Hei alle sammen!
It was a fun week so we are just going to get right into it!
- Transfer news! I'm staying in Trondheim! Woot woot! I was really hoping that I would be staying. I was very happy to get the news that I would not only be getting another transfer here in Trondheim but also be staying with Søster Nartker too! We are also super excited because we are actually going to be training a new missionary. So, we will have three sisters in Trondheim. Crazy! So this morning we got to rearrange the whole apartment to try and fit three, because it's not the biggest apartment but I think it has turned out really nice:).
- Trip up to Namsos! We got to drive three hours this week up to Namsos and visit a new member and her daughter which was so fun! We got to help the Namsos elders teach the daughter about the creation and it was awesome! It was funny because her daughter kept saying, "jeg er sjefen" (I'm the boss) and so we had to follow and listen to what she said (hence subject line from the Aristocrats). It was also so good to spend time with the member in person because usually we just call her on facetime, so this was much better.
- Exchanges with Bodø! Bodø sisters got to come down to Trondheim which was so fun! I got to be with the one and only Søster Berg! I just love that girl! I used to see her a little bit when I was in Oslo so it was super fun to catch up with her. We got to go knock on doors in the rain which was actually a lot more fun than it sounds haha :). We also visited a member and we listened to their story of how they found the church and it was just awesome:).
This week as I was reading in Ether about how the Brother of Jared (knowing his real name-no wonder we just call him the Brother of Jared:) was preparing to travel across the ocean to the promised land. I had a lot of different thoughts as I was reading through chapter 2 but one of them was with verses 24 and 25 when the Lord says,"winds have gone forth out of my mouth, and also the rains and the floods have I sent forth...I prepare you against these things".
I thought a lot about how it is the Lord who sent the winds, waves, rains, and floods. Sometimes (maybe more like a lot of times) we see the winds, waves, rains, and floods as these terrible trials that come into our lives that are highly inconvenient which can be and is true. So why would the Lord be the one to send them? In this story, it is the very wind, waves, rains, and floods the Lord sends that gets them to the promised land. Yes, the trials in our lives come and make us feel broken, but it's those very trials, when overcome, what get us to where the Lord intends us to be and that is ultimately with Him. And what really brings hope and peace is that He has prepared the way. These aren't just trials, but the very things in our lives that give us the opportunity to have a personal experience with the Savior and become closer to Him.
Glad i dere! Have a great week and have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Kia Kaha and just keep swimming:)
Søster Twede
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| Rearranging the apartment |
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| Prelude for church on Sunday |
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| Christmas lights are going up |
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| We love snowy cars |
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| Exchanges with Sister Berg! |
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