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This week has been another great week. We taught the fun Law of Chastity, Word of Wisdom, and Tithing lessons this week to Jan. So fun! He took it pretty well and the spirit was with us as we testified that following these commandments would richly bless him and his family. He passed his Baptismal interview so we're excited for
this Saturday! The ward's been doing a great job fellowshipping him as well. We've been fasting a praying a lot that he will be ready to make that covenant with the Lord and that June first will be a special day for him. He picked my companion to baptise him! how awesome. Its his first baptism too. We are so blessed. Hard work pays off eventually here in Norway.
I went on splits twice this week in Moss with another greeny. We were tearing up the streets with our brand new language skills haha. It was a lot of fun trying to carry conversations with people at their doorstep or on the streets. I hate it when people switch to english on me, I just keep talking to them in Norwegian most of the time. Depending on the situation I switch to English because thats obviously my better language. In Moss, I rode a bike for the first time on my mission (took 4 months). Super fun if you dont think about how ridiculous you look with the goofy helmets and missionary get-up. It was pretty embarrassing but then again I don't really care. The hardest, most frustrating part of the mission is not being able to express my self in Norwegian. I fell like I have no personality. Its awkward but I just laugh and smile and try my best. Norway is sweet though and I love the language, its pretty sweet. I've noticed how certain people sound "cooler" than others even though its all the same language, something that i've never really noticed in English. Someone gave a closing prayer in church yesterday in what I found out to be Swedish. That was pretty cool.
Nothing particularly new is happening over here. Norway feels like home now. Its super sweet living here in Europe. The states are cool too though. I've been thinking a lot about how fortunate I am to be fluent in English though. People are crazy about American culture such as movies, tv shows, and music and I dont even think they understand half the stuff being said. I see someone wearing something with "stars and stripes" everyday! Proud to be an American, but super stoked to pretend to be norwegian for 2 years.
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