What's up guys!
We had a dope week for sure! We had a lot of good lessons and did a lot of finding, knocking and service! I love finding people in different ways so we've been trying to do as many different things as possible, it's nice so things don't get so repetitive. We had some new people we found from that so we will set up appointments with them when we get home from Bergen. We are here for splits and it's been dope. I got a message a couple weeks ago from Mama T, my boy Wesley Tuiasoa's mom, saying she has relatives here in Bergen. We set up an appointment to eat and share a message of Christ with her so that should be dope! One cool thing that happened this week was when we had just come out of a place to head home, we saw this couple walking down the street and it was pretty late and cold but we decided to get one last contact in before heading in for the night. As we started to walk towards the guy he asked us if we were missionaries and we said yes actually we are have you met with the missionaries before? And he was like yes actually about 5 years ago two young men gave me a book and I read most of it and it was good! Maybe we could meet up sometime and talk more about it? And I was just stoked out of my mind because I had been focusing on being guided by the spirit to find the people who are prepared and for the spirit to guide those people to us! It was just a reminder to me that God does answer our prayers we just have to have faith that they do happen.
It's always dope being on splits and being with the boys it's such a good time! One funny story that happened was we had some drunk guys walking past us on the way to an appointment and one of them was just staggering in the back not knowing what was going on. I asked him if he was ok, then he just looked at me and had this awful look on his face and he threw up all over the sidewalk almost right on my shoes, luckily I was light on my feet and dodged it so we chillin. We also went to a Pinsy church this week and that was an experience for sure. Just a true testimony builder that there is only one true church on the earth today and that is the Church of Jesus Christ. Even though it was quite entertaining with all the flashing lights, loud music with the pastor saving people and shouts of amen coming from everywhere at the most random times with people on the ground worshiping and dancing it just didn't feel the same in any way! Still cool to experience though. Last night we played some sport in the church, Jorgen came over, which was sick because I haven't played ball in so long so I was stoked. Come to find out no one likes basketball here so we played soccer. After about a couple games of getting "megged" and made fun of I decided we'd play some b ball and schooled those kids, shout out to the Shamrocks for always grinding. We went on a sick hike today as well which was so fun but it was so windy and snowy but I loved every second of it. The snow is just little blessings coming down from the sky. Then after we came back we ate reindeer hotdogs, and I'm not a big fan of hotdogs in the slightest but man those things were dang good I could have pounded 5 if they weren't so expensive.
One thing I loved in my personal study this week was in Luke 15 when Christ tells the story of the prodigal son. I think this is one of my favorite parables Christ ever uses because it shows the love that our father in heaven and our brother Jesus Christ has for us. Even though the son went off and wasted away all his father gave him, his father still accepted him and embraced him and threw a feast for him when he came back. This is the same way our father in heaven feels about us when we make mistakes and distance ourselves from him, even though we've messed up no matter what he will always welcome us back into his loving arms. In verse 7 it says " that likewise joy shall be in heaven when even one sinner cometh unto repentance." So God is rooting for us and cheering us on. He's throwing parties for us up in heaven when even one of his children uses the atonement and I'm so glad we do have a Father in Heaven who loves us that much and that I get to be a tool in his hands to spread that message. Hope you all have a great week!
Eldste Spaddy
P.S. We met with Nia Tuiasoa's sister and they were so cool and nice and bought us dinner. I really want to start working with them, maybe when I get transferred to Bergen! ;)
A real mink coat, so cool some of the things people have here. Coats and hats are a big deal because it's so cold but people really love to collect them!
We hiked Ulriken in Bergen today, you'll have to look it up it's so beautiful! It's the highest of the seven mountains that surround Bergen. It's a bit snowy and windy today but such an amazing hike. President Tew says we are living in one of the most beautiful country's in the world so milk your p-days and explore! I am so grateful for this opportunity to be here to serve the Lord and appreciate all that God has created.
Eldste Bennett, McSpadden, Jorgen Berg, Eldste Jaccard and Rasch
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