This...is Norway: "We're going on [some] trips [with] our favorite [airline], zooming through the skies, [tired missionaries]!" 🎵✈️

(Sorry that didn't rhyme in the end but you get what I mean haha:)

Heia alle sammen!

So 4 flights, 5 trains, 3 busses, 2 very early mornings, and 1 road trip later... we are safely residing back again in Trondheim with...drumroll🥁... my Norwegian driver's license!!!! Woot woot!!! Definitely the most expensive (regarding time and money) souvenir I will have from Norway, but you know I guess it will be worth it:). With that said, here was the week!

- This week consisted of 1 trip to Oslo and 2 trips to Fredrikstad. In Fredrikstad I had to take my driving practice and test which went well:). Also a little fun surprise is that when we were in Fredrikstad the first time, so was Søster Washburn and Søster Haycock for the driving practice! It was so fun seeing them!

- Zone conference!! Oh my goodness it was so fun! First of all, we had President Emily Belle Freeman and her husband and a member of the Area presidency come and visit Norway. So we got to combine with the west zone for zone conference! It was so fun seeing everyone! I got to see most of all my MTC district, mission companions, missionary senior couples and just a ton of mission buddies:). The missionaries are awesome! It was also amazing to hear from the church leaders! We got to ask them a bunch of questions and it was amazing to hear their insights and just learn so much from them.

- We also had a lesson with one of our newly baptized members and it was awesome! We're trying to help her get more and more familiar with the Book of Mormon. So we started using the Book of Mormon videos and it was so fun! We also got to explain more about temples and it so fun to see how eager she is to learn more and more:).

Speaking of learning, zone conference was awesome! Like I said, we got to ask church leaders questions and I learned so much. I can't really share everything, but there were a few things that were shared that reminded me of something I heard once: "When you are on the Lord's errand, you are entitled to his help."

I think it is has been very easy to feel at times alone in the work, like the spiritual well-being of all these people is on your shoulders (I'm being a little dramatic but you get the point:). However, President Freeman talked about how we can better call upon the power of God in our lives and that it quite simply requires us making covenants and then keeping them. That's it. Simple yes, easy not always, BUT always worth it. A lot of times we forget how almighty and all-knowing the Lord is. He knows what's going on and wants to help, but can't unless we let Him. Or maybe we do ask but don't necessarily have the faith that the miracle is really going to happen. In Moroni 7:33 it says,

"And Christ hath said: If ye will have faith in me ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me."

We can't put limits on the Lord. The whole point of His ultimate sacrifice was that it was infinite, limitless, and all encompassing. When it comes to His will, it will be done.

Glad i dere! Hope you guys have a great week!

Kia Kaha and just keep swimming:)

- Søster Twede