God exists! I Know it & I'm Not Afraid to Tell People

I love Sister Hartley! She is the bomb. We got 4 new investigators this week. So that was pretty sweet. 

We are meeting with Leif tonight and hope we can meet with him again this week. I still feel inadequate about the language, but yesterday in church was the first time I felt like I understood what they were saying in norsk .. it was awesome! 

Drago came to church and will be receiving the Aaronic priesthood next week. What a guy. 

So one of the new investigators we found was actually a street contact right in front of our house in Nordstrand. She was walking her dog and said that she was taught the missionary lessons when she was 13 in Chile. So we met with her twice last week. We will see her again this week. So that's pretty sweet. 

We contacted another girl in the city and she came with two other friends to the lesson. They all became new investigators and we were able to give them all Book of Mormons in Spanish, Russian, and Ukrainian. It is a melting pot here, I tell ya! It is rare to teach a Norwegian in Oslo. 

Another cool story..

At the beginning of last week me and Sister Hartley were taking the Trykk home and a 17 year old norwegian boy comes and sits right across from me and starts talking to me. He asked me what it was like to be a missionary in Norway. He was soo interested in what I do and why I believe in God and how I find out there is a God. It was soo cool. I asked him for his number, but he said he wanted mine.. ah man! I hope so badly he calls. It was such a sweet experience. I have never been approached by a norwegian.

I love being a missionary. I care about the people we find and teach. I study for them in the morning and hope I can be able to help them come unto Christ in some way. It truly brings me so much happiness. I love and hate when we talk on the streets to people who do NOT believe in God and then God always shows me a sign that he is real. Like last night.. we were getting "you are crazy to believe in God" and then we contacted a lady that was once a member of the church. That doesn't just happen! God puts certain people in our life for a reason! The world is beautiful! We have a prophet! We have the Book of Mormon! We have families! Why not believe! Why not hope!? Why doubt?! Why live with no purpose? I don't get it. I know that God exists! I know it and I am not afraid to tell people and make them realize it through my eyes.

Norway is the bomb and we hiked a pretty sweet mountain today. I saw all of Oslo and some other cities at the top.

Love you all and I appreciate all the support and prayers!

Love,

Sister Allen

Thank You Heavenly Father

Hei Alle!  Where do I even begin!  My companion Søster Robbins went home on Wednesday and it was sad! I love her!  My new companion, Søster Hartley arrived in Oslo that night. I love Søster Hartley! She is 20 years old and from Oregon. She is spunky and super outgoing.  We had an amazing general conference weekend! I love general conference! Drago came to watch all sessions in his suit. I am so proud of him!   Drago's Baptism March 28, 2015 On Saturday, the other sets of sisters had a baptism! Miracles have been happening ever since Drago got baptized last week. He was the first baptism in Oslo this year and now a lot of the other investigators want to be baptized because of it. So cool!  Finding moment: I told Søster Hartley that I have always wanted to contact on this bridge that goes over the ocean to this island.. it is sooo beautiful.. and she said let do it! So we did and found a new investigator from Greece on the bridge! Yay! It was awesome.  Highlight of General Conference: Priesthood session= My favorite session. Thank you Heavenly Father.  There were a ton of talks on Marriage and Family. I think God knows what's up. I loved it!  We got to watch the last session at 10pm last night.. so that was fun and tiring.:) Tip of the day: Norway like breaks\holiday\vacationing. God Påske week = Ghost town. No one is home. Everyone goes to the mountains to stay in their cabin and ski. I am so grateful for the church and the gospel! It is true! The Book of Mormon is true! I am so thankful for a living prophet and apostles. God loves us soo much. We are so lucky. The general conference talks were inspired and if we follow their teachings we will be truly happy! That is a great promise!  Now go live it, share it, and defend it!  I love Jesus Christ! He lives! Let your light shine before men! Love, Søster Allen

My Oslo District. They were so fun.

I Cried Like a Mom.

Dragi Drago got baptized on Saturday! It was such a good day!! Ah the spirit was so strong and 4 different languages were spoken at his baptism. We had the meeting conducted in English, we had a talk on baptism given by a member in Croatia via skype (the whole ward in Croatia skyped in!!), I sang, "I Need Thee Every Hour," the baptism prayer was given in Russian, and a lady spoke on the Gift of the Holy Ghost in Russian. We had a testimony meeting too and so of course some Norwegian was spoken. It was an amazing experience and Drago is soo happy! He was confirmed yesterday in church. What a guy! I cried like a mom.

Our investigator, Leif, came to the baptism and church! He is the best! He texts us all the time to tell us about daylight savings, and tells us to have a good weekend. Such a hyggelig man! 

We had a huge blizzard on Thursday! It was nuts! We had to take the Trykk(train) and it took 2 hours to get to the center when it normally takes 30 minutes! It was fun, though! That night me and Søster Robbins went out shoveling for people and we had a good time. 

Søster Robbins leaves on Wednesday. This has been an awesome transfer! We have been so busy! I will miss her! We are going to make today a good P-day! 

My new companion comes in Wednesday night. Her name is Søster Hartley! She was companions with Søster Leland in Trondheim! I have meet her before and he is awesome. She also a Sister Training Leader, so I will be on splits with another Søster every week for at least two days. The other søster that is coming is Søster Gates! She was just ahead of me in the MTC. She is awesome as well! I am feel like Heavenly Father is taking good care of me and I feel lucky to work with such amazing missionaries! 

I just found out that I can't send pictures at the center because it creates viruses on the computers! Ah! So I will have to go to a library next p-day to send pics. I have soo many good pictures! Of the baptism and the blizzard.. ah man! Next week!

This week I encourage you all to watch #becausehelives on lds.org. Also, to watch General Conference!! It is Easter week and we get to hear from a living prophet and apostles this weekend! I am sooo stoked! We will be watching conference at the center this weekend. We are so lucky! The church is true! I know that my Savior and Redeemer Lives!

Love you all!

Love,

Søster Allen

Farewell Dinner for 4 of our wonderful missionaries