Ayyye wassup everyone, this week was great!
Time flies, pretty sad news I got told I'm leaving Tromdheim and being transferred! I was super surprised because I haven't even been to church here yet or even met most the members and the work was just starting to pick up! We had a family that we started working with through my Facebook ad and they are super dope! They are from the Congo and have the CUTEST baby ever she's adorable. They're so prepared and are accepting everything we're teaching them! I bet they will be baptized when this craziness is all over with and church starts up again. That's our biggest obstacle is we don't have church meetings so it's difficult to baptize people when they've never been to church!
I'm headed to Drammen down in the south eastern part of Norway which is also exciting too! I'll be a zone leader of the south zone which will be fun because I get to travel a ton to and maybe even head way up north to go on splits but we'll see. Drammen is the biggest ward in Norway so that's fire. I haven't been in a sacrament meeting where I didn't bless or pass the sacrement and give a talk in like 9 months so being here will be sweet! I get to actually work with members and see young single adults and youth which will be fun.
This week we had a sweet lesson with Tim Kaholly and his family which was so cool! He had tons of questions about the afterlife so I invited his whole family to come in and sit down to listen. They were the cutest most reverent little homies ever!! I drew the plan of Salvation on a piece of paper and asked them questions, I was prompted to ask the little boy Japhet how Jesus has helped him in his life and he said, "He helped me come to Norway and get a better life and blessed me with a nice family who loves me!" It was so cute and the spirit was so strong. I Love that family and I pray they continue to progress!
Now for some funny stuff, there's this big strip mall with outdoor areas filled with bars, shops, etc... when the weather is good every one is outside, it's crazy. Everyone just walks around in swimsuits because they only get so much warm weather and sunlight during the year. One of out favorite things to do is walk past big crowds of people and just wave at all the people who stare at us and look at us weird. But this time we had a bunch of people stop us and say, "hey boys, can we buy you some beers?!" We just started laughing and politely declined just as this lady came up and started praising us for the work we do and how she's a good Christian. She was a bit drunk and could barely stumble back to her chair but a nice gesture for sure. We played more ball this week and I'm starting to get my touch back, I've never been a shooter but I've been grinding and getting my shot back into a rhythm and it's been paying off. I went off in the first game and hit like 4 threes and had a swaggy pull back and dropped this kid. All the boys started laughing at him and then I drained another 3. Elder Templeton hadn't really had the opportunity to even touch the ball the whole game because his team didn't pass him the ball so they hadn't seen him play. The next game I got picked first and he got picked LAST and I was dying it was so funny. He goes, "man this is the first time in my life I've been picked last in a game of basketball" and we were laughing about it the whole night. But then he went off the next game and these guys were like "daaaaaang man this white kid can BALL! Ya'll sleepin on him!" We were just crying laughing so hard, I'm going to miss Elder Templeton we've had such a good time together and we're definitely homies for life. I'm happy he lives close so we can mob when we get back home.
Sunday was like my going away dinner so the senior couple made me roast, potatoes and gravy and it was so good I ate myself sick. Like literally I couldn't walk home I felt so sick and I kept telling Elder Templeton " dude I'm going to throw up" and he's like you better tell me so I can video it. We kept walking and a group of girls walk by and I said hello to them and I just about hurled right in front of them. I kept her down and manned through it but I was so lucky, Elder Templeton was laughing so hard at me while he was videoing me just in case.
Saturday we had a meetup with a bunch of Americans at some park thing and it was dope to be able to talk to some fellow Patriots. Breaks my heart seeing the way people are acting back home right now and I loved President Nelson's advice he sent out! I also like a quote by Ezra Taft Benson that says something like, "The only thing that can keep this world from self destruction and bring everything and everyone together is the Gospel of Jesus Christ." I know that's true with all my heart. Going to miss this place and the people here but stoked to keep experiencing Norway! Have a great week everybody!
Eldste McSpadden
Last P-day with Elder Templeton, we headed over to an Island where Vikings would execute people and put there enemies heads on sticks to scare away people coming to the island.
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