Hello All!
My e-mails have been real brief lately, for that I apologize. I am starting to feel a lot better. Thanks for all the e-mails and support. I love you!!
What has been happening lately?
We had a really cool teach the other day. Sometimes we meet people and get phone numbers that we don't really remember. This happened to me, so I called the name in my phone, *, and made an appointment. When we met him Sister Stevens and I were both surprised. He was over 65. We never teach seniors. Never. He sat down, told us a little about himself and his family. His wife and died 15 years ago. He still missed her, and it was cute. We continued to teach him the restoration, asking questions the entire way to make sure he was understanding. He understood it all. Then we asked him to pray. Although we had taught him how to pray, he still said the lords prayer. So we tried again. An honest conversation with Diety. Ask questions. So he started over. He said maybe 3 sentences, stopped, looked up, and told us his heart was burning. We were both thrown off guard because we hadn't taugh him a thing about how the Holy Ghost feels. He asked what it was and what it meant. Then he said a wonderful prayer. I want to keep teaching him so bad, but his kids don't like it. I talked to them on the phone and he told me his kids didn't want him to learn more. It made me so sad because he was so happy as he heard the message, and he felt the spirit with ease. I also know that the comfort he could get when it comes to his wife would be wonderful. We are going to meet him on Wednesday, so we will see how it goes.
On another note: We met a boy last month who has set a baptismal date for January. He actually took time to read The Book of Mormon... the ones who read find an answer. He said he got his answer before he was even ready for it. We are almost done teaching the commandments and it is going well. A 21 year old Norwegain who studies Geology; his name is *. I felt good about him from the contact. He will be the first person that gets baptized that I really remember exactly how the contact went. It was cool, I asked what meant the most to him, and he said the future. So I bore some testimony and asked him to come back to the teaching apartment with us. He came right then. He is a super good kid; I'm happy for him. Please keep him in your prayers, though.
My e-mails have been real brief lately, for that I apologize. I am starting to feel a lot better. Thanks for all the e-mails and support. I love you!!
What has been happening lately?
We had a really cool teach the other day. Sometimes we meet people and get phone numbers that we don't really remember. This happened to me, so I called the name in my phone, *, and made an appointment. When we met him Sister Stevens and I were both surprised. He was over 65. We never teach seniors. Never. He sat down, told us a little about himself and his family. His wife and died 15 years ago. He still missed her, and it was cute. We continued to teach him the restoration, asking questions the entire way to make sure he was understanding. He understood it all. Then we asked him to pray. Although we had taught him how to pray, he still said the lords prayer. So we tried again. An honest conversation with Diety. Ask questions. So he started over. He said maybe 3 sentences, stopped, looked up, and told us his heart was burning. We were both thrown off guard because we hadn't taugh him a thing about how the Holy Ghost feels. He asked what it was and what it meant. Then he said a wonderful prayer. I want to keep teaching him so bad, but his kids don't like it. I talked to them on the phone and he told me his kids didn't want him to learn more. It made me so sad because he was so happy as he heard the message, and he felt the spirit with ease. I also know that the comfort he could get when it comes to his wife would be wonderful. We are going to meet him on Wednesday, so we will see how it goes.
On another note: We met a boy last month who has set a baptismal date for January. He actually took time to read The Book of Mormon... the ones who read find an answer. He said he got his answer before he was even ready for it. We are almost done teaching the commandments and it is going well. A 21 year old Norwegain who studies Geology; his name is *. I felt good about him from the contact. He will be the first person that gets baptized that I really remember exactly how the contact went. It was cool, I asked what meant the most to him, and he said the future. So I bore some testimony and asked him to come back to the teaching apartment with us. He came right then. He is a super good kid; I'm happy for him. Please keep him in your prayers, though.
Other things you might find interesting:
We had a Christmas party at the church. We wore goofy elf hats and sang and ate pinekjøtt and riscrem. The two investigators that came asked me to dance...and I felt so awkward and wanted to be in the hall for the rest of the night. Especially as I tried to explain to them that it isn't that I can't dance, it is just as a missionary I don't dance. Being a missionary is real awkward sometimes. One of our investigators is so funny. He is from Germany. He came and joined the choir and performed with us. It was real funny. But it kept him coming, and he even answered a question in Sunday School. He knew that temple work would ge going to on the Millenium- although he had no idea what temple work was. I could have died.
We went hiking last P-day. I love hiking. I love fresh air. I thought of Ado almost the whole time. (You would have loved it).
The grass is still very green. Even though it snows it rains often, too. The snow doesn't stay long and we just have green grass. Not the icy tundra I was expecting. It can get cold, but for the most part I'm okay. I do, however, wear two huge coats, two pairs of pants, tights, two pairs of socks, boots, a skirt, slip, between 3-4 shirts, a hat and gloves every single day. Needless to say, I'm feeling twice my regular size and can't wait for the day when I can wear cute flats and see my legs. Ha ha.
I love you all. I'm thinking of you and wishing you a Merry Christmas!
xoxo
Katie
