July 29, 2013

Another great week in Norway and it sounds like you all had fun with the Schramms. Its been another really warm week although it did rain for a day with thunder and lightning storms. It was so epic. I lost my good old trainer today.. Elder Weaver is moving to be a Zone Leader in Drammen. Im gonna miss my "father". He was a great example and we will shredd together after the mission. So now I've got fredrikstad in my hands. Pretty crazy. For the next 3 weeks i'll be in a trio and we got Halden back as part of our area. I should be training in 3 weeks, probably still in Fredrikstad. So I'll be in the same situation as those 2 elders in ramona, except i'll try to make it look like I know what im doing. So much pressure but im ready for the growth.

 So these two elders... One is from Suprise, AZ and he is your typical, textbook greenie who's into show choir. He's been in norway for 2 months now and he keeps me totally entertained. hahaha he's legit. My other comp we just picked up from the train station. He's been out for about 21 months now and he's from rexburg! I dont know too much about him but he seems pretty cool. 

During the week we've had some great teaches with our investigator from Congo and the Polish dude with a prothetic leg. We've also had some other teaches but those our most positive right now. The poor polish guy has been stressing out looking for a place to rent, so we taught him about prayer the other day and now he's calling us all happy and excited. Apparently God has answered his prayer. BOOM!

We put together a way fun ward activity this week at a local beach park place. We had a huge water fight with water balloons, squirt guns, and buckets. There was also volleyball. We grilled hot dogs, steaks, and all sorts of good stuff. It was so much fun and we all got drenched. All the kids loved it. Great success. 

Today I spent most of my morning cleaning up the apartment and organizing all my stuff. So, don't worry. you're not the only one who has to clean up everyonce in a while :) Laundry and washing dishes can be kind of relaxing if you do it right. But then again, we dont have all the fun, entertaining, and distracting things to be doing instead. 

Thats cool that you guys got rid of cox. I hope that all works out and Patrik can still game it up. Annika is crazy and I hope she doesn't crack her head open on the concrete. Trampolines are the thing over here in norway. Kids love them. I've might have already said that. The poor driveway has officially gone white trash though but i understand there was no where else to put it. :) Kinda random, but I found out from a norwegian firsthand that you can work 14 days out of a month at a gas station and make the equivelent of 3000 dollars!!! Working part time at a gas station.

 Anyways, Im so excited for you to travel to Finland! You're gonna love it. I'm assuming the weather's the same for the most part right now. I cant believe max and Zack are back. " years goes by soooo fast its crazy. As for right now I fel like I still have a long ways to go though. But its totally all right, Im taking everyday as it comes and trying to make the best of it through relationships, hard work and learning. Its a great life! I love you all! Kos dere videre!

Eldste Niklas Skinner