P-day Fun

At the Beach with the branch

picking blueberries this week

God Is Real

We had a week of miracles! I am telling you People.. God is real. Just look for Him and you will see miracles. :)

We have joined a Bible study Group at the high School and have made a lot of friends through it. Afterwards, we taught one of the Girls the first lesson and I think we scared her a little bit With how much we knew about the Bible and how the Restoration and Book of Mormon support it.

I just think it is so important to really study the Word of God, personally. Don't let other People tell you what truth is.. find it out for yourself.  I am all about that. It would be better to find it out through God. He can tell you what is true and what is not. We have the answers to find Peace, direction, and happiness in this life and it is only through the gospel of Jesus Christ. Our Savior can do that for us. I am a fan. I love Him and Our Heavenly Father.

We have meet up with some former investigators this week and two of them want us to come back and teach them.. so that is super exciting. We had the sister training leaders come on Wednesday. I got to see my last Companion Sister Hartley and Sister Nielsen from my last District. It was so good to see them. Me and Sister Hartley had an awesome lesson with one of our investigators and he is so open to think and seek for the truth. I love that ærlig hensikt (real intent)! The lesson turned into my favorite topic, The Atonement. I got to share my testimony about Jesus Christ. I would do that all day every day if I could.

 We visited a member with Alzheimers this week named Harda and she was hilarious! I told her that we ran earlier that day and asked her what she liked to do. She said, "ikke løper" (not run). haha so funny. She also has a strong testimony. We sang hymns with her and asked her what makes her happy. She said her loving Heavenly Father. The spirit was so strong. What a wise lady! I like Harda. :)

We contacted this girl early this week and asked if her wanted to meet up to talk sometime. She said of course and that she would brings her friends. We ended up Meeting with her on Friday and she brought 3 of her friends. We helped answers all of their questions about mormonism and other things. They said they all want to meet again. It was really cool.

 On Saturday me and Sister Peterson drove to a small town outside of Bodø called Fauke to visit a Family. it was so Beautiful! We saw Fjords and the weather was a dream. I felt God's love and for His creations very strongly that day.

Today for p-day we got invited to go to the Aviation Museum (Luftfartmuseum). It was super cool! I saw some cool historic Aircraft. We had chocolate muffins afterwards. What a treat.

I love my mission. I love God. I love Jesus Christ.  I want to help non-believers find God. I want to help believers find God in a different way. There is a way. There is more and it is all so sweet.

Jeg elsker misjonen min. Jeg Elsker Gud. Jeg Elsker Jesus Kristus. Jeg ønsker å hjelpe ikke troende finner Gud. Jeg ønsker å hjelpe troende finner Gud på en annen måte. Der er mer og det er alt så søt.

Love,
Søster Allen

Friends:

Art in Bodo (reminds me of Tanner)

May 17th - Eating at Alfrida's

Fauke Drive (pictures don't do it justice)

In Tromo for ZLT - I ate reindeer pizza

Sister Peterson sneakily took a Picture of me sleeping.. she said I sleep like a princess. 

What a gem.

Enjoying a Pday

Pday at the Institute Center in Oslo Norway

Can I stay forever? I might.

Hey! How is it going? Things are going great here. :) 

We have three new investigators and they are awesome! Most of them were stoked to hear about the Book of Mormon. That is key to knowing and discovering the truth. We hope that all the people we meet grow to love the Book of Mormon. That will nurture and keep their testimony strong. 

We still have a baptismal date with the Croatian man, but we might have to postpone his baptism for complicated reasons.. Me and Søster Robbins are super bummed about it, but it is important that he has people he can turn to in the ward and understand. Fellow shipping and member work is just as important. He is solid though and knows the message of the restored gospel is true. He showed up at church looking so fly in a suit and tie! We are so proud of him! haha

We had the privilege of eating a Norwegian meal this week... It was lamb and stuff that looked like mashed potatoes, but was something else. Good stuff.. It was a funny experience and we were grateful we were full the whole day. :) 

Last p-day we were able to go walk around the city with our whole district. We went to a Fort that was built during Renaissance times. It was beautiful and the view on top was Phenomenal! 

