Had a pretty solid week here and the weather was alright to begin with then it got awful again, so it's been a wet one that's for sure ha. First off I'm getting moved out of Ålesund to a big beautiful city called Trondheim it sounds and looks amazing! I've been mobbing this branch life with a small city and its been an amazing experience. I love this place so much and will miss all the people I've become so tight with here but I'm stoked to head to Trondheim! This week was dope but I feel like they just keeping flying by its weird. Some highlights of my week though! We had some great lessons and the spirit was so strong, that's one thing I love about being a missionary is not only feeling the spirit so strong myself but when other people feel it as well. We had a lesson with the girl who is on date and she is done with the lessons and we are just going over stuff and the baptismal questions with her so she is ready! We also talked about temples and how cool it is to be married for all time and eternity. Talked about my big bro and my sister in law Hannah getting married in the temple, and also that we can do baptisms for the dead and she loved it. Temples are so special and I'm so glad we have a place here on earth to make such sacred covenants.
Then on Saturday we had a lesson with a lady we met on Christmas day actually! Me and my last companion were determined to find some people to celebrate Christmas with because we didn't have anything planned because our branch was so tiny. So we went out on the streets and just asked people if they had a place to celebrate Christmas and if we could join. We didn't have much luck but luckily our stud Kjell came in clutch and had us over Christmas night. But we stopped this lady and she said she didn't have anywhere to celebrate Christmas and she moved here from Columbia a couple years ago. So we were like hey we could meet up another time and go on a hike or something because she loved hiking. We kinda lost contact with her then one day she pulled up to church and it was dope! After that she was busy with school and work and we finally had a lesson and she had come and read all of first Nephi and had questions about it and it was great! We talked about the restoration and Joseph Smith's part in bringing forth the Book of Mormon. She could feel the spirit so much and then we showed her the first vision video and I would look at her out if the corner of my eye during it and she was smiling so hard and the spirit was even stronger then. After I just asked her, how do you feel right now? And she said " Amazing and happy" and I was like yup that's what this gospel can give you. Then she asked about baptism for some reason? And like how it works in our church and what we think about it so we explained it and she was like awesome that's cool and then she had to go to some meeting thing but the missionaries will keep meeting with her and hopefully she will get baptized!
On a not so spiritual note one of my highlights of the week was a dinner we had with our HOMIE Maria, she's from Venezuela and the sickest lady you'll meet. We had some dinner with her and her husband and her stepson who aren't members. We ate some good food and talked about life. Her stepson is a G let me tell you, he is a sick skier and served in the Norwegian military up on the Russian Norwegian border and had some sick stories. We just got talking about skiing and snowmobiling and was showing him some videos from my dad and brother Dillon and he loved it. After we were done he offered to drive us home and so we said yes, so we get in his car and we start heading home. When the car turned on it started playing music but it was super low so I didn't really notice it. But after about 5 seconds I realized what it was, one of the greatest bands of all time, The Eagles. I started asking him about his music and he's like "bro I love this type of music" and I was so stoked. He played the next song and it was " Take it easy " agh I just had a flood of memories of me and my boys driving up the canyon listening to the eagles and mobbing with each other. Love my boys with all my heart and shout out to them for being studs. Then after that he turned on Born in the USA and said this ones for you boys! Hahah it was just great, to bad he's moving to Oslo but if I go down there I'm meeting up with him again for sure! For my last P day in Ålesund we went fishing and caught some fish then visited this sick outlet place and said goodbye to all my homies here. Bitter sweet moment but I'm stoked for other people I'll meet! Hope everyone has a great week! And of course, "Take it Easy" for me 😎🤘🏽
Eldste McSpadden
I don't ever want to forget any of these families. They've taught me so much!
Helge, Fride and her dad Frode. Fride is such a strong girl and has grown so much with her knowledge of the gospel.
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