting to see how my prayers have changed from 1- Heavenly father please let me get out of this to 2- Please let me go home, but if not then please help me get through the day to 3- okay i am here, please help me to love it and learn. And loving it and learning has been the case of this past week.  1- On monday we knocked on doors. I had a migraine and the last thing I wanted to be doing was knocking on doors. We did not even know where to knock. We got off the bus, knocked on like four doors before we came to THE ONE. Okay, deep breath, knock, wait. He opened the door. It was my turn to start...