I am so grateful to be a missionary. I am truly am. I feel God and know he is real. The experiences I am having are worth every minute of my time. Can I stay forever? I might. 

Søster Robbins leaves in two weeks and I am freaking out. I have so much to learn and know. Ah.. This is where my faith comes in. It always works out though. I don't know why I stress about it so much.

(this was taken on our way to church)

I love it here so much! It is the best!

I love you all!

Love,

Søster Allen

This is where I live.. cutest little white house in Nordstrand.

 The view from the church. The city of Oslo!

Our most recent Pday - we went to see a Fort

A beautiful view at the top of the fort 

Walking by the water

Dinner at Astrids  

Serve the Lord with Gladness

Wow, you have lots of Questions so I will try to answer them all.

Church was good we had two investigators come to church yesterday.

It is a lot different here in Norway compared to Texas. In Texas we had dinner appointments almost every night. We never have dinner appointments here in Norway. I eat chocolate for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.. haha the chocolate is amazing here! We cook our own meals. They don't eat much here. You can't just go out to eat because it is so expensive. I noticed they eat a lot of sweets. I bought a sushi tray the other day at the grocery store. I miss so many food that they don't have here in Norway. They don't have much. haha So I am losing weight. Shoot. I must eat more chocolate I guess. ;) They have a H&M on like ever corner in Oslo. It is kind of hilarious. We joke and say where is H&M? They have like 10 stores. I have a washer in my apartment and a rack to dry my clothes. Hopefully, I answered all of your questions.

This week was great! Norway is da best! Oslo is beautiful. We have a solid investigator with a baptismal date. He is from Croatia, so we skype with Croatian missionaries. Like I said in past emails.. Oslo is a melting pot. There are people from all over the world who live here.. so I hear so many different languages. I don't think that is helping with my Norwegian. haha.

Tangent:

I had Norwegian waffles this week for Søster Hudson's birthday. All you put on the waffles is Brown cheese and jam. It is amazing!

I had some amazing experiences street contacting this week. I believe it was Friday.. I contacted this German man that wasn't very nice and he kind of hurt my feelings, but I kept the faith! I knew because of that experience a good experience was in store.. Later that day we contacted all nice people! Not one of them was rude or mean. Out of the people we talk to we got two new investigators. One of the guys we talked to was agonist and Norwegian. We asked him if he ever prayed before. He said he had not in a long time and he forgot how. We taught him how and he was up for doing it. While he was saying the prayer I felt the spirit so strong! Ah! Afterwards we asked him how he felt. He said he felt good and he had the biggest smile on his face. We told him that what he was feeling was the Holy Ghost. I testified in norsk that it feels warm and powerful. He agreed that that was what he felt. It was awesome!

The next day we visited a norwegian member and told her about our miracle experiences. While I was telling her about my experience in HORRIBLE norsk.. she started to bawl! I thought it was because my norsk was so bad, but I guess it was because the spirit was so strong. I am so grateful for those experiences because it truly testifies to me that you don't have to be perfect in the language. All that matters is what the spirit testifies. I have to put in a lot of faith into speaking norsk and somehow it is effective. God is real.

Last night, Søster Robbins and I went street contacting and we only talked to nice people! We were able to get three numbers! It was amazing! Ah missionary work is the best! I have found this scripture to be true and how missionary work should be done: Psalms 100:2 "Serve the Lord with gladness." That is what it is all about!

It is so great to be a missionary in Norway! Spring is around the corner! God is good.

I love you all and all your uplifting messages to me! Ha en fin uke!

Love,

Søster Allen

For Pday we went to forest that looked like Harry Potter! Elder Forsberg & Elder Hurst My Swedish friend, Sandra and Elder Crump in the back Here is my awesome district and the Swedish Twins- Sandra and Emma!  I love my district! Dinner with the Rasmussens