This...is Norway: "Squishy!"

Heia alle sammen!

Who knew that there were jellyfish in Norway! Definitely was not expecting that one, but we saw a lot of them this week while walking by the docks and it was so fun! With that, here's the week!

- Bikes! This week we got bikes because our car got taken (not stolen) and have been sharing with the elders. It has been fine except for when walking distances become 3 hours and both of us need the car haha. So we got bikes this week and I am sooo excited because I haven't been on a bike in so long!

- Were out on the streets a lot this week and had lots of good conversations with people. One of which we talked to this guy for a long while and got to explain the Book of Mormon and the Plan of Salvation. At first he was not wanting to talk but as he expressed some questions and we begun to explain he slowly started to consider more and was much more open by the end. We felt very happy after that conversation:). We also got talking to this other lady who we ended up getting her Facebook and then she invited us to come and visit her and her family at their home! Woot woot! (This never happens so we are very happy:)

- Had a lesson with one of our friends this week that went pretty well. This friend has had a hard time believing that God is all powerful, so we sent her a talk by Elder Uchtdorf, "God Among Us", and it was perfect! This friend is not always the easiest to teach so we were very relieved that it went well:).

I actually wanted to share some thoughts related to the talk we shared with our friend because I thought it was very applicable. I've probably already said this, but here in Norway there are a lot of refugees from Ukraine, Africa, Middle East, etc. And so when we get talking to them about God, there's either two extremes: they do believe in God because He is their source of hope or they don't because how could there be with all the bad in the world. This talk explains perfectly the second belief. He explains after experiencing WWII, he saw that there was a God because of the good that was still in the world. That fact that there is opposition to all bad things shows that there is a loving Heavenly Father still fighting for our good.

He says, "Yes, the world is in turmoil. And yes, we have weaknesses. But, we do not need to hang our heads in despair, because we can trust God, we can trust His Son, Jesus Christ, and we can accept the gift of the Spirit to guide us on this path toward a life filled with joy and divine happiness."

He sent His son, Jesus Christ, so that the bad would never even have a chance to win. Jesus Christ and all His disciples are living evidence that God not only exists but is very involved in the world today. There is always hope.

Glad i dere!
Hope you all have a great week!
Kia Kaha and just keep swimming:)

- Søster Twede