What's up?
Trying to think of what I can write is always super tough
but it ha for sure been another fast week with a lot of cool unique days. I'm
just trying to think about what actually happened though.
well for the first, we've had some awesome teaches with our
sweet sweet 86 year old investigator. We taught her two times this week with 2
different member and that was sweet. I love it when working with members works
out smoothly like it has in the past. Its pretty easy for us to find people who
can connect with her though. She broke our hearts though on sunday when she
lost her keys and couldn't come to church. Things are going pretty slow for us
right now, partially due to the fact that we're constantly gone from our area.
No excuses though. I feel like I'm doing what i'm supposed to and we are
definitely being led by the holy ghost. We had one of our investigators who has
read the entire book of mormon in about 2 weeks and he randomly decided he was
done and wanted to give him back. Its frustrating because there's a huge
language barrier keeping us from being able to teach him about why its
important. That was kind of a miracle though to hear that. We'll meet up with
him again this week and try to get creative with teaching him. Might have to
draw pictures and play cherades for him though. We mostly just want him to feel
the spirit because that always seems to work.
Ate some reindeer last monday. True sami style recipe from a
member.
We had a great trip out to oslo this week. I keep forgetting
the name of this one finnish lady that works at the mission home. She knows all
the fristroms of course, she gives me monthly updates with the happenings of
kukka and her. also, apparently otso and amanda
live in Dubai. she was a babysitter for pilvi for a while if that helps
you figure out who she is. She's married and lives in oslo now. The meeting in
oslo was great and we could really feel presidents love for all the
missionaries. that was cool.
On the way back I got called to give a talk. So yesterday I
gave a talk on going to church and keeping the sabbath day holy. I told the
story about fanny may's great example... all though I don't remember all the
details. I was pretty satisfied with my talk. Its been pretty stressful having
to plan out meetings for next 2 weeks and stuff but we're getting it taken care
of even though we dont have much time.
After my talk, we were on our way to go try to visit a
family out in this neighborhood but before we could make it on the trolley, we
contacted this Norwegian dude who apparently has talked with missionaries
before. He was a way nice young dude. super chill and he's been to san diego.
We caught him as he was on his way to the super famous nidaros cathedral. He
randomly asked us if we wanted to come inside with him and of course we said
yes. it was unbelievable to be able to go in for free and see it. He gave us a
little tour and this one church bell ringer girl unlocked some special doors
for us. That was an awesome experience.
the dude says he believes in god but not really decided on any church,
we got his number and hopefully we can find time to talk with him again later
this week after our trip to tromsø. I'm super grateful to be here and feel
absolutely blessed. God loves me and i can definitely feel that love by the
small little special experiences that come everyday.
Well my time is just about up. Its raining finally and we're
going to go teach a member family for FHE tonight. Got another crazy week of
traveling ahead of me.. poor me;) I'm making sure to appreciate this experience
by enjoying the everyday. not getting down when things are going totally smooth
even though i'm trying hard. Have a great week! Love you!
Eldste Skinner
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