Hey guys hope your all doing well!
Another week has flown by and it's been great! We started off by having splits with the other elders which was good but we had some bad luck honestly. We had to get our car serviced so we pulled up to the service station and then ended up waiting for almost 3 hours I kept walking up and asking, "like hey how long does it take to change the oil I've been here for awhile. I finally talked to the right guy and the dude said, "oh, we didn't know you were waiting here we thought you'd just like pick it up tomorrow" and I was like, "nah man we got things to do and places to go". He then said he could have it done by 4 but we had Elders coming in at 12 for splits. So we started calling all the members we knew that might help us out and one of the YSA came in clutch, he picked us up and dropped us off at the train station. We then walked with them all the way to the church and had to take studies and stuff there until our car was done. I guess all the bus drivers are on strike right now because they want to get paid more so we couldn't take the bus and really had no other options. It ended up fine and we were able to do some service and a bit of teaching, which was good.
On Saturday, we had our last tournament for softball! It's been fun to be able to go hit some dingers every once in a while but now the season is over. We played two quick games and pulled W's both times. Too bad the championship was on Sunday, as our team took 2nd, but they tried to make us feel good and said it was because the Elders weren't there! This ward is super cool and they love us so it'll be sad when we're transferred but because they like us so much, we've made some really good relationships with them. They're so willing to help us with teaches while inviting our friends over to dinners and stuff it's great. We also played some footy this week and if any of you know me I am horrible at soccer! I've been getting a little bit better, I pulled off a couple sick passes and made a few goals when we played with the young men and our investigators. But of course, it was after I had whiffed the ball on some kicks and missed some other easy passes haha.
We had a really cool lesson with Bjørn this week and we invited our bishop to come with us. He came and Bjørn had more questions for him and the bishop answered them perfectly. After the Bishop had answered some doctrinal questions Bjorn said, "I think this is all logical and makes sense, I'm just scared if I make the wrong choice God will punish me!" The Bishop responded by saying, " Bjørn your a good guy and I know you are on the right path, I want to ask you 4 questions that I think are so very important!" He then went through the first 4 questions in a temple recommend interview and Bjorn did great but then admitted he feels he needs to hear more from President Nelson. The Bishop said, "well perfect he's speaking to the world this weekend and you can listen to him!" So it hyped Bjørn up and got him excited and ready for conference. He comes to church and stays for both meetings because he says he doesn't want to miss out on anything that was different from the first meeting! Can't wait for conference to listen to our prophet and apostles speak! It was really cool... Eirin came to church as well and Vilde was doing so well answering all her questions. She accepted her own copy of the Book of Mormon and is going to start reading it and praying. After church she said, "thanks for today guys I have so many questions now!" It was awesome!
Something I wanted to share from my personal study covering the famous story about the brother of Jared. His faith was so strong and so powerful he is often referred to as one of the greatest examples of faith in the scriptures! But like all men he wasn't perfect, when Babylon was so unrighteous he prayed to God to spare his people and let his people keep their language because of their righteousness. So God answers his prayers and then he asks where they should go to leave the iniquity of the people. God tells them they need to leave the city, so they obey and then after 4 years God tells them to build barges and leave again. The brother of Jared is very obedient and follows his direction but he keeps asking so many questions! God gave him what he needed and expected him to act and decide on his own. So when the brother of Jared asks God, "How are we going to have light in our boats?" God chastises him and says, "Well Mohonri, I have given you enough guidance and direction for what is necessary, what ideas do you have to make light in the boats?" And then the brother of Jared starts to ponder, pray and read in the scriptures. He learns that Moses had a similar problem and then received revelation that he should have the Lord touch stones and put light into them. So he comes back to the Lord with an idea and a solution to the situation he's facing and the Lord is pleased with him and his efforts. It makes me think about life today, we stress so much over the smallest things, I believe we definitely need to rely on God and pray to him often but instead of asking him to tell us what to do we need to rely more on what he has already provided for us. We need to take the scriptures, the words of our prophets, leaders, parents and make an educated decision and pray for a confirmation to God rather than asking more questions. Life will be a lot easier if we follow that pattern and strive to use that gift of agency God has given each of us. I know God answers our prayers and wants what's best for us and I know He has a plan but sometimes we need to act on our own and take that step of faith.
Love you all and hope you have a great week!
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