What time is it?! ... Conference time!

 Hei alle sammen!

So this week, not going to lie, was pretty awesome. We started out by having a lesson get canceled on us as we waited for them at the library which was highly unfortunate. BUT the Lord is just amazing because as my comp and I decided to do studies right then, a couple from France came and sat down next to us and we got talking with them. They had just been in Norway for a few days and were trying to learn Norwegian. Soooo, naturally we invited them to our language class and guess who's said they're coming tomorrow! We messaged them on facebook and they said that they were coming and were excited to see us again! Woot woot! 

We also got to help out one of the members this week with some service and also got to go visit her ministering sisters with her which was so fun! Then right after that we heard from one of our friends that we hadn't seen for a couple weeks. Last time we had tried to see if she was interested in learning more about the church and she unfortunately said no. She asked us if she could come to church with us this Sunday! So we are very excited for church this week :).

Last but certainly not the least... General Conference!

The first thing that really stood out to me about conference was how essential our temple covenants are. Now they don't have a temple here in Norway but that doesn't mean we don't have access to the power of the temple right where we are. Our covenants are what help us to remember that we are all spiritual temples of the Lord. As Sister Spannaus said, our covenants are the foundation that bind us to Christ. They are what allow us to have the powers of heaven constantly surrounding us everywhere we go. And that leads into my second thought that it is through prayer that we can open ourselves more up to the Spirit and they allow to feel the love and power of our Heavenly Father with us. Don't ever underestimate the power of prayer (Sister Porter's talk). I know that through prayer and covenants we can become closer to our Savior and "Be still" in the midst of chaos (Elder Bednar).

Hope you guys have a great week! Kia Kaha and Just Keep Swimming :)

- Søster Twede