What's up!?
I'll
probably never get to see Meet the Mormons here in Norway, but luckily
I've met some of the sickest members here in Drammen. I know that God
loves me simply because he sent me to Drammen. The last 6 months have
absolutely flown by and I'm so grateful for the hard work that was put
in. No regrets. We'll be having another baptism on Saturday with our 19
year old investigator from Angola. I'll be out of here by saturday but
I'll still be able to come back and see him get baptized. He's an
awesome kid and he has the strongest desires to repent and change his
life. I'm super grateful I got to see the atonement work through him. He
realized where his life was heading with the certain bad habits he had.
It's amazing to look back to the day we were guided to him as he was
playing basketball in the park. Ever since that day, he's been saying
the most golden things ever and really wanting to have "light" and true
happiness like we do. He's taking responsibility for his own life and
he's already being blessed for it. I'm grateful that Heavenly Father
prepares people for us to find who are looking for truth without even
fully realizing it. I'm grateful for the changes that I've made in my
life that have helped me to be happy and influence other to be happy as
well. Missionary work is fun and if anyone has the chance of serving a
mission, they should do it.
We've been having some
of the most positive experiences this week teaching our investigators.
Especially the one's who are under the age of 20. There is nothing
better than teaching legit people who have sincere questions and want to
learn. We had a great Zone Leader Training this past week and we
focused on asking inspired questions and teaching for understanding.
Halvorsen and I have been thinking a lot lately about how crucial it is
to clearly state gospel truths and be able to use analogies to better
help our investigators understand truth. We've also been beating
ourselves up for all the dumb questions we ask during teaches. Just in
this past week we've had several different spiritual teaches as a result
of making simple changes. We're realizing how fun it can be to teach
people the gospel by the spirit in a way that they can understand. We
have some awesome young investigators and I'm excited to see how
different their lives will be as a result of living the gospel compared
to others around them. The universal atonement has changed my life and
will change others too.
So I only have 2
transfers left but there's still plenty of gas in the tank. I think I
get progressively more stoked for the work as time goes on. I'm sad to
leave Homeboy Halvy and this Drammen dynasty but I knew it needed to end
at some point. The mission continues to be an adventure and God
continues to blow my mind. Elder Holden and I will be reunited in the
office. The Dream Team lives on.. should be a pretty interesting
experience.
hope you all have an awesome week! I love you guys!
Eldste Skinner
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